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[–] Wav_function 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Thanks, I got you beat on ESDF though because i'm a RDFG man, since playing counter strike 1.6. With WASD they usually put crouch or something on ctrl but my pinky has a hard time stretching down there, but on RDFG my pinky has easy access to QW AS ZX, and tab caps and shift with a little stretch. It's come in handy when playing games with a lot of keybinds.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Pfff, minutes after trying to minimize your nerdiness, you post this confession.

[–] Wav_function 1 points 5 days ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

What pisses me off even more is many games bind to the letter instead of physical key position (e.g. key code), so alternative layouts get a big middle finger. I use Dvorak, and I've quit fighting and just switch to QWERTY for games.

I don't have a problem with hitting control (I guess I have big hands), but I totally agree that default key binds largely suck. I wish games came with a handful of popular ones, and bound to key codes so hs Dvorak users (or international users) didn't have to keep switching to QWERTY.

[–] iopq 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That feel when you switch languages to chat and the hotkeys don't work

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Yup. My SO speaks another language, so we absolutely feel this.