Re: [Audyssey] Alter Aeon: Discuss

2012-06-07 Thread dark
Hi Dennis. I wasn't thinking of infinite area wilderness, so much as large tracts of wilderness areas rather similar to southern Kordan's forest or the Wyvern forest on archase specifically to be used for xp generating activities like autoquests, hunting and missions, but if your not planning

Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Checkers, Mahjong

2012-06-07 Thread Loravara
Hi Quentin, I believe you can find the rules for Chinese official mahjong at www.ninedragons.com.\/mahjong/oir.html If you do develop this, and want a beta tester, just let me know. I'd be happy to help. -Original Message- From: gamers-boun...@audyssey.org

Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Checkers, Mahjong

2012-06-07 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, I tend to agree with you on that point. You are probably right, and based on my own experience dealing with rehab centers and blind agencies they tend to have over simplified notions of blindness. The APH games is a case in point where I believe the author thought he was doing something

[Audyssey] Thursday's Out-Of-Sight events

2012-06-07 Thread Charles Rivard
Here are the events scheduled for Thursday, June 7th: Happy Hour Chat 1:00 PM eastern Hosted by Ron Nurse and Charles Rivard Location: The Front Porch Join Ron and Charles every Thursday for some good old chit chat on The Front Porch,at 1:00 PM eastern. Discussions will be about anything, and

Re: [Audyssey] Alter Aeon: Discuss

2012-06-07 Thread john
My perspective on the shop idea: If you have a particularly interesting and/or high level spellcomp I'm going to save the gold by throwing on my thief sklev set and shoplifting it from you. I find that mobs are very expensive to purchase from, and I'd much rather have the exp from shoplifting.

Re: [Audyssey] Accessible Checkers, Mahjong

2012-06-07 Thread dark
Hi Tom. This is exactly the same problem here in the Uk, indeed here it is worse sinse the Rnib dominates everything so much with their atitude, and even if someone did! make an accessible product of some sort, most people wouldn't get to here about it if the Rnib didn't give their blessing,

Re: [Audyssey] tennis, anyone?

2012-06-07 Thread Ryan Strunk
After reading the article and seeing your feedback, I can't help but nod my head in agreement. It got me to thinking about a perennial problem with so-called blind sports, and I wonder what the solution is. If this strays too far from the realm of accessible gaming, please feel free to steer the

Re: [Audyssey] tennis, anyone?

2012-06-07 Thread Charles Rivard
You make valid points. Beep ball is not like baseball or softball. We cannot bowl on an equal basis against sighted bowlers who use the arrows for aiming. I can not shoot indoor archery on an equal basis with sighted archers, either, due to the accuracy, or lack thereof, of the aiming

Re: [Audyssey] tennis, anyone?

2012-06-07 Thread Steady Goh
Blind tennis or also called soundball tennis, a blind person can play with a fully sighted person but with different rules. we are allowed up to 3 bounces before we return the ball. A fully sighted has to return on the 1st bounce and parcially sighted allow up to 2 bounces. Yes, is not an equal