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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/AutoModerrator-69 on 2024-11-07 16:38:55+00:00.

So, this all started as a joke. I’ve been playing War Thunder for ages and thought it’d be fun to put together a squadron—just a small group to mess around and grind some squadron vehicles. I didn’t want to be that guy spamming invites, so I tried to keep it chill, only asking a few random players here and there if they wanted to join. I figured maybe two or three would say yes.

But then things got weird. It’s like my squadron started taking on a life of its own. I’d log in to see more and more people in the chat—players I didn’t even remember inviting. And they weren’t just joining. They started recruiting others, saying things like, “We’re on a mission here. You need to join.” The squadron chat turned into a recruitment rally, and people were hyping it up like we were forming some elite War Thunder battalion.

By last night, I had dozens of messages from players asking how to join and saying they’d heard about our “squadron takeover.” Even people in battles started recognizing my username and asking if they could join. At this point, it’s like a runaway train. I went from being a solo player to accidentally leading what feels like a digital militia, and I have no idea how to handle it.

TL;DR: Tried casually recruiting a few players for my War Thunder squadron, accidentally started a full-on squadron recruitment cult, and now I’m leading a crew that’s bigger than I ever planned.

edit : P.S - after a lot of DMs asking to join. Please stop DMing me. 🤯 Don’t judge me. The squadron is called PHAGZ (Precise Heavy Artillery Gun Zone)