It hasn't been that long ago I read hundreds of posts on the release of Crossfire 1.9. It was like watching a pack of cute puppies jumping around and following the food dishes just about to be place down for them to eat. Every second was agony, yet thrilling - like waiting for the last day of school. Every delay was a personal disaster for some, but when you thought of the final product Crossfire 1.9 MOD - you could feel your mouth watering waiting for that first install. I bet there were several players who messed up their install sequence from being in a hurry. I was probably one of them, but when the screen opened up it was almost too good to be true. Once we started playing 1.9 all the time spent waiting was lost in dust behind us. I cannot remember the wait for 1.7 or 1.8 now.
Some may have advice on how to keep waiting without popping a gasket, when we are truly so close to the next and greatest Crossfire MOD. I gave up drinking 25 years ago so drowning my thoughts of the waiting wasn't going to happen for me. But I did build a workshop in my garage, detailed two vehicles, worked in the garden, played doctor until my wife sent me to the garage, and read a how-to book on fixing my Harley, which came in handy when I rebuilt the forks and swapped out the clutch. But every night I'd pass my office and there sat my triple screen Matrox system just waiting for me to come play. When you spend $4K for a computer system and wind up playing solitaire - you have a problem. I waited as patiently as possible and then it happened. I had a hard drive screech to a halt on my RAID unit. I just knew 1.9 would come out while I was waiting for a replacement drive. I was actually happy it was still in the works. I re-read my Doc Savage series books along with Andre' Norton's Solar Queen series. I did anything that would take my mind off of the pending release date.
The worse part of the release date was getting "to" the download and having it complete before something happened. After two tries - I was a happy man again. Juni was awesome and Trent got ugly tattoos, but the game was on!!!
Even now, while you were reading my above drivel, time passed and you are closer to 2.0 than you were when you started reading.
Patience Grasshopper. Crossfire 2.0 will be here very soon. The team is making sure we all have a game we can play for years to come - and for that I am very thankful!
Having spent years of my life playing: "Elite," "Proto Star," "Privateer," and finally "Freelancer" in its many forms - I am in awe of the work that has been done on each and every MOD for Freelancer. If there are other lives for us to live after this one, my only wish is to be real Freelancer!
Take care and stay safe!
Freelancers Forever!