It is my extreme displeasure to inform the crossfire community that I will not be able to play Crossfire or any game due to a medical condition that I have been diagnosed with within the past few months. It is called Vasovagal Syncope syndrome, and simply put, it causes me to pass out or black out after the adrenaline rush from PvP is gone. The more in depth explanation is that it causes the blood vessels to dilate and the heart rate to drop, which causes a drop in blood flow to the brain, resulting in passing out, or fainting.
This happened earlier today when I was facing a few pie rats (I still have not received my Pie...I WANT MY PIE) in New London. The first time was after I fought Crysis (though admittedly not without the help of Rex) and engaged the Liberty Dreadnought (Patches....we don't need no stinking patches). I felt light headed, weak, and dizzy and I assumed that it was from something I had eaten. However I did not make the connection until after I faced a different pilot, whose name I cannot recall. I do remember they were flying a persephone, however and were in {LP}.
After that fight was over, I blacked out completely. I know this because my nostromo was on the floor and there was a dent in my forehead from where my head had impacted on the edge of the desk when I came to a couple of seconds later. I know that it was only a couple of seconds because when I came to, my death message was still on the screen.
To make a long story short (too late) I won't be playing CF for some time because I can't fight without experiencing negative physical side effects. And as anyone who knows me from when I first started playing this mod waaaaay back in 2006 will tell you, I live for the combat in this game. I would literally set up camp in Arena and stay there for months with a character dedicated to doing nothing but fighting in there.
But I digress. I won't be playing any games for awhile, and will instead focus on my photography. And now I have to go take care of some business. I'll check back shortly.
