Looking forward to see your gaming setup, I admit you've gotten me really curious! And ROFL @ your TL ID. Good stuff. XD

Great to see you're not letting anything stand in the way of what you want to do in life. Keep up that attitude and you're much better off than half the world already.

Grettin

42381 Posts

September 23 2010 15:32 GMT

#25

I am as well very curious to see your setup or anything that tells how you play!

Looking forward to it!

dahornnn

United Kingdom395 Posts

September 23 2010 15:41 GMT

#26

If you manage to get everything in place maybe you can go to TL house and train for gsl :D?!!!
GL!

Dacendoran

United States825 Posts

September 23 2010 16:14 GMT

#27

+ Show Spoiler +

On September 24 2010 00:23 snotboogie wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVjyVa2DDsw

Here is Nom4d owning it up in CoD4, I know you know of him already but it's an inspirational video

This guy is who I was thinking of they're definitely out there he's damned good.

RyanRushia

United States2748 Posts

September 23 2010 16:26 GMT

#28

that is an incredible video of nomad... hed destroy me in MW2

Cuh

United States403 Posts

September 23 2010 16:30 GMT

#29

My friend (no where near a pro) but he is also disabled. He is paralyzed in his left arm. We used to play Battlefield 1942, and he would be on top almost all the time. He used his foot with a modified keyboard with some keys removed. But your story is very inspiring that you are qudrapeligic, Hope the best of luck to you

NukeTheBunnys

United States1004 Posts

September 23 2010 16:32 GMT

#30

Somewhat relivent, but Ben Heck is a console modder who does all sorts of cool things like make a snes or n64 into a hand held portable game has done a few mods to create controllers that work for disabled people. I cant find any others but here is a xbox360 controller modded so that you can control it with only one hand. It was made for a service man who lost one arm/hand in iraq.

Zlasher

United States9129 Posts

September 23 2010 16:33 GMT

#31

Dude I've been hanging out in vent with you for months and I had no clue about this. I'm amazed at your ability to overcome any obstacle in your way, heart and mind of gold that takes.

Dagobert

Netherlands1858 Posts

September 23 2010 16:43 GMT

#32

On September 24 2010 01:30 Cuh wrote:
My friend (no where near a pro) but he is also disabled. He is paralyzed in his left arm. We used to play Battlefield 1942, and he would be on top almost all the time. He used his foot with a modified keyboard with some keys removed. But your story is very inspiring that you are qudrapeligic, Hope the best of luck to you

First of all it's 'quadriplegic' and secondly, he isn't quadriplegic, he's a quad amputee. That means his arms and legs were surgically removed. Quadriplegic people still have their limbs but are paralyzed.

This Nomad guy seems to have some interesting skills there. I've heard of artists using their mouth/lips or feet to paint, but this is news to me.

Hacksaw11

Australia359 Posts

September 23 2010 17:04 GMT

#33

not sure if you call it disabled. but im deaf & blind in one eye, ive never been into pro circuit much, but can be skilled and pull off some good win vs top players in australia. i was raping all the top terran players back in brood wars pre replay era with some of sick zerg builds that i had

You can find me mentoring noobs n playing 2s, 3s in sc2 now

i think im deaf verison of Sean Plott :O his analysing are like mine, cept i hardly watch his shows since he doesnt put up subtitles *hint hint*

Inspiring peoples here.

Keep 'em coming!

Wolf

Korea (South)3290 Posts

September 23 2010 17:12 GMT

#34

This is an awesome thread. Thanks for sharing your story with us here and giving others with disabilities the chance to come in here and share theirs. All I can say is keep at it; I can see you don't let anything slow you down, and that's exactly how it should be.

It's good to know people out there like you are living it up, despite the challenges they face.

looknohands119

United States815 Posts

September 27 2010 03:56 GMT

#35

No prob guys! Thank you for all the interest and support. Especially, thank you for the leads. I'm trying to figure out a way to take video of myself playing for you guys to see but using a web cam but I'm having trouble. I'll put it up as soon as I figure it out. Also, I'm meeting with my adviser here n the next few days to propose my idea so cross your fingers for me that it goes well! (Since I can't cross mine! hehe...)

Half

United States2554 Posts

September 27 2010 04:06 GMT

#36

Dude your nick made me lol so hard T___T.

I'm still laughing. Sorry

Good luck to you in your endeavors though ^_^.

looknohands119

United States815 Posts

September 27 2010 04:20 GMT

#37

Its all good man, I used that as my name so people would laugh

I try not to take myself too seriously all the time.

Alou

United States3748 Posts

September 27 2010 04:23 GMT

#38

Really help this goes well for you. Definitely keep the forum posted! Only people I can think of have already been mentioned. So good luck with this. Definitely inspiring.

AirbladeOrange

United States2573 Posts

September 27 2010 04:41 GMT

#39

I love your post. I love your attitude. I love your ID.

TorpedoVegas

United States16 Posts

September 27 2010 04:44 GMT

#40

Love this thread. As for the program you were looking to get into id say go for it. Someone was saying you should look into amputee replacement limb technology but this opportunity sounds less geared towards that and more towards your passions of which it seems gaming is one.

Considering the purely physical limitations that such disabilities as yours can cause im surprised there arent more people in your position who turn to gaming as a form of entertainment that's accessible to them. I would use the program you discussed to try and form a base of disabled gamers who try and make high level gaming a more accepted and easily accessible pastime for others with disabilities. This would not only be a fun and positive way to spend your time but it could also lead to future lucrative business opportunities like what the guy making those custom controllers was doing. Imagine a kind of special olympics for gamers? Just an idea but think big man. Skys the limit.