Marethyu
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Epilepsy Warning During Scarlet Fight!!
“I am Evon Gnashblade and this message is acceptable to me.”
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“I am Evon Gnashblade and this message is acceptable to me.”
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Hello! Friendly neighbourhood photosensitive epileptic here (although there could be more of us). *waves*
Cheers for the heads up, OP. I was considering giving this part of the update a run through today (did the story last night), but will give it a miss. I’ll get my achievements elsewhere.
And believe it or not, yes! Us PSE types can play games. And as Aedelric says, modern flat screen monitors have helped with this (the old school type was death on a desk, same for TVs). But it is why I have bother sometimes noticing when things are occuring in fights, such as at the notorious Temple of Dwayna, and why bouncing camera angles aren’t always so fun (think jumping puzzles). The marionette was also a bucketful of laughs.
You know what’s worse? Sunlight. I kid you not. Now that’s had me in bother more than a computer (admittedly the computer related incident was more infamous).
EDIT! I don’t expect explicit consideration in game design, btw! I quite accept there’s some things I’ll never do or see, and I’ll read about it instead (when they banned me from computer use years ago in school, I learned about spreadsheets from the manual. Never actually made one, though). I’m okay with that. What I do appreciate more is something like this thread appearing, just to say there may be an issue. I can take it from there.
“Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Steve R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn.”
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Oh, and point to note? Any one can have seizures playing a game, not just those who are diagnosed. Keep your workstations healthy, people, and ensure you take regular breaks!
“Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Steve R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn.”
Oh, and point to note? Any one can have seizures playing a game, not just those who are diagnosed. Keep your workstations healthy, people, and ensure you take regular breaks!
And keep big cats off desks and laps so ya don’t have to bob and weave to see your screen like I constantly have to do!
/hugs for Ceri and her darling kitty
No news since October 28th 2014. Question asked straight up! 473 times. 647 days and thread locked..
And keep big cats off desks and laps so ya don’t have to bob and weave to see your screen like I constantly have to do!
/hugs for Ceri and her darling kitty
Awww, cheers m’dears.
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Sylvari Guardian. – Dragonbrand.
I suggested playing with eyes (or one eye) closed: it was a real suggestion. One I hate to suggest, but one that has served me well.
I wish Anet would do something about flashing lights, I’ve been mentioning some issues since beta but they don’t change them. Things such as an enemy flashing each time you hit them, or skill effects that take the whole screen.
It was also an issue in Gw1 (for me). In Gw1 I really wanted to play PvP, but since I had to play with my eyes (or one eye) closed, I didn’t want my team to lose because of me. So it was 3 or 4 years before I started playing PvP!Well, when I say eyes closed, what I really do is turn my head to the left until I don’t see the screen anymore. Yeah, my neck hurts sometimes!
I really do wish Anet would be more careful with flashing lights, but until they do, all we can do is offer suggestions on how to deal.
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For me, the one eye thing requires a full cover of one eye (if caught short, usually my hand, which isn’t so great for gaming). An uncovered closed eye does nothing, because the eye lid does not create total blackness. Turning away doesn’t really do it either – I tend to need full pitch darkness to counter it.
But it has been known to work for others and it’s certainly advice I’ve received from doctors before, even if for me it’s not necessarily enough. We know what works for us as individuals, though, right? No harm in mentioning it at all.
“Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Steve R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn.”
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I suggested playing with eyes (or one eye) closed: it was a real suggestion. One I hate to suggest, but one that has served me well.
I wish Anet would do something about flashing lights, I’ve been mentioning some issues since beta but they don’t change them. Things such as an enemy flashing each time you hit them, or skill effects that take the whole screen.
It was also an issue in Gw1 (for me). In Gw1 I really wanted to play PvP, but since I had to play with my eyes (or one eye) closed, I didn’t want my team to lose because of me. So it was 3 or 4 years before I started playing PvP!Well, when I say eyes closed, what I really do is turn my head to the left until I don’t see the screen anymore. Yeah, my neck hurts sometimes!
I really do wish Anet would be more careful with flashing lights, but until they do, all we can do is offer suggestions on how to deal.
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For me, the one eye thing requires a full cover of one eye (usually my hand, which isn’t so great for gaming). An uncovered closed eye does nothing (because the eye lid does not create total blackness. Turning away doesn’t really do it either – I’d literally have to hide in full pitch darkness to counter it.
But it has been known to work for others and it’s certainly advice I’ve received from doctors before, even if for me it’s not necessarily enough. We know what works for us as individuals, though, right? No harm in mentioning it at all.
An eye patch achieves the same level of darkness and is actually pretty darn cheap.
Sylvari Guardian. – Dragonbrand.
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An eye patch achieves the same level of darkness and is actually pretty darn cheap.
If the one eye things works for someone, that’s something they can consider!
“Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Steve R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn.”