Lefties: do we need a different setup?

CCTEECCTEE Join Date: 2013-06-20 Member: 185634Members, Reinforced - Shadow
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Wondering if i should change around my keyboard settings. I am left handed so i use my left hand for the mouse, my right hand for the keyboard. Pinkie = space (jump).
I am used to it but i wonder if it's better to change the keyboard settings. Expecially lerking (flap, flap, flap) really destroys my poor pinkie after some minutes of play..
Any other lefties have advice?
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  • HeatSurgeHeatSurge Some Guy Join Date: 2012-09-15 Member: 159438Members, Reinforced - Supporter
    Why wouldn't you simply play with pl;' ? I thought that's what left-handed people did...
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  • UncleCrunchUncleCrunch Mayonnaise land Join Date: 2005-02-16 Member: 41365Members, Reinforced - Onos
    +1 as i am a lefty too.

    It's all about key-binding. The options panel allow you to modify key-bindings. Still; it's somehow poor.

    So lets sing my friends:
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  • radionautradionaut california Join Date: 2013-01-22 Member: 181192Members, Reinforced - Supporter, WC 2013 - Gold
    i'm left-handed and play with my arms crossed in front of my body. takes a while to adjust, unless you've spent any significant amount of time in a straight jacket.
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  • KwisatzHaderachKwisatzHaderach Join Date: 2012-02-06 Member: 143872Members, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Supporter
    radionaut wrote: »
    i'm left-handed and play with my arms crossed in front of my body. takes a while to adjust, unless you've spent any significant amount of time in a straight jacket.

    Reminds me of my left-handed brother playing Jedi Knight like that back in the day. Naturally, i copied him although I'm right-handed :)) Figured there was something wrong soon enough and went regular...
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  • DC_DarklingDC_Darkling Join Date: 2003-07-10 Member: 18068Members, Constellation, Squad Five Blue, Squad Five Silver
    Also a completely different thing to assist in your 'fix'.

    disclaimer:
    key-bindings will give a better result in every possible way & is cheaper. I just add something extra.


    You could get a, rather expensive, mechanical keyboard with atleast a cherry mx red switch on the spacebar. (Usually this means the whole keyboard is red).
    Red type very light. Then again, if you dont like the light touch you will have serious problems with such a keyboard.
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  • KamamuraKamamura Join Date: 2013-03-06 Member: 183736Members, Reinforced - Gold
    Lefties need red keyboard, makes sense ;-)

    But seriously, I have been always using pinkie to jump with no problem. It's from the old times where there was a lot of crouching and sneeking in fps games, and I have found out that holding a key with thumb is less tiring and does not block your fingers too much.
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  • DC_DarklingDC_Darkling Join Date: 2003-07-10 Member: 18068Members, Constellation, Squad Five Blue, Squad Five Silver
    I was saying the red switch type, types very light so your fingers go numb less fast.

    Its a long leap of mind, I know
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  • SounDWavE1SounDWavE1 Join Date: 2005-02-06 Member: 40096Members, Reinforced - Supporter
    I use the side of my hand to jump (spacebar) instead of my pinkie finger and it has not hindered my play in anyway (e.g bunny hopping in NS or playing lerk)
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  • KwisatzHaderachKwisatzHaderach Join Date: 2012-02-06 Member: 143872Members, Reinforced - Shadow, WC 2013 - Supporter
    edited August 2013
    I use my RMB with my right ring finger for jumping, works great too!

    Btw, I bought red switch keyboard recently adn it#s awsesome!!!1 Makes yuo go really fsatr!!! I'll never go back to those soulless rubber-crap mats! Best 50€ I spent in a long while.
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  • Visor1Visor1 Join Date: 2012-01-13 Member: 140300Members
    I'm left handed but use my right hand for some things like my mouse. I'm another kind of evil all together.
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  • CuelCuel Join Date: 2013-01-22 Member: 181295Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    I'm a lefti but have never used the mouse with my left hand.
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  • tarquinbbtarquinbb Join Date: 2012-11-03 Member: 166314Members
    a true left-hander turns the keyboard upside down.
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  • CCTEECCTEE Join Date: 2013-06-20 Member: 185634Members, Reinforced - Shadow
    Thanks for all the good and silly advice.
    I bought a decent but not overly expensive mechanical keyboard. Hope it does anything for me.
    I'll experiment with keybindings when it gets here. :)
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