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On November 14 2010 08:04 b0lt wrote:
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How do you guys not use your thumbs for hotkeys? It's probably my second used finger for hotkeys.
1a2a3a, hold position, 55v66v etc for queen injection, vi/u for infestor pit/ultra cavern, and probably more stuff I can't think of
Well since i use 1 for my main hatch/cc/nexus, i do 2a3a4a using ring, pinky, middle, pinky, index, pinky. I use backspace to cycle through hatches, and index for V.
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Well when i play wow, i use lots and lots of hotkeys: `, 1 tm 0, -, =, f1 t'm f5, R, T, F, G, C, V, Z, X also alt R, alt 1tm3, alt F, mouse buttons (total 3) and alt + middlemouse buttons. For all these buttons i use my fingers and never ever a thumb ^^ Only for the spacebar to jump and type 
I dont think you using your thump should be the cause of the problem. If you use it, it means you are familliar with movement so it shouldnt cause any problems. My best advice is to practice the use of hotkeys a lot. Maybe to the Blizzard challenges, where you only can use the hotkeys? Or play vs computer. It takes a quite some time to get accustomed to hotkeys and having that muscle memory. So.. practise, practise, practise
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i use thumb. ;0 its great for B ( gotta use the side of your thumb)
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I use thumb if I need to hotkey something to 9 or 0. I also used thumb in bw when marines were 'm.'
But thats about it.
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In BW I know really would would put his thumb on M then hit up all his barrackses with his finger hotkeys. Since SC2 has MBS, I would say that there is really no reason to use your thumb for anything since you don't need to hit all those hotkeys as fast.
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I use thumb, i've always thought thumb was the only way to hit b/v/c/x/alt. I never miss my thumb keys either. When i press b or v i crossover my index finger to hit the corresponding building key. Never miss my buttons, Weird :S
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Some people use their thumb to hold down the left Ctrl when they hotkey, this seems horrible to me. When I wanna hotkey I just apply pressure with the left side of my left hand and my Ctrl key is sticking up. But I guess if you have a keyboard with flat keys you would need to actually press a key, gosh I can't imagine, that would make it so much slower.
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i use my thumb only for the space bar, one of the most imporartant keys in the whole game.
now that i think about it, i think i even use it for B and V from time to time. actually i'm not really sure o_O
seems pretty viable to me, to use it for B and V...
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I use my thumb for certain things. Mostly for hotkeying things to 0/9/8
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Thumb used for VBNM and spacebar, I couldn't really play without using my thumb, 5v5v5 for example(queen inject).
edit: now when I think about it, how the hell do people build stuff using standard settings without using his thumb?
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I use my thumb every day. I don't know how you'd really pick up objects without thumbs.
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I use my thumb sometimes. Just use whatever feels most comfortable to you, and you'll be fine. If you find that not using your thumb works better in the future, then of course, change your style. But don't really worry too much about it.
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I do use my thumb for the ctrl key and some other hotkeys...I have it kinda easier 'cause i'm a lefty ^^
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I personally don't get how you can push C/V/B without using your thumb... but that's because I played WoW almost professionally and had to have my fingers over the W and number keys at all times while pushing those keys.
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For most people, pressing buttons in alternation using a thumb and index finger or middle finger is far slower than index finger and middle finger or middle finger and ring finger. Thumbs are naturally clumsy. This is learned by most piano players. Also, I don't see why you would choose to use your thumb for c/v/b unless you type those keys with your thumb as well, in which case that is incorrect form.
But honestly, if you feel you do fine with it, just do it. Do whatever feels the best to you.
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I use my thumb to hit the space bar (sometimes).
So I can quickly switch to a battle.
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This is such a huge mindfuck.
After typing a post about how I use only my thumb and how anything else is so much harder, I just realized I use my index, middle finger and my thumb for the letter C depending on the word. its really trippy. depending on where my other fingers are positioned after hitting different letters for the different words I use one of three.
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On November 14 2010 08:04 b0lt wrote:
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How do you guys not use your thumbs for hotkeys? It's probably my second used finger for hotkeys.
1a2a3a, hold position, 55v66v etc for queen injection, vi/u for infestor pit/ultra cavern, and probably more stuff I can't think of
That's awful. With the exception of hold position those keys leave my thumb under middle of my palm which feels super uncomfortable. Unless you're left handed and use right hand on keyboard, then I could possibly understand using thumb on keyboard. But I suppose all of this is highly dependent on the size of hand and keyboard used.
I actually use my thumb on shift and ctrl, but only because I have them here:
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I've been using my mouse like that for years, and it's awesome. Not just in Starcraft, but with everything. It makes ctrl-grouping, shift-adding and many other tasks super fast and comfortable. It does however make your mouse a tiny bit less precise when using them, so I still use keyboard ctrl/shift on certain things.
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i use my thumb for c v b and space simply because I'm an fps player really and I used c v b in fps games so....
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