🚀 go-pugleaf

On Mon, 19 Jun 2017 10:46:30 -0700, Justisaur <just...@gmail.com>
wrote:

>On 6/19/2017 8:17 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

>Ah, it's Quake's fault for WASD, damn them!
>
>I far prefer ESDF, as it matches the home keys better, leaving the pinky 
>open for a bunch of rarely used keys.  This is especially true in online 
>games, where switching back and forth for typing to WASD for movement 
>takes up valuable time!

I was waiting for one of you ESDF freaks to appear (just kidding, just
kidding!). 

I tried ESDF a few years ago. Admittedly I didn't give it much of a
go, but I didn't like it. From a purely technical view, it seems to
make sense; shifting your hand one key to the right means you put more
keys - both on left and right - within reach. But I found it quite
uncomfortable. When I play WASD, I find my little finger rests against
the left edge of the CAPSLOCK key, offering orientation and support to
the rest of my hand. When using ESDF, the little finger tries to rest
against the "A" key in a similar manner but the key (and the space
between "A" and CAPSLOCK) is too small for this to be comfortable. 

I get /why/ some people like to use ESDF, but it's just not for me. It
probably has a lot to do with the keyboard and the size of hands too.


>I seem to be mostly using a controller these days too.  I guess I don't 
>play a lot of fp games anymore.  Even GTA V, and the Saints row games 
>I'd switch between controller and keyboard when driving/walking as it's 
>far easier to drive with the controller and far easier to aim guns with 
>the mouse.  Of course that takes even more time than switching from WASD 
>to ESDF

I'm still not anywhere near a comfortable with a controller as I am
with a keyboard. I think this has to do with brain wiring; I was a
keyboard gamer since the days of my youth; I didn't even TOUCH a
gamepad until I was an adult (and even then it was only for
occassional and brief experimentation with the Sega Genesis). I didn't
own a gamepad until maybe 2010, and really didn't start using one
semi-regularly until I bought an XBox360/PS3 in 2014. My brain and
thumbs just aren't wired up to optimally use a controller, unlike a
kid who grew up playing Nintendo.  So it's always keyboard for me, if
it is an option,