It's really easy to flare yourself. Just flare the wall and slide around touching the flare until it sticks.
I miss the days when flares traveled as fast as your lasers
This reminds me of a netgame me, Techpro, and I believe Foil (dunno if he remembers) did once during which all combat deevolved into shooting each other with flares.Even though we really weren't doing that much damage to each other, it was still pretty fun.
I love the death message for flares...