sure i heard about these too. if someone wants to live as a disabled person, i'm sure there's a few of us who would oblige them by providing them with authentic disabilities! my guess is such people only played the part in public view, not in private etc. so they sort of cheated! smile. Kevin - co-owner/moderator of the blind gamers discussion list contact me via email/msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "FigureInTheCloak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 9:16 PM Subject: Re: audyssey: Fw: Blind video game star prepares for Mortal competition in Japan
> Holy God! Are you serious? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "simon.dowling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 9:56 AM > Subject: Re: audyssey: Fw: Blind video game star prepares for Mortal > competition in Japan > > > > hi cloak, indeed it is sick, and I personally no of 2 over here in the uk > > that have faked being blind, they even went through the usual > > institutions, > > and rehab centres, and it was down to a handful of us to weed them out. > > I shan't give names, although they are probably not on the list, when > > asked > > why they did such a thing, one of them who was a girl, said to see what > > she > > could get out the system, the other who was a guy, said for a laugh. > > needless to say he nearly ended up in hospital for the rest of his very > > sick > > and perverted life. > > lol. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "FigureInTheCloak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 2:21 PM > > Subject: Re: audyssey: Fw: Blind video game star prepares for Mortal > > competition in Japan > > > > > >> Wow! That is cool! > >> > >> I actually saw this article, or one very much like it, on a sighted > >> gaming > >> message board, which I proceeded not to join, because the assholes there > >> didn't believe what they were reading and even had the f**ing nerve to > >> insinuate that the guy was faking being blind just to get attention. AS > >> if > >> anyone would! God people can be such bakas! > >> > >> But I'd very much like to believe it's true. I have heard before, in > >> other > >> than gaming contexts, of blind people who's ears are that good. So > >> unlike > >> those dorks, I don't see why it couldn't be possible, just rare, and I > >> certainly don't think anyone would fake. That's just sick. But boy > >> wouldn't you just love to meet the guy in person, just to see for your > >> self, > >> not to mention get some tips on how he does it? More to the point, I'd > >> love > >> to be that good myself. Well, not that good maybe, but good enough to > >> actually play mainstream games like that. LOL But I suppose I'd better > >> get > >> my hand-ear coordination up to getting all the way through Dark Destroyer > >> first. > >> ----- 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. 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"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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