The rising 2017 - Discrimination

[Shippuu]

Claims to have crippling dyslexia preventing them from solving a 6 letter word puzzle. Types with impeccable spelling and grammar. Seems legit.

If your dyslexia is that bad that you cant compete this event then how have you been able to even play this game to be quite honest. How did you get past all the quests that require you to type in specific phrases in order to progress?

[iluvOP]

This has to be bait. No way this is real.

[Clicked]

Some people have physical disabilities that make this game very difficult to play on a controller/keyboard and yet they still play MMOs at their own pace. At least you are not physically impaired and your vision is good enough to actually see the letters to enjoy this game.

[Galgarion]

I've never once heard of someone with phocomelia complaining to a car manufacturer about feeling excluded because of steering wheels.

Guy makes it sound like Square didn't include a wheelchair ramp at school. Draaaaama.

[Galgarion]

Claims to have crippling dyslexia preventing them from solving a 6 letter word puzzle. Types with impeccable spelling and grammar. Seems legit.

I'm not trying to be pedantic, but the original post is actually riddled with poor punctation. It might be considered impeccable by the standards of smartphone texting, but not so much by Merriam-Webster. Besides, even if it was flawless, that still wouldn't be reason enough to doubt he has Dyslexia. It's a manageable condition and many professional writers have it.

[msfakefur]

Besides, even if it was flawless, that still wouldn't be reason enough to doubt he has Dyslexia. It's a manageable condition and many professional writers have it.

OP is able to write in a understandable way but has trouble matching the numbers on the floor with the letters because of dyslexia? Doesn't make sense.

[ManuelBravo]

-.- just when I think the work can't get any dumber the world proves me wrong again... My friend has dyslexia for those of you who may not know Dyslexia is a learning disorder that involves difficulty reading due to problems identifying speech sounds and learning how they relate to letters and words (decoding). Also called reading disability, dyslexia affects areas of the brain that process language. Anything that involves reading takes time and patience. This puzzle is all about finding letter and numbers corresponding to the map positions not reading full sentences. Yes the CS may take some time but this is something that all people with Dyslexia can understand. Having someone to help you while a person plays really helps.





http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-c...e/ovc-20341796

[Mavrias]

As much as I agree that in the future SE should probably take dyslexia into account when creating things like this, you're blowing it way out of proportion. You're not being discriminated against and you can literally just ask someone, anyone for the answers to the puzzle. Not a huge deal.

[FedoraTheExplorer]

I mean, I have dyscalculia and I never noticed the number thing so I guess I got lucky? lol. Jesus, some of the replies in this thread though. "Discrimination is part of the natural order" uhh, what?

Not that I'm sticking up for OP because they literally could just ask for help instead of making this thread.

[Stormfur]

I'm partially blind. I have been all my life. This means that I not only do not have the same field of vision as other players, but I also don't have much in the way of normal depth perception. I get something similar by way of environmental cues and context, but it's not the same as how normal people see.


One of the hardest fights in this game for me was Nidhogg Extreme. During the fireball phase near the end, it appeared to me that all fireballs were in a straight line, even though they were in a pattern. I had to spin my camera angles around rapidly to get some sense of their location, but as you know if you've done the fight, you have to move very quickly and I didn't have the luxury to make those accommodations for myself.

I also didn't want to impact my teammates' ability to clear the fight. I very nearly gave up on it, resigned that I'd never clear.

Finally, I reached out to the Facebook server group, explaining the situation and asking if anyone could help me. Some very kind people stepped up, said that I could mark them during the fight, and follow them when the fireballs appear. I learned how to judge how and when to move purely by learning certain timing in the battle.

What I didn't do, is demand that Square Enix redesign the fight for me, or make it so that future fights didn't affect those with depth perception problems. I hear Sephirot Ex is equally difficult for people who are red/green colorblind because of the colors of the different sections in the battle. They are able to adjust, just as I was, by asking others for help, and also noting the symbols, rather than the color of the floor effects.

SE has made leaps and bounds making this game accessible for as large of an audience as possible. Can more be done? Of course. I once saw a Youtube video of a guy executing a perfect machinist rotation using his feet.

None of these relate to letters and numbers, but you must realize that, in trying to make the event appeal to as large of an audience as possible, it's also possible that some feel marginalized. I wouldn't call it discrimination, since it wasn't done with malicious intent.

This is just a little game. It's a puzzle. It's not something you must pass in order to enjoy the game. You can ask for help, just as I did. And understand that there may, in the future, be some things you cannot do. I will never reach the top of Kugane tower because jumping puzzles and limited depth perception go together like peanut butter and egg rolls.

I'm okay with that. I'm not down here rallying that SE should build an elevator. This event was not designed with dyslexia/dyscalculia in mind. Even a company as large as SE cannot possibly accommodate every single condition of every single player for every single quest. You do what you can, when you can, with others who are willing to help, and you keep on keeping on.