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njAl
Profile Joined July 2010
Norway156 Posts
December 06 2010 20:58 GMT
#1
Hey, so i was wondering... do you guys use numpad to select control groups? I've been using 1-9 under the f keys and was wondering if this would be easier to do if i used the numpad as opposed to the abovementioned method.

Are there any drawbacks? The only downside i can really see is that you would letting go of your mouse (right-handed) to select, and this might be hard to do mid battle.
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N3rV[Green]
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States1935 Posts
December 06 2010 21:00 GMT
#2
Sorry, no. I don't think this is in any way shape or form more efficient than the keys right by your left hand.
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LazyMacro
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
976 Posts
December 06 2010 21:02 GMT
#3
I don't know of anyone that does that. I don't see how it would be efficient, either.
kathode
Profile Joined April 2010
United States265 Posts
December 06 2010 21:04 GMT
#4
No, it would require you to take the remove your hand from the mouse or from the base WASD position.
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Grebliv
Profile Joined May 2006
Iceland800 Posts
December 06 2010 21:05 GMT
#5
gl going 1a*click*2a*click*3a*click* with that :D
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intergalactic
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada428 Posts
December 06 2010 21:07 GMT
#6
You simply can't let go of the mouse while playing...I don't see how this would be in any way viable or practical. How would you micro in a huge battle with multiple control groups? I'm trying to imagine someone doing this, and I just can't
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MoreFaSho
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States1427 Posts
December 06 2010 21:07 GMT
#7
You couldn't do this before custom hotkeys, the numpad wouldn't work. And for all the naysayers, it wouldn't be good for your army, but it could be good for tech units (0 is pretty giant on most numpads and easy to hit over there even with your left hand, omg your hand can move!!!).
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FLuE
Profile Joined September 2010
United States1012 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-06 21:10:55
December 06 2010 21:09 GMT
#8
I dunno.. if you did something crazy where you were to rebind all the keys around the numpad it COULD have potential so you could keep your left hand there during battles and your right hand on the mouse.

Like if you did 0-9 as control groups, changed the enter to be "shift" so you could add to the groups, and like made "+" attack, then maybe used the insert/home/page up etc. keys to rebind to your unit productions and upgrades. You'd also have the "." "/" "*" "-" keys there that could all be rebound to needed hotkeys.

Just a thought...I wouldn't do it but I could see there being a lot of benefit to having that layout for your control groups especially if you have smaller hands.

njAl
Profile Joined July 2010
Norway156 Posts
December 06 2010 21:09 GMT
#9
Perhaps binding your CCs to 0 would be profitable then
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nastyyy
Profile Joined December 2009
United States262 Posts
December 06 2010 21:09 GMT
#10
Maybe if you completely change your hotkeys.
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jamesr12
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States1549 Posts
December 06 2010 21:10 GMT
#11
the video of moon, and nada talking about apm it shows one of them playing and letting go of thier mouse at one point to two hand the keyboard, I feel like youd have to be crazy good for letting go of your mouse ever to be a good thing
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njAl
Profile Joined July 2010
Norway156 Posts
December 06 2010 21:15 GMT
#12
On December 07 2010 06:10 jamesr12 wrote:
the video of moon, and nada talking about apm it shows one of them playing and letting go of thier mouse at one point to two hand the keyboard, I feel like youd have to be crazy good for letting go of your mouse ever to be a good thing


Oh, ok, im sorry i dont watch commercial crap put out by companies that have purchased gamers to sell their product.
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iGrok
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States5142 Posts
December 06 2010 21:17 GMT
#13
Perhaps by lefties. That'd be pretty cool if they got an advantage for once xD
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FLuE
Profile Joined September 2010
United States1012 Posts
December 06 2010 21:20 GMT
#14
Oh, ok, im sorry i dont watch commercial crap put out by companies that have purchased gamers to sell their product.


I think it was in a handheld cam video done by Artosis at the GSL where I saw players doing that, takin their hand off the mouse quickly. But what you said is cool too.
njAl
Profile Joined July 2010
Norway156 Posts
December 06 2010 21:22 GMT
#15
No, it was a publicity stunt by razer to promote their products.
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MadNote
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Lesotho75 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-08 02:59:21
December 06 2010 21:22 GMT
#16
I have a microsoft gaming keyboard that I can switch the numpad so it is on either side of the keyboard. I haven't tried using this with the hotkey setup yet. I will definitely try it now and see if it is any better.

SideWinder X6 Keyboard

Edit: I tried using the numpad on the left, but it was still a pain in the ass. No point using the numpad really, as far as I am concerned.
R0YAL
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
United States1768 Posts
December 06 2010 21:30 GMT
#17
The only possible circumstance that I can think of for this to be beneficial is for left handed mouse users plus redoing hotkeys once its implemented.
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Grebliv
Profile Joined May 2006
Iceland800 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-06 21:37:59
December 06 2010 21:34 GMT
#18
On December 07 2010 06:10 jamesr12 wrote:
the video of moon, and nada talking about apm it shows one of them playing and letting go of thier mouse at one point to two hand the keyboard, I feel like youd have to be crazy good for letting go of your mouse ever to be a good thing


probably moon, wc3 is a bit different and the inventory is bound to kp1 kp2 etc so the right hand is used for that sometimes (a precise tp and stuff like that).
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Celadan
Profile Joined September 2010
Norway471 Posts
December 06 2010 21:42 GMT
#19
I just double clicked numpad 7 for tp(teleport) in wc3.

took my hand of the mouse for a split second, so definately a good idea.
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TheDoK666
Profile Joined May 2010
France179 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-12-06 21:44:37
December 06 2010 21:43 GMT
#20
ye on wc3 if u usually want to tp fast u just do 77 on the num pad so that's different game ... elky use both hand on keyoard but if he's using an azerty keyboard, things are different like the M is next to the L instead being down next to the N for example so ...
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