How to survive as a Squad

(July 20th - Playskewls)
(PR) This year, a few wwiiol squads celebrate their 6th year as a wwiiol squad. 3rd Panzergruppe and Anzacs are two of those. Playing head to head, fighting eachothers for years but also crossing over and playing alongside from time to time. How do you keep a squad going for such a long time, well Cavalier listed his formula:
http://discussions.playnet.com/showthread.php?t=175546

Cavalier, Anzacs: " Some squads come and go. You also hear people complain that the game or CRS or the HCs have killed squads but somehow some squads constantly remain strong. So what are they doing right?I am a member of a squad that was formed before WWIIOL went live. We are still here and dispite the occassional up or down we are presently as strong as
ever. Here are my observations on how to do it:

1. Have a good website with forums that supports a good social attitude and allows people to talk about WWIIOL and other common topics of interest.
2. Play together virtually everytime you log on! This one may sound like a no brainer but it is so easy to forget as it is too easy for individuals to develop the habit of going off to do their own thing. Soon you may have 15 squadmates online but they are in 10 different locations running around as lonewolves. Playing together really is more fun.
3. The squad must have multiple good leaders to coordinate the squad members and provide focus.
4. Be involved with your HC. Having some squad members in your HC allows you to have some control ofver where and how your squad fights. The most effective HC members are often backed up by squadmates.
5. Run an annual con if you can.

If a squad is going through a bad time it is often easiest and most comforting to blame someone else but that is the road to failure. In the end a squad remains healthy because of the attitude and approach of its members and leaders. Virtually everytime my squad has gone through a bad time it is because we forgot the second point, we forgot that playing together was more fun and why we all joined the squad."

Killer, CRS, added: " I would add that having a regular squad night helps, same time every week or something. Folks can play off by themselves but you need the CO or XO etc. to run a nice organized play session once a week or so. Practice sessions aren't a bad idea either."

Prodius, 3rd Panzergruppe: " TS (Teamspeak) is a big part of my squad. 800+ around 100 active, they come and go but they always return. If it wasn't for TS I would have probably left this game in 2003. Besides Axis TS my squad has a large dedicated TS linux server, unlike Axis and Allied servers it has never went down."