Also, your avatar picture is super legit, seems like you're taking it well, you'll be kicking ass before you know it. You can joke wih your opponents that you beat them with one eye 'closed'

Sorry, as well to hear of your accident. I feel your pain brother, I have diabetic retnopathy, and last year had a huge hemorrhage that blinded my right eye.. after the opperation I can see clearly now, but just a week ago I had the same happen in my left eye.

I can offer this... I didn't give up, and since my games are always with friends, they were very understanding and accommodating as well.

Its great when others can make your kove for you as any friendly game this can be needed. Also, the top down aspect can help, and when making my own moves I try to move slow and deliberate. No one complains cause I give em the look that says.. even with one eye I can still use both hands to choke you out.. lol

The eye patch can be fun to intimidate with as well...

Again, sorry you are in this situation, but remember brother, there is this whole community here to help and provide some positive advice... and I'm sure your friends are willing to help out as well.

thanks man that helped alot yeah seeing the people here caring for each other is a big +. and in the flag ship store i got nicknamed the one eyed devil ;P.

Glad I could give some hope and inspiration... I bet one eyed devil sounds much cooler in german.. haha

Hang in there man.. you are definitely ahead of the game with your positive outlook.

Yikes! Sorry to hear about your accident, but glad you're otherwise OK.

I'm not trying to make light of your situation, but your post made me think of the British Admiral Nelson, who lost the use of an eye and lost an arm in battle, and still did pretty good for himself. A story goes that during one battle, a lieutenant warned him about approaching enemy ships, and Nelson raised his spyglass to his bad eye and said "Ships, I see no ships."

Best of luck!

It's an account of an incident where he was given a signal to withdraw, so he raised the spyglass to his blind eye so he wouldn't see the signal. It's where we get the phrase 'Turning a Blind Eye'. May never have happened and if it did, technically the signal was 'Withdraw at your discretion). Still. it's a fun story. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turning_a_blind_eye

I expect adapting to take a while, but I am positive you can do it!

Hey SoulCrusherEx -

I am a Doctor of Optometry (O.D.) by profession. Ask your O.D. if he/she provides vision therapy, or ask them for a referral. You can also got o www.covd.org to find one in your area.

Vision therapy can help retrain and optimize the way your brain uses visual information. Think physical therapy or speech therapy, but working on the visual system. Your brain was inherently wired for binocular vision, and now it needs to learn how to adjust to monocular vision, so of course, depth, angles, and spatial judgments are screwy right now, but help is available.

I'd be happy to answer any questions you may have off list. There are better days ahead and therapy can help maximize your remaining sight and abilities.

One point of hope, they are getting pretty good with cyber eyes, soon you could have your depth perception back.

http://io9.com/5736188/cameras-that-could-one-day-replace-your-eyeballs

http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/science-scope/bionic-eye-can-help-blind-see-again/

Be happy, we live in the future.

yay il be a cyborg ;P ive read the first link and it really looks promising . now we have to wait until its usable ;P

You will find that the brain is a phenomenal piece of kit and so adaptable to new situations. It can be retrained and will adapt over time. But it will take time. And as Dojimaster suggested, seek out visual therapy as it will help with the retraining process. I'm quite stunned that only two weeks after your accident, you're back into gaming. Just shows you can't keep a good man down. One thing to try when looking at the table is shifting left and right slightly to gauge the distances from different angles, and the top down perspective is definitely going to help.

Stay strong and you'll make it.

Yikes! Sorry to hear about your accident, but glad you're otherwise OK.

I'm not trying to make light of your situation, but your post made me think of the British Admiral Nelson, who lost the use of an eye and lost an arm in battle, and still did pretty good for himself. A story goes that during one battle, a lieutenant warned him about approaching enemy ships, and Nelson raised his spyglass to his bad eye and said "Ships, I see no ships."

Best of luck!

It's an account of an incident where he was given a signal to withdraw, so he raised the spyglass to his blind eye so he wouldn't see the signal. It's where we get the phrase 'Turning a Blind Eye'. May never have happened and if it did, technically the signal was 'Withdraw at your discretion). Still. it's a fun story. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turning_a_blind_eye

Ah! should have checked Wikipedia before I posted. I agree, it's still a great story.

i lost my left eye 2 weeks earlier due to an accident >.>. well **** happens but after that i have kinda lost the sense and feel of my spitial eyesight and that fks me up with lots of crashes in x wing now that iam not able to coordinate my swarm like i was used to... should i end my Pilot career ? or try to deal with it and get along with it ? ....

man what do u guys think ?

Edit: even driving a car is on a halt now that i have to prove them that iam still capable of driving >.<

Sorry to hear of this trial you are facing. I would advise you keep going because you are in this period of adjusting. I was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2009 and It took a long time of adjustment after having the tumor removed (I also had to go through that whole driving test again). Even simple tasks will be frustrating but over time you'll adjust. It's amazing how the human body adapts..

I know a guy who is a goalkeeper in field hockey (you can replace that for any other ballsport with goals and hand-eye coordination if that sounds cooler to you), who is blind on 1 eye since his late teens. Yet he is a very provicient defender, who learned to adapt to the lack of depth. So hang in there. It will take time, but it is definitely possible to learn to deal with it.

sorry to hear about your lose of an eye

But i really hope you dont decide to give up. keep at it I think over time your eye and brain will train themselves to compensate.

I'm sorry to hear about this, but I'm glad you're taking it well.

Keep at it; like others have said, it's entirely possible for the brain to rewire itself to use a single eye to gauge depth.

I'm curious: were you wearing safety glasses? I don't think if it would have prevented the accident considering the chip flew through a piece of safety glass, but I'm still curious.

I work as a commercial pilot IRL and one of the captains I flew with only had one eye. It didn't stop him flying an airliner, although IIRC it took him about 6 months to get his medical certificate back after losing the eye (it was removed due to cancer). Be patient, be nice to yourself. It will take time, but you *will* get there.