LG UltraGear 27GN950 gaming monitor review, Glorious Modular Mechanical Keyboard (GMMK) review, Corsair HS60 Haptic gaming headset review. If I have the sudden urge to use Scroll Lock as jump and F8 as strafe left, well, that’s my business, dammit.". 50% pizza by volume. Here's how I play PC games, which was quickly coined The Wes Maneuver: I hope this revelation hasn't caused you physical or mental pain.

My index finger floated mid keyboard for various binds there.

Until 5:34 pm, I'd assumed I play PC games like a Totally Normal Person. Just as you memorize the keybinds of a new game within an hour or two of playing it you'll rewrite your muscle memory pretty quickly. It was the last game of the regular season, and the ‘Niners were heading to the playoffs after a 10-6 record. And if you see someone out there using their pinky on A, ease them into the wider world of WASDing gently.

New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the FortniteCompetitive community, Continue browsing in r/FortniteCompetitive. Find out more about how we use your information in our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy. It's true: I didn't play Doom back when it came out.

I play like this, and I picked up that habit because I learned to type around the same time I started PC gaming. Switch ASAP. New York, I don't think I could ever get used to walking forward with a mouse button, but I dig the rest of it. It’s definitely a goofy set up. And Fortnite made me do it to. The site may not work properly if you don't, If you do not update your browser, we suggest you visit, Press J to jump to the feed. I just ran a playground where I tried to change binds and my positioning and it was a bit of a clusterfuck, lol.

The timing would make sense. Here's the thing. Around the same time I was learning to type,  most games still defaulted to the arrow keys for movement. It basically makes it harder to hit numbers, but it frees up finger space to hit more letter keys. I kept my fingers on the home row, and moved my ring finger from S up to W to walk forward and backward. I’m not sure how I picked up that habit, but it never really gave me too hard of a time.

I just realized this afternoon, after years and years of gaming, that my finger placement is weird as hell. I do like all the access to different letter binds. My index finger floated mid keyboard for various binds there.

After switching keybinds and finger placement it's like a new game for me so I highly recommend it. True! This makes a whole lot of sense. You will receive a verification email shortly. The former San Francisco 49ers safety broke his left pinky finger trying to tackle running back Timmy Newsome in a game against the Dallas Cowboys in December of 1985.

I was too busy with Command & Conquer and Warcraft.

That being said, I’m not used to it whatsoever, so even though I can see why it is probably better, it makes my fingers feel like they’re playing twister. Please deactivate your ad blocker in order to see our subscription offer, The Witcher's wrinkly testicle armor is being smoothed out for season two, Cyberpunk 2077 is now delaying other games, too. But it did not even occur to me, until last Wednesday at 5:34 pm, that anyone else would press the WASD keys differently. Also, I finally understand why most people find Ctrl to crouch much more convenient than I do. I had to shove it to the side like a dead limb. I definitely played Wolfenstein 3D with the arrow keys, and rarely played other PC shooters until years later. I figured other people probably had the habit, I just imagined it’s gotta be a lot less common in competitive circles. In 1964, when he was 19, Lula was fixing a press machine that was used to make safe code-wheels when a co-worker lost control of the machine and pressed his little finger. There was a problem. If you used your right hand on the arrow keys, you almost certainly had your index finger on Left, middle on Down, and ring on Right.

Or should we call it the Duke 3D? If you're young, try not to totally mangle your hand using the default keybindings for Fortnite. I can hit a lot more hotkeys with this setup than I could with middle-finger on W, since my pinky hits the same binds either way. And if you used your left hand, the pinky could reach out and press right Ctrl. I’m used to having my pinky control multiple binds. Receive news and offers from our other brands? Although I play for hours so perhaps my mind is only remembering the shitty last few games that made me rage quit... maybe this is why I perpetually suck. You’re definitely right about it not taking too long- most keybinds feel good enough after a few hours and normal after a few weeks for me too. I’m not sure how I picked up that habit, but it never really gave me too hard of a time. I actually just recently did this! If I'm a mere heretic, Chris is the Archangel of Chaotic  PC Control Schemes. This seemed perfectly normal.

Are you easily able to hit all the number keys or do you use different binds? It definitely sounds like it might be worth it- I’m looking to swap two of my builds to my mouse instead of two weapon slots (it feels like it’s impacting my aim) and I might get used to that first, then work on swapping over. Sign up to get the best content of the week, and great gaming deals, as picked by the editors. Ctrl/Shift/A/S is pretty comfortable. In what appears to be an egregiously painful accident, Jesse James cut off his pinky finger yesterday (May 21) and later documented it on Instagram with his own hilarious commentary.

For what it's worth, I usually don't like that I play like this for most games (holding shift is a bitch), but I actually think it's better for this game. That definitely makes sense with the typing- I’d assume I probably picked it up from there as well, to be honest. To make myself feel better about my apparently weird way of WASDing, I turned to someone I knew would have my back: former PC Gamer managing editor Chris Comiskey. I'm going to say "I didn't play enough Doom" is as good an explanation as I'm ever going to get. Just do lots of playground before going to sleep. It doesn’t take long to reprogram muscle memory. Somehow there were no casualties, except my innocence. Last week, I tossed a comment about my pinky into the PC Gamer Slack channel, and it was like I'd just walked into a room and mispronounced the word bagel. I just always assumed other people had longer pinky’s or something to hit the number keys better? My main game for a long time was WoW and most of my number keys were bound to a mouse. I actually just swapped my ramp and my wall to my mouse (instead of my AR and smg slots) since I felt it was messing up my aim.

As Chris says, PC gaming is all about bending the platform to your preferences. And then there is Ronnie Lott, who famously had his broken pinkie finger amputated in April 1986 to avoid the long recovery time that would have followed reconstructive surgery. It's like a vacation: my pinky gets to sprawl out on a spacious, less-used key, and isn't responsible for strafing at pivotal moments. I might give that one a try even- I’m so used to using my pinky for so many things, having it just hover there seems odd. Nice! Muscle memory develops best while you sleep believe it or not. I was tenting my fingers to stand on A, W, and D, but my brain still insisted the pinky belonged on A, too. If you feel like you need more keybinds, say for your thumb, you could also switch to YGHJ so your thumb can hit the alt key. Please refresh the page and try again. That still feels like madness to my 15 years of muscle memory, but I'll admit resting my pinky on Shift does feel pretty great. But, um. Then again, plenty of people who did play Doom went on to play tons of Quake and other first-person games like System Shock, which often had radically varying control schemes, and they mostly still migrated to the "proper" WASD. After a few tries, I realized the natural orientation was simply shifting over to the left, and resting on A/S/D. At first it felt freakish. For a while I had edit, pyramid, and ramp all on my index finger which made some builds more difficult than they needed to be, but when I changed my binds I kept my index on f and haven't had any issues. I’ve always used my ring finger for W, middle on D, pinky on A. It's almost always worth the change to move to something more efficient if you can handle the 3-4 days of playing like a bot. We and our partners will store and/or access information on your device through the use of cookies and similar technologies, to display personalised ads and content, for ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. Building and editing has been incredibly faster. Behold my ultimate control scheme, picked up in Duke Nukem 3D, the best game ever made with the word Nukem in it: right mouse button to go forward (naturally), pinky on Left Ctrl, thumb on Left Alt and Spacebar, ring finger on Shift, middle finger on A and W, index finger working W, Z, S, X, and occasionally, the almighty C. And you better believe that my mouse is inverted. That’s one of the upsides for sure. Changing keybinds never takes more than a month for me to feel back to normal again so if you’re willing to put in the effort and die a couple of extra times because of it, go ahead. No one on staff could remember how they learned to position their fingers for WASD, but the general consensus seemed to be that the pinky is weak and unfit for the responsibility of an important movement key. By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. I also do this, works fine for me and it makes it so I have access to lots of binds.

No pinky. To enable Verizon Media and our partners to process your personal data select 'I agree', or select 'Manage settings' for more information and to manage your choices. I’ve already changed a huge chunk of my keybinds (and went from an mmo mouse to an fps mouse with 1/4 the amount of buttons.). I mean, I’m sure it feels awful for someone to try when they’ve never done it before.

Whatever works for you, but if whatever your doing isn't working it's easy to change.

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