If you were blind...

TWITCHDOCTOR · Post by **TWITCHDOCTOR** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 2:11 am

what would be your favorite color?

Also, if you were blind, and there exsisted an arcade stick in Braille, what would be your favorite Shmup?

In other words, post count plus 1.

UnscathedFlyingObject · Tue Jun 07, 2005 2:22 am

If I were blind, I'd have more important things to worry about like counting how many people I can hit with my stick. And fashion OMG some blind people dress TACKY. Phuck. In my college, there's this blind guy I affectionately know as "born to be wild" for the reasons above.

russ · Post by **russ** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 2:40 am

I would wear clothes with swear words and offensive comments on them and act like I had no idea. As far as shmups go, don't know how you'd play them... if I remember correctly, they require hand-eye coordination, and without the "eye" part, you'd just have "hand coordination". And I know other hobbies in which you can practice your "hand coordination"...

...writing!

Ok, enough of that, sorry....

Moogs · Post by **Moogs** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 3:04 am

There's an interview with a blind gamer in the latest issue of EGM. I'd sit here and try to explain how he manages to play and beat games (single player and vs.) until I'm blue in the face, but it just wouldn't make any sense. Cos I don't quite understand it, either.

Guy supposedly lives right here in Connecticut, though.

jp · Post by jp » Tue Jun 07, 2005 3:13 am

I imagine I would find another hobby if I was blind... and I guess my favorite color would be blue... because its just a nice sounding color.

thesuperkillerxxx · Post by **thesuperkillerxxx** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 3:34 am

I'd Shoot myself in the head. Simple as that.

TWITCHDOCTOR · Post by **TWITCHDOCTOR** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 3:35 am

I hope you guy's aren't taking this thread too seriously...as it was meant as a joke/sarcasm topic.
But, in any case, we're all guilty now!

jp · Post by jp » Tue Jun 07, 2005 3:38 am

thesuperkillerxxx wrote:I'd Shoot myself in the head. Simple as that.

I agree. Unless I was born blind, then I wouldn't know the difference.

sffan · Post by **sffan** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 3:54 am

Since I wouldn't be able to see, I would not know what colors looked like and so my favorite color would be a nameless color I imagine in my head, or I might have a name for it like, "ahhh smooth prickly sparkle" or something.

My favorite shmup would be one I imagine in my head, which I play to shoot the evil demons that took my vision in the womb!

FatCobra · Post by **FatCobra** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 4:06 am

Being blind would really suck for me, since how would I be able to play videogames? I value vision over all other senses.

I could live without smell, some things you don't wanna take a whiff of.

Without sound would suck, but not as much as being blind.

Without touch, well, I can touch squishy and wet stuff without being grossed out.

Without taste means I can have a better diet because I can eat all that healthy junk without gagging.

But being blind? I'd rather commit suicide than be blind. Vision is probably the most important sense a gamer can have.

Post by **Ghegs** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 9:41 am

If I were to lose my sight I'd probably go all Ray Charles and try to learn to play an instrument to keep me busy, since reading, TV and games are naturally all out. Well, there's writing for the blind, but generally speaking. Music, music, plenty of music.

SheSaidDutch · Post by **SheSaidDutch** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 12:17 pm

Ghegs wrote:If I were to lose my sight I'd probably go all Ray Charles and try to learn to play an instrument to keep me busy, since reading, TV and games are naturally all out. Well, there's writing for the blind, but generally speaking. Music, music, plenty of music.

Or Stevie Wonder

Diabollokus · Post by **Diabollokus** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 2:16 pm

I you had to lose a limb what would it be?

an arm or a leg?

I rather lose a leg than an arm I suppose but then I wouldn't be able to escape from stuff i.e. natural predators, at least I could still shmup.

What about part of a limb i.e. hand or foot? foot again.

LoneSage · Post by **LoneSage** » Tue Jun 07, 2005 4:17 pm

Moogs wrote:There's an interview with a blind gamer in the latest issue of EGM. I'd sit here and try to explain how he manages to play and beat games (single player and vs.) until I'm blue in the face, but it just wouldn't make any sense. Cos I don't quite understand it, either.

Guy supposedly lives right here in Connecticut, though.

Did you notice the games he "beat"? Mortal Kombat and Clayfighters? Hell, they're just button mashers.

You don't need to see to press buttons.