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...as someone who has in the past received a warning for flaming the bejeezus out of someone for being cruel to another poster, the question that ran through my mind was, "Was it worth it?" not saying that I didn't break any rules.

I knew I broke them...and yes, it was worth it because I was watching a good idea get shot down by someone who was taking things way too personally.

Nobody here is trying to "ruin" the site for you. We're just calling attention to something that should be a very common concern for any web developer. That's all.

So at the end of the day, I hope this was worth it for you...to insult some people for wanting to improve the site.

Reporting someone for trolling and abuse is not abuse of the reporting system. It's in place so that we don't have to waste our time arguing with sociopaths with a grudge against disabled people.

There are those who have made their point and even been funny about it, who I have no problem with. What I don't like is obsessives latching onto the topic and using it to be online bullies.

Sure, we can live with being quarantined in asylums too.

With all the pressure webmasters have to make their sites accessible, one can't help but label it discrimination. It may not have been purposeful, but to totally ignore accessibility when it's one of the most discussed topics in web development, does make one look bad.

To have only games that require a specific set of physical skills is bound to set alot of people online against it. I'm not even sure if we're in the minority. I don't know what the hit counts look like, but from the item counts and prices, this is a low participation event.

You should take that same step. All we're doing is giving our feedback. We're stating that we're left out of the event because of disabilities, and that, for us, makes it pointless.

What exactly is your problem with reality?

I'm curious as to why you figure that offering accessible alternatives to horizontal DDR would be "ruining" the event. That is far out of proportion of what we're asking for, which are basically games that require more than a limited set of skills...or at the very least, ways to participate in the event and gain rewards.

Exactly how would a war with Residents vs. GRS agents, or puzzles "ruin" this event for you?

...and by the way, the evolution thing works both ways. You're talking to an experienced webmaster who finds it backwards and "business impaired" to *not* be concerned about accessibility.

If the devs and admins simply don't care, that's their problem...but it is indeed a problem that they will pay for, not the users. So you can save the hostility because frankly, none of us will lose a cent from this.

From what I know of clickthrough ad revenue business though, I can say for a fact that between all the users who are posting, as well as the estimated who are not posting their discouragement, they've lose hundreds of dollars at least, just since this event has begun.

The *majority* of users may want something a certain way, but if the minority who is left out is big enough, that's still alot of money that they're not making because they don't care.

I love it when people get all nietzschian and darwinian. I actually read their works.

Good thing they don't have an event that requires full use of one's frontal lobe.

If a genie appeared and told me I'd have the opportunity to have a perfect body, but I'd have to give up my independence and intelligence, I'd decline.

I'd rather be the worst wolf than the best sheep.

You've been reported because nobody here expects the world to revolve around them, or has even implied such.