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Talk about working around healer"s tunnel vision: Rainbo, a 25-man discipline/holy priest on Cenarion Circle (US-H), stays out of the fire working with a mere 10-degree field of vision. Rainbo suffers from Usher Syndrome, an incurable condition that causes deafness and progressive vision loss. Despite those challenges, the 29-year-old gamer has played WoW off and on since it first came out.
"Basically, I only have a small field of central vision that is obscured with floaters and flashers, but I creatively use addons and techniques to successfully raid -- even on heroic," Rainbo says. "We"re currently 4/7 heroic Firelands, which puts us as the #8 guild on the server in terms of progression." Pretty hot for a guy who can"t even see the fires he"s moving out of.
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15 Minutes of Fame: Legally blind player with hearing loss conquers raid healing originally appeared on WoW Insider on Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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