Why can't you accept that there are people who aren't interested in video games. We are among a small minority who play them. I think you just have to deal with that.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Yohandy Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 2:06 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] my frustration with the blind gaming comunity. SO since you didn't have much success with mainstream gaming when you were younger, you just assumed ok I can't play this? you gave up, just like that? you never considered trying the game for a while and try to figure things out? also I'm sorry to say, but you'll never find a mainstream game that caters to your extremely unrealistic specifications. From: "Philip Bennefall" <[email protected]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 2:43 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] my frustration with the blind gaming comunity. > Hi Yohandy, > > I pretty much feel the same way as a lot of other people on this list. > If the game is not accessible enough to allow me to play without > sighted assistance, or requires me to learn everything by heart such > as all menu options etc before I can even begin, I quite frankly have > no interest in it. I did my fare share of controller punching myself > when I was younger just because I liked the sounds and wanted to > experience a fraction of what my friends were talking about all the > time. I didn't have much success, but that does not mean I have no > interest. Tell me a game that I can read the manual fore, install, > run, and play without requiring any help from someone sighted, and > also that will not run me 300 dollars for a console and 40/50 for the > game, and I will be more than happy to play. But I am not willing to > buy a console just because I might, with trial and error, be able to win a few times after countless attempts and assistance. > That is a sacrifice that I feel is not only huge, but fruitless. > > Kind regards, > > Philip Bennefall > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Yohandy" <[email protected]> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, February 07, 2011 7:12 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. 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