Hi Yohandy,
The answer to your query, especially from my point of view.
Are you totally blind? If so, I'd love to know how you can play mainstream
games without any sighted help. If not, then that's why. You are partially
or fully sighted and can see the games you are playing. I spent five years
of my childhood just pressing controllers on a Playstation because I simply
didn't know where to go, what to do, and just enjoyed hearing the sounds
despite the fact that I lost all the time.
But what is the point of playing a game if you can't play properly?
Once I figured that there were games out there for us, they took priority
and precedence in my life, simply because I felt like I could get somewhere
with it, and that I wasn't fighting, excuse the pun, just to win. Winning in
accessible games is to do with your skill level, not your level of sight
which is the case with videogames.
Just my opinion.
Regards,
Damien.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Yohandy" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 6:12 PM
Subject: [Audyssey] my frustration with the blind gaming comunity.
Hey guys,
Ok I'm gonna go ahead and say it. I find myself getting extremely
frustrated with the blind gaming community. Why you ask? ok here goes. I'm
sure you guys have noticed I've been putting up some rock band samples up.
you've also noticed Clement has been putting up some street fighter IV
samples and various other samples. So why is it that when we ask for
feedback or comments on these samples we work hard to create, people
simply either ignore us completely, or the same 3 or 4 people are the ones
to always respond? well you know what I think the reason for that is?
simply that the games we post about are mainstream games, not audio games.
I've noticed that when a new audio game comes out, even if it's the most
simplistic game in existence, everyone's all jumping to download it
immediately and there are threads that span hundreds of messages on the
subject. But when we post something having to do with console games, the
thread dies in a matter of hours. I'm sure Clement has been feeling this
frustration as well. it's been leaking through in his emails to the list
even if he hasn't mentioned it outright. So my question is this: what must
we do to get you guys interested in something other than topspeed 3, or
any other audio game for that matter? don't you guys have that spark of
curiosity to find out everything there is to find about video games? why
is everyone ignoring these games outright? This community has hundreds of
members, and only a very limited amount of people even talk about
mainstream games. it's all audio games, audio games, and more audio games.
there's so much more out there for you to find guys. how can you call
yourself a gamer when you aren't even willing to download the files
Clement and I put up to at least listen to what these games have to offer?
Whenever I put up a rock band sample, I get like 4 or 5 downloads at most.
however I rarely get any feedback. I think you guys are just shoving these
files in your hard drives and don't even take a listen. if you do, then
you have the curiosity of a robot. I don't know about Clement, but I'm not
planning on putting anything else up. What's the point? no one seems to
care what we have to say, or have any curiosity about console gaming. you
guys just keep playing your audio games and keep your closed-minded
mentality about game accessibility in general. If you think I'm taking
things too far, consider this: remember when Clement and I had that little
Street Fighter seminar? I finally thought that people finally had some
interest in what we had to say and in the game and such. we got some
really good questions, and over all had a really good time. but once that
seminar ended, what do you think happened? That's right. absolutely
nothing. people basically were like oh ok, that game had awesome sounds
and music and such. ok back to playing some tank commander. at least,
that's how I feel personally. it was fun as a spur of the moment thing.
Now let me ask you this. how many of you, after listening to that seminar
went over to gamestop and bought a copy of Street Fighter? or even go to a
friend's house and try the game out? My guess is 0. ok rant over. I know
this email is a mess lol, but it's just basically me writing down my ideas
as they come to mind. take from it what you will. for those of us serious
about gaming, we need to get together and figure where we should take it
from here. Do we give up, or keep trying? I'm pretty tired of trying my
self when everyone's resisting to be honest. Good day everyone.
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