at the beginning you are newbie: i will make it my priority to fly with you. if you like to hit insert, i will take you under my wing, if you ask lots of questions (bonus!) i will spend extra time explaining and even demonstrating stuff while in a real game.
now you have the basic knowledge and are making a name for yourself: i may / may not fly with you. i have other new batches of newbies to escort through the learning process. if you would like to participate and help out, you are more than welcome to! if i see you using stuff we covered in training, i will compliment you, if you are doing things wrong, i will let you know (or COMPLAIN LOUDLY if it becomes a chronic symptom... like say probing your own sectors at start of game)
if you have survived this far, you have great determination and/or thick skin. but you have the skills to make people make note of your particular speciality (not just an avg player). whether it be a fearsome bomber pilot, nanner, htt pilot, dmer, prober, or miner killer/defender. here, i will most likely fly against you (be on the opposite team) to even the teams out. if you are a miner killer, i will try to thwart you, if you are a great miner d, i'll redouble my efforts to kill miners from under your protection. gloves are off at this point, all methods of warfare including psychological (taunting) will be employed
beyond this point, you will have graduated to the level where i will once again look to fly with you because it will be super fun to work as a team with someone who knows what they are doing, someone i can depend on, someone who can rightfully be called a vet. i may sometimes fly on opposite team for balancing purposes but more often than not, ill join you to terrorize the other team (esp if antistacking).
