What is friendly fire?
Friendly fire is one of the most dangerous types. It is when friends or allies mistake you for enemy and shoot at you, or when your own or allied artillery make a mistake about location and drop shells on you or when supporting aircraft make a position error and drop napalm or bombs on you. In any event you wind up dead or injured by the actions of your ‘friends’. The famous American Civil War General “Stonewall” Jackson was killed by ‘friendly fire’. So was the hero of Long Tan, WO2 Jack Kirby. So too were thousands of others in all armies and navies. It happens even in highly trained units like SAS. It is bad. It is wrong. It happens.
A. Servers can be set up so that you do not hurt your own team. They can also be set up so that friendly fire is possible. No matter what the reason, if you TA (team attack) or TK (team kill) someone, apologize. Also, if you find that you are the victim of a same team assault, be gracious and ready to accept someone’s apology. This is a game and a lot of grief happens to those who do not say sorry or accept apologies.
