Odd controller/gaming habits

Sheff · 25 Jul 2008 at 13:41

Do any of you have any odd methods of playing games? For example on FPS on consoles I always invert the y-axis, yet on PC games I don't as it just feels wrong.

I'm left handed but on guitar etc I play right handed, and on the N64 I hold the left and right parts of the controller, with my left thumb stretched over to the stick and my right index finger on the z trigger.

Wyrdo · 25 Jul 2008 at 13:44

Weirdo.

Although I always invert y-axis but that's just normal.

rjk · 25 Jul 2008 at 13:45

i used to play beatem ups on the mega drive with the controller on my lap so i could stab the buttons like at the arcade

i pretty much play as designers intended now
but i do route my xbox headset wire under my armpit and round my back as it annoys me

SiD the Turtle · 25 Jul 2008 at 13:48

I try to play defaults on every game so I don't have to faff around with the control scheme when I go round a mates house.

wannabedamned · 25 Jul 2008 at 13:51

I just use standard, I tried the alternative once on Halo, Worked ok. But I was just too used to the standard setup

Kyle009 · 25 Jul 2008 at 13:52

Holding the N64 controller on the left is just...WRONG

Inverting the Y-Axis is just...WRONG.

In summary, you are weird.

Sheff · 25 Jul 2008 at 13:55

Kyle009 said:
Holding the N64 controller on the left is just...WRONG

Inverting the Y-Axis is just...WRONG.

In summary, you are weird.

I can agree with the first but not the second. Non-inverters are weirdos!

Kyle009 · 25 Jul 2008 at 13:56

Sheff said:
I can agree with the first but not the second. Non-inverters are weirdos!

Bah! How can pressing Down to go Up and Up to go Down make ANY sense?!

Joebob · 25 Jul 2008 at 13:57

you're all wrong and weird - end of

Kyle009 · 25 Jul 2008 at 13:59

Joebob said:
you're all wrong and weird - end of

I'm perfectly normal thank you very much

RichieM · 25 Jul 2008 at 13:59

nope, standard here also.
I've never inverted y-axisis (it's never made sense to me, even on PC games I used to change it); if I push up, I want to look up! :rolleyes:

Kreeeee · 25 Jul 2008 at 13:59

Wyrdo said:
Weirdo.

Although I always invert y-axis but that's just normal.

Freak.

Sheff · 25 Jul 2008 at 13:59

Kyle009 said:
Bah! How can pressing Down to go Up and Up to go Down make ANY sense?!

Because you're pushing forward to look down and pulling back to look up, as if you're controlling your body at the hips... <_<

RichieM · 25 Jul 2008 at 14:00

Wyrdo said:
Weirdo.

Although I always invert y-axis but that's just abnormal.

Fixed

Kreeeee · 25 Jul 2008 at 14:00

SiD the Turtle said:
I try to play defaults on every game so I don't have to faff around with the control scheme when I go round a mates house.

Halo 3 bumper jumper is far better than standard.

Sheff · 25 Jul 2008 at 14:01

Kreeeee said:
Halo 3 bumper jumper is far better than standard.

I've always preferred boxer myself.

eyetrip · 25 Jul 2008 at 14:23

Always used to invert y axis on pc, but when got my xbox this year, I just couldn't play with y inverted, so had to stick with default. Went couple of weeks without playing on the pc, but when I did I could no longer play with y inverted - this is after around 15 or so years of playing inverted on pc.

I am not a totally reformed inverter

Kreeeee · 25 Jul 2008 at 14:59

Sheff said:
I've always preferred boxer myself.

How do you chuck grenades accurately? Bumper jumper is great as your shoot, nade, melee and jump can all be pressed simultaneously without losing control of your aiming stick.

Converge · 25 Jul 2008 at 16:09

Inverting is sooooooo the right way to do things

Shamikebab · 25 Jul 2008 at 16:15

Blokey57 said:
Inverting leads to touching children!

fixed