Also, there's another area in the game that might be considered a cheat. When 
you die, you have two buttons: a "game over" button and a "revive for diamonds" 
button. Is it cheating to end the game, because you don't want to use up your 
diamonds, then go back and pick "endless" again? I guess we'll find out what 
the popular consensus is if the game is updated. It's kind of like the 
Kobiyashi Moru phenomenon in Star Trek: if you don't like the test, make up new 
rules or take advantage of loopholes. It's something you don't get to do often 
in real life. :) Of course, you don't want to ruin the fun every time, but the 
psychology of Easter eggs is there for a reason.

Teresa

Winging its way from my iPod

> On Nov 27, 2014, at 12:00 AM, Thomas Ward <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Sarah,
> 
> While I certainly see the point you are making there is one I'd like
> to make which I think is being overlooked. That is a person clearly
> has a choice to or not to reshuffle the cards. If you or anyone
> personally feels it is cheating to reshuffle the cards it is your
> option not to do it. If someone else doesn't think it is cheating they
> can reshuffle the cards as many times as necessary to have an
> accessible and enjoyable game. In short, its all about choices, and I
> think it is wrong to em pose your choices on someone else in a
> situation like this. Does it really matter to you if someone else can
> or can't cheat at a game when you aren't in direct competition with
> them?
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> 
> 
>> On 11/26/14, Sarah Haake <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> of course, the game is built with accessibility in mind. But it is built
>> with accessibility for the blind in mind. People with hearing
>> impairments were not considered here, and it was never said that the
>> game was accessible for hearing impaired people. That may have been a
>> right or wrong choice by the developer, I really don't want to commend
>> that. But the thing is, that you can't build certain games without
>> leaving someone out. Games which depend on graphics can't be played by
>> blind players. And as hard as it may sound, games which depend on
>> hearing can't be played by people with hearing impairments in most
>> cases. That's because in all honesty, games with easy to hear things
>> would often be too easy for blind players. These thunderstorms and
>> alarms are in the game to be a challenge after all, not just for the
>> sake of some rules.
>> And if you build a way in to reshuffle tarot cards for free, the game
>> wouldn't be a challenge anymore for everyone who can hear normally. The
>> thought behind the system is, that you either can face the challenge you
>> get or change it for a price. To be honest, I really don't know how to
>> help people like Theresa out here without making the game too easy for
>> everyone else. After all, this game is not really about mastering some
>> complicated mechanics, it's just about locating zombies and shoot them.
>> There has to be some kind of challenge in there somewhere.
>> 
>> Best regards
>> Sarah
> 
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