Blind Teen Stomps in Video Games

[Quantos]

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Just amazing, I wouldn't want to go up aganst him, not even any good at the games to begin with

But I'm glad to see that he has over come what life gave him.

 

[Wildwood]

Thanks for an encouraging post!

 

[Toboe]

He truly puts my gaming skills to shame.

 

[Justin Horne]

Let me be one of the first nay-sayers here...It sounds to me like he has just tuned his other sense based on opponents reaction. If he's close to someone and starts hearing fire, he's close. Also, it sounds like the game is probably a 'button smasher.'
I guarantee you in a game like Halo, ghost recon, etc, he'd lose, as targeting has to be precise. In halo with a battle rifle, I could kill him from across the map, and he's have no idea where I was.

I'm not downplaying it, it's still great and impressive, I'm just saying.

 

[Heiroglyph]

Yeh games like soul caliber and mortal combat you can blindly push buttons and win, althoguh seeing does give some help it is not necessary at all.
Wait til 3d sound gets better than maybe he can play 3d games.

 

[Chosen One]

At least he won't be able to see the Hot Coffee episode in GTA SA.

 

[Justin Horne]

At least he won't be able to see the Hot Coffee episode in GTA SA.

 

[JPPT1974]

Yeh games like soul caliber and mortal combat you can blindly push buttons and win, althoguh seeing does give some help it is not necessary at all.
Wait til 3d sound gets better than maybe he can play 3d games.

Yeah tell it to my nephews and nieces. As they are hooked on video games!

 

[MadeInOz]

Good for him... I know some blind people who have done wonderful, amazing things.

 

[Silent Enigma]

mkaes me wonder how he played asteroids....

 

[xMinionX]

"I'm getting bored," Mellen said in jest as he won game after game.

"How do I move?" an exasperated opponent, Ryan O'Banion, asked during a battle in which his character is frozen in place.

"You can't," Mellen answered before finishing him off.

Sorry, I'm not impressed. Skilled at button mashing though he may be, the kid sounds like he needs a good lesson in sportsmanship. He also needs to go up against some opponents who know what they're doing, as the above quote shows at least one player unfamiliar with the game being played.

 

[Illuminatus]

Anyone else have the song "Pinball Wizard" start playing in their head when they read that article?

 

[Justin Horne]

Anyone else have the song "Pinball Wizard" start playing in their head when they read that article?

And yeah, I noticed his opponent never even knew how to play...
So yeah...

 

[Silent Enigma]

I also wonder why ho would even want to play a video game. 99% of the fun is seeing what goes on.

 

[SUNSTONE]

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Just amazing, I wouldn't want to go up aganst him, not even any good at the games to begin with

But I'm glad to see that he has over come what life gave him.

WOW!
Talk about your "Blind Swordsman"!
That is truely amazing!

 

[SUNSTONE]

Let me be one of the first nay-sayers here...It sounds to me like he has just tuned his other sense based on opponents reaction. If he's close to someone and starts hearing fire, he's close. Also, it sounds like the game is probably a 'button smasher.'
I guarantee you in a game like Halo, ghost recon, etc, he'd lose, as targeting has to be precise. In halo with a battle rifle, I could kill him from across the map, and he's have no idea where I was.

I'm not downplaying it, it's still great and impressive, I'm just saying.

"Button Mashing" is an insult used by fanboys of one fighting game, to knock another fighting game.
But the fact is, there is no such thing as a "button mashing" fighting game.
Sure, if you stick two guys who don't know any better, you will see some button mashing.
But put that button masher against a highly skilled fighter,and he literally has no chance of winning.

Now would he be good at a FPS? Of course not.
But then again, only an insecure person would point that out.

 

[SUNSTONE]

Sorry, I'm not impressed. Skilled at button mashing though he may be, the kid sounds like he needs a good lesson in sportsmanship. He also needs to go up against some opponents who know what they're doing, as the above quote shows at least one player unfamiliar with the game being played.

Answering a guys question is trash talking?
That's not trash talking, you want to see trash talking, then watch me play!
Trash talking is a great American past time in all sports/games.

He even said he was "beatable".
But the fact is, he wasn't button mashing.
Because if everyone playing was button mashing, then why did he win every single game?
2 button mashers have a 50/50 chance of winning and losing.
He won all of them, what are the chances of a button masher winning all of the matches?
That's called skill.

You're not impressed that a blind teenager is an incredible videogame player?
Man what a tough crowd.