It's been my experience that it is a minority of blind people who do this...enough to get noticed, but I by no means would say that it was "most" of them. I think it is also far more prevalent in those who have been blind since birth, rather than those who lost their vision later on.
On 12 Jan 2006 at 11:19, Chris Reagan wrote: > The rocking is a nervous habbit that most blind people have, it is not good > for socialability. I've done it sometimes too and have learned to stop it. > Sometimes though, I do it without knowing it. > Chris > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "allan thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 10:11 AM > Subject: Re: audyssey: Fw: Blind video game star prepares for Mortal > competition in Japan > > > > Wow, talk about Pinball Wizard. This is pretty cool. > > I don't understand the reference to his "rocking". Was he on a rocking > > chair, or is there something I don't understand going on here? > > Hope he winds. > > > > allan > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ryan Strunk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 11:26 PM > > 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! 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