Holy crap....that is the exact position that my hand is in. I was reading the thread and put my left hand on the keyboard, then I saw your pic and looked down at my hand and it was identical.^^

I also pivot my hand at my wrist and can reach every key i need, as far as I can remember...

Now thinking about it, my hand does pivot, but it's not quite resting on the desk the whole time. I do lift up my wrist throughout the game to allow myself freer movement.

InfernoX

Sweden55 Posts

May 04 2010 08:50 GMT

#23

WASD.

Shrine

Australia107 Posts

May 04 2010 08:51 GMT

#24

On May 04 2010 15:42 DaggerRage wrote:
Pinky rests on shift, index through ring finger rest on Q,W,E and my thumb on space. Gives a nice range of motion.

Same, FPS and WoW habits.

lifecanwait

96 Posts

May 04 2010 10:18 GMT

#25

On May 04 2010 16:23 CaucasianAsian wrote:
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Funny thread here

, but position on keyboard is imho quite important cause it affects playstyle a lot.

Same position here as you (pinky on SHIFT). But when you're switching your pinky finger to CTRL, it's kinda weird to reach the numbspots (1-3), with whatever finger you're using for that purpose.

Look at your pinky finger, it's kinda long (samewith me, big hands + long fingers :D), so you have to bent it if you want to reach the numbspots with the other fingers.
The problem: CTRL is even below SHIFT, so you have to bent the pinky even more (again to reach the numbspots with the other fingers). That's uncomfortable, at least for me and there is danger to glide away (in upper keyboard direction) with ur pinky if it's bent too much.
That's why I use the thumb of my left hand for both, SHIFT and CTRL (and ALT) + numbspots. What do you think about that?

Have to mention my ring finger is smaller than middle finger, so that might also be the reason for not reaching numbspot 1 with it, while being on CTRL with the pinky.

Craz

United States69 Posts

May 04 2010 10:44 GMT

#26

WASD

Once you go wasd it's hard to go back. Especially if you are still actively playing fps games.

MinoMino

Norway1103 Posts

May 04 2010 10:55 GMT

#27

I'm one of the WASD guys as well. I don't really know how else I'd position my hand though, my hands are pretty small, and if I need to reach the higher numbers or any letter on the right I have to move my hand all the way. There's no way I can strech unless I strech from pinky to thumb, which is really impractical.

LaNague

Germany9118 Posts

May 04 2010 11:21 GMT

#28

asdf, thumb on space.

there is a reason most people use this to write stuff.

jtgizmo

Congo161 Posts

May 04 2010 11:21 GMT

#29

On May 04 2010 15:13 KiLL_ORdeR wrote:
DAy[9]'s mechanics podcast has an entire section about how to position you keyboard hand and mouse hand. I think you're doin it right, but it's basically whatever you feel the most comfortable with, and I don't think it is as important in SC2, since all the key are in the same general area of the keyboard, but it's still importan so check out the cast.

can u link it please?

Kantutan

Canada1319 Posts

May 04 2010 11:27 GMT

#30

On May 04 2010 20:21 LaNague wrote:
asdf, thumb on space.

there is a reason most people use this to write stuff.

Agreed. Lets you reach everything comfortably and more importantly, easily get your hand back in position due to that epic protrusion on the F key

mynameisbean

Australia82 Posts

May 04 2010 12:03 GMT

#31

I play piano.

nuff sed.

ManiacTheZealot

United States490 Posts

May 04 2010 12:08 GMT

#32

ASDF just like I'm typing.

m0rra

Estonia29 Posts

May 04 2010 15:02 GMT

#33

Since I can touch type, ASDF (EDSF for FPSes, in a dark room you can type much easier that way + it gives you a lot more keys to bind for weapon switching). Seeing the pictures in the thread I'm starting to wonder if I should try to learn the QWE/123 stuff, because right now it's hard to reach the numbers and ctrl. Other option might be to switch caps lock to ctrl though, just like on Solaris/Unix boxes. <3

Blacklizard

United States1194 Posts

May 04 2010 15:18 GMT

#34

It's important to do what is comfortable, because everybody anatomy is different and if you screw up your wrist from strain you won't be playing much. But you should try to be as optimal as possible. Some people have better flexion than extension, so with long fingers you can often use your thumb (flexing) on the left control or alt and still reach many number keys. But with the shift + add option, you can use your pinky on shift as needed regardless of your anatomy. And you will have to use your pinky on the left shift to reach the higher numbers. The numbers on the far right are obviously calling for the right control and right shift. People with more fexion and less extension also benefit more from a wrist pad.

People with good extension (fingers bend "backwards/opposite of making a fist" and wrist bends up easier)can probably keep their pinky on the left shift/control and be comfortable though.

People who are extremely flexible in all areas can do whatever they want!

Brand new players might consider using the alternative key mappings Blizzard put in. That keeps everything on the left side. Personally having specials and worker options at the bottom (z, x, etc.), gateway and warpgate being the same key in this config (Blizzard fix this OK!), and years of playing otherwise has kept me from switching though.

NIJ

1012 Posts

May 04 2010 22:12 GMT

#35

Right hand on the mouse, left hand on the ashtray

RonNation

United States385 Posts

May 04 2010 22:18 GMT

#36

my left hand usually rests on home row, asdf, easiest position for me to instinctly press any key

TwilightStar

United States649 Posts

May 04 2010 22:19 GMT

#37

Shift S D F

When I play FPS: I use "WADF" (F for crouch, V for walk) (ring finger does W and S, you can't go backwards while going forwards, right? ^^)

MorroW

Sweden3522 Posts

May 04 2010 22:21 GMT

#38

my hand is all over the place :D (years of terran in sc1 ftw) btw anyone else having troubles using ctrlf5f6f7? i liked it more on the f2f3f4

, can barely assign the 7th tt

OneWhoIsMany

Canada292 Posts

May 04 2010 22:53 GMT

#39

I am missing two fingers from each hand - born that way. I use my palm to hit the control button/space bar and do everything else with what you could call my pinky. Shift keys I have to hit the button with my thumb and do a stretch to hit the number keys. Funny enough I type faster then most people (80+ wpm), even with only two fingers on the keyboard with both hands.

Chuiu

3470 Posts

May 04 2010 22:59 GMT

#40

I've never understood how people can do the pinky on control thing, that is just so awkward and hard to position for my hands. The middle part of my palm below the pinky is what rests on and presses the control key for me and my pinky is able to get the shift key.