This petition of course comes on the back of the success by interneter's to make developers create a special olympics version of Bejing 2008...
Gamer Petitions Infinity Ward for Color Blind Option in Modern Warfare 2
- Thread starter Logan Westbrook
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This is one of the most simple of adjustments that could be made. Hopefully they implement a patch, maybe leaving it optional for the whiners.
There are a bunch of games that have this sort of feature incidentally, like Peggle. I stumbled upon the colorblind option there one day and thought it was so cool that they were thoughtful/proactive enough to include it.
People with impairments are gamers too, and there are plenty of smaller ways in which the industry could be more accommodating.
There are a bunch of games that have this sort of feature incidentally, like Peggle. I stumbled upon the colorblind option there one day and thought it was so cool that they were thoughtful/proactive enough to include it.
People with impairments are gamers too, and there are plenty of smaller ways in which the industry could be more accommodating.
Then *gasp* don't turn on the option.Mcface said:
I don't really think many people pay attention to uniforms when they're in a heated firefight. Anything that makes it easier to distinguish friend from foe is good in my book.
You clearly didn't even read the petition. They are politely asking for a simple addition to a game that could make it much more accessible for many people. They are not going "WAH WAH WAH, WE WANT COLOR-BLIND OPTION!", they're going "IW, could you please add this?"
They are not bitching, and I don't understand how you can draw the conclusion that they are somehow "casual" gamers because they're requesting the game to be more accessible to more people. So being sight-disabled makes you "casual"? If that's the case, than anyone in a wheel-chair, broken toe, or even glasses (I.E. me) is a "casual" gamer when that's clearly not the case. The difference is that there's no reason why this option shouldn't be included now as it should be minimal programing.
Having fallen victum to such annoyances in other games, im definetly going to sign. (note to a lesser extent, small text on blue backgrounds being annoyingly hard to read due to slight colour blindness) so i can generally understand the frustration.
But why are they being called whiners, when they are petitioning for something which they actually need to play the game, and wont take about i dont know half an hour to patch if theve got the code handy, i dont really see swaping a few colours taking more time than that myself, instead of something which is technically non essentail, such as the said server browser argument since the game can actually be played without it.
But why are they being called whiners, when they are petitioning for something which they actually need to play the game, and wont take about i dont know half an hour to patch if theve got the code handy, i dont really see swaping a few colours taking more time than that myself, instead of something which is technically non essentail, such as the said server browser argument since the game can actually be played without it.
This is probably the only petition that ive seen this year that acually makes sence and would acually hurt the developer if they didnt implament it.
Why are you making this such a big deal, it could easily be fixed by a small patch, and it could have a setting of on or off depending on what the developers feel like implatmenting (skull and peace sign for example).Mcface said:
And if you havent noticed, most of the uniforms in MW2 are different colours, the russian wear is usually red while the US is usually the normal urban camo.
And also, i know a hardcore guy thats colour blind, he's on my friends list and he says that his colour blindness is a big handicap, sure you can tell the uniforms apart sometimes but when your sprinting and not directly looking at your targets its hard to tell if their friendly or enemy. When you see someone in your periferal vision its hard to tell their uniforms exacly, so its harder.
So why dont you stop bitching about something that i can almost gaurenty wont effect you, and if it does it wont affect you much. Maybe you should think about other people before yourself sometimes.
I'm glad good petitions like this exist in the wake of the agoraphobe's rampage.
Edit: Got the 1111th signature
Edit: Got the 1111th signature
Now here's an online petition with some good intentions. They've got my support, although how Infinity Ward might modify the game's code to allow a color-blind option is something beyond my ken.
"because unlike certain other Modern Warfare 2 petitions,"
You're right, the arrogant "we know best" attitude displayed by IW/Activision was really something we should of all shut up about and simply taken up the arse.
Anyway, hopefully they'll listen to this.
You're right, the arrogant "we know best" attitude displayed by IW/Activision was really something we should of all shut up about and simply taken up the arse.
Anyway, hopefully they'll listen to this.
Theres the door.HotFezz8 said:
We take gaming seriously on this website because its a serious topic.
If you don't believe it, well, get out.
They can't ENJOY the gameplay, because they can't play the game to its full extent!! God I'm sick of these yahtzee toting fanboys at the moment. Seems to be every forum I see, half way down there is always absolutely stupid responses.HotFezz8 said:
OT. This is a fantastic petition and one that would benefit a large number of people. Consider it signed.
What the fuck is up with all the hate against modders? Are you being sponsored by insanity ward? Ironically, if they hadn't spent so much effort locking down the game into a gimped and useless console version, then color blind people could just change the text color like they could in cod1, 2, 4 and 5. GG badmouthing FAIL.nilcypher said:
Red/Green chosen from traffic lights, I suppose. I wonder why they didn't go with Red/Blue (which I've seen on most games and those traditional military maps.) I've never been interested in Modern Warfare, but speaking professionally, overlooking a potential user handicap like this in a product is ... odd. But whatever. Here's to a presumably simple interface tweak.
Gonna have to agree with Nil on this one. Most games have color choosing options for their Heads Up Displays anymore. Though I'm sure that's more for aesthetic value then actually considering those with visual disablities.
