#spoonie gamer

[chronicallykiki]

FUNDRAISER EVENT Guide Dogs 250 Challenge

From 24th April to 16th May, I'll be taking part in a fundraising campaign for Guide Dogs!

"Every day 250 people in the UK are told they’re losing their sight. It can be devastating. People with a vision impairment are more likely to encounter depression, loneliness, and unemployment. Guide Dogs helps people with sight loss live the life they choose, but we need vital funds to do this. That’s why we need you to be a game changer and take on the 250 Challenge." - Guide Dogs Website

During this time, my Challenge is for streams to be at least 250 minutes long. I also plan to donate an extra £1 for every sub to my channel. And! I've set up a few goals, with incentives to look forward to:

Level 1 Goal £250 : If we hit this, I will sponsor one of the puppies! Level 2 Goal £500 : If we double our 250 goal, I will sponsor two of the puppies!! Level 3 Goal £750 : If we manage to triple our 250 goal, I will sponsor all three puppies!!!

Links: My Twitch Channel My Fundraiser Page Guide Dogs Website 250 Challenge Sponsoring A Puppy

Streaming for 250 minutes (just over 4 hours) doesn't sound like a challenge for most, but for a spoonie like me, who can't regulate their energy levels, it sure can be!

I'll do my best, but in the event I'm unable to meet the 250 minute minimum, we'll have to think of a fun forfeit or something (be gentle).

Regarding the sponsor puppies, the first will be chosen at random, and the second will be via a poll on my fundraiser page.

[nictelsm]

I was originally gonna include JonTron but he's not TGWTG enough.

[spooniestrong]

X-Box is blocking third party controllers that enable disabled people to play for no reason but the normal corporate go-to: greed.

[thedisablednaturalist]

I screenshotted the ask bc I blocked them bc I don't think they'd listen anyway and I don't need anymore of this shit in my inbox on my birthday

What a dumbass ask. It's not just MY experience. Its MILLIONS of peoples experience. (65 million is the estimate). I don't give a fuck if I can see the pores of a character or if theres perfect physics for trees blowing in the wind. Our wheelchairs are parts of ourselves and it is Devastating when seemingly no one cares about including us while marketing their games as the most diverse game ever made.

I don't give a fuck if the "physics are complicated" EVERYTHING in a video game is complicated. Making a realistic gun that lights up and has every mechanism perfectly rendered is complicated. Video games are complicated. Y'all would rather have 5000 animated clothing options than include 1 wheelchair. I'm not asking for them to include like, something benign and just for me. I'm not asking everyone to put one specific hairstyle that shoots fireworks out of my head in every single game. This isn't a frivilous selfish thing to want. This is something that MANY people are asking for. A dad asking modders if someone could make a wheelchair mod for their young daughter who's in one and wants to play Minecraft as herself. Disabled Stardew valley players who see all the amazing mods on nexus but there's like, I think only one mod that adds wheelchairs? (And yet theres hundreds that ADD A WHOLE NOTHER MAP and NPCS and yes, VEHICLES AND BODY MODS)

Also? I still play video games? I don't boycott any game that doesn't have wheelchairs?? I just get kinda sad and go oh well

Also, I'm not going to learn an entire new field that people literally go to college for years to master to make my own game. I'm out here trying to keep my area's streams from being filled with concrete and sewage. It's insulting to game developers to say "why don't you just make your own game idiot" as if it's that simple.

I'm disabled + chronically ill. I'm already doing too much and you want me to add on making an entire game to that? There's no logic in it. Like you're giving me the choice of "make my own game or shut up"

I do try to make my own content (as well as doing actual outreach and activism in the offline world). And the only games I've called out are ones that rake in millions of dollars and have large enough teams or enough money to bring more people on (I think I've only called out one actually). I support indie creators and boost their games when I am able to on this blog and my main.

Nice way to spend your time going after a minority (oppressed person? Idk) for pleading for representation in gaming. Get outta here.

[hellakiddie]

Small communities feel right!

I love genuine support kindness and friendship

I don’t want fame I want community and financial stability!

[mosscaller]

Tired me: I need to lay down and get some rest. Today was a lot emotionally, so I should take my meds and get some rest.

Feral me: I wanna game. Proceeds to drink half a mug of coffee and begins to game

Tired me: You dense mother fu…

[imnerdhaveapraxia]

Hey everyone. Today I want to talk about how be twitch streamer is lots harder for me than most people.

apraxia. It’s a speech problem caused by partial tongue and facial paralysis. That causes like unique speech sounds. Making it hard people understand me on stream but some sample words easier to say for me. Side note how my brain works. I can say cuss words clearly than anything else.

How I communicate to my chat. I use my iPhone to talk.

Other thing effect me on twitch people hear about my disability that cause people treat you differently. First can treat me like helpless kid. Can’t do anything. Second people don’t give me chances and take time understanding what I saying. Third people can make comments about my speech disability. I know doesn’t everyone intends to be mean but, I get comments like you are drunk or that fake or I had one person ask me I’m on drugs. I don’t really like that.

[fibromyalgicaf]

Hi,

I'm here mostly to blog about my experience of living with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue, and to connect with other people who live with chronic illnesses and disabilities, but I'm also here for your memes, animal pics/videos, sci-fi references, random facts, and other stuff!

About me (in no particular order)...

💻 gamer (current faves: Stardew Valley, Slime Rancher, Valheim, Factorio, Don't Starve)

🧶 cross-stitcher and learning to knit

🖌️ painter of Warhammer minis

🖖 sci-fi and fantasy nerd

😻 cat mum

📚 amateur history, anthropology, biology, and etymology enthusiast

🍫 chocolate fiend and crazy in love with boba tea, bao buns, olives, and cheese

💡 I'm an atheist (ex-Christian) with an interest in Satanism.

🏳️‍🌈 I am non-binary [they/them] and queer, and a supporter of the LGBTQIA+ community. Anti-TERF. Anti-SWERF.

🟰 I believe in and support disability rights and equal access, intersectional feminism, indigenous rights / black lives matter / decolonisation, movements that aim to revive indigenous/endangered languages. Anti-fascist and anti-nazi.

☭ I'm a fan of socialism, anti-corporation, and vehemently against hostile architecture and anti-homeless policies.

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🎁 If you like my OC (here or my side-blog @eclecticfacts) or you just want to make a chronically ill person happy, this is my ko-fi (your donation will help with the cost of a wheelchair, and I'm saving up for a bath/shower seat, a wheelie tray desk, and some loop earplugs)

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My asks are open for respectful messages about pretty much anything; ask me a question, recommend a show or game, whatever ✌️

I also appreciate people fact-checking me or letting me know when I say something inappropriate or short sighted.

I don't share fundraisers, sorry.

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Tags:

If you're not living with a chronic illness/disability, please check out posts tagged with #for the able bodied people

I've tagged content that I think would be especially helpful for people who are recently diagnosed or waiting for a diagnosis with #for the new spoonies

Reblogs of cute and beautiful things to make your day a bit nicer are tagged #EyeBleachAF

Posts of my cat Pickles are tagged #pickles eyebleach

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This post is semi-frequently edited when I make additions or update info

[chronicallykiki]

✅ QUEST COMPLETE ✅ 🦮 Guide Dogs 250 Challenge 🦮

You guys are AMAZING!! We hit our £750 goal, and as I pledged to sponsor all three puppies-in-training, that means that, together, we've raised...

£1080

I just can't thank you all enough for all your love, support, and encouragement, during this event. It's been a blast, and I'm still completely blownover by the fact we reach even £250, let alone the £750!!

When I say "you guys are amazing", I mean it with every fiber of my being!! 💖 I hope you all understand how very loved and important you are.

Sponsorship money has already been sent, and I'm awaiting the welcome packs. In the meantime, please enjoy all their cutness in the video above.

You'll notice the sponsor puppies themselves have changed, and I did ask Guide Dogs about this (see Discord screenshot below). The jist of it is that new sponsors are introducted in January, May, and September. I had no idea, and I'm so sorry to anyone disappointed that I've been unable to sponsor Hazel, Frank, and Walter specifically.

However, please don't be too disheartened, as all the money raised through the sponsorships benefits the cause, regardless of selected pup. And lets face it, every single pup is adorable and well worth a sponsor. 😉

[lettersfromavalon]

For those that follow me on instagram I have deleted my account (sorry for the lack of warning)

I am done with Facebook Meta and I am done with AI theft as well as the ethical void of Meta towards life in the East and privacy in general for the the rest of us.

I’m really pretty much done with social media altogether actually. Now begins the detoxing process and next year I am going to finally delete my Twitter acc. (never calling it the other thing).

Blue sky is likely the only place I’ll be and Tumblr, going forward.

[thedisablednaturalist]

[Image id: Tumblr message from @manaphy-is-a-coward : "Hi! I saw your post about wanting more good representation for people in wheelchairs. I’m an aspiring game dev who would like the same thing. Currently, I’m making a dating sim and I definitely want to include a character in a wheelchair.

Do you have any tips? It can be for personality, relationships, stereotypes to avoid, anything!

Thank you in advance.

- Manaphy-Is-A-Coward, aspiring game developer

P.S.

I know you wanted playable characters in wheelchairs, and the ability to customise that fact, but for my first game I don’t think I’m going to add customisation. Sorry!"

My reply:

Hm so I would need to know what kind of game mechanics you're planning, like is it a visual novel or something more like stardew valley? Also having more characters in general in wheelchairs is still helpful, my concern is when games WITH customization leave out disabled players. I don't expect everyone to make their player character a wheelchair user (although I'd be nice if some did). Honestly, just treat them like you would any other npc. Don't make their whole personality about being in a wheelchair but don't completely ignore that fact. It's just a way for them to get around. It's okay if they make jokes about themselves (but maybe get feedback on them by a wc user before publishing). Another thing that pisses me off is when they introduce the wc user once and then you literally never see them again (barbie movie). Like they just want the points but not actual representation. Also is it ok if I screenshot this and post it so more wheelchair users can weigh in? I'd be good for you to get multiple opinions from both ambulatory and full time users

Okay, thank you!

And of course you can! I would love more opinions! End id]

[brendathewriter]

Sometimes this complex spoonie runs out of 🥄spoons to do cognitive tasks like "use a 🎮 controller to play a complicated video game"... But I still want to relax and play something.

Back in 2020 I discovered Gems Of War - a kind of tongue in cheek, humorous mashup of Android's JewelQuest match 3 game and the classic card game Magic The Gathering.

The first thing I like is that (if I have to) I can play it with only one hand ( but that works best if you velcro the controller to a flat surface ). This is especially handy but I am ignoring all my gastroparesis diet rules and eating the greasy forbidden Margarita popcorn.

The second thing I like is that it has multiple levels of complexity I can enjoy on my good days, but on the days that TBI brain fog or MS cognitive issues are really bad? I can just wait for the game to prompt me with where to move a jewel instead of trying to figure it out on my own. There is even a mini game called treasure hunt that instead of being a strategy battle between teams you just compete against yourself to see how much treasure you can accumulate.

The third thing that I like about this game is that it doesn't take itself all that seriously. There are all sorts of humorous puns and jokes in the descriptions, comic strip type dialogue, and even in the way things are drawn.

I can't show you the HUD (because the only TV we own is broken and doesn't show the top inch and a half on the screen), but it's fairly clear and useful. Gem support is actually a very deep role-playing game with lots of seasonal components so there's a lot more depth to it than just a simple match three game, and there's a lot of the detailed complexity that classic battle card games are famous for. The HUD actually wraps all around the four edges for much of the game which greatly reduces the amount of sub menus someone has to drill through for the more advanced gameplay features.

I'm less happy about the way the most recent update has changed some of the fonts and their sizes, as it may make it a bit difficult on a small screen for those with vision issues, but overall it's an excellent way to spend your free time if you are a casual gamer looking for something different than the usual hack and slash type genres.

I started playing it while taking care of my husband in 2020 and never intended for it to replace my deep abiding love for all things Elder Scrolls related but here I am 4 years later still playing it several times a week!

[hiinafuraido]

playing some more botw and magical cat cafe this week! also just launched a youtube channel, so please check it out!

[kaffeekatze]

hey there! this is my lil' "about me" thing

(・ω・)ノ

katze/yvonne/she/ace/'95

katze (kat-zuh) is just "cat" in german

(*´ω｀*)

i'm...

fan-artist|porter-supporter|vaporeon-votary|futaba-fan|home-cook-and-baker|cat-person|weeb-shit|coffee-connoisseur|gamer-grill|monster-hunter|drink-drinker|disabled-spoonie

i'll post and reblog accordingly

shout out to my fellow spoonies, you're doing great!

( ^-^)ノ∠※。.:*:・'°☆

this is where i post art (no shitpost allowed)

[earlgraytay]

okay so the way I've heard it "murderhobo" means something subtly different- it means specifically "a person who plays D&D like an utter sociopath." a murderhobo tries to kill everything they come across (including friendly or ambiguously friendly NPCs) and loot/steal from every building. they ignore any attempt at the other players to RP. they ignore any plot hooks the DM might seed, especially if they're about helping people. they're just here to cause chaos, kill things, and get loot.

There are lots of reasons why someone might play a murderhobo, ranging from "I have misunderstood how the game is going to go and am treating an intrigue-filled RP-heavy table like a dungeon crawl table" to "I think cRaZy characters are interesting and want to play one." but honestly? real talk?

Usually if more than one person in your group is playing a murderhobo*- or an Old Man Henderson, or a Spoony Bard, or any other kind of one-note character who derails the game- the DM has screwed up. the number one cause of murderhobo behaviour is shitty DMing, either in the player's past or at the current table.

If a player ignores everything the DM's built and just tries to kill things (or fuck things) and cause mayhem, it is usually because they feel like their choices don't matter. they feel like no matter what they do, they are gonna get railroaded. and they're engaging with the game mechanics they feel like the DM isn't letting them engage with.

you know how in a video game that talks at you for a million years and gives you choices that don't really matter, you mash buttons to get through all the boring cutscenes and get to the good stuff? if your players can't make meaningful choices, they mash buttons.

there are things a DM can, and needs, to do to combat this. the most important one is Session Zero- sitting down with your players and making sure everyone is on the same page about what the game is about, what everyone wants to do, what kind of story you're telling, and what kinds of things are and aren't acceptable at the table.

(for example, during my Session Zeroes, I always tell players that I am okay with them splitting the party. Most DMs aren't, so this is an expectation you need to communicate!)

you need to foster choice from minute 1 of your game. if you don't, at best you are going to get shitty murderhobo/fuckboy bard/game derailing behaviour. at worst- you're going to get Abused Gamer Syndrome, where your players refuse to make choices and go along with what they think you want them to do.

the OP of this post is, ironically, committing the classic leftist sin of blaming individual people stuck in a power dynamic gone bad for that power dynamic. of course a player is going to want to kill everything that moves if they don't feel like they have another way to engage with the game! they're mashing buttons to get to the part of the game where they can do something interesting! * assuming you're NOT running a dungeon crawl where this kind of behaviour IS the game, anyway.

Putting all tabletop players into a college level ethics class and forcing them to turn in a paper on moral philosophy before buying a new book

[mudaship39]

Info about me and my WIPS art and projects as a as a disabled and queer/trans native of color writer artist and creator

Native intro for social media.

BYI check out my bio and pinned post

Hello.

My Indigenous Pasifika preferred name is No’eau Aitonui Hoata/Heiani Mareva Hoata

If you are Indigenous or Indigenous Pasifika please refer to me by that name

My Vietnamese Kinh name is Ngoc Hien/Xuan Dinh Nguyen

If you are a non native person of color please refer to me by that name

My English/French name is Christian/Jeanne Nguyen

If you are a non native white person you can only refer to me by this name.

Im a Southeast Asian Vietnamese or Kinh Indigenous, European French, East Asian Chinese Hoa, & Polynesian Tahitian Indigenous Pasifika. 🇫🇷🇻🇳🇨🇳 🇵🇫 I’m an Asian Native Pasifika. 🐚 🌺 🏝️ 🪝 🌋

I’m a disabled native of color. I’m autistic, neurodivergent, chronically ill spoonie disabled, & mentally ill disabled. ♿️

Im a disabled gamer/streamer. My Playstation tag is warpdriveplanet39. My Xbox tag is Mudaship39. Twitch is mudaship39. I play and stream PS3, PS4, & PS5 games. I play and stream Xbox 360, Xbox One games. I plan to play Xbox Series X games in the future. 🎮

I’m a QTIPOC or queer and trans Indigenous person of color. Nonbinary bigender or genderfluid pansexual or omnisexual. Polyam or polyamorous. Maohi/raerae in the middle indigenous third gender. Any and all pronouns. Including neopronouns and indigenous third gender pronons. He/him. She/her. They/them. Xer/xers. Native third gender neutral oña. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈⚧

Im a writer, creator, & artist. Im an author, comic book writer, screenwriter, spoken word poet, & songwriter.

I’m a Indigenous language keeper, culture keeper, & storykeeper.

I write about racial, sex, cultural identity, sexual orientation, & gender identity in music and poetry.

I write about Black, poc, Indigenous, disabled, and or lgbt characters in disabled, bipoc, and qtipoc futurism.

Im the writer and creator of the precontact and post land back Bipoc and qtipoc futurism project. It’s a hybrid science fiction cyberpunk and magical high fantasy comic books and graphic novels series Chronicles of War.

Basic info is the pinned post of my tumblr. More information is on a google doc on my google drive.

Im the performing artist spoken word poet of the spoken word poetry book Heart of Fire Dragon, Soul of Flame Pheonix, & Sea Fairy Ocean Blood that is about being a disabled native, an Asian Native, a displaced disconnected diaspora, & QTIPOC.

The cut and censored version of it is linked in the pinned tweet on my twitter mudaship39. Uncut and uncensored version is on a google doc on my google drive.

If anyone wants to pay me for the poetry book and or the futurism project as a disabled writer, artist, and creator. Be sure to dm or pm me. There is a specific way to do so as a disabled writer artist and creator.

Be sure to check out my carrd in my bio. It has info on how to contact me for my projects. Info on how to pay me for my art. Info on my other social media accounts if mutuals want to follow me on other social media.

Do you want to read a spoken word poetry anthology book I wrote as an Asian native Pasifika artist who’s a songwriter and spoken word poet? Its called Heart of Fire Dragon Soul of Flame Phoenix and Sea Fairy Ocean Blood. It’s about being a disabled native (autistic, neurodivergent, chronically ill, & mentally ill disabled), a displaced disconnected state side diaspora, being an Asian Native (as a Vietnamese Kinh, French, Chinese Hoa, & Polynesian Tahitian Indigenous Pasifika person of color), & about being a QTIPOC (queer and trans third gender Indigenous person of color). I have been working on it for a long time as a storykeeper, language keeper, and culture keeper. It includes a personal foreword and personal afterword to Indigenous people specifically Polynesian, Micronesian, and Melanesian audiences. The cut and censored version of it is linked in my pinned tweet of my Twitter mudaship39 if you are interested in reading something like this. The uncut and uncensored version of it is on a google doc on my google drive. Need email for google doc invite link. Let me know which version you prefer to read if you're interested in reading something like this. Be sure to like and reblog my pinned post to boost my art to other native of color mutuals.

For the cut and censored version. Go to the pinned tweet. Like and retweet the pined tweet. This is to boost info about my wips art and project to your native of color followers. The cut and censored spoken word poetry book is linked in my pinned post thread. Like retweet and quote any line of the cut and censored version of the spoken word poetry book. Quote tweet it with your thoughts. Use any Indigenous and poc hashtags if you know any. This is so it gets out to others in the poc community and Indigenous community especially those indigenous to turtle island or Indigenous to Pasifika Oceania or Moana. It’s also so I can find poc or Indigenous producers and publishers to actually make it into a spoken word poetry book. For the uncut and uncensored version post comments into the google doc itself and leave a review at the end. Let me know if you know anyone else interested in reading something like this. Let me know if know any poc and Indigenous artists especially indigenous to turtle island or Indigenous to Pasifika Oceania or Moana who are willing to draw art for this poetry book.

Im also a writer and creator who writes bipoc, disabled, and qtipoc futurism. I write magical high fantasy and science fiction books, comics, and graphic novels. My bipoc, disabled, and qtipoc futurism project called Chronicles of War. It is a cyberpunk science fiction and magical high fantasy hybrid comic book or graphic novel series. It is precontact and post land back. That is about several disabled, bipoc (or Black Indigenous and or person of color) characters, and qtipoc (or queer and trans indigenous people of color) main characters. One is an Afro Asian pasifika/Afro latine native demigod metahuman and alien hybrid superhuman superhero in a cyberpunk world in the near and far future. The other is an Afro Asian native coded magical human with fae elvish, hobgoblin goblinoid, & giant kin ancestry who’s a spellcaster, swordfighter, and gunslinger adventurer in a magical high fantasy world. Both of them are qtipoc disabled and bipoc. There are other bipoc and qtipoc main characters in other worlds pre contact and post land back. Such as a lesbian of color and butch of color Asian and Indigenous Asian coded half human and half avian humanoid monk. Such as a Sami Indigenous and European Scandinavian coded third gender god/goddess Jotunn Loki. Such as a third gender Afro Indigenous Chickasaw Native Freedman were lion and were leopard hybrid character and her friend a Afro Latine South American Native were jaguar and were cheetah werecat hybrid character. Both of them living in a town of Afro Indigenous Freedman and hybrid humanoid communities. Such as a Central and South American summoners of kaiju or titans based on Nahuatl Quechua and Maya Indigenous mythology. Such as a female Asian and Asian Native half human half firebird and lighting bird monk fighter. Such as a Indigenous Pasifika sea pirate. It has Black, Native, poc, queer, trans, & disabled representation. It has Indigenous and indigenous pasifika representation too actually. If that’s something you are into. Need email for google doc invite link also if you are also into this.

If you want to look up excerpt blog posts of my poetry book or futurism project. Be sure to search my blog with my tags of native, indigenous, trans, disabled, and or queer: artist, writer, representation, character, and or creator. Be sure to like and reblog to boost my art wips and projects to native of color, disabled, & or lgbt mutuals.

If anyone wants to pay me for the poetry book and or the futurism project as a disabled writer artist and creator. Be sure to dm or pm me. There is a specific way to do so as a disabled writer artist and creator.

Cover art of the Spoken Word Poetry Book: Heart of Fire Dragon Soul of Flame Phoenix and Sea Fairy Ocean Blood:

Upcoming project once i find cast crew and a studio and network to green light it: Modern take movie about Medusa and her blind lesbian love interest. With more diverse characters since modern take with disabled, queer trans, and bipoc representation like my other wips and projects.

Polynesian Micronesian and Melanesian sports anime or cartoon. Each season being about different Pasifika sport. Volleyball football ruby rowing or canoeing sailing. Each season with different main characters. Characters from past seasons returning in cameos. Gay volleyball with a vahine femme main character about a pasifika girl in varsity hs volleyball. Hawaiian or Tahitian and her partner is Tongan or Samoan.

Wishlist:

I play old current and next gen console games PlayStation 3, 4, and 5 games and Xbox 360 and Xbox one games. Still trying to get a gaming computer and an Xbox series x for other current and next gen games

Games I am playing currently is in my Xbox and PlayStation account. Games I want to play but am waiting for as a disabled gamer, gamer of color, & gaymer is on my wishlist on both accounts.

You can also send me PlayStation store or Xbox store gift cards amount from 25 to 100 $ so I can buy the games I want to play and stream as a gamer of color, gaymer, disabled gamer, & variety streamer

I use an old laptop for my writing gaming streaming and art. Still trying to get a windows 11 laptop and a Samsung or iPad tablet for writing art and creating art and projects. Also still trying to get a microphone, camera, and headset for steaming, gaming, and podcasting