Nice to meet you mr. Or mrs. Perfect. We're all on the Same side lets quit bashing each other I get the feeling from some of the people on this list that they think their better than everyone else
Sent from my iPhone On Dec 16, 2011, at 11:49 PM, Allison Mervis <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's the thing Michael. It's the little things that we do when we write to > other people which set the tone of our messages. I think you know that your > writing could stand to improve pretty significantly. You don't use proper > punctuation and grammar, you don't structure your sentences very well, and > your messages always sound as though you've written them in a terrible hurry. > This combination of factors would make anyone sound demanding and rude. If > you'd take an extra five minutes to run spell checker and proofread your > messages, that would go a long way towards changing the overall tone. You > also need to be a lot more specific when you're communicating with > developers. Judging by your communications to the list, you've basically kept > saying to poor Mario, "This isn't accessible, fix it," over and over again. > Any time one of us has suggested a particular game feature which needs to be > improved, you respond almost as though you haven't played the game yourself. > Sometimes I think you simply loaded the intro screen of the game, saw that > the buttons weren't initially labeled, and shot off an email to the developer > with no clear idea of the specific changes that needed to be made. This > placed a terribly heavy burden on Mario. I suspect that all of the things he > learned about implementing the level of accessibility which currently exists > within the game was a result of his own research and hard work. He should be > commended for that. These are just a few more things to keep in mind as you > hopefully work to improve your advocacy skills. > Allison > On 12/16/2011 7:11 PM, michael barnes wrote: >> Well I know someone of you think I was being too demanding and rude but I >> was just trying to see if I could be a part of the team to improve the game. >> I have shown my email to other people and they agree with me that all I was >> trying to do is help. >> When I have done what all of you are talking about developers don't want to >> make their games accessible. >> I was only doing this because as a blind gamer and helping to make a IOS app >> I could have gave some good pointers. >> I know that folks on here ain't trying to call me rude when some of y'all >> have nasty atitudes with some people in the past. >> If you thought I was being a pest I wasn't. >> I only sent him one email after I join the forum which was this morning. >> I am done talking about this subject. >> So please lets quit talking about it. >> The next time I speek to a developer about IOS I know what I need to do. >> > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
