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On 2017-06-19, Justisaur <just...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/19/2017 8:17 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>
>> 
>> It wasn't until Quake that fully-configurable key-binds started to
>> become an accepted - and expected - feature. Customizable controls
>> were available in Id games as early as Wolf3D, but Quake's success
>> turned this oddity into a must-have for all modern games. It also
>> popularized the WASD control scheme.
>> 
>
> 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 find it a pain to reconfigure every single game though, and I also 
> have to switch around the other keys that EF and C are used for, and end 
> up using WASD most of the time. It's only when I'm playing something 
> online for a long time like EQ or CoX that I bother, and I haven't 
> played anything like that in some time.
>
> 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

This is interesting to read. I'm WASD, but always wish I'd converted
to ESDF because I'm a touch typer and I miss having the F nubbin to
home my left hand without looking.

Hearing your woes about reconfiguring every game makes me realise that
perhaps it isn't so bad going with the WASD flow.

-- 
-Toby
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