hahahahahah omg this has got to be the funniest thing i've read the whole week

you should make a video and contact boxer or something, he always took his left hand off the left side of the keyboard and used the arrow keys during intense micro battles because he didnt want his cursor to leave the center of the screen.

this is really funny, would like to see a video or something haha

and no i dont think it's cheating =D

FoBuLouS

United States570 Posts

March 15 2010 16:58 GMT

#42

video please

arb

Noobville17922 Posts

March 15 2010 17:40 GMT

#43

On March 15 2010 17:17 Lemonwalrus wrote:

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But he has remapped his keys to another thing that isn't his keyboard.

Even remapping hotkeys to different places on your keyboard is considered cheating in starcraft, so of course this is cheating.

However I agree with the 'As long as you aren't planning on using it in a tournament, this doesn't really matter...so go for it' sentiment.

Edit: Also, that is pretty awesome OP.

i disagree that doing something that requires more effort for the same result.. than it would take normally is cheating

stanley_

United States816 Posts

March 15 2010 18:21 GMT

#44

lol video of the feet micro pleaseeee. I can't wait!!

ella_guru

Canada1741 Posts

March 15 2010 19:11 GMT

#45

This needs to be on the front page if a video gets posted.

Exteray

United States1094 Posts

March 15 2010 19:32 GMT

#46

I found this really really funny for some reason hahaha
Honest I'm too amused by this to call it cheating

Klockan3

Sweden2866 Posts

March 15 2010 19:40 GMT

#47

On March 15 2010 17:17 Lemonwalrus wrote:

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But he has remapped his keys to another thing that isn't his keyboard.

He did not remap anything at all, the device works as the arrow keys without any modification.

Archaic

United States4024 Posts

March 15 2010 20:06 GMT

#48

Haha, that sounds hilarious. Video now!

Jyvblamo

Canada13788 Posts

March 15 2010 20:12 GMT

#49

In the future, all SC2 pros will play with 2 hands and 2 feet.
Can't fight progress.

Lemonwalrus

United States5465 Posts

March 15 2010 22:20 GMT

#50

I remember a thread, (or maybe it was even a rule for some event) that you can't remap hotkeys for sc, so like a protoss couldn't make their probe hotkey something other than p so that it was closer to their left hand. Now I admit I was wrong about the use of the word remapping in this instance (I'm not well versed in the computer world, I thought it was a catch-all) but the point still stands that he is moving his arrow keys away from their normal location on the keyboard. My understanding is that under accepted sc tournament rules that would be considered cheating...or at the very least he would have to be very persuasive to get the tournament organizer to let him do it.

As I said though, I have no problem with it just on iCCup, and I honestly doubt that anyone would. In fact I wouldn't mind if he was my opponent in a tournament and he did this. But the answer to the question "Is this cheating" is yes, according to my understanding of the (possibly outdated?) rules of tournament sc.

Also, just to prove or destroy my point, any tsl2 staff want to comment on whether or not this would have been ok to do in tsl2?

Lemonwalrus

United States5465 Posts

March 15 2010 22:23 GMT

#51

On March 16 2010 02:40 arb wrote:

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i disagree that doing something that requires more effort for the same result.. than it would take normally is cheating

I disagree that this requires more effort. (maybe physically yes, but mentally and apm wise I see this as an advantage.) Once he gets good at it he will be able to micro large battles without mouse-scrolling and without his left hand ever leaving the area where all the relevant hotkeys are.

Jonoman92

United States9110 Posts

March 15 2010 22:40 GMT

#52

That is incredibly awesome.

You must attend a TL LAN and come equipped with you comp, keyboard, mouse, and most importantly your DDR pad.

I mean... if you win TSL using it then it's cheating. But I kind of doubt that'd happen. If you can manage to make use of it so it's actually a useful tool in-game then I think you should do it just for the lols.

MamiyaOtaru

United States1687 Posts

March 16 2010 01:46 GMT

#53

you should be allowed to use this in tournaments, but only you - because you came up with it, and you aren't high level enough to win TSL or anything, and because it's awesome

Kyuukyuu

Canada6263 Posts

March 16 2010 01:59 GMT

#54

That is totally awesome. Plus like you said you got to D+ zerg, I doubt playing a little footsie with kerrigan would really help out all that much anyway :D. And definitely not enough to be construed as cheating.

il0seonpurpose

Korea (South)5638 Posts

March 16 2010 02:30 GMT

#55

That's pretty cool. Technically, if you're using more than the keyboard and mouse, I think it's cheating. Either that, or whatever progamers do is fine. 5/5

h3r1n6

Iceland2039 Posts

March 16 2010 02:34 GMT

#56

This just in, Starcraft 2 will ship with a DDR mat.

starfries

Canada3508 Posts

March 16 2010 02:36 GMT

#57

Actually I wish Kespa would allow this, FBH would be all over it