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  1. 07-27-2005, 06:09 PM #1
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    AP & Yahoo: Blind Teen Amazes With Video-Game Skills

    http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor..._blind_gamer_1

    Blind since birth when his optic nerve didn't connect because of Leber's disease, Mellen honed his video game skills over the years through patient and not-so-patient playing, memorizing key joystick operations and moves in certain games, asking lots of questions and paying particular attention to audio cues. He worked his way up from games such as "Space Invaders" and "Asteroid," onto the modern combat games.
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  2. 07-27-2005, 06:19 PM #2
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    How can a blind game play a video game?

    ofcourse if he played americas army he could spam the 203 a lot.
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    Wow is all I can say about that. I still frag him though
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  4. 07-27-2005, 06:28 PM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by Vengance_01
    Wow is all I can say about that. I still frag him though
    Me too, lol.

    If I couldnt, I would flash bang him, oh wait he's already blind.
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    obviously he uses 1337 hacks. duh.


    thats pretty cool though, doesnt seem possible but cool.

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    I one time got to level 6 on the origional Soul Caliber arcade game without moving the joystick.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kamakazie
    He is the pinball wizard!
    Yep - but if you wrote a song saying "That deaf dumb and blind kid sure plays a mean Halo" you'd get sued for discrimination and creating a hostile gaming environment.
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    someone was developing a version of quake 3 for the blind...it used sound to determine stuff like players...walls...items and so on...along with the distances between those objects...that was a long time ago though
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    Quote Originally Posted by PointlesS
    someone was developing a version of quake 3 for the blind...it used sound to determine stuff like players...walls...items and so on...along with the distances between those objects...that was a long time ago though
    Yeah, but that would discriminate against deaf people. Somebody'd sue under the Americans with Disabilities act.
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    It would be filed as abusive language...somehow it would come to that.
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    Wow... that's amazing! To get so used to the sounds that in the end you can make your way through. I'm speechless! Bravo!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sex-Machine
    Wow... that's amazing! To get so used to the sounds that in the end you can make your way through. I'm speechless! Bravo!
    You should see a canadian name Jeff Healy play guitar. Wow, and he's blind too.
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  17. 07-28-2005, 01:13 PM #15
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    blind gamers? yeah, I play with them all the time on BF2, especially when I need a ride.
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