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Anyways this isnt the point of this blog post. I have a made several changes to how I play starcraft (every long weekend I always end up messing around with my computer
).1. I made a computer noiseless for now (You should have seen how much dust was in there.. I havent cleaned it for a year). One thing you guys can do: Instead of spending money on a can of compressed air, use a bicycle pump. I works XD.
2. Hotkey changes. After I played a few levels of the terran campaign with DAy[9]'s hotkey set up, I felt like I was multi tasking a lot better, because I had hotkeys that werent for my command centers. Then I listened to the SC weekly Tip of the Week ( ep 13 i think?) where he tells us to use F keys for bases in the late game. Then I also added the fact that my hands are very big ( I have long fingers), and I thought "Why not use F keys for my bases all the Time anyway?" As a result here is my new hotkey setup:
F2-F4: Nexi locations
1: Zealots
2: important units (ie, shuttle, scouting worker)
3: dragoons + obs
4: usually dragoons + obs/ zealots
5: robo facility ( for constant obs or shuttle reavers)
6: Stargate/Gateway
7-0: Gateways
As you can see, I use my long fingers to my advantage because I dont find it difficult to go F2, click on nexus, P (for probe). I use 890 for gateways, so I can go 7z8d9d0d in a middle of a battle, so I have those zealot/dragoons waiting for me after I win the battle.
3: Arrow keys: IM NOT USING THEM. After a search on TL, I read that arrow keys for scrolling are a bad idea. And I noticed in my last game my hand flies right to the arrow keys, and my mouse kinda stays in the middle (kinda like boxer or yellow).
4. Monitor is far away from the keyboard/mouse. I am not sure if this is bad or not.. so plz tell me? I have a 17" monitor, and I think its ok cuz then I can see the entire monitor (see my resources and units and minimap faster). Otherwise I am confused on this one.
5. Mouse sensitivity. I finally put it half of my usual sensitivity. Its very hard to get used to right now. any tips on how to get used to mouse scroll + low sensitivity faster?
So yeah. Please comment on these changes, and I think they will help me.
-sonu
