[games_access] Looking for constructive feedback and comments

[Ian Hamilton]

No that's not correct, disabled gamers regularly use assistive technology to compete in professional games tournaments. In particular Street Fighter and Starcraft have seen world class professional gamers who have profound disabilities, eg: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83nSodg-HTU 
I've actually just this morning had an email from a quite profoundly disabled gamer who runs a team and is competing at EGL this weekend.

Input devices are not fixed, different gamers use their own control methods anyway regardless of wether they have a motor impairment, so whether you use a razer keyboard, a steelseries keyboard or an adroid switchblade is irrelevant.
The only thing that matters as far as a level playing field is concerned is the providing the same game mechanic, so what wouldn't be allowed would be something actually directly modifies the gameplay, such as auto-aim.
Ian

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> Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2012 16:33:34 +0200
> From: "Sandra Uhling" <sandra_uhling at web.de>
> Subject: Re: [games_access] Looking for constructive feedback and
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> To: "'Barrie Ellis'" <oneswitch at gmail.com>,	"'IGDA Games Accessibility
> 	SIG Mailing List'" <games_access at igda.org>
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> Hi,
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> do I get it right?
> Because gamers with a disability need special function
> other gamers cannot make professional matches with awards?
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> Best regards,
> Sandra
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