Re: Should Swamp stop allowing sighted players?
I don't agree Haramir. If the graphics are turned off then it means that everybody has exactly the same tools to work with. Only when the graphics are on is somebody actually advantaged, and that of course, is people who can see to use the graphics. As Aprone stated Swamp was designed as an audio game, that means that everything you need to play the game is delivered audibly. So turning off the graphics isn't a disadvantage to anybody, it just means that we're all playing with the same deck, which is only right and as it should be.
I think your justification for keeping the graphics is that sighted people are used to seeing things and so removing those visual cues would put them at a disadvantage. I get that, but I don't think it is then a logical step to say that because they'd find the game tougher without graphics, that they should then just be left with their unfair advantage.
This didn't matter in regular play because we weren't being pitted against each other, but in Hardcore we are so it isn't right that anybody should have an advantage of any kind. The playing field needs to be even. If at first a sighted person struggles with the graphics removed then hey, guess what, they'll just have to do what we've all had to do, use their ears and improve their game play skills. I don't really think that's actually an unfair requirement for something that is after all, an audio game.
Dan.
URL: http://forum.audiogames.net/viewtopic.php?pid=155228#p155228
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