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RaptorX
Germany646 Posts
I was just handling lots of icons in my desktop today and I found my self Ctrl+Clicking while trying to select all similar icons at the same time... like if that would work... hahaha I was then thinking, how has starcraft hotkeying affected your daily life, from typing faster to making silly mistakes like mine.  | ||
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ieatkids5
United States4628 Posts
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jfazz
Australia672 Posts
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mmp
United States2130 Posts
I also spam Ctrl+Tab/Ctrl+PageUp/Ctrl+PageDown/Alt+Tab to cycle tabbed windows and windows quickly so that I can detect a drop on any of my applications and transfer SCVs. I also idly 1a2a3a4a5a. I'm a programmer so my typing was already fast, but precision is better (particularly around the b, v, and p keys). This thread sucks and is embarassing. :p | ||
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Hot77.iEy
Finland1486 Posts
On September 27 2009 18:28 mmp wrote: I like to spam box-select icons on the desktop as though they were idle SCVs. | ||
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Zapdos_Smithh
Canada2620 Posts
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writer22816
United States5775 Posts
On September 27 2009 18:28 mmp wrote: I like to spam box-select icons on the desktop as though they were idle SCVs. | ||
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Sosha
United States749 Posts
then I think BW really helped bridge the gap, through playing online, even though I was super noob at the time, playing money maps, having to type all the time.. "help" "go counter" "he coming me" "i tech" "lets go red" "u D up, i'll finish zerg" etc.. so ya, now I can type no problem, but im sure thats like the 1st thing everyone picks up, from comps alone.. I can still type pretty rediculously fast though, a lot faster than other normal ppl I know.. they take so long.. like they're trying to spell the word in their head.. and typing 1 letter at a time.. I could prolly keep up w/ someone talking liek a stynographer (ppl that type spoken dialogue in courtrooms), but its harder when u have to have correct grammar and punctuation. I suppose BW might has affected my multitasking ability in an overall sense.. I'm constantly thinking what needs to be done, next-step wise, and try to do something that will accomodate the completion of that task while still performing the original.. hand-speed etc, concentration maybe.. that sorta thing.. Other than that.. it's just a game :O very.... complicated... game.. | ||
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EvilTeletubby
Baltimore, USA22256 Posts
On September 27 2009 18:28 mmp wrote: I like to spam box-select icons on the desktop as though they were idle SCVs. Oh god I do this. | ||
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RaptorX
Germany646 Posts
like when i made a selection box on icons and then right clicked in another part of the screen expecting the icons to move there... I mean that type of "improvement" :D | ||
GTR
51490 Posts
type like this to people | ||
intrigue
Washington, D.C9934 Posts
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evanthebouncy!
United States12796 Posts
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meegrean
Thailand7699 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + GG | ||
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jfazz
Australia672 Posts
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Mortician
Bulgaria2332 Posts
On September 27 2009 19:22 intrigue wrote: i think starcraft shattered my attention span - i can't just stay on one thing very long even if it's a movie or something. at the very least i'll be tabbing around and monitoring other programs for the slightest change. i even tab in and out during the build times of my first few workers sometimes, just because watching that progress bar can be so BORING =] This. I often watch a movie and chat with friends | ||
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dhe95
United States1213 Posts
On September 27 2009 19:20 GTR wrote: i always type like this to people haha me too! especially funny since it lags some of my friends with bad computers. | ||
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Hayarok
Israel95 Posts
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neutralstate
Singapore51 Posts
omg lol so do i and it always pisses off my girlfriend lolol. She's always like... "yes yes i'm very impressed with your apm. stop it. go away." | ||
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AtlaS
United States1001 Posts
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TheFallofTroy
Canada780 Posts
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DivinO
United States4796 Posts
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Altair
243 Posts
lol only joking I guess my typing got better after playing starcraft and i occasionally spam 1a2a3a4a in google search bar hehehe. | ||
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grobo
Japan6199 Posts
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da_head
Canada3350 Posts
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Ganfei
Taiwan1439 Posts
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Gogleion
United States534 Posts
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Leath
Canada1724 Posts
I love drawing in Photoshop, and then when I switch to normal pencil/paper I keep trying to press crtl+Z when I make mistakes. | ||
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drug_vict1m
844 Posts
On September 27 2009 23:29 neutralstate wrote: omg lol so do i and it always pisses off my girlfriend lolol. She's always like... "yes yes i'm very impressed with your apm. stop it. go away." On September 28 2009 00:53 NoobsOfWrath wrote: I highlight and deselect the text I am reading with my mouse over and over again I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE! | ||
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pangshai
Chinatown5333 Posts
On September 28 2009 01:57 drug_vict1m wrote: I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE! lololol. i do the exact same 2 things. the box selecting gets annoying sometimes when i screw up and i end up dragging something into a folder and i don't know what. (although its easily fixed with undo move) | ||
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RaptorX
Germany646 Posts
On September 28 2009 00:46 grobo wrote: I don't really do any of those things, however i do use Ctrl+[number] to switch between tabs in firefox, it just feels soooooo good! you just gave me another place to spam my keys... I didnt remember this one.  and it is true starcraft on, a program without hotkeys is freaking annoying.. I have seriously uninstalled several programs for not having hotkeys... I then download alternatives to them. :D | ||
Chill
Calgary25986 Posts
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CosmicAC
United States238 Posts
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PredY
Czech Republic1731 Posts
On September 28 2009 03:33 Chill wrote: I've told this story before, but at my worst I couldn't find my matching sock, so I thought to myself I could just control click the one I could find. epic :D | ||
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jonnyp
United States415 Posts
On September 28 2009 00:53 NoobsOfWrath wrote: I highlight and deselect the text I am reading with my mouse over and over again oh man, i do this almost obsessively -_- i also occasionally type left-handed while eating a bagel or something | ||
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Probe.
United States877 Posts
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Nitrogen
United States5345 Posts
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caldo149
United States469 Posts
i spam select on text when I'm reading it. I use windows key+ # to open up applications in my quick-launch toolbar. I use ctrl-tab to cycle through windows in Chrome//Firefox. although now i think i'll start using crtl+# because that's so much more gosu XD I started setting hotkeys for other stuff, like ctrl-alt-w for windows explorer and ctrl-alt-r for recycle bin | ||
Heyoka
Katowice25012 Posts
I dated a girl who did this all the time, she also spammed right click on her desktop when she was thinking. I kept trying to get her to play but she never would  | ||
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Comeh
United States18919 Posts
The weird thing is - I don't play protoss AT ALL. Oh, and when I'm sitting in class, I usually am tapping on the invisible keyboard on my desk "ALT + 1/2" or "1a2a3a". Other times, I catch myself remembering to make sure and scan for the zerg's third whilst I'm falling asleep in class. | ||
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iG.Aura
Poland686 Posts
maybe just clicking randomly on crap while im reading something.. other than that i dunno?;p | ||
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PredY
Czech Republic1731 Posts
On September 28 2009 01:57 drug_vict1m wrote: I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE! guess what i was doing while reading this...highlighting :l | ||
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fishyjoes
Germany644 Posts
On September 27 2009 19:20 GTR wrote: i always type like this to people On September 27 2009 18:28 mmp wrote: I like to spam box-select icons on the desktop as though they were idle SCVs. Those. All the time. | ||
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ragnasaur
United States804 Posts
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Polyphasic
United States841 Posts
I do this in the library and people ask me if I play starcraft. no joke | ||
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ZooG
Sweden618 Posts
On September 28 2009 00:53 NoobsOfWrath wrote: I highlight and deselect the text I am reading with my mouse over and over again guilty... | ||
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Triple7
United States656 Posts
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uSiN
United States208 Posts
I highlight text when I am reading it. I use windows + # to open up programs from my task bar (windows 7). I get distracted a really easily when I am watching something. Usually start playing mine sweeper. My friends complain that when we watch something I annoy them cause I get bored of it easily. To open programs not on my task bar i do windows + start typing the program but i guess this isn't much sc related. I use my keyboard for a lot more things now. And my typing speed got significantly faster. | ||
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StalkerSC
Canada378 Posts
Typing 1a2a3a4a..and so on while typing stuff.. saying starcraft terms on IM.. talking like this and trying to move the mouse/type fast as possible as if i were playing SC | ||
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d(O.o)a
Canada5066 Posts
On September 27 2009 19:22 intrigue wrote: i think starcraft shattered my attention span - i can't just stay on one thing very long even if it's a movie or something. at the very least i'll be tabbing around and monitoring other programs for the slightest change. i even tab in and out during the build times of my first few workers sometimes, just because watching that progress bar can be so BORING =] Yeah same now whenever I am on the internet I am in 3 or 4 omegle conversations and reading TL and on MSN lol. | ||
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Kenpachi
United States9908 Posts
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EtherealDeath
United States8366 Posts
On September 28 2009 00:04 AtlaS wrote: my friends always find it odd that i click control with the bone of my upper right palm (right below the pinkie). i never used to do that before starcraft. Now that's quite strange. Feels very awkward. | ||
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CharlieMurphy
United States22895 Posts
On September 28 2009 03:33 Chill wrote: I've told this story before, but at my worst I couldn't find my matching sock, so I thought to myself I could just control click the one I could find. haha wtf | ||
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hellokitty[hk]
United States1309 Posts
I spam boxes on my desktop / desktop icons when i am thinking of how to tackle my hw. I highlight text when I am reading it. I use windows + # to open up programs from my task bar (windows 7). I get distracted a really easily when I am watching something. Usually start playing mine sweeper. My friends complain that when we watch something I annoy them cause I get bored of it easily. To open programs not on my task bar i do windows + start typing the program but i guess this isn't much sc related. I use my keyboard for a lot more things now. And my typing speed got significantly faster. On top of that, my concentration on homework is significantly worse, and its bad because I lost SC time . | ||
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Raydog
United States632 Posts
On September 28 2009 05:21 ragnasaur wrote: i practice my micro @ pay phones and atms nice pure pwnage reference in my worst... when writing an essay on a book for school i did ctrl+f to try and find a few keywords.. didn't work | ||
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Sigh
Canada2433 Posts
text boxes, desktop icons, you name it. zzz People are like " WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU " -.- they dont understand hahahahaha | ||
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SanguineToss
Canada815 Posts
On September 27 2009 19:43 meegrean wrote: when i want to say goodbye to my friends on msn, i type: + Show Spoiler + GG Win...because . + Show Spoiler + i do it too | ||
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Kyuukyuu
Canada6263 Posts
And I'm always trying to have some sort of apm/multitasking while I'm on the computer... and since I use a lot of keyboard shortcuts I'm always alt-tabbing around and browsing different sites in different tabs all while my friends are doing their "Your friend is writing a message..." thingie on MSN. | ||
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DeSu
Australia91 Posts
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mOnion
United States5657 Posts
On September 27 2009 19:20 GTR wrote: i always type like this to people epic lol in class | ||
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Perguvious
United States1783 Posts
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benjammin
United States2728 Posts
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Jyvblamo
Canada13788 Posts
Sometimes I spam 1a2a3a4a5a. Also, not from SC but rather from FPS games, my left hand naturally rests itself with pinky on control, ring-finger on a, middle finger on w, index finer on d, and thumb on spacebar. =P | ||
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RaptorX
Germany646 Posts
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laLAlA[uC]
Canada963 Posts
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d(O.o)a
Canada5066 Posts
While playing Wolfenstein ET I spam 1234123412341234123412341234 because it switches weapons. | ||
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ForTheSwarm
United States556 Posts
On September 29 2009 08:16 d(O.o)a wrote: When I play halo 3 I constantly spam switch weapons, smack and jump. While playing Wolfenstein ET I spam 1234123412341234123412341234 because it switches weapons. This thread us about SC hotkeys ya know... | ||
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SpiritWolf
United States127 Posts
I often unconsciously press my push to talk when i am talking on the phone or to people in the same room. | ||
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GhostKorean
United States2330 Posts
On September 28 2009 01:57 drug_vict1m wrote: I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE! I was doing this exact thing while reading this topic lol... | ||
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nttea
Sweden4353 Posts
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Bub
United States3518 Posts
This. Sometimes I do this out of nowhere and then start thinking the hell am I doing, this is not SC >_> | ||
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29 fps
United States5724 Posts
and also playing a lot of games has affected my associations with certain terms. CS = counter strike, not computer science. when it's referred to as the latter, i have to think about it a little BO = build order, not body odor DT = dark templar, not downtown | ||
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d(O.o)a
Canada5066 Posts
On September 29 2009 08:40 ForTheSwarm wrote: This thread us about SC hotkeys ya know... Yes... guess where that came from. | ||
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EsX_Raptor
United States2802 Posts
On September 27 2009 19:20 GTR wrote: i always type like this to people oh man i don't have this problem... BUT MY SC FRIENDS DO AND OH GOD, I HATE IT! | ||
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RaptorX
Germany646 Posts
from where? ¬_¬ | ||
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gchan
United States654 Posts
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d(O.o)a
Canada5066 Posts
Just in the case you aren't joking, it's from playing starcraft. | ||
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Naib
Hungary4843 Posts
Weird @ so many people with hotkeying 24/7. I guess I'm more of an "old-schooler" I don't even use the function keys and only use hotkeys for the most common upgrades (forge, goon range, zeal legs). Rest I do with mouse. I tend to think this improved my mouse accuracy a fair bit, so I navigate Windows with mouse too. | ||
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aeroH
United States1034 Posts
On September 27 2009 19:20 GTR wrote: i always type like this to people whenever i finish a sentence on TL i have the urge to just start a new line i don't know why just kind of looks better | ||
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blahman3344
United States2015 Posts
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spinesheath
Germany8679 Posts
On September 28 2009 03:30 RaptorX wrote: and it is true starcraft on, a program without hotkeys is freaking annoying.. I have seriously uninstalled several programs for not having hotkeys... I then download alternatives to them. :D Well I haven't actually uninstalled programs for this (at least I can't remember doing that), but I certainly started using hotkeys a lot more frequently. It really disturbs me when a program has no decent hotkeys (or documentation of them). Recently I was writing something in the Monopoly City Streets blog and I noticed that the text editor had the WORST keyboard support I had ever seen. No ctrl-a, no page up/down, NO ARROW KEY SUPPORT!!! Luckily they seem to have noticed how I was infuriated by this and fixed it. Seriously, clicking at the spot where you want to edit your text is ridiculous. | ||
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XsebT
Denmark2980 Posts
But the thing I find my self thinking about the most every day is (not hot-key related though): how come everybody around me isn't into SC? I constantly find my self wanting to talk to my friends about this amazing game, but I can't. :S - Teach me Korean and send me on a plain please. | ||
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saltywet
Hong Kong1316 Posts
box select on desktop.. mass right click.. msn in broken sentences, mass highlighting text that i read.. multitasking by watching movies, msn and playing other games like minesweeper at same time.. but one thing sc has made me do i guess is ctrl/shift + hotkey faster | ||
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number1gog
United States1081 Posts
On September 27 2009 18:28 mmp wrote: I like to spam box-select icons on the desktop as though they were idle SCVs. I do this with text on a page, selecting paragraphs and sentences randomly. I suppose it's helpful to remember where I am on the page when I'm reading long articles? I dunno. | ||
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igotmyown
United States4291 Posts
On September 30 2009 07:05 number1gog wrote: I do this with text on a page, selecting paragraphs and sentences randomly. I suppose it's helpful to remember where I am on the page when I'm reading long articles? I dunno. I think I do it to get a feel for my mouse calibration, and maybe because we implicitly concentrate on what's in the box. I control group my scouting units and workers in civ 4 and check them every turn. | ||
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LordWeird
United States3411 Posts
On September 27 2009 19:20 GTR wrote: i always type like this to people Me too. Just check my posting history. | ||
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number1gog
United States1081 Posts
On September 30 2009 07:09 igotmyown wrote: I think I do it to get a feel for my mouse calibration, and maybe because we implicitly concentrate on what's in the box. Oh yeah, I hate it when I jump on a public computer at a library and the sensitivity is like waaaaaaay high. | ||
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Mobius
Canada1268 Posts
On September 27 2009 19:20 GTR wrote: i always type like this to people omfg same, i hate it lol | ||
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RoieTRS
United States2569 Posts
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0neheart
United States92 Posts
On September 28 2009 03:42 CosmicAC wrote: I spam drag boxes on desktop for no reason, like they were units or something. doesn't everyone? ;P | ||
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Monokeros
United States2493 Posts
On September 27 2009 19:22 intrigue wrote: i think starcraft shattered my attention span - i can't just stay on one thing very long even if it's a movie or something. at the very least i'll be tabbing around and monitoring other programs for the slightest change. i even tab in and out during the build times of my first few workers sometimes, just because watching that progress bar can be so BORING =] no you're just lazy. very lazy. i have gained nothing from starcraft as i have yet to gain anything from actually playing starcraft, results pending of course. | ||
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RaptorX
Germany646 Posts
On October 01 2009 15:38 Monokeros wrote: no you're just lazy. very lazy. i have gained nothing from starcraft as i have yet to gain anything from actually playing starcraft, results pending of course. I got better with strategic thinking in general, prioritizing and very good at keeping track of several things at the same time. I also got very good at paying attention to tiny details since in starcraft you must be pending on what is your opponent doing the whole time. Of course other people would learn that from other places(even study or train those aspects of their life ) but in my case I got it from chess + starcraft. I wouldnt qualify a player as lazy, specially in starcraft since it requires a lot of concentration and hard work (unless you play just for fun, then you surely wont get better on the things I mentioned just by playing 1 or 2 a week...) | ||
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sushiman
Sweden2691 Posts
That's not so bad though. Worse was when I played a lot of WoW; I remember thinking "why can't I see the contents of my backpacks with shift-b?" while walking on the street. What's worse, I remember one time when walking during the night, and seeing someone walking towards me: "shit! alliance! I'm going to get ganked!" At that time, I decided I should cut down my time in the game. | ||
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Engineer
22 Posts
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Dragonblood21
United States139 Posts
"I'm looking for CD racks?" And I thought. "CD Rax? What kind of Terran build is that?" And it took me a good 2-3 seconds to actually catch on that the question had nothing to do with Starcraft at all. | ||
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Iplaythings
Denmark9110 Posts
On September 28 2009 00:53 NoobsOfWrath wrote: I highlight and deselect the text I am reading with my mouse over and over again [/QUOTE] FFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You made me start doing it! Shame on you. and before that people just tell me that I type crazy-fast on my cpu xD. Also about the fast reaction and typing game: THE KEYMASTER!http://www.funny-games.biz/the-keymaster.htmlclick here | ||
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iPF[Div]
Spain572 Posts
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theobsessed1
United States576 Posts
show me the money black sheep wall has helped me get used to typing a lil better and later on become a fast overall typer | ||
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RaptorX
Germany646 Posts
On October 04 2009 04:17 Dragonblood21 wrote: One time at work someone asked me. "I'm looking for CD racks?" And I thought. "CD Rax? What kind of Terran build is that?" And it took me a good 2-3 seconds to actually catch on that the question had nothing to do with Starcraft at all. I really lold with this one. xDD | ||
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Vacagodxx
United States18 Posts
when my classmates discussed "voting 4 barack obama", i only pick up the 4 rax part when i'm on my comp, and i'm organizing my files, i shift-click, but realize that windows adds everything diagonally down EVERY FUCKING TIME when i eat pizza, i think about how hard it is to finally arrive at the mineral line (the crust) when i watch sports on TV, i wished that Dark Swarm could be cast by the two teams | ||
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