Supreme Commander: I wanted to take a moment to thank you for making my life a bit more endurable this week. Monday morning, I woke with a very painful, very swollen right side of my face. I looked similar to Tim Roth in Planet of the Apes. I figured it was a bad allergy attack or reaction, so I went to work and called the doctor to see if he had any cancellations that morning. He scheduled me for 10:45am. I figured I would get a quick prescription and go back to work. I even left my computer on at the office.
Well, the doctor took one look at me and immediately admitted me to the hospital. He said that I had a severe infection and he was worried it could possibly spread to my brain since it had appeared so quickly! Sure enough, the remainder of my face soon swelled and the pain kept getting worse -- it felt as if someone had stuck barbed crayons up my nostrils. So I was stuck in the hospital. But I quickly discovered all was not so low and depressing. My loving wife brought me my laptap on which I had downloaded the free version of BC3K some time ago. A newbie to Battlecruiser galaxy, I had yet to even install it since spare time has not been plentiful for me lately. (Nevertheless, the promise of BC3K had picqued my interest enough to make me preorder BCM last month.) After some false starts which I fixed by reading the troubleshooting FAQs and browsing the forum, I got the game running and haven't stopped playing except for when the doctor and nurses have made me. Bloodwork, tests, IV, repeat.
Well, 3 days later, 7 IVs of antibiotics, and many, many pain pills (Vicodin -- injected morphine didn't even touch the pain!) and many hours of BC3K, my swelling is finally going down and I MAY be going home tomorrow. The doctor still has to check my white cell count in the morning. SC, delving into the BC3K universe this week made the pain and discomfort bearable for me, and I wanted to sincerely thank you for creating such a great game. If BC3K is any indication, I think BCM is going to spectacular! Take care!
