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Any handicapped gamers here?

I have an autoimmune reaction in my hands (after my bone marrow transplant) that causes them to be a bit stiffer than I'd like. Certain actions that require stretching are more difficult than fast paced games like Bad Company 2 allow.

Has anyone ever seen any foot pedal or button devices? I'm thinking it'd be easier to crouch pressing down with my foot than trying to stretch my pinky down :(

May 31, 2010 7:15am PDT

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Any handicapped gamers here? I have an autoimmune reaction in my hands (after my bone marrow transplan... : freak!
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  Baron Calamity is your man. : abrasion
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  Can't you use the pedals for a steering wheel controller? : GodZilly
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    when you attach a wheel with pedals (the microsoft one atleast) it counts as the whole controller : oHnOES
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      oh, is he talking about pc? : oHnOES
      
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      yeah, strictly PC right now. Pedals could work, I'm more interested in something that just clicks or... : freak!
      
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      you could try the razer mamba, i got one of those and used it for WoW : oHnOES
      
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      not mamba, naga : oHnOES
      
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      I'm kind of in love with my G9 :( : freak!
      
      thats actually what im using right now, the naga is over kill for anything else besides an MMO unless you... : oHnOES
      
      I have the Naga and it isn't good for action games. Its not very responsive when pressing multiple button... : baron calamity
- A friend of mine that had problems with his left hand used foot pedals for backwards and forwards motions... : moshman
- http://benheck.com/03-16-2008/new-single-handed-controller http://www.ablegamers.com/disabled-gamers-g... : Endymion_
- I'm mostly deaf and probably close to legally blind! : sumo-hacker
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  StealthSwitch is a USB foot switch that also has the ability to be programmed for single key, macros, and... : jbt11
  - I think this may be exactly what I'm looking for - thanks! : freak!
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  Check this out: http://www.ablegamers.com/game-news/toe-mouse.htm If you don't think it would work, tr... : theangrywaffles
  - Thanks for the link, lots of interesting stuff there. : freak!
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    Try this link instead: http://www.ablegamers.com/game-news/toe-mouse.html : jbt11
    - Oops. : theangrywaffles
  - Also, baron calamity coyoterys. Perhaps I should wake up before posting. : theangrywaffles
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  Plenty of Mac Shackers. : massdev
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    What did you just do... : tfsbrian
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  - zing : inchwide
  - everyone who games on a console too : FrayLo
  - Oh man! : The Grolar Bear
  - when I saw the OP I figured this thread wasn't going to go well : mrtony
  - I feel guilty laughing like a villain about this. : MatzL.E.
  - Aw crap where is my lolscript. :k : Hyper-r3v
- You can try voice recognition: http://www.say2play.com/features.php I've yet to use it myself, but if... : coyoterys
- As you can see there's a lot of foot switch options... FWIW I used one of these for a while: http://www.k... : Johnny Law
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  I'm really not looking forward to getting old and getting arthritis and being unable to game or type prop... : inchwide
  - Old people can still play the piano right? : kill9
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  Are your hands going to get any better? : \ : proclone1
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    They should improve as my immune system calms down, but may require therapy in the future.
    
    May 31, 2010 11:25am PDT
    
    They should improve as my immune system calms down, but may require therapy in the future. : freak!
- I have hemophilia. I quite often get internal bleeding in my mousing hand/arm. So far, I haven't really... : lotus2133
- You can buy a Razer Naga mouse assuming you are right handed and stretching your thumb doesn't bother you... : Zoopy_Iscariot
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  I think I asked you this before in an SM, but how long ago was your transplant? I'm dealing with a slew o... : Full.Bleed
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    This was my second transplant and I got out about 3 weeks ago. My transplant was very diffferent this ti... : freak!
    - I meant to say "joint stiffness" not "stuff jointness". Maybe I'm sicker than I thought. : freak!
    - Oh man. The day they took out my double-lumen Hickman catheter was such a relief. Those things are so hin... : Full.Bleed
- Well you can try this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826100006 or this http://www... : hrdwregk
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  What about a Nostromo N50 type device? If you pay shipping I will send you mine! I don't know that it w... : Wheatloaf
  - http://www.applelinks.com/reviews/gifs/n50a.jpg software for it: http://www.applelinks.com/reviews/gif... : Wheatloaf
- My right hand has gotten so bad that I've given up on online play. I just cannot compete one handed. ... : Colleton
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  out of curiosity, do you have problems with your gut? : Pantene Pro-V
  - I did for a while after coming off steroids, but a colonoscopy and ectoscopy revealed no GVHD or other is... : freak!

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