Poll: Inverted / Southpaw / Weird Control Users

[Mr Jones]

I grew up playing on NES / SNES / Sega Mega Drive and Halo 2 was my first intro to analogue sticks for FPS at a friend's house - I was a PC gamer then, so mouse and keyboard. I failed terribly at using the default controls and then my friend suggested I invert the controls. Within minutes, I was kicking butts. Been playing on controller ever since.

So how the heck is my brain programmed to use inverted Y-Axis controls?

Pretty much every game offers that option and I am thankful, because up until recently, I forgot how utterly useless I was at controller gaming when I can't invert (Smite had a bug recently which stop inverted controls).

Do you have the same problem or are you 'normal' on the Y-Axis?

 

[Mr Jones]

Inverted Y here as well.

As for why, it's to do with how you perceive yourself in relation to the character.

Normal Y users are moving the characters eyes, so if you want to 'look up' you push up, if you want to 'look down' you push down.

Inverted Y users are moving the characters head, if you imagine a stick on top of the characters head, if you push that stick backwards it tilts the head back so you 'look up' if you push the stick forward it tilts the head forwards so you 'look down'.

Ahh, so I see my character from a third person view, like a puppet master?

 

[Mr Jones]

Wow, so far the majority is leaning towards inverted... I'll ask a Mod to set a poll to see if it's anything similar to Right / Left handed people.

Hey Pharma, how's things? We're missing you on Destiny buddy!

Aye, I do miss the sessions of Destiny but Smite / Fallout have Taken me away from the King

 

[Mr Jones]

My missus still thinks I'm weird for playing inverted, I think she's weird playing normal.

My googling skills seems to say there is a fairly even split in number of inverted and normal axis players out there, with neither getting any benefit from using their chosen option. It's weirder when people go inverted X axis though.

 

[Mr Jones]

FPS 'normal' but flight controls need to be inverted. Which has confused a few people who have a go on my BF account

So you essentially use both, depending on situation? That would really confuse my mind! In BF, I have both set the same, inverted.