this guy.. man this guy.. sure is a baller. Keep on rocking Matt! My only disappointment is that I am not at the EG house this week to meet such an over comer.

BloodDiamond

11 Posts

July 18 2012 15:52 GMT

#122

I know this IS A LONG SHOT, but i spent a lotttt of time with matt at IPL4 and never got his contact info. If anyone on here is a personal friend of his plz tell him to shoot me a message on here. His helper for the weekends name was john. We spent 3/4 days at IPL sitting together watching the games, the guy is an inspiration to anyone who thinks they have it bad in life. cause i tell you what this guy is happy as ever. Just tell him im the guy with the white hat and from alaska, name is Greg. Hope to be in contact with him soon

Kritos222

Sweden21 Posts

July 18 2012 16:00 GMT

#123

Man, I did feel bad for the guy for awhile, then i saw he played Terran. UGH!

whereismymind

United Kingdom717 Posts

July 18 2012 16:01 GMT

#124

I love that guy.

Stitch

Hong Kong134 Posts

July 18 2012 16:03 GMT

#125

This story is so touching ... LOOKNOHANDS FIGHTINGGG!

imp42

398 Posts

July 18 2012 16:23 GMT

#126

Nice writeup. As you mentioned, we are a community obsessed with hardware. So it actually would be nice to read some more about the hardware used :D. I realize you excluded the topic very consciously and I agree the article written is a good introduction. But now me (and surely many others) would really like to know ALOT about Matts hardware setup.

In particular, I'm interested in the following questions:

- How does Matts setup differ from a normal setup and why?
- Why does Matt use standard product instead of custom made ones?
- How does the fact of not having hands affect apm, accuracy, etc. on keyboard and on mouse?
- Maybe there is a guide for disabled players? As I just signed up as a PCA for 2 weeks, I could imagine myself promoting SC2 when I work with disabled people and therefore I'd be interested in material
And last but not least:
- Is there anything people _with_ hands can learn for their own play based on Matts findings? It would be really awesome if some results / findings would be useful for the whole SC2 community whether disabled or not

NeMeSiS3

Canada2972 Posts

July 18 2012 16:29 GMT

#127

It's like the happiest saddest thing... I wish I had of known about all the donations and things... I hope they run another one.

simian_sc

United States91 Posts

July 18 2012 16:34 GMT

#128

Love the article. Great write up.

Matt, you're truly an inspiration. Keep up the hard work my friend and never give up on your dreams!

NKB

United Kingdom608 Posts

July 18 2012 16:40 GMT

#129

Woow, that is just amazing, what a guy, not giving up no matter :D

1st_Panzer_Div.

United States621 Posts

July 18 2012 16:47 GMT

#130

Hated the writing style this was done in. It felt over-edited and lacked any personality. Would like to actually have had a story about Matthew Fink instead of... abstract statements. It was hard to get a feel for him or his story at all.

Good luck at the EG house!

TG_IronEagle

3 Posts

July 18 2012 16:51 GMT

#131

It really has been a pleasure getting to know Matt over the past 8 years and it still amazes me how he is to game faster than his friends with no hands

Firesilver

United Kingdom1190 Posts

July 18 2012 16:53 GMT

#132

He is such a huge inspiration to me and I'm glad IM/EG are giving him some help with his play so he can further improve.

Probe1

United States17920 Posts

July 18 2012 17:03 GMT

#133

Thank you for granting us this look into your life Mr Fink. I would like to donate to a fundraiser for your needs if you held a second one.

CrtBalorda

Slovenia704 Posts

July 18 2012 17:07 GMT

#134

I wouldnt want to be this guy. Hes awsome thought, that he still even thought about trying to play a game like this.

Though I will say this.
The fact that someone with barely any hands can play this game, speakes quite a bit on how fucking bad this game is compared to some games I know.

-.-

Mrvoodoochild1

United States1439 Posts

July 18 2012 17:10 GMT

#135

This guy has the best handle ever. <3

HellionDrop

281 Posts

July 18 2012 17:13 GMT

#136

On July 19 2012 02:07 CrtBalorda wrote:
I wouldnt want to be this guy. Hes awsome thought, that he still even thought about trying to play a game like this.

Though I will say this.
The fact that someone with barely any hands can play this game, speakes quite a bit on how fucking bad this game is compared to some games I know.

-.-

just because you play the game, doesn't mean that you're good. the difficulty of the game is not only the mechanic aspect of the game but also the competition. And if you watch the video, you would know that he couldn't play the game like a normal person, even though he must have spent lots of time trying to improve.

FallDownMarigold

United States3710 Posts

July 18 2012 17:23 GMT

#137

Pretty cool and inspiring. Also, though the idea is still more 'sci-fi' than science fact right now, it seems that in the future, provided many advances in neuro, people without arms will actually be able to play games without needing to mechanically interact with the computer

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16838014

YouMake

United States262 Posts

July 18 2012 17:29 GMT

#138

gotta love the sense of humor " LookNoHands"

SHOOG

United States1639 Posts

July 18 2012 17:32 GMT

#139

Awesome article and guy.
This is truly inspirational! Nothing held him back. He had a disadvantage yet he pushed through. Such a baller.

SayTT

Sweden2158 Posts

July 18 2012 17:40 GMT

#140

On July 18 2012 09:47 Brainling wrote:

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I disagree entirely. I love the way the story was written. It was a full journalistic piece, something you would see in a magazine like Time or a longer exposition piece you might see on Grandland. It's not a one blurb flash-news article.

Overall, it's an amazing piece. I really enjoyed it. I hadn't heard of Matt before, but I'll be following his progress from here on out.

Yes I felt the same, this was a great story that was well written. This style of writing is the norm when it comes to "features". It's all about getting the reader to feel like he is experiencing the story first hand. Great work!