WASD / Arrow Keys

WASD. There are so many more buttons easily accessible around WASD for jump, crouch, use etc. I can't see the advantage in using arrows.
 
Trixxy said:
When I first started playing pc fps games all the time I liked TFGH for movement. Same shape as WASD, but gave me an extra thumb button (ALT GR) and an extra pinky button.

I use WASD all the time now though as I can't be bothered messing around with the key binds whenever I play a new game.
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I've used TFGH for over 10 years now, it's basically the same as WASD except that it's more central so you can access more keys.

Obviously nowadays with voicecomms being a lot more common, you don't need so many keys for teambinds so I can see why people can get by using WASD. But to me it's just inherently worse than a more centralised setup like TFGH or YGHJ

Like you, sometimes with SP games I'm a bit lazy and just use default bindings (WASD)
 
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I used the arrow keys for years but got tired of the extra desk space I needed when I shunted my kb over to the left. I trained up in wasd about 6 years ago and havn't looked back since.
 
Hunders said:
I used to use arrow keys when I was a n00b but then I played WoW and found the joy of WASD and never looked back.
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Got to say I have always played fps on a keyboard and the arrows but since getting a laptop WASD has opened a new world to me, no more stretching for keys.... there just next door now :D
 
WASD.

Back in the days of doom 1 I used the arrow keys though.

I knew a counter strike player who uses the Right Mouse button to move forward though, which is somewhat odd to me - but I suppose if he found it comfortable!
 
WASD ever since Tribes, it was the default setup and I said to my mate "urm, wtf thats retarded"

lols.

:D

Just checked that game came out in 1998 :eek:

I remember playing it online, it was so cool, one of the first few games that listed servers and you could actually play on 56k.

Back in the doom/duke3d days it was arrow keys-space-ctrl-shift-alt.

I didnt think Duke supported Y-Axis mouse movement :confused:
 
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Used to use the arrow keys back in the day.

Converted to ASDX when I started playing Quake 3 and UT. As I rarely go backwards I prefer my main fingers on the same row.:D

S = Forward
X = Back
 
i started out with the arrow keys thanks to UT:GOTY, but eventually converted to WASD when i played an FPS that glitched up considerably when changing the controlls to the arrow keys (like firing in secondary fire while moving left)
 
i don't think i have used the arrow keys for games since windows 3.1 =/

WASD all the way :)

just cos i got all the buttons i need close

Q and E Space and what not
 
...x left
c right
space fire
lmb forward
rmb backward
ctrl crouch
a use
mb3 reload
mb4 jump

Never used anything else!
 
There are some seriously retarded configurations here by some people....I can't even imagine.


WSAD since the days of Quakeworld with +mlook


Those were the days....on a 28.8k modem and pings of around 180.

I mean, whatever happend to the concept of LPB and HPW? Thats history right there tbh.
 
I use
Arrows for movement
right shift= crouch
enter = use
mouse wheel up = jump
numpad1 = fire mode etc
ins = drop weapon or sprint
delete = lean
page down = prone
and so on i find it far superior to the clumsy wasd
 
...Why is it retarded?

Just because its different to yours there's no need for the name calling!

Anyway I'm lefthanded :D :D
 
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