EPTShould I start somehow getting out of this style(which I have been doing for years) because im sure it hampers my eapm. Do any pros only use one finger for the left hand commands?
Possible to play high lvl sc2 using 1 finger?
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Original exxo
United States257 Posts
Should I start somehow getting out of this style(which I have been doing for years) because im sure it hampers my eapm. Do any pros only use one finger for the left hand commands? | ||
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Whiplash
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KDot2
United States1213 Posts
its certainly possible to play and have fun and unless you literally only have one finger I highly suggest you use them all | ||
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Ruscour
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On July 11 2011 09:37 ShooTouts wrote: no I don't think its possible to play high level like that its certainly possible to play and have fun and unless you literally only have one finger I highly suggest you use them all This...if you're disabled with literally only 1 finger than do your best in owning scrubs with all their fingers (I'm sure there's satisfaction in that), but it's time to learn to type my friend. | ||
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KimJongChill
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DreamChaser
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Original exxo
United States257 Posts
time to learn to type I guess this will take years >.< | ||
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SafeAsCheese
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RonaldTimmins
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I used to play WC3 with only 1 finger. Once I learned how to touch type with all fingers, my WC3 APM increased along with my skill. I would learn how to touch type and then play SC2 once you do. Two benefits you will see are: 1) Higher SC2 apm 2) Healthier typing habits | ||
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turamn
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Artifice
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EtohEtoh
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Insane
United States4991 Posts
That said, if you're having that hard of a time doing it, you could try switching to a grid layout. You'd still need to use multiple fingers, but you're not having to find keys throughout the keyboard, since they're basically all within reach of your hand when it's just sitting there on the keyboard. | ||
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Motat
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To answer your question, no it's not possible. | ||
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FliedLice
Germany7494 Posts
like an FPS for example, do you also just use one finger there? :o | ||
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Original exxo
United States257 Posts
hopefully an hour a day for a week can help a little  for shooting games awsd is just natural after a while(like typing with just the index finger  ) | ||
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primebeef
United States140 Posts
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-{Cake}-
United States217 Posts
But you do need to use more fingers, maybe if you're really bad, play some fps that uses wsad to move to get used to using others | ||
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IcedBacon
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FinestHour
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Dingobloo
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Deleted User 3420
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On July 11 2011 09:35 Original exxo wrote: I have a dilemma. I type with one one finger on each hand and hence when I play sc2 I only use my index finger for every hotkey/command(not counting pinky for when I shift) Should I start somehow getting out of this style(which I have been doing for years) because im sure it hampers my eapm. Do any pros only use one finger for the left hand commands? This is how I type for the most part. It's how I have always typed, though I used to be even worse about it. I was quite good at brood war, and I am alright at sc2 with little time/effort invested. But let me tell you, this typing style is of HUGE detriment and it will be very difficult to play with a high apm. Sorry, that's just how it is. And actually to be honest, my typing got a little less reliant on "just 2 fingers" because of me taking brood war seriously. I had to develop better use/control in some of my other fingers.... but it never got good I was just too conditioned in how I typed. | ||
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Bibbit
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Deleted User 3420
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On July 11 2011 09:57 Bibbit wrote: Sorry for off topic but how do you capitalize letters? i am sure he's exaggerating.. if he's like me then what he means is that 90% of his typing is done with his pointer fingers. and ppl might be amazed at how high of a wpm you can actually have typing like that. | ||
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isleyofthenorth
Austria894 Posts
On July 11 2011 09:44 RonaldTimmins wrote: 2) Healthier typing habits is it medically dangerous to type with 1 finger? o.O | ||
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sertman
United States540 Posts
On July 11 2011 09:35 Original exxo wrote: Should I start somehow getting out of this style(which I have been doing for years) because im sure it hampers my eapm. Do any pros only use one finger for the left hand commands? wait if you only type with one finger on each hand how on earth did you make that typo | ||
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isleyofthenorth
Austria894 Posts
On July 11 2011 09:58 patzernuk wrote: wait if you only type with one finger on each hand how on earth did you make that typo he means effective apm... | ||
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eourcs
United States459 Posts
On July 11 2011 09:58 patzernuk wrote: wait if you only type with one finger on each hand how on earth did you make that typo He probably means efficient apm, it's not used in sc2, but it was used in bw. | ||
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DOMINOSC
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Qurid
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Amui
Canada10567 Posts
Because I played fps's for so long, for the longest time I hit all hotkeys with either middle or index finger. I could hit 5 but that's about as far as I could stretch. I hit a wall somewhere around high diamond where I just needed more hotkeys, and thus I spent about a week learning to hit 1 with my ring finger. Suddenly I could reach two more hokeys with relative ease, and could improve my control by that much while still retaining my macro, in addition to speeding up a bit because my fingers spend less time travelling. Long story short - learn to type properly and you'll get a lot faster, guaranteed. None of the pros I've seen use one finger, or even two to hit hotkeys. They all use 3, and in some cases 4. | ||
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algorithm0r
Canada486 Posts
 Two finger typing on TL should be bannable. If you two finger type do you look at the keyboard for every hotkey? That basically is wasting your "eye" apm too. You should use every glance for the screen not the keyboard. Learn to type (ltt) so you can learn to play (ltp). | ||
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Xapti
Canada2473 Posts
Main problem would be setting and using control groups (which would be impossible), which is very important. The other huge problem with using only finger, is it also results in not knowing exactly where each key is, making reaction time slower (aside from the slow reaction of always having to move around fingers). With a full hand on the keyboard, the fingers will be mapping the keyboard, allowing any key to be accessed easily without looking at the keyboard. just as arrow keys WASD, jump/shoot/etc. are memorized and readilty pressable in other types of games like platformers and shooters, the major hotkeys used to play SC2 should also be memorized and readily-pressable. Nexus word wars is a fun sc2 typing game that can be used to practice typing skills, but might be hard to play random pubs without friends. | ||
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wasabe
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Original exxo
United States257 Posts
On July 11 2011 10:05 Amui wrote: You can probably hit diamond and MAYBE low masters with 1 finger, but realistically you are not going to be able to do as much as you need to. Simple scenario. How do you a-move 2 control groups of units, while macroing? Do you move your index finger and 1-a-2-a and then 3aaddd? Because I played fps's for so long, for the longest time I hit all hotkeys with either middle or index finger. I could hit 5 but that's about as far as I could stretch. I hit a wall somewhere around high diamond where I just needed more hotkeys, and thus I spent about a week learning to hit 1 with my ring finger. Suddenly I could reach two more hokeys with relative ease, and could improve my control by that much while still retaining my macro, in addition to speeding up a bit because my fingers spend less time travelling. Long story short - learn to type properly and you'll get a lot faster, guaranteed. None of the pros I've seen use one finger, or even two to hit hotkeys. They all use 3, and in some cases 4. That is how I do it >.< Thanks for the advice guys! I'm going to try really hard to get the touch typing down pat using some programs/type games and then I hope itll translate to better sc2 skill ^_^ | ||
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Yergidy
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Xapti
Canada2473 Posts
On July 11 2011 10:03 DOMINOSC wrote: I call BS. Maybe you mean 2 fingers (1 on each hand), but even then I'd say that extremely unlikely.i type very fast with only 1 finger(about 80 wpm) | ||
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Navillus
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Deleted User 3420
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On July 11 2011 10:19 Xapti wrote: I call BS. Maybe you mean 2 fingers (1 on each hand), but even then I'd say that extremely unlikely. I type even faster than that with 2 fingers, though I do use my left thumb for space bar. | ||
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svefnleysi
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Keldrath
United States449 Posts
On July 11 2011 10:35 svefnleysi wrote: No one types with one finger. Not even 8 year old girls. Bad troll. thats not true, my dad does. | ||
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JingleHell
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Mind you, I suck at Starcraft, but I think that's got more to do with lack of practice, I never play more than a couple games a week. | ||
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marttorn
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I had a friend once that only used 1 finger on each hand, was painful for me to watch, yet made me feel like a pro xD | ||
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gn0m
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