World of Warships - The Blind Leading The Blind 

Thank you once again for showing this replay Jingles. It was hard work and a lot of fun. I can fermly say the sweat was dripping off my face with this battle in concentration. Afterwards I was exhausted. But gosh was it fun

She’s lucky she doesn’t have Jingles as her helper. “Enemy destroyer spotted! Wait no it’s a cruiser, or possibly a battleship I’m not certain”

so let me get this straight: Jingles - the man whose top 3 claim to fame is getting things wrong - was the guy who manually recorded the events of any given naval action?

She's only self-conscious about underperforming because she cant actually see her teammates are all busy fitting their pants on their heads, licking the windows and looking for the pot of glue....... Mad respect, for both her and her gunnery officer

Also it is me doing a lot of bombarding of questions to my helpers. and expecting an anwser back with in the next second

With that disability - Rebecca is a true Captain. She received the info, not seeing what's there and relaying orders to what's to be done ✅✅✅

This player has my utmost respect and admiration.

So she basically plays WoWS with an extra layer of realism.

Hi Jingles. I WAS a PWO and you have described the PWO role really well for the uninitiated to understand. The equivalence of what Rebecca is doing to the PWO role is pretty accurate as well. Good job!

So between the "captain" and the "gunnery officer", Rebecca straight up got a more realistic naval experience out of the game than any of us, and managed to make it look easy!

I'd actually be interested to see an online tourney match of WoWs that requires two players to control one ship like Rebecca and her helper. Unlike a fast-paced FPS that requires twitch reflexes and has a faster ttk, the slower pace of WoWs combat seems well suited for this sort.

the helper: *totally f's up the aim, missing by a mile also the helper: oh unlucky that was a bad spread.

Torpedoes beat while blind: Yuro: *aggressive noise*

I love how jingles assumes all my senses are working right when I’m drunk….. I mean playing world of warships

I'd love to hear a voice recording of a match to go with the replay. Well played, Rebecca!

"Players with full senses don't play as well as Rebecca does" damn jingles, didn't have to personally attack me like that.

Jingles - I AM a PWO and have been for 35 years. I would go to war with her and I have already been to war 3 times :)

Hell.. A blind player stronger than I'd say 75% of the playerbase, including me ! She has my respect, support and I hope one day medicine will help her see all the citadels she made with her crewmates !

Ok, 1:40 in. The title is hilarious. And accurate. Edit: Jingles in the Ops room? Give him a pencil and a sheet of paper, and make him sit in the corner, that's a good lad....

I'd love to hear a recording of their communications, I think that just hearing how they manage to transfer this much information back and forth could be illuminating for anybody trying to organize divisions or even entire teams.

"Information Overload". How I wish people would know this concept. I've lost count on just how many "unicums" have tried to cram 2 years experience into a new players head in 10 mins.

Can we just talk about how amazing the helper is? People who make sure Rebecca can play even if she's blind are the true MVPs of this planet.

I understand that you are being respectful and everything, but how is there not a single "She didn't see that kill coming" joke in here? I mean that is not inappropriate or?

"Never too early for a Jingles video" - Me, in America, entirely too early for a Jingles video

People with disabilities who have the devotion and dedication to play, even with the extra things holding them back, always deserve the respect.

Going back over 20 years ago, I used to play online poker against blind players who used screen readers. They always had a better read on the the state of play and played faster than any of the sighted players. I'd always thought losing my sight would have been the disability I couldn't imagine myself living with, but between my experiences with the members of that community and seeing what my Grandfather achieved after losing his sight completely it gave me a new appreciation of what's possible when you step up to a challenge or obstacle.

I wanna try this with my friends! Sounds like So much more fun than sitting alone with the Frustrations

In the USN submarine fleet, in my day, we called the narrative "plotting dots." A long scroll of paper, ruled down its length for degrees, gets all contacts plotted minute-by-minute, each assigned a specific color. The dots are then linked by lines to produce a continually representation of what every ship involved is doing. Annotations as to actions are inked in directly on the scroll. By the way, Rebecca is replicating the command action group found in every successful navy. Not at all impossible, but damned rare to find willing and capable shipmates in the gaming world. Massive respect!

I would love to hear an audio on how this work, it maybe inspire other viewers to help someone they know who is blind to play WOW

The USS North Carolina currently resides in my hometown, and I was happy to see it in a replay once more. Rebecca would definitely have made any captain of our ship proud- well done!

Oooh a North Carolina replay Wait.... ..... Why I'm not seeing her in a bunny suit?

First off gg and well played Rebecca. You have my respect and admiration. Secondly,my thanks goes to our Evil Gnome overlord for featuring this replay. It's nice to see a replay feauturing a fellow gamer with disabbilities preforming this well in any game.

I remember Rebecca's first replay here and it was really impressive. This second time im blown away. Well played Rebecca and helper(s). We far to often forget there are actual people behind these pixel boats. Dont judge to soon and think before you send that toxic message. You never know who might be on the other end. Great video Jingles and wish you all a great day

I can just imagine The Jingles Ops Room Narrative: “At about 16:30 an American (battleship is scratched out) battleship destroyer launched its torpedoes at us from the port side, dead ahead. A friendly Baltimore used its sonar to find them. Then there was a really loud noise and I sort of screamed like a girl, but we’ll edit it out of the stream...”

Really impressive battle, and yeah I'd want her on my team every day of the week and twice on Sundays...... as for the people who are pressing the "dislike" button any time you want to get out of the gene pool feel free!

This might be my favorite Jingles vid. It's wholesome AND has stories AND stellar gameplay. 10/10

‘Good’ or ‘bad’ I would have this person on my team and in my division every time. Winning is less important than enjoying yourself, which she clearly is.

The split roles running a ship reminds me a bit of a game called Artemis that we played at LAN parties in college. It was a Star Trek-y space combat simulator in which teams of four or five crewed a ship against other crews. Everybody had a specific role like pilot or engineer and had to relay information specific to their job to everyone else in order to effectively manage the whole ship. So for example the pilot could steer, manage speed, and see nearby ships/space stations/etc., but relied on the science officer to inform them about long range contacts and the broader strategic situation. The engineer could see data about ship systems and power and was responsible for shunting power around depending on what was needed (power to the engines, weapons, etc.). And then you had a captain, who would synthesize all this and make decisions about what to do and then relay those orders to the other crew members. It was a ton of fun but definitely stressful managing your own job while keeping everyone else apprised of information they needed to do theirs. So I have a lot of respect for Rebecca juggling similar responsibilities (with what sounds like a much smaller 'crew') while also being blind. Truly impressive.

This is amazing just the amount of information they can both process at once.

This is absolutely amazing - thanks for sharing. Please share more of these videos if you can. Hopefully she knows how much so many people enjoy this.

The "Hive Mind" Achievement has been unlocked!

The aide(s) of Rebecca is(are) a HUGE part of the success having to communicate at warp speed with precise accuracy of info. That is one hell of a team!

Not sure if it's the mouse operator(gunner) or the Nth Carolina but but those shots were on point. She killed it!!

Videos like these always make me feel more hopeful. Decency and caring for each other is alive and well. Thanks for brightening my days, with the humor and content like this.

Vision of Jingles in the ops room with his notebook: "oh dear oh dear..."

I can only just imagine sailing to a cap with my eyes closed and a helper without rage quitting or killing the helper. Well played Miss well played.

We had to do that exercise also in my education for merchant shipping. Basically the captain gets blindfolded. Then you get information from radar and a lookout and give said information to the sailor in control of the rudder. The main reason of the exercise was communication.

This is incredible. She deserves serious media attention for this. What an amazing person. That is such an inspiring story. Thank you MightyJingles

That blind lady just tied my kills record. Ah yes, this is how to make us all feel terrible about our own gaming skills.

Bravo Zulu (Well Done) Rebecca. I am a retired US Navy Surface Warfare Officer. I was a CIC Officer and a qualified Tactical Action Officer (TAO) which is analogous to the RN Principal Warfare Officer. Jingles is right. It is a bloody difficult job.

I remember Rebecca! Great to see her again! :D Edit: I've got to say I was cheering when she got her kraken.

What a wonderful video. Rear Admiral Jingles you have done yourself and Rebecca a great service by posting this video. Well played Captain Becky!

For a moment I thought that her teammates were going to throw the game, that would have been so painful to watch.

Flambass in the Devonshire: Are you freaking blind? This is incredible. The adaptability of humans to circumstances beyond their control never ceases to amaze me.

Well I think the fact that she cares about the result of the battle goes a very long way to making her a better than average player.

Good on you, Rebeccacb95, and helpers. Well played. A good friend of mine is a WOWS player and enthusiast who is deaf - it's not quite the same, but it certainly presents challenges all its own, and she is just as fierce a competitor.

I think we can all agree that the phrase "A massive hardon for Rebecca" should probably to changed to something else.

This is really, really awesome, and very inspiring to watch! Well done!

“Where are we going?” “I’ve no idea; the player carrying us can’t see.”

A long time ago, youtuber theDRZJ featured an interview with a blind gamer. They certainly do exist. Guy, who was a French teacher full-time, enjoyed RPGs above all played solo through the Witcher games, assisted only by some specific software.

Whenever I see videos like this I appreciate what i have and am thankful for it. And at the same time a huge amount of respect of people being able to enjoy the same thing as "us normal folks". But what is normal? Perhaps because people that are "missing" senses we normally have, tend to make them more aware? +1 For the new admiral Rebecca in the Salt Miners fleet of our Gnome Overlord.

I love this. Good for them. Making this work would be hard enough, but doing it well, is amazing.

I was also going to say playing like that is actually more true to life if anything. I’ve always thought that a special coop mode of WoT or WoWS akin to this would be really interesting. So your platoon of 3 or 4 is actually just one tank but you each fulfil the different roles.

Aye, lovely! I'll tell my friend Barbara about this, as she too is blind. And now we know what Jingles was in the navy...a stenographer! :)

OMG HER AGAIN!!! FUCKING AWESOME (My home state is North Carolina and I've been on the ship multiple times) EDIT.... Well Played Rebecca. Well Played!!!!

@Rebecca Claridge - I remember seeing your first replay being featured by Jingles - if anything, you have improved a lot and I would be glad to have you on my team any day. Well done.

One thing I'm wondering about is if she also playing cruisers or destroyers. Sounds like it would be even more stressful, so I assume she tends to stick to battleships. Or maybe she's only playing those in Co-Op?

7:04 Jingles I think the trailer for the up coming U-boat hunter game would describe (somewhat) that crap ton of information flowing. My first thought when looking at the trailer was like "This looks fun, but how the hell is one person gonna play this game?"

This young lady needs one of the bigger clans to take her under their wing ,or WoW needs to big her up?

Much respect for adapting and overcoming. Guess nothing is impossible and I think it's awesome she figured out a way to get in the game :)

Hearing Jingles laugh really soothes my heart.

Thanks for the different view on the capabilities of those who are blind. I'll never again say "Are you blind?" Awesome vid. :)

One of the first! Now I wonder if Jingle does read comments.

That was truly impressive, not only did she play really well but doing it whilst blind and with such a system is a real testament to her abilities

Damn rebecca needs an honorary commission. She is legit being the ships captain and her helpers are nailing it. Hey Rear Admiral Jingles, how about making that happen? 👍

She's bloody amazing. I remember when I was a 10 year old kid in the mid 80's. There was a kid, a brother of a friend who was born without arms. Just two stumps about 4 inches long below his shoulders. He played Metroid on the NES with his feet, and he played it bloody well. He was the first kid in our little sphere of friends to beat Metroid in under 3 hours, revealing that Samus was a woman. Remember, this was way before internet so none of us knew. It was an amazing revelation. The word spread quickly around school and he actually had to do it again to prove it to some of the more sceptical kids in school that Samus was, in fact, a woman.

I would consider it a privilege to go into battle with Rebecca and her crew! Her experience and the training of her crew shows in the results! Congratulations on the “Kracken Unleashed”! (Retired US Navy)

Hahaha, I love the teamwork that goes into one ship. When I play, I attempt such madness. Wether telling DDs where my Mino will park for AA helps or not is someone elses call.

Uncle Jingles, I want to bring to your attention that this Blind woman literally pulled a "just dodge" at 12:42 . Even the enemy bombs are like "No, stay away...she's a monster!" (at the game). To be fair, I think her blindness actually forced her to learn to be a better "strategist" in a sense, not that I'm trying to insult her or take anything away, because everything you said was spot on. I mean, even though she's aiming via radar (seeing in the sense only through what her helper sees rather than direct Line of Sight), she's awesome at the game from the videos you've uploaded. I hope she sends more content in to you. I think it would be interesting to get her take on some of the ships as she might have a very different perspective of them given the amount of lag-time from all the coordination.

I'd love an episode where you talk to her and her helpers about the experience. Discuss about the communication between them and how much she gets herself from sound for instance.

Yeah, I remember Rebecca. Hers is such a unique and cool way to play. (Wouldn't want to switch of course.) If she usually plays like that, her fears of holding the team back are indeed very much unjustified. I also just noticed that my job in the German Army has been a little bit similar. Just for a mortar company and far less responsibility.

I’m imagining her in a CIC listening to reports coming in and giving orders like an actual captain. “Ma’am, enemy Colorado spotted bearing 142, range 13km, heading approximately 260.” “Helm, ahead 2/3, left full rudder, steady course 165. Fire control, plot solution on enemy Colorado and engage at will with main battery.”

On the subject of people playing video games with disabilities, I'm reminded of a letter printed in an old issue of Nintendo Power, in which a guy praises the mad skills of his brother at SNES games like Super Mario World. The brother in question has no arms, so he has to use his toes to work the controller. Doesn't seem to slow him down, as he was quite capable of beating any game put in front of him. Just 'cause somebody has to compensate for a handicap, doesn't make them automatically bad at something.

What an incredible performance by any player, let alone one who cannot see the screen. Would love to watch her play.

Interesting, what you are describing as the principal warfare officer would be a Fleet Commander or Coordinator in Eve Online probably. They basically have to coordinate their own fleet with other fleets (sometimes being in 5 different channels at the same time) while also anchoring their own fleet (anchoring referring to the leadship being the point of reference for the rest of the fleet). And that in 3d.

A friend of mine is extremely near sighted / blind to the point of being technically "legally blind" but he plays WoWs - co-op mostly but occasionally randoms. He struggles of course - but he is rather stubborn. I am forever amazed watching him play given all of the obstacles he has to overcome each time. And thus, I am even more in Awe of this wonderful player - enjoying WoWs in spite of her Blindness.

Dear Rear-Admiral Jingels. In recognition of an act of exemplary gallantry during active operations against the enemy at sea i propose Rebecca for the Distinguished Service Cross.

This was awesome! Thx Jingles!

When you get called out on a Tuesday afternoon because you have no excuses for the torpedoes you sail into or the ships you keep missing.

I do remember the first vid featuriing Rebecca, now as then, I am reminded of my blind IT students at the local Blind Centre. Amazing everyone of them,, it was an honour to tutor them.

This the way several 'bridge crew' games work. You don't need to see to command your crew!

HOW DID I MISS THIS ONE???? I am an assistant to people with disabilities and have worked with several blind people. They tend to be smarter, more aware and hyper-analytical in comparison to us normies. No wonder - they have to analyze and act upon the data they have (sound and touch mostly) whilst being optical-focused beings by evolution. In my experience, they are usually more aware of any social situation than people who can actually see. In short: they are amazing people and I love working with them. 🥰😃👍

In all fairness, this sounds really fun to do with 3 friends... - Have 1 person blindfold him/herself giving out orders. - Have 1 person sit there and tell what in the name of Lord Jingles is going on in the game. - Have 1 person control the rudder and engine. - Have 1 person aim and shoot. Heck, add another person and split up the rudder and engine work :^) Watch as chaos ensues.

i feel like this is actually how WOWS should be played - with a crew!

Can't give enough credits to her. Very, very impressive achievement. Congrats! :) Also: Congrats to the one doing the shooting. That's a good aim you got ^^

16:08 Yep, that's a paddlin'

Her homeland should seriously consider commissioning Rebeca as a Reserve Naval Lt Commander, to teach at their Academy !

Very very impressive. Please pass on our appreciation to Rebecca Jingles. Hope she continues to have fun

This has just become the parade example of both the right mind set and an excellent performance under very difficult circumstances. Nothing short of amazing.

Can't say enough about those who only see challenges and not limitations. Rebecca please keep showing us how it done.