well I hope he stops rocking before he gets to Japan and possibly the worlds media, else people will think all blind people do it. a lot do, but I think its embarrassing not only for the individual, but for the people around them. in the famous words of 1 of part of a double act called cannon and ball, "rock on Tommy" lol ----- Original Message ----- From: "Liam Erven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 4:29 AM Subject: RE: audyssey: Fw: Blind video game star prepares for Mortal competition in Japan
>I notice that he rocks a lot. Rocking out to MK. Sounds like fun to me. > That's definetly cool though. Someone needs to get this kid to play > against > Fatality. I would pay to watch that. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Ryan Strunk > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 10:27 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: audyssey: Fw: Blind video game star prepares for Mortal > competition > in Japan > > > Ladies and Gentlemen, > > Please let me know your thoughts on this situation. > The individual, in another article, is now styled as "the blind gamer." > > Ryan > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Amy Buresh > To: undisclosed recipients: > Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 9:29 AM > Subject: Blind video game star prepares for Mortal competition in Japan > > > This article from today's Lincoln Journal Star > > Blind video game star prepares for Mortal competition in Japan by hilary > kindschuh/Lincoln Journal Star > > The latest challenger stands up, defeated. > > LINCOLN, NE- 06 JAN 07 - Blind videogamer Brice Mellen plays a practice > game > of Mortal Kombat before taking on anyone willing to challenge him at > DogTags > Gaming Center on Sunday afternoon. Filming him was a crew from Nippon > Television in Japan, who is sponsoring Mellen's upcoming trip to Japan to > take on that country's best players. Jill Peitzmeier/jp Lincoln Journal > Star > > "Next victim," says someone in the crowd. > > Another competitor trudges to the front of the room, sits in a black chair > facing a large television screen and picks up a video game controller. > > Everyone knows it's hopeless. > > During a special Mortal Kombat competition on Sunday at the DogTags Gaming > Center in northeast Lincoln, Brice Mellen effortlessly defeated one > opponent > after another as he rocked in his chair, his back to the television > screen. > > Brice wasn't showing off by turning away from the video characters > fighting > on a platform under a rainy, overcast sky. He can't see them. > > Brice, 18, who has been blind since birth due to Leber's disease, began > attracting attention for his video gaming prowess last summer when he was > featured on several television programs, including NBC's Today Show. > > Later this month the Lincoln East High School senior and his father will > travel to Japan, where Brice will compete with some of Japan's best Mortal > Kombat players as part of a special for Nippon TV's Power of Memory, Part > III. > > A Japanese film crew from Nippon TV came to Lincoln over the weekend to > shoot footage of Brice at his home and at the gaming center. > > Sunday's special competition at DogTags was designed as a warmup to help > Brice prepare for the tournament. > > Brice trumped all challengers in best of three rounds competition - most > were defeated in under three minutes. A couple managed to win their first > round but Brice always came back to win rounds two and three. > > Brice's sister, 19-year-old Sharon Mellen, said they started playing Mario > Brothers video games with their step-sisters about 10 years ago. > > "We went through a lot of controllers," Sharon said. > > Eventually, Brice moved on to a Sega Genesis, Sharon said. That's when he > started playing Mortal Kombat. > > "Then it was love thereafter," she said. > > Brice's family didn't realize how talented he was until he came to the > DogTags, Sharon said. > > "Kids don't want to play him," she said. "They're scared to lose." > > By listening to the different sounds in the game, Brice said, he can > anticipate what his opponent will do. > > "But you've got to attack, too," he said. > > After Brice defeated all of his challengers Sunday, a member of the > Japanese film crew asked him if he was confident he would always win. > > "Who knows? There could be somebody out there better than me," Brice said, > rocking in his chair. "That's why I've got to keep playing, so I can win > if > we ever meet." > > Reach Hilary Kindschuh at 473-7301 or [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > to leave send a blank Email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can contact the list owners/moderators by Emailing > [EMAIL PROTECTED] to go nomail send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > change "nomail" to "normal" to resume messages. > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > to leave send a blank Email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can contact the list owners/moderators by Emailing > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > to go nomail send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > change "nomail" to "normal" to resume messages. > Yahoo! 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