Comments on: For less Left-Hander Discrimination in Gaming! http://blog.hexagonstar.com/for-less-left-hander-discrimination-in-gaming/ turn-based glory and pixel pleasure Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:41:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Vordan http://blog.hexagonstar.com/for-less-left-hander-discrimination-in-gaming/#comment-2603 Vordan Thu, 29 Sep 2011 10:33:43 +0000 http://blog.hexagonstar.com/?p=1023#comment-2603 Tried playing Shaiya about 20 minutes ago because I thought the reviews and game play I had seen looked pretty good for a F2P MMORPG. Well I get in the game, hit with the WASD stick and tried using the "click-to-move" feature and it was horrible. Quit the game and uninstalled it. Sucks that there is no configuration in some games, even with computer accessories, like gaming mouses. If some company out there made a gaming mouse like the Razer Naga although Razer came out with DeathAdder, they would make a lot of money...its not quite the Naga. Almost though, almost. I hate being left handed sometimes. Tried playing Shaiya about 20 minutes ago because I thought the reviews and game play I had seen looked pretty good for a F2P MMORPG. Well I get in the game, hit with the WASD stick and tried using the “click-to-move” feature and it was horrible. Quit the game and uninstalled it. Sucks that there is no configuration in some games, even with computer accessories, like gaming mouses. If some company out there made a gaming mouse like the Razer Naga although Razer came out with DeathAdder, they would make a lot of money…its not quite the Naga. Almost though, almost. I hate being left handed sometimes.

]]> By: xmorg http://blog.hexagonstar.com/for-less-left-hander-discrimination-in-gaming/#comment-1735 xmorg Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:42:00 +0000 http://blog.hexagonstar.com/?p=1023#comment-1735 I have seen a lot of Free MMO's which do not allow the directional keys to be used(left right up down) which is the perfect setup for lefties. instead they force you to use WASD which of course leaves you having to jump all the way across the keyboard to reach the other keyes. Righties would have the SAME problem if they had to use the directional keys. This is not something we should just accept and train ourselves to do the right handed way. its VERY simple to make programmable keys in a game, and its been done since the days of doom and earlier. Games like Shaiya, used to be able to allow left handed movement via the up key and when I returned to the game it was suddenly disabled, and couldnt be set via key config :( Other games like pefect world, etc, I havent even tried playing. Good games? Dragon's Age, Oblivion fallout, drakensang, WOW etc all allow lefties to setup their config the way they want it. I have seen a lot of Free MMO’s which do not allow the directional keys to be used(left right up down) which is the perfect setup for lefties. instead they force you to use WASD which of course leaves you having to jump all the way across the keyboard to reach the other keyes. Righties would have the SAME problem if they had to use the directional keys.

This is not something we should just accept and train ourselves to do the right handed way. its VERY simple to make programmable keys in a game, and its been done since the days of doom and earlier. Games like Shaiya, used to be able to allow left handed movement via the up key and when I returned to the game it was suddenly disabled, and couldnt be set via key config :( Other games like pefect world, etc, I havent even tried playing.

Good games? Dragon’s Age, Oblivion fallout, drakensang, WOW etc all allow lefties to setup their config the way they want it.

]]> By: dcfree http://blog.hexagonstar.com/for-less-left-hander-discrimination-in-gaming/#comment-990 dcfree Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:07:11 +0000 http://blog.hexagonstar.com/?p=1023#comment-990 LOL! I hear ya. I am a leftie as well, and have learned to use both hands for mousing. I can do most simple mousing with my right, but when it comes to games (FPS) I gotta go leftie. As for keyboard setup, I absolutely agree with you. Nothing annoys me more than a game that assumes that everyone uses WASD and leaves no option to customize. After all these years of game dev, seems like that should be in a list of 'must do' items when designing a game for general usability. There's probably some game design doc floating around the net that list those type of things out. LOL! I hear ya. I am a leftie as well, and have learned to use both hands for mousing. I can do most simple mousing with my right, but when it comes to games (FPS) I gotta go leftie. As for keyboard setup, I absolutely agree with you. Nothing annoys me more than a game that assumes that everyone uses WASD and leaves no option to customize. After all these years of game dev, seems like that should be in a list of ‘must do’ items when designing a game for general usability. There’s probably some game design doc floating around the net that list those type of things out.

]]> By: Macaca http://blog.hexagonstar.com/for-less-left-hander-discrimination-in-gaming/#comment-989 Macaca Sun, 27 Sep 2009 10:38:32 +0000 http://blog.hexagonstar.com/?p=1023#comment-989 This can be very trainable: a friend of mine is a leftie, but due to the cramped computer-area he used to have (when he started using the pc of his parents) he allways used the rightie setup. And stuck with it even when he got more space later (is more convenient no to have to switch stuff and settings around). So years later he plays his games this way (and FPS's very competitive too) even though he does anything else the same as 'normal lefties'. This can be very trainable: a friend of mine is a leftie, but due to the cramped computer-area he used to have (when he started using the pc of his parents) he allways used the rightie setup. And stuck with it even when he got more space later (is more convenient no to have to switch stuff and settings around). So years later he plays his games this way (and FPS’s very competitive too) even though he does anything else the same as ‘normal lefties’.

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