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	Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?
	Posted By: Jabberwok	Date: 9/10/20 12:27 p.m.
	In Response To: Re: how many people still use keyboard controls? (Lion O Cyborg) Sure. I mean, mostly just wanted to know what people like to use, not what they think works better. I've played FPSs for a quarter century, using keyboard, mouse, controller, joystick, trackball, whatever; so I've already collated data on what works best for what. AFAIK, Marathon was not originally a mouse game, like all the FPSs of the era, so I didn't play it with one, and even to this day Aleph One's mouse support leaves something to be desired over some other sourceports of old games. Also, mousewheel for a Mac game? What kind of heathen are you? Just kidding.... : Always used mouse and keyboard from the start (with cursor keys as Solaris : intended, not the crappy standardised WSAD I might add), since I started : playing shooters via Half Life. Back then (I was about 4 or 5, 6 at most), : I still used left and right for turning until I learned how to rebind : keys. Marathon wasn't any different, though it was the first and only time : I've used the mousewheel to switch weapons instead of using the number : keys for hotkeys. : Some games are best played Keyboard only, like the original Pathways into : Darkness (classic Mac & OSX), the Golden 6 Tomb Raider games (plus : Core's TRAE if Ash's campaign is successful) and all PC 2D games that : didn't originate on console, but apart from those it's gotta be mouse : & keyboard for shooters, with a joystick or Xbox controller for both : racing games and games that don't have comfortable keybind options e.g. : most Sonic game PC ports, all console emulations or Bioshock Infinite. : Ross Scott put it best: "If the controls feel like you're steering with : your elbows, it can ruin almost any game. ...This doesn't mean I think : mouse and keyboard is the end all perfect scheme: I can envision many : better options. The keyboard doesn't have analogue control for movement. : But going back to keyboard or gamepad aiming to me feels like playing : basketball with one hand: it's harder and even if you get skilled at it : you're always going to be at a constant disadvantage." : Personally, I agree with that quote but I think the controller aiming part : only applies to older consoles like the Dreamcast, Gameboy Advance, PSP, : Saturn and both Family Computers as they were lucky if they even had one : thumbstick to work with instead of two.

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	how many people still use keyboard controls?	Jabberwok	9/9/20 1:12 p.m.
	Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	Forrest of B.org	9/9/20 1:33 p.m.
	:D *NM*	Jabberwok	9/9/20 1:38 p.m.
	Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	Bob-B-Q	9/9/20 1:58 p.m.
	Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	Jabberwok	9/9/20 3:20 p.m.
	Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	Lion O Cyborg	9/10/20 10:28 a.m.
	Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	Jabberwok	9/10/20 12:27 p.m.
	Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	Lion O Cyborg	9/10/20 1:12 p.m.
	Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	Jabberwok	9/10/20 2:14 p.m.
	Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	VikingBoyBilly	9/21/20 2:56 a.m.
	Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	treellama	9/11/20 10:26 a.m.
	Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	Jabberwok	9/11/20 11:59 a.m.
	Re: how many people still use keyboard controls? *LINK*	Aaron Freed	9/11/20 12:32 p.m.
	Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	Jabberwok	9/11/20 1:47 p.m.
	Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	helviusrufus	9/15/20 1:13 p.m.
	Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	Lion O Cyborg	9/16/20 3:59 a.m.
	Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	treellama	9/16/20 6:47 a.m.
	Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	ukimalefu	9/16/20 9:48 a.m.
	Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	Jabberwok	9/17/20 2:43 p.m.
	Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	Aaron Freed	9/10/20 12:20 p.m.
	Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	Jabberwok	9/10/20 12:30 p.m.
	Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	VikingBoyBilly	9/21/20 3:10 a.m.
	Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	General-RADIX	9/14/20 12:37 p.m.
	Re: how many people still use keyboard controls?	xcalibur	9/22/20 7:36 p.m.

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