Drop anchor and come aboard! All hands on deck is a nautically themed TeamTalk channel where you can play games, chat with friends, engage in a serious discussion or just hang out. It is fully accessible to blind and visually impaired members who use screen readers.
If you have any questions, comments, suggestions or if you need any assistance email us at
All Hands On Deck is a community made up of primarily, but not exclusively, blind and visually impaired members who come together on a regular basis to socialize and share their life experiences. Each week we provide games, described Movies, Old Time Radio Programs, both described and nondescribed TV shows and informal conversation.
We think of ourselves as a family whose members offer support to one
another and share knowledge, information, laughs, and just basic fun
times. If you have not already done so, please come and join us!
To receive The Current, our weekly E-Mail containing our schedule, announcements and links to programs, scripts, score sheets and rules to our games, and any updates or changes to The Current or site, please send a blank E-Mail, meaning nothing in the body of the E-Mail to:
all-hands+subscribe@groups.io
What Is On This Page
This page is divided into several different topics which are all in headings. Our privacy statement, disclaimer and Rules are in heading 1. Our About the Crew, decks and rooms are in heading 2. Lastly, our weekday morning Schedule, Facebook Page and Twitter information are in heading three.
The All Hands On Deck Privacy Statement
The All Hands On Deck owner and Crew will never sell or provide your personal information including your email address, name, phone number, any personal information or anything else you have told, written or given us to any other third party except to comply with state or federal court orders, subpoenas, or warrants.
The All Hands On Deck Disclaimer
All Hands On Deck, its owners, crew, and members will not be in any way liable
for any damages or losses to hardware or software. These losses include, but are not limited to,
loss of data, productivity or monetary damages through the use of The All Hands On Deck chat site/client, website or any downloads through our chat site/client or website. In addition, All Hands On Deck, its owners, crew, and members will not be in any way liable for any loss of data, productivity or monetary damages for downloading or using any third party games, utilities or tools downloaded through All Hands On Deck chat site/client or website.
The All Hands On Deck Rules
No one likes having a lot of rules, and the crew does not wish to cramp your style. However, in order for things to run smoothly we do have three rules:
Abuse
Abuse of any type while on the All Hands On Deck chat client/site will meet with zero tolerance.
Abuse includes but, is not limited to; sexual harrassment, on line stalking, slander, defimation of character, threats made or implied upon any person, or any other type of verbal or written abuse.
If you are a victim of any form of abuse while on All Hands ON Deck please notify us by sending an Email to:
ahodcruising@gmail.com
Your complaint will meet with an immediate response from The All Hands On Deck crew, and after they have completed an investigation the appropriate actions will be taken to resolve the situation.
Minors
Please remember that All Hands On Deck is open to people of all ages. Therefore, there could be minors in the chat site at any given time. The All Hands On Deck owner, crew, hosts and members will not be responsible for persons under the age of 18 being present during any activity which might take place on the All Hands On Deck chat site/client. The actions of a minor are the sole responsibility of their parent or gardian, and All Hands ON Deck will in no way act to control or restrict attendance by persons due to their age.
Language and Topics of Conversation!!!
We are not saying that you cannot have disagreements, debates or differences of opinions; we are just saying keep it adult and courteous. We do not have a restriction on language or topics of conversation, and do not ever intend to, but, we do ask that you keep the extreme language, such as the F word and name calling, to a minimum. Be aware of who is around and if someone tells you that something offends them we ask that you stop that behavior immediately.
Please keep in mind the people who are on the channel with you while you are conversing. Be a little kinder then necessary; follow the Golden Rule, and treat others the way you like to be treated.
Meet the Crew:
Erin Magoon, Nickname Erin Joy, Cruise Director
She is responsible for overseeing all the games on the site. If you have any suggestions for games, or wish to host a game, please talk to her.
Michael Huhn, Nickname Mike H, Entertainment Director
Sean Hogue, nickname shepherd of the lost bark, Assistant Entertainment Director
Mike and Sean are responsible for all entertainment that does not fall under games. For example: books, tv shows, movies, etc. If you are looking for something in particular ask one of them and they can help you find it. If you would like to see something on the site that is not a game they are the one to talk to.
Eric Gaudes, Nickname Eric, Purser
He is the one who is in charge of the finances. If you would like to see us buy a new game or something else for the site, or you want to make a donation or anything related to money, be it questions or suggestions, he is the one to talk to.
Tonia, Nickname Georgia Guide Dog, Technical Support Director.
If you need help getting on the site through your computer or iDevice, or need any technical help at all Tonia, and her assistant Dan Howe Bizarre, are the two that can help you.
The Decks and Rooms on All Hands On Deck
We have Three decks and ten main rooms, and four sub rooms, hosted on TeamTalk.
The decks are Main Deck, Navigation Deck and Sports Deck.
The Main Deck
The Main Deck is composed of the Jolly Roger, Seaside Cinema and Waterfall Lounge.
Jolly Roger is where we play all of our hosted games, that are not sports related.
The Seaside Cinema is where we stream Old Time Radio shows every Tuesday at 5:00 PM Central, and a movie every Sunday at 1:30 PM Central. If there is nothing being streamed then feel free to stream your own entertainment of choice.
If you want to sit back and relax with a beverage of your choice and shoot the breeze on topics ranging from books, to games, to family, to life, and everything in-between, check out the Waterfall Lounge.
The Navigation Deck
The Navigation Deck consists of three rooms. They are The Bridge, The Brig and The Lookout.
The Bridge is the only locked channel on the site. It is the room where the crew meets if we need to conduct business for the site.
The Brig is where you will find yourself if you continue to Rock the Boat after you have been warned by a Crew Member. If you find yourself in there feel free to rejoin us as soon as you like.
If you need technical assistance then we will be happy to help you in Lookout. This is the only channel on the site that has Duplex mode, that means multiple people can key up at the same time. We do this so both the person giving and receiving help can talk at the same time without waiting for each other to finish.
The Sports Deck
The Sports Deck. is where we will be playing all sports themed games. This deck is composed of the Bowling With Friends, Caddie Shack, Mississippi and Race Track channels.
In Bowling With Friends you will find the Ten Pin Alley game. If you wish to download it tab around until it says chat tab, then press the right arrow key and it will say files tab. Tab once to where the file is, press space to select it and then either press Shift plus F6 to bring up the download dialog box or press the application key, or Shift and F10, to bring up the dialog box.
We will be bowling on the first Thursday of the month at 3:00 PM Central. We will be starting right on time so please show up a few minutes early.
Feel free to play by yourself, or with others, at any time.
After Bowling With Friends is Mississippi. This is where we will meet to to play a business simulation game. The point of the game is to go from immigrant to president. You do this by buying low and selling high. A new game will be starting on Monday, January 2, 2023 at 3:00 PM Central. We will be determining the order of play by placing names on a wheel and spinning it. A maximum of five players can play and we will be starting exactly at 3:00 PM so please come a few minutes early if you wish to participate.
In this room you can download information about how to play the game. Tab around until it says chat tab, then press the right arrow key and it will say files tab. Tab once to where the file is, press space to select it and then either press Shift plus F6 to bring up the download dialog box or press the application key, or Shift and F10, to bring up the dialog box.
Next is the Race Track channel. In here is where you can download Top Speed. Come on in and practice, play with friends and then join us when we play it every third Thursday of the month at 3:00 PM Central. We will be starting right on time so please show up a few minutes early.
To download the game tab around until it says chat tab, then press the right arrow key and it will say files tab. Tab once to where the file is, press space to select it and then either press Shift plus F6 to bring up the download dialog box or press the application key, or Shift and F10, to bring up the dialog box.
The final room is the Caddie Shack, it has four sub rooms to it. This is where we will meet to golf using Kitchens Inc.
We wil be playing on the third Thursday of the month at 2:00 PM Central. We will be starting right on time so please show up a few minutes early to be assigned a partner and room.
The Four Sub Rooms of the Caddy Shack
The four sub rooms are Cyprus Point, National Golf Links of America, Royal County Down Golf Club and The 19th Hole.
The first three channels will be used for separate channels in which to golf during a match. More will be added if and when necessary.
The 19th Hole is where we will meet both before, and after, a golf game. We will meet there before to be assigned teams, and we will gather there after to go over the game and learn the winner.
There will always be four files that you can download in this channel. The first one will be Kitchens Kit, which is necessary to download any of the Kitchens Inc games. The second will be the Kitchens golf game itself, the third one will be all the extra golf courses and the forth will be a document explaining the distances each club will go. Also, if the course we will be using that month is not in the game it will be found in here as well.
If you wish to download any of them tab around until it says chat tab, then press the right arrow key and it will say files tab. Tab once to where the file is, press space to select it and then either press Shift plus F6 to bring up the download dialog box or press the application key, or Shift and F10, to bring up the dialog box.
Weekday Morning Schedule
If you are interested in playing a variety of games join us every weekday morning at 10:00 for a dice game. Mondays we play Zilch, Tuesdays and Thursdays it's Rolling Waves, Wednesday is Yahtzee and Friday is Riverboat Gambler.
in the evening, join us at 8:00 central time for a game hosted by one or two members.
After the hosted game we will play on RS Games or Quentin's Playroom.
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Thank you for your interest in joining us on our fun filled voyage of game playing and fellowship!
Happy sailing!
The All Hands On Deck Crew; Erin Joy, Eric, Mike, Sean, and Tonia