The only thing I have to say is holy frag!
What a dood.
At 03:26 p.m. 12/01/2006, you wrote:
>Ladies and Gentlemen,
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>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
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>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
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