Re: Distancing myself from the blind community

Re: Distancing myself from the blind community I'd also like to offer my support - if you want to leave, then that's your call and nobody elses.If people decide they want to insult you because of this decision, then I think they're pretty much providing more evidence to back you up.Best

Re: Distancing myself from the blind community

Re: Distancing myself from the blind community That kind of behavior, unfortunately, isnt unique to the blind and visually impaired communities, it goes on in most, if not all, Internet communities.Part of the problem is that most Internet communities, including this one, allow the use

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Re: Distancing myself from the blind community Oddly enough, once someone gets themselves banned that is usually that. I tend to find trolls who just exist to be trolls are less common on this forum, or are very much easier to spot and deal with anyway, than people who simply cannot have

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Re: Distancing myself from the blind community Yeah, I know all about forum moderating and administration, as I was our departments forum moderator and administrator mainly because nobody else was willing to do it. I didnt care, for the most part I enjoyed it, but there were a few moments

Re: Distancing myself from the blind community

Re: Distancing myself from the blind community Some thoughts from someone who is quite old compared to most of you, (Im in my mid forties.)First of all, people are people, and whether its here, Google Plus, Facebook, LiveJournal, or a good double dozen other fora Ive participated

Re: Distancing myself from the blind community

Re: Distancing myself from the blind community I agree with your sentiments, but I can also sympathize with people who say, enough is enough! Whether theyre justified in placing blame on the blind community as a whole or not, and, as an aside, I have always despised the term blind

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Re: Distancing myself from the blind community I am in fact growing somewhat weary of the incessant complaints about the blind community. While I used to somewhat agree with it, I wonder how founded the complaints actually are. Remember that everyone who is complaining is essentially also

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Re: Distancing myself from the blind community Hi. I can see both sides of the ball here, but others have already stated what I wanted to so I wont repeat whats been already said. While were on the subject of vision, I have slitely enough, in both eyes to see pictures and my surroundings

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Re: Distancing myself from the blind community People like the audazle project and the ones that make Flarestar, I currently forget there names, are the devs I respect because they take feedback in stride. So positive feedback makes them happier and they strive to make more games

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Re: Distancing myself from the blind community I used to think that people who are born blind are better off than those that lose their vision later in life, as I have. My thinking was that those who are born blind, having never had vision, dont know what theyre missing, but those

Re: Distancing myself from the blind community

Re: Distancing myself from the blind community I used to think that people who are born blind are better off than those that lose their vision later in life, as I have. My thinking was that those who are born blind, having never had vision, dont know what theyre missing, but those

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Re: Distancing myself from the blind community I certainly wasnt referring to Deathmatch either. I couldnt say one way or the other, having never played it, but I havent heard any complaints about it either.As for the hacking and such in Swamp, Aprone handled that situation like the mature

Re: Distancing myself from the blind community

Re: Distancing myself from the blind community One of the most infuriating things is when people will come onto the forum for the sole reason to start flame wars. Theyll start a topic, escalate drama, next thing you know, such immature words as fuckerface and bastardfuck or whatever

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Re: Distancing myself from the blind community I am by no means stating that the sighted comunity is free of drama. However, the fact that the drama is such commonplace is what puts me off about the blind community. For example, last week I found 2 15 year olds fighting and when I asked

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Re: Distancing myself from the blind community My response to being ridiculed when I dont know something is to ask my heckler something I know he doesnt that I do, that usually puts them in their place. Your question doesnt have to be about the same or similar thing you didnt have

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Re: Distancing myself from the blind community @CWI agree with you, the decisions, the behavior and many many other things are indicated by the country where people live, and the culture they own. The more years I pass, the more disability Im seeing on the young blind children. The point

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Re: Distancing myself from the blind community @CWI agree with you, the decisions, the behavior and many many other things are indicated by the country where people live, and the culture they own. The more years I pass, the more disability Im seeing on the young blind children. The point

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Re: Distancing myself from the blind community I am a little surprised at the comments on Ticonblu, sinse Ive both always found them very easy to deal with and a nice bunch who take cryticism, and in the three titles Ive played extensively, inquisitors heartbeat and she noire were both

Re: Distancing myself from the blind community

Re: Distancing myself from the blind community Most communities that wind up multigenerational tend to have these periods each time a new generation pops in where the newer generation has bouts of drama. Most of the drama around here lately seems to come from the newer developers yelling

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Re: Distancing myself from the blind community @Gene, In the topic on the blind community I mentioned distancing myself from blind organizations, not this forum sinse I tend to find the two groups, the blind as community institutions go, and audio gamers tend to be different. I

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Re: Distancing myself from the blind community Ghost Rider, while I do get what you are saying I also think you are letting a few bad apples spoil your opinion of what is a fairly decent community in the main. The reason I say that is I have been on the web for close to twenty years

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Re: Distancing myself from the blind community hi.I agree. Its strange but theres not much we can do about the protecting thing. Its not good in my opinion. Sure protect to a sertain extent but there needs to be a stopping line and that line should not be crossed.I have seen a lot of drama

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Re: Distancing myself from the blind community Dark wrote:Also to be honest if you think sighted forums and communities are free from this kind of drama, it sounds like you havent seen too many.This sounds like the Line of the year to me, I dont think dark could say it better - If you

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Re: Distancing myself from the blind community @Some of youWell, I agree that there are many problems going on in the blind community, especially in some forums, but that doesnt necessarily mean that all are the same. With this state, you are reminding me a generalised opinion

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Re: Distancing myself from the blind community @Some of youWell, I agree that there are many problems going on in the blind community, especially in some forums, but that doesnt necessarily mean that all are the same. With this state, you are reminding me a generalised opinion

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Re: Distancing myself from the blind community Hello all,Here is my point of view. I love audio games. That is, I love to develop, play, and talk about them, which is the reason I have not left the forum. Ive seen the drama, I used to be part of it myself, but that stopped a couple

Re: Distancing myself from the blind community

Re: Distancing myself from the blind community It depends upon the online game, its security and how its run. There are many extremely good browser games and muds that entirely missout on the hacking and associated drama. Likewise, while there were trouble makers on Swamp through a lot

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Re: Distancing myself from the blind community @Turtle;The problem with some players hacking, cheating, and otherwise trashing online games, I suspect is mostly kids that dont know any better or simply dont care how their actions might effect others. It is these troublemakers

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Re: Distancing myself from the blind community Hi all,Well, I can see both sides of this.The thing is, Ghost Rider has a point. Not because blindness-specific forums have less drama, but because when drama happens here, it seems to pile on all at once. Were not talking about a Tumblr post

Re: Distancing myself from the blind community

Re: Distancing myself from the blind community which community are you talking about? I mean here in the audio games? anywhere else? URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=222689#p222689 ___ Audiogames-reflector mailing list

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Re: Distancing myself from the blind community Hi.I couldnt agree more with this post. TO be honest its not just on here. Ive seen it so much on the Playroom, on the zone bbs. Its kind of sad to be honest. URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=222687#p222687

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Re: Distancing myself from the blind community Id ask the same as Afrim, sinse the blind community in general and the audio gaming community specifically are different. Also to be honest if you think sighted forums and communities are free from this kind of drama, it sounds like you havent

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Re: Distancing myself from the blind community @afrim;Brad mentioned this forum and The Zone, another online community of visually impaired people, and there are other similar communities.I too have to agree with Ghost Writer and Brad. I lost my vision to an aggressive form of glaucoma two

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Re: Distancing myself from the blind community I agree. People should treat others with respect here and show that this community is a place of helping, learning, and friendship rather than this place where people shoot down others opinions. Im sorry that new members are enduring

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Re: Distancing myself from the blind community @afrim;Brad mentioned this forum and The Zone, another online community of visually impaired people, and there are other similar communities.@Dark;If I recall correcly, in the disappointed with the blind community topic, you yourself said

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Re: Distancing myself from the blind community @ghost riderYou are generalizing the blind community by extrapolating from particular incidents.This may be justified, but please be more specific and provide examples.Its very easy to claim that the blind community is childish without