Well, I was just pointing out something that I've learned. I was also blind from birth, which might explain it too. Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "allan thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 1:01 PM Subject: Re: audyssey: Fw: Blind video game star prepares for Mortal competition in Japan
> Thanks, I guess I learn something new every day. > allan > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Reagan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 11:19 AM > Subject: Re: audyssey: Fw: Blind video game star prepares for Mortal > competition in Japan > > >> The rocking is a nervous habbit that most blind people have, it is not >> good >> for socialability. I've done it sometimes too and have learned to stop >> it. >> Sometimes though, I do it without knowing it. >> Chris >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "allan thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 10:11 AM >> Subject: Re: audyssey: Fw: Blind video game star prepares for Mortal >> competition in Japan >> >> >>> Wow, talk about Pinball Wizard. This is pretty cool. >>> I don't understand the reference to his "rocking". Was he on a rocking >>> chair, or is there something I don't understand going on here? >>> Hope he winds. >>> >>> allan >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Ryan Strunk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 11:26 PM >>> Subject: audyssey: Fw: Blind video game star prepares for Mortal >>> competition >>> in Japan >>> >>> >>>> Ladies and Gentlemen, >>>> >>>> Please let me know your thoughts on this situation. >>>> The individual, in another article, is now styled as "the blind gamer." >>>> >>>> Ryan >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: Amy Buresh >>>> To: undisclosed recipients: >>>> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 9:29 AM >>>> Subject: Blind video game star prepares for Mortal competition in Japan >>>> >>>> >>>> This article from today's Lincoln Journal Star >>>> >>>> Blind video game star prepares for Mortal competition in Japan >>>> by hilary kindschuh/Lincoln Journal Star >>>> >>>> The latest challenger stands up, defeated. >>>> >>>> LINCOLN, NE- 06 JAN 07 - Blind videogamer Brice Mellen plays a practice >>>> game of Mortal Kombat before taking on anyone willing to challenge him >>>> at >>>> DogTags >>>> Gaming Center on Sunday afternoon. Filming him was a crew from Nippon >>>> Television in Japan, who is sponsoring Mellen's upcoming trip to Japan >>>> to >>>> take on >>>> that country's best players. Jill Peitzmeier/jp Lincoln Journal Star >>>> >>>> "Next victim," says someone in the crowd. >>>> >>>> Another competitor trudges to the front of the room, sits in a black >>>> chair >>>> facing a large television screen and picks up a video game controller. >>>> >>>> Everyone knows it's hopeless. >>>> >>>> During a special Mortal Kombat competition on Sunday at the DogTags >>>> Gaming >>>> Center in northeast Lincoln, Brice Mellen effortlessly defeated one >>>> opponent >>>> after another as he rocked in his chair, his back to the television >>>> screen. >>>> >>>> Brice wasn't showing off by turning away from the video characters >>>> fighting on a platform under a rainy, overcast sky. He can't see them. >>>> >>>> Brice, 18, who has been blind since birth due to Leber's disease, began >>>> attracting attention for his video gaming prowess last summer when he >>>> was >>>> featured >>>> on several television programs, including NBC's Today Show. >>>> >>>> Later this month the Lincoln East High School senior and his father >>>> will >>>> travel to Japan, where Brice will compete with some of Japan's best >>>> Mortal >>>> Kombat >>>> players as part of a special for Nippon TV's Power of Memory, Part III. >>>> >>>> A Japanese film crew from Nippon TV came to Lincoln over the weekend to >>>> shoot footage of Brice at his home and at the gaming center. >>>> >>>> Sunday's special competition at DogTags was designed as a warmup to >>>> help >>>> Brice prepare for the tournament. >>>> >>>> Brice trumped all challengers in best of three rounds competition - >>>> most >>>> were defeated in under three minutes. A couple managed to win their >>>> first >>>> round >>>> but Brice always came back to win rounds two and three. >>>> >>>> Brice's sister, 19-year-old Sharon Mellen, said they started playing >>>> Mario >>>> Brothers video games with their step-sisters about 10 years ago. >>>> >>>> "We went through a lot of controllers," Sharon said. >>>> >>>> Eventually, Brice moved on to a Sega Genesis, Sharon said. That's when >>>> he >>>> started playing Mortal Kombat. >>>> >>>> "Then it was love thereafter," she said. >>>> >>>> Brice's family didn't realize how talented he was until he came to the >>>> DogTags, Sharon said. >>>> >>>> "Kids don't want to play him," she said. "They're scared to lose." >>>> >>>> By listening to the different sounds in the game, Brice said, he can >>>> anticipate what his opponent will do. >>>> >>>> "But you've got to attack, too," he said. >>>> >>>> After Brice defeated all of his challengers Sunday, a member of the >>>> Japanese film crew asked him if he was confident he would always win. >>>> >>>> "Who knows? There could be somebody out there better than me," Brice >>>> said, >>>> rocking in his chair. "That's why I've got to keep playing, so I can >>>> win >>>> if we >>>> ever meet." >>>> >>>> Reach Hilary Kindschuh at 473-7301 or >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> >>>> >>>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> to leave send a blank Email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> You can contact the list owners/moderators by Emailing >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> to go nomail send a blank message to: >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> change "nomail" to "normal" to resume messages. >>>> Yahoo! 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