Physically disabled player has 2 character ideas

dmont76·9/18/2016, 11:12:50 PM·320 votes·17,870 views

To whom it may concern,

I love League of Legends and play it daily. I do have more of a challenge than most players as I use a mouthpiece to play. Basically, I'm pushing buttons and controlling the mouse with a stick in my mouth since I can't use my arms and fingers. There are thousands of gamers who play that are disabled, but find it difficult to play various games. (Check able gamers for more info.) Most companies don't consider this when creating games, characters, combo's and controllers.

I've created two characters that I'd like for you to consider. Along with how they're played and a couple of ideas unique to making the characters more inclusive for disabled gamers.

If you're interested in these ideas, please contact me.

Bigfrog76KogMaw

147 Comments

RiotRiot TreblMuffin9/19/2016, 6:15:49 PM62 votes

You make me so happy. Seriously, I'm sitting here just getting started with my day and decide to check the boards for whats up in the world and see this right at the top. I had the pleasure to meet Declawed from the Trinity Force Podcast and he told me about Able Gamers. He was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 2013 and it seems he's been a badass Jedi Mindset beast warrior ever since, at least from what I could tell. The folks over there are doing amazing things.

Anyway, I realize this isn't at all about your champs (I would have no idea how to accurately critique those. I'm all about sounds :)), but I just wanted to drop in and say keep refining your ideas, keep honing your skills there, and keep being a badass.

Quick Edit: I'm always interested in systems for hearing impaired players, being a sound guy. I think there's a lot of space for games to grow there, using mono or restricted field mixes for folks with spacial localization problems, trying mid and low band mixes for those with significant hearing loss, and even using low frequency "haptic" feedback. There's the potential to turn spectral diagrams into stereo haptics through wearable tech. It's just a real cool space to explore creative solutions.

TreblMuffin

CobaltTheMadMage9/18/2016, 11:43:32 PM31 votes

Riot doesn't usually respond to threads that don't get upvotes in the triple digits or so. And the only way a thread is going to get upvotes like that is for other people to see it.

But you have at least caught my interest and now I would like to see these ideas of yours in their own threads.

Tolfor9/19/2016, 2:43:49 PM12 votes

I think you've started this thread off on the wrong foot. What's important is not that you're a disabled player with champion concepts; it's that you have champion concepts designed for disabled players. As long as your thread title is what it is and your post spends all of its time talking about your disability and none of its time talking about your concepts, a lot of people are going to get the impression that you're playing your disability up for pity and attention. I trust that your heart is in the right place - I'm just letting you know what it looks like.

And on that note, there is absolutely no good reason for you to be dangling the concept details as some mystery prize that we can only see if Riot personally e-mails you (which is simply not going to happen; your expectation there is extremely unrealistic). Instead, you should be discussing the concepts in your post so that we (and perhaps Riot) can judge them on their own merit.

arghilost9/19/2016, 7:30:21 PM9 votes

they already have a champ for disabled gamers Riven

Davarril9/19/2016, 12:40:05 AM6 votes

uhhh

the world is your oyster if you make it.

General Esdeath 9/19/2016, 2:37:51 AM5 votes

Dude that's gotta be hard, I'm giving you my upvote. Good luck man!

Billy VoHagen9/19/2016, 3:38:52 AM4 votes

Why not just post the ideas?

Also, how do you type without use of hands?

strut9/19/2016, 11:44:49 AM1 votes

I think you could really post your ideas here. Riot is not likely to contact you personally. And i would be really happy to see what you were thinking of