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Azaiel
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
United Kingdom9 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-08 12:21:09
April 08 2011 11:32 GMT
#1
I am curious to know what keyboard layout people use in SC2 and possibly why this is the case, I am currently using the Grid system and finding it working well but I do wonder weather it's worth learning the standard keyboard layout instead.

Feel free to leave a comment to see what is the prefered layout.

RoTaNiMoD
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
United States558 Posts
April 08 2011 12:02 GMT
#2
What is the grid keyboard layout? A bit of Googling was no help.

I presume standard layout is the layout you see at 90%+ computer terminals? Qwerty with F# keys and offset letters on the main keyboard?

If so, I use the standard layout because:
1) I am most familiar with it, since I have always used it
2) Becoming accustomed to other layouts (like DVORAK) would hinder me in any location other than my own workstation
3) I find no nagging flaws or annoyances with the standard layout. It works well for me and I have no thoughts that I am "sticking it out" with something flawed
Aim Here
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Scotland672 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-04-08 12:04:01
April 08 2011 12:02 GMT
#3
If you already know a keyboard layout, stick with the one you have. Learning grid keys when you're comfortable with standard or vice versa won't buy you much, if anything.

Grid's main advantage is that it's probably slightly easier to learn in the first place. With standard keys, the best way to learn is probably to mouse over the icons to learn the hotkey, then press the key and after a while, muscle memory kicks in. Grid saves you pointing the mouse over the icon.

Me, I use standard, but I redefine a few keys (map position hotkeys are shifted so thaty they're F2-F5, and the 'flick between nexuses' key I put on backtick, left of the '1' key, instead of backspace.

On April 08 2011 21:02 RoTaNiMoD wrote:
What is the grid keyboard layout? A bit of Googling was no help.

I presume standard layout is the layout you see at 90%+ computer terminals? Qwerty with F# keys and offset letters on the main keyboard?


He's referring to the keyboard layouts for Starcraft 2, not for general typing.
AngelLock
Profile Joined September 2010
New Zealand54 Posts
April 08 2011 12:21 GMT
#4
I learnt to play with grid because it meant I could glance down at the menu box and see where my hotkey is. It worked fine for me in silver but now I'm in diamond I still find myself looking down to check witch isn't ideal. (ie. If you asked me to build an Infestation Pit there would be a slight delay between when I hit the build hotkey and the Infestation Pit key because I look to see where the key is.)

I would recommend learning standard as it will drill the hotkeys into muscle memory instead of relying on sight like I am now.
Do not fear. Fear is the mind killer.
MachuPicchu
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States47 Posts
April 08 2011 12:22 GMT
#5
I've been learning the standard layout with no remapping in the case that I ever play in a tournament that doesn't allow anything but that. Do any pros remap keys? I assumed not, but maybe I'm wrong.
Aim Here
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Scotland672 Posts
April 08 2011 12:30 GMT
#6
On April 08 2011 21:22 MachuPicchu wrote:
I've been learning the standard layout with no remapping in the case that I ever play in a tournament that doesn't allow anything but that. Do any pros remap keys? I assumed not, but maybe I'm wrong.


Your key maps are stored with your battlenet profile, so they should be available when you log in, no matter where you are. Whether tournaments are silly enough these days to ban redefining keys I don't know, but I seriously doubt it.
RoTaNiMoD
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
United States558 Posts
April 08 2011 12:32 GMT
#7
On April 08 2011 21:02 Aim Here wrote:
...

He's referring to the keyboard layouts for Starcraft 2, not for general typing.


Haha...whoops. Guess I missed the boat on that one. Ignore me and carry on....
Cofo
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States1388 Posts
April 08 2011 13:56 GMT
#8
I used standard when I started playing, but recently race switched to random, and also switched to grid for the sake of consistency across races. There are a few things that I miss from standard, but overall I think I like grid better.
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