[games_access] Barrier vs. Challenge++

[Thomas Westin]

Hi Dimitris, 

I agree!

Kind regards,
Thomas

(Sent from my mobile)

On 27 jun 2012, at 15:09, "Dimitris Grammenos" <gramenos at ics.forth.gr> wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> 1. After our discussions about what constitutes a barrier and what a
> challenge, I created an illustration (attached) about which in my opinion is
> the difference between the two.
> 
> 2. AbleGamers, congrats about both the G4TV & IndieGala. I believe that such
> cases contribute positively both to your organization, as well as to the
> overall goals of game accessibility.
> 
> 3. I am so sorry, that only a few hours after the expression of my delight
> about the vivid conversation that we have here, people have already started
> going silent. As (game) accessibility is in essence about including as many
> people and alternative views as possible, I don't think that this aids in
> any way to our common goal. 
> 
> There are always going to be misunderstandings, especially since  we are not
> communicating face to face and also some of us are not native English
> speakers, but I would like to ask everyone to try to take things in good
> faith (I hope I am using the right phrase here) and try to work out any
> problems that might come up (maybe by bilateral communications off-list?)
> instead of escalating tension and conflict. 
> 
> I know that there are a lot of people out there silently following the list
> because they have a genuine interest in the field - and I do not think that
> we would like to drive them away.
> 
> 
> Keep talking,
> 
> Dimitris
> <BarrierVsChallenge.jpg>
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