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Are there anyone else here that play with the left handed settings? And what do you think about the hotkeys for lefties?
At first I didn't know that you could change hotkeys to left-handed, so I played right-handed. In BW you could easily play left-handed with the default hotkeys, but in SC2, as they are made to be more effective for right-handed people, I just couldn't play left-handed with the right-handed settings. Then I found the left-handed hotkeys, and I was filled with joy, however, after using it a bit I noticed that Blizzard clearly haven't worked with them alot. One of the worst things is probably that both Templars Archives and Fleet Beacon both uses L as a hotkey, and when you press it you always get Templars Archives, meaning that we don't have a hotkey for Fleet Beacon. You also have to move your hands much more on the lefties setting, while on the right-handed settings it's all at the same place, making it faster to use. The lefties-settings uses the right-handed settings for unloading/loading, as an example.
Are anyone else bothered with this? Do you think Blizzard will fix it? Can I customize the keys myself?
I hope this didn't turn out to be really hard to read, but I'm very sleepy at the moment :p
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Well I am left handed, but I just use everything right handed. makes me all cool and ambidextrous
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I'm lefty and I just play the game normally...
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That just doesn't work for me, unfortunately 
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Lefty here, and I used the default right handed key setup because I am used to that. At first they didn't have the left handed keys, and added them later. By that time I was happy with the right handed setup. I believe they mentioned earlier in the beta (around the time they made the different key bind setups) that for release we would be able to edit something and be able to have customized hotkeys.
Considering for this game you do not need to have something like "W A S D" within ready reach of the other hotkeys, I think you can make any of the hotkey setups work unless you find your hand position being a lefty very uncomfortable for certain setups. I tend to just slide my keyboard left/right so my hand is in a comfortable position.
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Yeah, I'm a lefty and I just play everything like I'm right handed. I don't know, for a long time I didn't even know other lefties used the mouse/keyboard differently.
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I'm left handed, use mouse on left side of keyboard and left-handed mouse buttons but my key-bindings are all default
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On June 29 2010 08:32 aPsychonaut wrote:
Are anyone else bothered with this? Do you think Blizzard will fix it? Can I customize the keys myself?
well i think blizzard will fix it if you point it out to them, when the beta restarts in the bug forums...
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Lefty here. We will eventually rule the world.
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On June 29 2010 08:42 subdivision wrote:
Yeah, I'm a lefty and I just play everything like I'm right handed. I don't know, for a long time I didn't even know other lefties used the mouse/keyboard differently.
Yeah I didn't realize either until a couple years ago. I don't even know why you'd want to use the mouse with your left hand; the keyboard is where the real action's at. Wouldn't you want your main hand there?
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On June 29 2010 08:42 KiF1rE wrote:Show nested quote +On June 29 2010 08:32 aPsychonaut wrote:
Are anyone else bothered with this? Do you think Blizzard will fix it? Can I customize the keys myself?
well i think blizzard will fix it if you point it out to them, when the beta restarts in the bug forums...
I started doing that 5 patches ago, still nothing :/
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I'm left handed, no wait I'm ambidextrous :D
Serious comment, because most left handed gamers I know, have taught themselves to use computers with their right hands.
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By the way, I study music and play guitar right-handed. I'm thinking of switching though, because one of the professors at school have told me about several studies that show that you can never get better playing right-handed than left-handed. After he told me that I realized that I have many problems with my guitar technique that must be because I'm playing right-handed. After that I also started playing all games left-handed(I've played SC1 left-handed since 98, but all fps right-handed) and I noticed that my aim got much better and I generally played better in all games.
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On June 29 2010 08:42 KiF1rE wrote:Show nested quote +On June 29 2010 08:32 aPsychonaut wrote:
Are anyone else bothered with this? Do you think Blizzard will fix it? Can I customize the keys myself?
well i think blizzard will fix it if you point it out to them, when the beta restarts in the bug forums...
I agree with this, as long as specific issues are brought to their attention then something should be done about it.
If you're not happy with the way they notice your comment on the forum, then send an email to support. You'll usually get a reply confirming the fact that they have passed the information onto the people that need to know.
Also @customization
Most higher level tournaments and the like do not allow customization of key sets, macros, etc in order to keep players on a standardized footing.
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All the left-handed people I know use computers "normally", with mouse on the right side and all that. It's useful because not all games have special left-hand settings and any computer you go on that you don't own (computer labs, libraries, etc) are set up that way.
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im left handed in real life but this is a right handed world so anytime i used a computer when i was younger i adjusted to the right handed so even now i play on right handed settings. but i write left handed and do other things left handed but with computers i look like a right handed guy
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Unfortunately, since the majority of people are righty (9/10 I think) the majority of EVERYTHING will be made for people that are righties. Sorry, but I were you, I'd get used to it and try to learn how to use my right hand more often (or maybe just in SC).
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You could get a power glove ( or one of those things logitech sells).
I'm pretty sure you can customize most of the keys you need.
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On June 29 2010 08:48 Daniri wrote:Show nested quote +On June 29 2010 08:42 subdivision wrote:
Yeah, I'm a lefty and I just play everything like I'm right handed. I don't know, for a long time I didn't even know other lefties used the mouse/keyboard differently. Yeah I didn't realize either until a couple years ago. I don't even know why you'd want to use the mouse with your left hand; the keyboard is where the real action's at. Wouldn't you want your main hand there?
Your main hand will be better at controlling the mouse which needs very precise handling for micro.
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Left handed and using left for mouse just feels weird...
I suppose using a grid setup with the numpad would work best however if you were to go the "lefty" route
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