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RE: First Person controll, WSAD or Arrow Keys? - Kreekakon - 10-09-2012
I know a left handed friend, and the way he plays his games is that he crosses his arms, and operates WASD with his right hand, and the mouse with his left.
RE: First Person controll, WSAD or Arrow Keys? - Robby - 10-09-2012
(10-09-2012, 05:43 PM)Kreekakon Wrote: I know a left handed friend, and the way he plays his games is that he crosses his arms, and operates WASD with his right hand, and the mouse with his left.Once you're used to that position, it won't be a problem.
I would personally just place the mouse to the left, and play using the arrow keys if I would be left-handed. But it's quite the opposite for me, but I use WASD there (right-handed).
RE: First Person controll, WSAD or Arrow Keys? - Yuhaney - 10-09-2012
(10-09-2012, 05:42 PM)andyrockin123 Wrote: Maybe lefties use IJKL instead of WASD -- pretty much a mirror of the normal right handed position.
Personally I would use PLÖÄ. It's closer to shift with my keyboard.
lol, these sound so random.
RE: First Person controll, WSAD or Arrow Keys? - Robby - 10-09-2012
(10-09-2012, 05:45 PM)Scraper Wrote: Personally I would use PLÖÄ. It's closer to shift with my keyboard.What kind of keyboard is that?
lol, these sound so random.
RE: First Person controll, WSAD or Arrow Keys? - Yuhaney - 10-09-2012
Finnish multilingual.
![[Image: 420px-KB_Finnish_Multilingual.svg.png]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/KB_Finnish_Multilingual.svg/420px-KB_Finnish_Multilingual.svg.png)
RE: First Person controll, WSAD or Arrow Keys? - Robby - 10-09-2012
So you're right-handed, as it looks like. I think it may have been a bit difficult to get used to that. Unless it came naturally to you.
RE: First Person controll, WSAD or Arrow Keys? - Yuhaney - 10-09-2012
Yes. I think my hands are rather small (or maybe they are standard, don't really know), so IJKL makes my wrist hurt since I'll have to stretch my pinky so much to be able to use the right shift on this keyboard. PLÖÄ are much closer to right shift and it feels more natural.
RE: First Person controll, WSAD or Arrow Keys? - Robby - 10-09-2012
I am personally used to WASD. When I was very young, I used the arrow keys, which were quite "not in proper place".
I have no idea how I played that way. But if I try to play with arrow keys, my head goes "BOOM!" on me.
RE: First Person controll, WSAD or Arrow Keys? - KingWolf - 10-09-2012
I remember Robby playing "NFS: Hot Pursuit" one day (I was there). But he had that "wheel" and "pedal" thing that works like in a real car.
And personally, WASD goes to me. I can play with arrow keys too, but I'll have to mirror the direction of the mouse (change from right to left).
EDIT: Wasn't there another post here by Scraper?
RE: First Person controll, WSAD or Arrow Keys? - Yuhaney - 10-09-2012
(10-09-2012, 05:57 PM)Nemet Robert Wrote: I am personally used to WASD. When I was very young, I used the arrow keys, which were quite "not in proper place".
Children see things differently.
If you are a child playing racing, first-person or top-down game, it is more logical for them to use the arrow keys. They are, most likely, already familiar what they mean instead of huge ammount of letters which are not even in alphabetical order.