Glad to hear back from Eleanor. Making any kind of list like this is
a pain in the butt to say the least, but I have to strongly echo Dark's
sentiment that if this list is to be a list of games that have no online
component at all, then it will be incomplete at the least, and certainly
would need major tweaking from last years list, as some games that are
playable online made the list, so I don't really understand where the
line is drawn at this point.
I think Dark alluded to creating a more comprehensive list on audio
games.net, and that may be the way to go here, as we would have input
from more folks that have the time and capacity to play the various
games out there and give their feedback.
I applaud what Eleanor and John are doing here, we need all the
exposure we can get for audio games, but if it is just the two of them
trying to carve out this list, that is a pretty tall order to try and
evaluate what is out there.
As far as blind adrenaline, if anyone from 7128 wishes to take a look
at the games and see how they work, i'd be happy to walk them through it
in a quick ten minute session on skype. You'll find I'm not nearly the
crusty cummergion I come across as on list here, and maybe I could
answer some questions about how these types of audio games offer the
best of both worlds, single and multi player..
You will have to download a client for the games however, as they are
played with a local client that then shares data via our server, as does
soundRTS, as does swamp, etc..
If my tone has come across as impatient on the topic, my apologies,
I just want a fair shot for everyone that is deserving here, and that
not only includes BA, but RS Games, Quentin's playroom, AProne's site,
and so forth. To exclude the hard work and dedication of all these
folks is to do a disservice to not only the list, but those looking to
find out more info about our fascinating hobby.
Later
che
.
On 12/22/2011 1:53 PM, dark wrote:
Hi Eleanor.
I'll be interested to see what you come to on this. Even now I'm afraid
if the criteria is where the game exists, then sound rts and topspeed
probably need reconsiddering, sinse for both games people setting up
servers and playing across the net is the main attraction.
pluss, Allof the game clients like blind adrenaline have the ability to
play against bots single player, just as you can race against or fight
computer opponents in sound rts and topspeed.
Myself, I'd suggest "online" should apply only to games like Core exiles
or Sryth, online hosted gmaes that happen to be accessible, where as
specifically accessible clients for online games designed as audio games
in themselves should be considdered.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Eleanor Robinson" <elea...@7128.com>
To: <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 7:21 PM
Subject: [Audyssey] Top 25 websites for gamers who are blind
Hi Folks - I posted this but I haven't seen it show up - so I'm
re-posting it so no one thinks I'm ignoring what people say.
First I want to thank all of you for your input. It is important for
us to hear your thoughts as we consider our criteria for evaluating
the Top 25. We plan to discuss this over the next several weeks and
decide then how we will handle the review this year.
We do stick to the criteria described in the methodology so that is
how the rankings are determined.
One thing you need to be aware of is that we are NOT really
knowledgeable about online gaming and games. Our focus has always been
computer games that reside on a computer rather than on a server. That
being said - if you stop learning you stop growing. So we will explore
this issue and decide the criteria shortly.
Thanks again.
Eleanor Robinson
7-128 Software
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