From the video it appears you have full use of your voice, Great! Look into a 'voice dictation' software that lets you say keys to press. This way all your "1,2,3,4,5" and your hotkeys can be controlled through voice, maybe you still press some keys shift tab control etc

All the best!

NobleDog

United States65 Posts

October 23 2010 09:06 GMT

#167

That man runs one hell of a race!

I am impressed.

Diks

Belgium1880 Posts

October 23 2010 10:50 GMT

#168

I'm impressed and i see no reason why you could'nt compete at high level.
Starcraft is mainly a mind game :
Nobody needs 250 fake apm, in my opinion, 70 perfectly spent APM is enough in SC2.
Plus, your speed will obviously increase with the practice.

I wish you the best of luck in your journey

looknohands119

United States815 Posts

October 23 2010 13:54 GMT

#169

On October 23 2010 17:09 wired69 wrote:
From the video it appears you have full use of your voice, Great! Look into a 'voice dictation' software that lets you say keys to press. This way all your "1,2,3,4,5" and your hotkeys can be controlled through voice, maybe you still press some keys shift tab control etc

All the best!

I've tried voice dictation in the past (as recently as last year) and it has been extremely unreliable and unwieldy in my experience. Mouse and keyboard are working great for me right now so I'll probably stick tot hat for the foreseeable future. Plus, I am absolutely in love with my Lachesis. I have been using it for almost 3 years now and I really like the shape and grip.

I also got a very interesting letter yesterday that I'll make a post about later this evening, potentially with some more footage of me playing in our first CSL match this afternoon. Wish us luck!

MinoMino

Norway1103 Posts

October 23 2010 14:41 GMT

#170

This is really cool. I'm impressed by all the videos in this thread, really. As people have been saying, I definitely think you can do well in SC2, as you seem to be able to use both the keyboard and mouse pretty well. I wish you the best of luck!

lowkontrast

United States855 Posts

October 23 2010 15:54 GMT

#171

Wow, that's really amazing.

Weedk

United States507 Posts

October 23 2010 16:01 GMT

#172

You can do it!!! When I first saw this video, I realized that this kid could destroy me in ICCUP.

Everytime I see this vid..it's inspiring.

Harun

United States1 Post

October 24 2010 00:16 GMT

#173

Visually impaired gamer here. It's great to read about others' interest in gaming. I agree 100% with "'How gaming and disability' are viewed in public." To most, it may seem odd for us to try playing games along with others. For example, we BVI folks use flight simulators. Most of the comments are curious, about what mods and technologies we adapt for use.

Perhaps you could use the Watson, to study the outlook of disabled players in various countries? For example, if any country has competitions for disabled players. (In the way of another example, a local BVI group I hang out with, has competitions with "Time of Conflict" (TBS) and "SoundRTS" (RTS). There have to be similar venues, I'm sure.

Cheers,

Nomed.Demon

Canada36 Posts

October 24 2010 01:09 GMT

#174

Good luck man, inspirational story. I'm not pro or anything yet, but I am aspiring to get there as well. Let me know if you ever want to play some practice games with me.

Nomed
char code 616.

Scio

Germany522 Posts

October 24 2010 04:59 GMT

#175

WOW thats amazing. U are amazing. I wish u best of luck for your starcraft career.

vol_

Australia1608 Posts

October 25 2010 03:51 GMT

#176

Love your ID man, you are such an inspiration. I think a lot of people could learn from your positive attitude including myself. You made my day

Follow your dreams and don't let anyone get in your way mate.
If your travels take you to Australia (which as far as pro gaming goes, can be likened to the massive desert in the middle of our country) hit me up with a pm, It would be awesome to meet you.

Ftrunkz

Australia2474 Posts

October 25 2010 06:31 GMT

#177

i wont be the first, or the last, but i have the need to say that you're fucking incredible dude :D. looknohands fightinggggg!

Straife

United States36 Posts

October 25 2010 23:14 GMT

#178

I wish you the best of luck sir. I'm loving reading through all the support from other people in the TL community on this too!

littlewisp

United States26 Posts

October 27 2010 04:59 GMT

#179

I think you should write some letters to programmers or tech companies and see if they'd be interested in developing something pro-bono for you in return for advertisement/feel good story for them. This way you could expand your whatchamacallit to also include broadening technological development as a world community.

That's all I got, sorry it's not much. : /

This is awesome, glorious, what life should be. Good on you. I'll be following this thread. :3 Only on page 7, but I had to comment before I was done reading it. Hee.

edit - well, while I'm thinking about it: now is the time while you're ramping up steam to start a writing/typing campaign. Dictate to someone if necessary. Write to progamers, devs, anyone who you think might be able to help or give you ideas. If you do get your Watsons (that's what it's called, right?), then you have already made connections. Even if you don't get it -- you've still got those connections. TL is a good start, but with your determination, optimistic outlook, and great sense of humor I have no doubt you'll get responses, even if they're not the greatest at first.

Get some publicity for yourself, squirrel out all those disabled gamers from the woodworks! Get a community based around disabled gamers going!

zTz

United States476 Posts

October 27 2010 05:03 GMT

#180

so awsome. I retweeted the shit out of a video incontrol put up of you playing

you have my support!