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Article #94839Re: Goddammit, why is it so difficult to aim!?
From: Dan C
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:28
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:28
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On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:07:38 +0000, RjY wrote: >>Real, serious, good players use the keyboard/mouse combo. It's the only >>way to be truly effective. If you don't believe that, well, you're suckin'. > I agree that most people find the mouse an improvement but your > statement is harsh. There are some good keyboarders, for instance > Ryback: > > So that's done at last, I'm very proud of it, fourth player ever to achieve > this and, I hope everyone notes, the only keyboarder :) > > (from <http://competn.doom2.net/incoming/compet-n/30ns7155.zip>, a > nightmare skill demo run of Doom 2 with 100% secrets) Perhaps, but that is an extreme exception. For nearly all "average" gamers, using the KB alone will seriously reduce effectiveness. -- "Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me". The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org
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