Hi Ari I agree air hockey is quite fast paced and stopping the puck is not what I'd consider in the spirit of the game. However I don't know as though there would be anything to modify the puck with. My reasons would be it would have to stand up to being knocked around and also could a person hear it and react quickly enough. What I try and do is just keep my paddle [or whatever it's called] in front of my goal and hope. Certainly it's kind of hit and miss but not sure what else could effectively be done. For pool the best is for whomever your playing to show you the cue ball and carefully show you where the other balls are in relation to it. Any sort of beeping thing would not be impossible but difficult depending on the pool game being played. I.E. spots and stripes. For snooker I could see the use of Braille on the balls, but I'd imagine it would throw off the shot in some way if only slightly.
----- Original Message ----- From: "ari" <aridamoula...@gmail.com> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 1:12 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Table Games was Re: Air Hockey Hi Ian and Dark, The problem with that is, it takes the fun out, because you're stopping the disk from flying around, which is supposed to happen. Dark, let's for a moment forget about the fact that you need to use the disk that came with the machine, or let's pretend the owner said you can modify it, is there an answer? I've also wondered about this when it comes to things like table football, or even table tennis and pool, because a lot of the time it's really rubbish to not play properly, or have to sit out while the sighted guys have the fun. For snooker, I have heard that some blind people label the balls in braille, like y for yellow, p for pink, r for red, which is interesting. For me, though, as I don't have ready access to a pool table, I have trouble even shooting a ball with a long cue, but that is because I can't practice, I don't think that that's got anything to do at all with being blind. The only problem I think a blind person has, it's impossible to get a visual perspective of the table, but, if you're playing with a sighted person, you can ask if there are any balls in your way, and if you're playing with another blind person, then you'll have to feel very carefully around the table, which sometimes takes ages. Ari --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
