EVE General Discussion

I was in fleet the other day and the FC asked for someone to relay commands, I x'ed up. Fleet chat was busy with banter and noise so I opened a private chat specifically for the relayed voice and invited anyone in fleet to it.

As it was only myself and the person who needed the relay were there. This sort of surprised me because I often miss a voice command and have to go back and read through chat or look at the broadcasts to see what is going on. A dedicated relay channel would be awesome.

Anyway I typed all the voice commands and tried to relay some of the idle banter; little arguments and calls to clear comms, FC thinking out loud, and laughter that you sometimes hear.

I'm not a great typist or a good multi-tasker =-P We both died! But I had a good time and it was interesting to think about the game in a new way.

Are you unable to hear sounds in Evef? have you worked with a deaf person in game? What would you like to see and how can you best be incorporated into fleet? Do you have access to a talk to text program? or does that lag things up too much? Is it better if a dedicated relayer interprets fleet chat or would it be better if everything is broadcast using the fleet broadcast tool?

Anyway, thanks for your time and for anyone that has a handicap thanks for playing, it helps me to see the game in new and interesting ways.

Considering how common the question "EVE has sound?" is, I'd say there are a lot of deaf players. In fact, they may be the majority.

To answer this seriously, Karab Gerlinger in Test is deaf, unfortunately he's not around that much anymore. He would just get most of his information for fleets in jabber, but then again he usually flew titans and could handle himself.

Anytime Myobi , as I said it was fun and new way to see the game. Ask up anytime for a relay, I sometimes wait a bit any time a volunteer is asked for to see if someone else wants to =-P whether it be anchor or scout or whatever. But I enjoyed relaying commands and would happily do so again.

*Sometimes I drink too much beer and have trouble typing =-P I will let you know if that is the case!

** I work with chainsaws as my father did before me. I'm very careful to look directly at people when I speak to them and make sure that they can see my mouth. It helps if I can see people speak if there are others talking or loud background noise.

Well Corey, you kinda answered your own question didnt you?

Provi has a few deaf members, that much I know.

Luckily we have many people who are helpfull enough to relay FC commands. :)

There are deaf players out there. Unfortunately most of them just creep by using the "oh yeah i cant use voip sorry" with whatever reasons they can muster to make excuses. Most of the more ambitious corporations are really useless when it comes to a relay channel. The few times they tried, they did their best but they just weren't able to do it and eventually got tired of relaying it which only worsens the problem.

It's sad though, I'd play the game more if there were dedicated relayers. Anyways it's neat to see that CVA has some deaf pilots, but I don't think I'd be able to join CVA on my main (hence why I'm posting on this alt to prevent embarrassment) due to his... ahem... UK history.

But yeah, the corporations I have been in are totally useless when it comes to relay that I've just given up on them altogether. I once tried to make a "deaf only corporation" on a character called Nonexistent Face (he is not me, I sold him a long time ago) but it never became successful because... well it was just my two deaf irl friends and I ... no one else joined for nearly a year or something iirc.

EDIT: Hmm, it appears that my main is not actually KOS. It's just his (admittedly pirate-based) corporation that's KOS so I guess if I left I could apply...? I may get in touch with you dudes after all :)

I've met a few deaf folks in EVE though it would seem they'll be the same folks you'll encounter in your alliance :)

I've also tried my hand at relaying what was happening in comms back in the day with mixed success - I'm no expert in typing either and at times it's difficult to keep up. But I think anything is better than nothing, the thought of being on a roam and out in the dark with no comms scares me :P

I havent had the experience of having any deaf pilots in my fleets but I've heard stories of people who PVP purely by type - and are damn good at it. Relaying spoken commands into (fleet) chat and broadcasts is a great idea to overcome this and it helps with larger fleets with many inexperienced pilots too.

Do any of the hearing impaired use any of the visual aids in PVP? I mean the number and letter tags you can place on targets. I've seen this used in PVE to prevent shooting triggers and nominate sniper targets. but I'd imagine it might be a usefull tool in PVP too.

Ive flown with someone who was a quadriplegic as well. He had something that he would put on the tip of his nose and it would relay commands to the mouse. Suprisingly enough he was a logi pilot and did a good job at it.
Actually havent played with a deaf person yet but have claimed to be one when my comms were dead or I couldnt be ****** with setting them up for a fleet.

Also, considering the way FC's get ignored in Comms, I'd say a substantial deaf player community is confirmed. Or is that substantially deaf?