Hi guys...

I was just handling lots of icons in my desktop today and I found my self Ctrl+Clicking while trying to select all similar icons at the same time... like if that would work... hahaha

I was then thinking, how has starcraft hotkeying affected your daily life, from typing faster to making silly mistakes like mine.

ieatkids5

United States4628 Posts

September 27 2009 09:22 GMT

I guess I'm pretty good at any shortcut requiring ctrl and any other key because of hotkeying control groups lol

jfazz

Australia672 Posts

September 27 2009 09:24 GMT

Since playing computer games seriously, my typing has improved to crazy levels. People often ask if I have done a professional typing course

mmp

United States2130 Posts

September 27 2009 09:28 GMT

I like to spam box-select icons on the desktop as though they were idle SCVs.

I also spam Ctrl+Tab/Ctrl+PageUp/Ctrl+PageDown/Alt+Tab to cycle tabbed windows and windows quickly so that I can detect a drop on any of my applications and transfer SCVs.

I also idly 1a2a3a4a5a.

I'm a programmer so my typing was already fast, but precision is better (particularly around the b, v, and p keys).

This thread sucks and is embarassing. :p

Hot77.iEy

Finland1486 Posts

September 27 2009 09:30 GMT

On September 27 2009 18:28 mmp wrote:
I like to spam box-select icons on the desktop as though they were idle SCVs.

Zapdos_Smithh

Canada2620 Posts

September 27 2009 09:34 GMT

It's made an amazing change in my daily life yes.

writer22816

United States5775 Posts

September 27 2009 09:39 GMT

On September 27 2009 18:28 mmp wrote:
I like to spam box-select icons on the desktop as though they were idle SCVs.

Sosha

United States749 Posts

September 27 2009 09:43 GMT

I think its really only affected my typing.. Of course i been using a comp for many years now, since I was like 13-14.. so about 10 years.. so you're bound to increase ur efficiency level, but I started out having to look at the keys while typing etc..
then I think BW really helped bridge the gap, through playing online, even though I was super noob at the time, playing money maps, having to type all the time..

"help"
"go counter"
"he coming me"
"i tech"
"lets go red"
"u D up, i'll finish zerg"
etc..

so ya, now I can type no problem, but im sure thats like the 1st thing everyone picks up, from comps alone.. I can still type pretty rediculously fast though, a lot faster than other normal ppl I know.. they take so long.. like they're trying to spell the word in their head.. and typing 1 letter at a time.. I could prolly keep up w/ someone talking liek a stynographer (ppl that type spoken dialogue in courtrooms), but its harder when u have to have correct grammar and punctuation.

I suppose BW might has affected my multitasking ability in an overall sense.. I'm constantly thinking what needs to be done, next-step wise, and try to do something that will accomodate the completion of that task while still performing the original.. hand-speed etc, concentration maybe.. that sorta thing..
Other than that.. it's just a game :O
very.... complicated... game..

EvilTeletubby

Baltimore, USA22256 Posts

September 27 2009 10:03 GMT

On September 27 2009 18:28 mmp wrote:
I like to spam box-select icons on the desktop as though they were idle SCVs.

Oh god I do this.

RaptorX

Germany646 Posts

September 27 2009 10:09 GMT

#10

what is your most weird/funny mistake in real life by the fault of any game?

like when i made a selection box on icons and then right clicked in another part of the screen expecting the icons to move there... I mean that type of "improvement" :D

GTR

51490 Posts

September 27 2009 10:20 GMT

#11

i always
type
like
this
to
people

intrigue

Washington, D.C9934 Posts

September 27 2009 10:22 GMT

#12

i think starcraft shattered my attention span - i can't just stay on one thing very long even if it's a movie or something. at the very least i'll be tabbing around and monitoring other programs for the slightest change. i even tab in and out during the build times of my first few workers sometimes, just because watching that progress bar can be so BORING =]

evanthebouncy!

United States12796 Posts

September 27 2009 10:43 GMT

#13

lol I always drag select the folders in a directory and click on each individual ones before clicking into a particular folder

meegrean

Thailand7699 Posts

September 27 2009 10:43 GMT

#14

when i want to say goodbye to my friends on msn, i type:

+ Show Spoiler +

jfazz

Australia672 Posts

September 27 2009 11:01 GMT

#15

Hahah, I just remembered once telling off a friend because his hand placement on the keyboard was "too lazy to max his apm". I got some quizzical looks

Mortician

Bulgaria2332 Posts

September 27 2009 11:52 GMT

#16

On September 27 2009 19:22 intrigue wrote:
i think starcraft shattered my attention span - i can't just stay on one thing very long even if it's a movie or something. at the very least i'll be tabbing around and monitoring other programs for the slightest change. i even tab in and out during the build times of my first few workers sometimes, just because watching that progress bar can be so BORING =]

This.

I often watch a movie and chat with friends

dhe95

United States1213 Posts

September 27 2009 12:14 GMT

#17

On September 27 2009 19:20 GTR wrote:
i always
type
like
this
to
people

haha me too! especially funny since it lags some of my friends with bad computers.

Hayarok

Israel95 Posts

September 27 2009 12:41 GMT

#18

lol, i spam 1a2a3a4a and 5sh6sh7sh all day long tt

neutralstate

Singapore51 Posts

September 27 2009 14:29 GMT

#19

On September 27 2009 19:03 EvilTeletubby wrote:

Show nested quote +

Oh god I do this.

omg lol so do i and it always pisses off my girlfriend lolol. She's always like... "yes yes i'm very impressed with your apm. stop it. go away."

AtlaS

United States1001 Posts

September 27 2009 15:04 GMT

#20

my friends always find it odd that i click control with the bone of my upper right palm (right below the pinkie). i never used to do that before starcraft.