[games_access] GDC: in retrospect

[Barrie Ellis]

I think we are having success in the GASIG beyond my expectations. We are 
getting some international press coverage - we are getting exciting articles 
published around the web from our members - we have seen accessible games 
nominated for awards - we have seen Game-Accessibility.com grow into 
something very useful and important with our help - we have a presence at 
the biggest gaming event in the world - we have disabled and non-disabled 
people on board with passion.

Maybe we have a mountain to climb, but that's what makes it so appealing to 
me personally. I know it can be done, but we really shouldn't pick ourselves 
to bits without celebrating our successes.

We must keep building.

Barrie
www.OneSwitch.org.uk



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "d. michelle hinn" <hinn at uiuc.edu>
To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" <games_access at igda.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 7:57 PM
Subject: Re: [games_access] GDC: in retrospect


>>>>I have outlined a plan (which I dub ACCESSIBILITY 2.0) consisting of 5
>>>>action points & clear goals that will put this SIG back on track, make 
>>>>it as
>>>>successful as other SIGS (education/writing),  increase the attendance 
>>>>at
>>>>our events, and putting accessibility on the roadmap of game developers 
>>>>like
>>>>we set out to.
>>
>>Oy...wow, that did hurt.
>
> Why did that hurt, you ask? Because I've been told by the IGDA that even 
> though the other SIGs have the numbers, we do more than most of them. And 
> now I hear from within the SIG that we aren't successful at all. That's 
> fine but it does hurt.
>
> Yes, my ego is getting in the way. I know it is. That's my issue, not any 
> one else's. I'm still very angry about this year's GDC -- I have the right 
> just as everyone else does. I put the damn sessions together a year ago. 
> I've put a year's worth of time and emotion into this. So yeah, I'm 
> friggin' pissed off that even this year we did not get a good turn out. 
> But CMP didn't help by having us start 4 out of the 7 sessions late (by 20 
> minutes) due to not having things set up as promised. So we lost people 
> before we even started...
>
> Michelle
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