hi this kid is good at mortal combat? so what? why does that make him famous if all he does it play that all day, it obvious he got no life? anyone can play a fighting game but as ryan said, we cant play propper more complex games like 3d perspective games, such as broken sword or tombraider will
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ryan Strunk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 4:59 AM Subject: Re: audyssey: Fw: Blind video game star prepares for Mortal competition in Japan > For me, Simon, that's the point. > I have met this guy in person before, and though he sells himself as a > great > gamer, I believe he's deluding himself. Certainly it is one thing to be > able > to play a fighting game, but to play any other game with free movement, > reading, color matching, or the like, which constitutes a vast majority of > the games out there, you would have to see what you're doing. > To sell yourself as a great gamer in that instance, to me, just isn't > factual. To be more honest, you'd really just have to label yourself a > one-trick pony. > Maybe that's just me, though. > > Ryan > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "simon.dowling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 11:59 AM > Subject: Re: audyssey: Fw: Blind video game star prepares for Mortal > competition in Japan > > >> well I used to knock seven bells out of my sighted mates when playing >> Mohammed ally and streets of rage 2 on the mega drive, and sometimes on >> mortal combat too! >> I think that this particular kid must have a pretty dull life if he only >> plays that game, but good luck to him I suppose he will be labelled in >> the >> same as the late great ray Charles and the legendary stevie wonder. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Liam Erven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 5:41 PM >> Subject: RE: audyssey: Fw: Blind video game star prepares for Mortal >> competition in Japan >> >> >> > I'd like to actually be there and watch him play. >> > Let's face it. How many of us can bowl over our sighted counterparts >> > in > a >> > game? If the kids good, he's good! No need to be jealous. >> > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On >> > Behalf Of Brandon Cole >> > Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 2:16 PM >> > To: [email protected] >> > Subject: Re: audyssey: Fw: Blind video game star prepares for Mortal >> > competition in Japan >> > >> > >> > Ridiculous. Absolutely positively ridiculous. Do you have any idea how >> > many >> > of us could get this same kind of publicity if we tried? I find this >> > pathetic. >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Ryan Strunk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > To: <[email protected]> >> > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 8:26 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. 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