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Article #94841Re: Goddammit, why is it so difficult to aim!?
From: Dan C
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:31
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:31
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On Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:33:22 -0700, mooseboyskip wrote: > On Sep 23, 12:28 pm, Dan C <youmustbejok...@lan.invalid> wrote: >> 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 > > Well, I'm seriously reducing effectiveness now, because I can't > maneuver properly with one hand on the damn mouse. I get hung up on > things, and I certainly can't sidle and shoot at the same time. I > defy anyone to be able to sidle and shoot while using the mouse to > aim. That's my complaint. You slide with your left hand on the KB, and aim/shoot with the mouse. -- "Ubuntu" -- an African word, meaning "Slackware is too hard for me". The Usenet Improvement Project: http://improve-usenet.org
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nx01.iad.newshosting.com!newshosting.com!69.16.185.11.MISMATCH!npeer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!post02.iad.highwinds-media.com!newsfe01.iad.POSTED!7564ea0f!not-for-mail From: Dan C <youmustbejoking@lan.invalid> Organization: Dunedain Subject: Re: Goddammit, why is it so difficult to aim!? User-Agent: Pan/0.14.2.91 (As She Crawled Across the Table) Message-ID: <pan.2008.09.24.00.31.36.182181@moria.lan> Newsgroups: alt.games.doom References: <48380fc1-0d16-486c-bef1-60ff25c3e792@z72g2000hsb.googlegroups.com> <pan.2008.09.23.15.07.10.430089@moria.lan> <gbb48a$q1k$1@wisteria.csv.warwick.ac.uk> <pan.2008.09.23.16.28.28.412064@moria.lan> <8254e39e-b71c-4dd6-9a57-14c3e0f43a3e@w7g2000hsa.googlegroups.com> X-OS-Version: Slackware Linux 12.1 (custom 2.6.26.5) MIME-Version: 1.0 Lines: 36 NNTP-Posting-Host: 70.187.52.177 X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@cox.net X-Trace: newsfe01.iad 1222216290 70.187.52.177 (Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:31:30 UTC) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:31:30 UTC Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 19:31:38 -0500 Bytes: 2825 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit