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I'm color blind so raiding/pvp makes it difficult. Playing with friends help because they generally call me out if I'm standing in something stupid. It's not a big deal for me though when compared to people with physical disabilities.

I am mostly deaf; I can't hear anything out of my right ear, and can only hear a little bit out of my left (have a hearing aid for left ear). I also have a moderate speech impediment.

The only way it really affects my gaming experience is that I can't really use vent; bad hearing and bad speech make something like vent a very unwise thing for me to use. I tried it once, and it was so awkward for me.

With gaming itself, though, it has *almost* no effect. The only way it affects my gameplay experience is if there is spoken audio that doesn't have any text that goes along with it (fortunately in WoW, all spoken audio has text that goes along with it).

Not to go into too much detail but I have a pretty wicked auto-immune disease. (No, not AIDS, children). My son was born about the time I got sick and he's got a ton of problems himself (18 surgeries and counting).

The best thing I can do is keep it simple. Hence this spec. I clean up my UI as neatly as possible so everything I need is right there, close under one hand. The other is for movement.

Probably a little OT, but what gets me going is some 15 YO twit going of on me for "not playing a real spec" and "Mr 1 button lol" crap. Here's the deal....I'm 45 and sick. I play this game to RELAX. I DO "have a life" and it sucks sometimes. Your tiny mind would reach for a gun if you had to spend 10 seconds in my RL shoes. Pray you never have to go through anything like this. I know, "it won't happen to you". That's what I said.

I am pretty decent at playing this toon. I have never been kicked from a group. Ever. I'm nice, respectful, helpful, and besides this post, have never mentioned my problems here or in game. Everyone has problems. It's just a matter of degree relative to your own tolerance threshold. I just don't have any problems except remembering to not kill the obnoxious deuchebag that daddy shoulda taken away his computer time.

Sorry back to the topic lol

Macros are good too. The less you have to hunt for the better. Also don't play a warlock =)

@worgenbeiber - being colorblind is a big deal in a game. I don't know anyone who is so I can only imagine raiding can get to be a struggle. Its good your friends can help you out. Does wow Have a colorblind operation mode. and if it does does it help you?

@Ashryn - I have limited hearing in one ear but nowhere near as limiting as yours. the subtitles and written quests help a lot for PVE. And I can understand the vent thing. A lot of people don't understand some people just cant use it. I Have my subtitles turned on becasue I ten to miss the speech when things are noisy.

@Kerlock - I admire you keeping it out of the game. OUr illnesses shouldn't keep us from enjoying the things we love. A clean UI is somethign I spent a few hours organizing finally the other day. It makes life so much easier. and for the ones that dont get it, they will someday. Usually when it happens to them.

I tried a warlock and that ended quickly. XD

moar!

i don't have any disabilities or anything but i find stories and stuff like these kind of heartwarming. c:

Type 1 diabetic here. Usually causes no problems... except when I forget to eat the food I just dosed for and nearly pass out on the keyboard.

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/character/kiljaeden/Ataxia/simple

That is my lock and I have ataxia.. Its a brain disease and it impares motor skills and reaction time. Also I have the rarest type with only 30-40 diagnosed in USA and it affects vision too.

Just never pvp and I'm ok.

02/10/2012 04:06 PMPosted by Worgenbieber

I'm color blind so raiding/pvp makes it difficult. Playing with friends help because they generally call me out if I'm standing in something stupid. It's not a big deal for me though when compared to people with physical disabilities.

I have a close friend who is colorblind. After playing with him for several years, I catch myself on what I yell out, just in case there are people in group who can't see what I'm talking about. For example, I no longer say "green debuff means . . "; I usually say "the foot means X, the swirly means Y" (sometimes combined with 'fun' mnemonics like "the foot is a kick in the pants that means 'move it or faceplant!'")

More on-topic: I've known several people who have only limited use of one hand. The nostromo (AKA Belkin N52te; a hand device with 20 programmable buttons that is often easier to use than a gaming mouse) has been a godsend for them.

Personally though, my only problem is frequent low blood sugar leading to the shakes. Sometimes makes healing that ADHD tank a bit more interesting, but pretty far down on the oh-cr@p-o-meter :)

I'm hypoglycemic and suffer from about the same problem as Krinu at times. Sometimes I can feel it coming on, and sometimes stress makes it worse. If I get rushed in a dungeon or a raid, it seems to speed up my issues and in a short time I have to just stop and eat something, though I often keep a butterfinger at my computer (Sugar, starch, protein may not be the healthiest but usually a quick pick me up).

edit: I doubleposted sorry.

02/10/2012 04:19 PMPosted by Kerlock

what gets me going is some 15 YO twit going of on me

I'm cringing at the thought of this becaise I sometimes think that when someone is calling someone out, what if that person is playing badly right that moment because they are having the absolute worst day of their life and logged in to escape and this just sets them over the edge...not the same senerio exactly but anyway...

We used to have a hunter that was deaf in our regular raid group back when I was doing ICC every week with my old guild. I'd sometimes transcribe into chat what was being said in vent because I type fast. It never seemed to impede her, she was spared some drama by not hearing vent though.

I have Aspergers which, for those of you that do not know, is form of Autism (I forget if it's high-functioning or low-function). Anyway, this disability makes it hard for me to hold a conversation. Especially, if someone randomly says hi to me.

I'm 22, btw.

I have carpal tunnel in both hands, so I have trouble getting my fingers to move the way I want them to sometimes. >:(

I have nothing too severe, thankfully.

I am prone to rather nasty headaches like my mum. Unlike her however, the headaches have a tendency to focus in one eye and make it painful to see out of that eye until it's too painful to even have it open.
Advil/Tylenol does nothing, I need to either endure and hope they go away or sleep them off.

And they're only going to get worse as I get older. Oh joy.

Also, self-induced poor hearing and some bad short-term memory.

I am deeply sorry for each and every one of you. Reading your stories reminds me of how truly blessed I am.

Keep your spirits strong. :)

I am deeply sorry for each and every one of you. Reading your stories reminds me of how truly blessed I am.

Keep your spirits strong. :)

Do NOT be sorry for me. I have a wife and 3 awesome kids that love me unconditionally. When I first got sick about 14 years ago, it sucked. I was suicidal to the extreme. Then something cool happened. I "got it". Life, that is. we're here for a very short amount of time. Some shorter than others. I pity the people that go through life doing exactly what they think they are "supposed" to do because tomorrow is not garaunteed. I spent my pre-sick life working endlessly and saving every nickel and doing the "right things". When I got sick, I lost it ALL. Think insurance is gonna cover your bills? Think again. You don't have enough money. Nobody does. When you're so sick you can't get out of bed, much less continue to work 70-80 hr weeks, and your medical bills plus life bills come rolling in, it's a matter of time. My sons expenses alone were around $450k the first year. Good luck.

Then you figure it out. That crap means NOTHING. What does it matter how much money you have when you're laying in the bed wondering if you're about to die? If you wanna do something in this life, you better do it. ASAP.

So back on track, what peace said is really relevant. When you zone into RDF, all you see is pixels. but there's a real person BEHIND those pixels, and that part is NOT a game. I don't understand why some people don't get that part. The conclusion I'm drawing is they don't care. Sorry, but no that's not ok kid. If someone isn't doing DPS up to your standards or makes a mistake and runs face first into the nasty purple stuff, it's not your place to degrade them for it.

Some days my joints hurt so bad I can feel every little bone in my hand and it feel like I pushed it through a bed of nails. I can vegetate on the couch, lay in the bed and suffer, or play WoW and forget about it until a nasty fight when in the middle of it the pain gets crazy. It's pretty rewarding to down a nasty hard boss when you wonder if your hands will lock up and stop moving, go numb etc before the boss dies.

At any rate, before shooting your mouth off (or fingers actually) take a second and think about who's behind that screen. That's my #1 pet peeve with this game but one I was prepared for before I ever started.

i have ADHD OCD and Torrets and that hasent stopped me from playin video games and mmos :) fight the power! hehe jkin on that :P

While I don't have quite as many problems as some, I do have partial blindness (total in left eye, severe nearsightedness in right eye) as well as pain and stiffness in my joints (which may be simple wear-and-tear or may be something worse, I don't know, as I'm not exactly able to afford regular doctor visits for every small concern), which make my reaction times and perception a bit slower than most. So I largely have to limit myself to "simpler" classes with uncomplicated rotations, such as mages and hunters.

Even my tank here is simplified, with me "forced" to basically just spam my AOEs to retain threat - thankfully paladins excel at that.

Problems aside though, I love this game.

http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/01/12/guide-dog-player-and-guild-embrace-sightless-guildmate-steer/
There's no way I could post in this thread without sharing this link - it is majorly inspiring.

I do not have a left arm :O