EPTAre 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.
Numpad for Control groups.
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njAl
Norway156 Posts
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]
United States1935 Posts
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LazyMacro
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kathode
United States265 Posts
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Grebliv
Iceland800 Posts
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intergalactic
Canada428 Posts
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MoreFaSho
United States1427 Posts
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FLuE
United States1012 Posts
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. | ||
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njAl
Norway156 Posts
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nastyyy
United States262 Posts
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jamesr12
United States1549 Posts
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njAl
Norway156 Posts
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
United States5142 Posts
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FLuE
United States1012 Posts
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. | ||
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njAl
Norway156 Posts
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MadNote
Lesotho75 Posts
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. | ||
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R0YAL
United States1768 Posts
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Grebliv
Iceland800 Posts
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
Norway471 Posts
took my hand of the mouse for a split second, so definately a good idea. | ||
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TheDoK666
France179 Posts
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HollowLord
United States3862 Posts
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mprs
Canada2933 Posts
2 Cases: 1) You use your left hand: Then they are further than your regular 1 through 0, so it makes no sense 2) You use your right hand: Absolutely retarded. What if you need to forcefield in a match up? What if you need to quickly hold position, or attack move with all 3 of your control groups? No. No. No. I can't believe I spent 3 minutes of my life writing this, maybe I should have put some insults to make it worth my time lol. Hope this helps. | ||
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njfail
United States127 Posts
 But, some gaming keyboards actually have num pads on the LEFT side of the keyboard as well. I was thinking of buying one for using items in wc3, but when I heard sc2 wasn't going to have heros or items, I decided not to. So it could actually be quite efficient if you have a num pad on the left side of your keyboard, because I think taking your hand off the mouse is like losing your weapon in a sword fight :\ | ||
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Zzoram
Canada7115 Posts
Custom key bindings might change that though. Make "attack" the right arrow key, "shift" the down arrow key (can use to put units in ctrl groups), and all the unit/building hotkeys in the Insert/Home/PgUp/PgDn/Del/End block. | ||
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Ameba-AZ
United States79 Posts
So probably not something that is generally going to be viable. | ||
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TheDoK666
France179 Posts
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B-Wong
United States240 Posts
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eviltomahawk
United States11135 Posts
If you have a third hand, however, then it would be an excellent idea. | ||
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Gofarman
Canada646 Posts
I can't see it being feasible enough to set up a system to use the number pad but pro's definitely do use both hands on the keyboard from time to time. | ||
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crms
United States11933 Posts
On December 07 2010 06:22 njAl wrote: No, it was a publicity stunt by razer to promote their products. you sure know a lot about something you never watched... back on topic, I'd never suggest using the numpad unless you completely mapout new custom hotkeys. | ||
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Rhombus
United States187 Posts
On December 07 2010 06:22 njAl wrote: No, it was a publicity stunt by razer to promote their products. So.... you saw it? I could imagine numpad to be useful for some sort of lefthanded keyboard layout, but it would be something you'd have to get used to. I don't know of anyone who does it. edit: should probably refresh threads before posting. | ||
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vicariouscheese
United States589 Posts
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zak
Korea (South)1009 Posts
On December 07 2010 06:15 njAl wrote: Oh, ok, im sorry i dont watch commercial crap put out by companies that have purchased gamers to sell their product. ....lol your comment is so uncalled for. the video was just a FPVOD of moon playing WC3. Just so the public can see his apm. It wasn't a commercial. | ||
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