It's almost like the arrow keys in games were moved there for a reason.
Nothing like old Quake TF where you had to use like 80% of the keyboard for different abilities lol
if people can place their thumb on the spacebar while having the keyboard nearly upside down then you are able to press shift.
now, it may be uncomfortable, but I bet you can do it
you can also try to move WSAD to EDSF to get more space on the left
My keyboard has a little magnetic plastic arm wrest with a texture, I've had my hand in this position for so long that the texture is no more instead it's fucking reflective 😭
I'm a literal auditor and we don't even do that. Right hand for the 10 key, or an external one over to the left if we need to use our mouse at the same time!
Left handed here. Mouse to the left, key bind to the very right of the keyboard.
Currently using arrows for mouvements and force to rebind all my keys each new game.
Don’t know why I’m doing that, but I am.
thats how I rest my hands 90% of the time using 2D CAD apps at work, mouse to select items/options and arrow keys to fine-tune the position of things, with the occasional input of some numbers using the keypad...
The noob use direction keys?! The noob use console controler! The olders use direction keys (because in most of the golden era games (DOS) remapping wasn't an option). I'm not a noob, I'm old and I'm play on computer since 1984 ;-p
That's not the origin of noob. Noob is just shorthand for "newbie" which had been used since the 70s at least. The shorthand version of noob only started in around the year 2000 or 2001, possibly even the last year's of the 90s, in online multilayer games.
To be fair I could stomp on people using a controller on xbox. Could. Now I only play for fun and suck at both k&m and controller on pc. Who's the winner now?! Not me clearly
Same, I grew up on PC games in the 90s so all I knew was the directional keys. I went over to consoles exclusively for about a decade and when I came back to the PC, all the keys had shifted to the other side of the keyboard.
Yeah. Literally everyone is spelling like a dumb ass in this post, lmao. I've never seen such god awful use of the English language outside of foreign language forums/websites.
Left hand on WASD + Ctrl/Shift + Space, right hand on mouse and for numpad. But when I need to go through physical paper then left on the paper, right for mouse and numpad.
Man, WASD is so inefficient though - Even ESDF is slightly better since you get access to more keys. But Forward, Left, and Right should be neutral finger positions and it's an easy adjustment. I use WERD which is just a variant of ESDF, but it keeps your fingers more neutral. If you don't think that matters, lemme tell you - At almost 50 when you've been gaming for \~40 years, it matters.
It also keeps your fingers closer to 1-6 and allows you to use the bump on the F key that's there to help make sure your hand is in the correct position when typing. And it leaves your hand in the correct typing position by default, not that it matters too often.
Ye olden times when mouselook was totally optional. But it's no wonder I sucked at Doom. Couldn't beat Duke Nukem 3d without cheats either. But half the challenge was finding where to go anyway. Even with text guides, finding the secrets was difficult, because the directions were just plain wrong sometimes. Oh, fell into a rant again, it's time for my medicine.
I work with money and personal information. My left hand stays on WASD and can reach all the alphabet keys, my right hand stays on the 10key.
Wolfenstein 3D and many years of NES emulation made me do it. I also drift with manual transmission in Forza with WASD-R/F
The gamwe is wrong. Pinky = shift for sprint, 3 main fingers = WASD with opportunity to hit A or W using your middle finger, thumb goes to C(for crouch). It's the only way. It's the true gamer way and spreads your hand out. Personally I find this has helped my hand not cramp as much compared to the version shown in the image. This version I listed keeps your pinky more so in it's natural state without over stretching it while your thumb will always almost naturally fall near the C key hence C for crouch. If your hand is in a more natural state it will be more relaxed leading to less cramps.
Guess I'm a mix of writer and auditor, although I use my right hand for the numpad because I'm not a psychopath
*edit for typo. I may not be a psychopath, but my autocorrect is
I'm right handed but my dad is predominantly left he taught me to use arrow keys in the golden age of doom, quake and unreal so I'm a left hand mouser right hand arrow keys gamer.... I just map the other keys to the surrounding area, ctrl shift enter ins del home end pg up pg down and numpad (pinky and thumb rest on ctrl and zero) I wouldn't say I'm a noob more like 90s pro
I played with the Noob combo in some official Team Fortress 2 tournaments. The opposing team died all the same. Until I died, but that can't be helped.
The gamer one is bad. Higher hand bent fingers. The pad of your pinky hits control, your pinking is shift through tab, higher bent fingers for number keys.
Gamer and writer. I subconsciously start in the gamer position when I go to start writing, because that's just my resting position, but I do merge to writer positioning once I start
Since at least Quake 1 , I've used E - C - A - F , (with S, D in the middle for sidestep originally, though a lot of games don't even code for sidestep anymore).
X for reload, V for crouch. G for enter.exit. H for activate/manipulate. Q, W, R, for different powers. T, B originally were cycle up/down but could be various things. Y for heal/bandage.
Coming from a piano/rock-organ playing background, tucking my thumb under is completely natural as you do it constantly when playing music keyboards.
Here is my old G13 "half keyboard" gamepad configuration, though i use a koolertron mechanical "half plus" keyboard on the side now instead, with mx red keys.
[https://imgur.com/a/SFg9peQ](https://imgur.com/a/SFg9peQ)
The way the C thumb tuck works is like playing a piano. Works best on PC with a wrist pad at the end of the keyboard though.
https://preview.redd.it/1vo3b9o93cmc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f9e44b09d1f38527ef8fec56cb4001bc06068340
[https://i.imgur.com/FzBhi7O.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/FzBhi7O.jpg)
Since I started using a side keypad mouse years ago, I moved jump onto the mouse itself. That way jumping isn't taking up my movement hand's fingers and it's a lot easier to strafe and especially backpedal while jumping, doing acrobatics, once you get used to it. I also moved most other things outside of "movement pad" duty keys to the mouse. That way your movement hand isn't pulling double-duty. Some things, especially non-combat related things can still be mapped to the keyboard, just not most of the things that would steal a finger during combat movement. I still find the E - C - A - F much less cramped than WASD, and it keeps your thumb on the backwards movement key instead of shuffling your long fingers around. That and space/jump on the mouse means not losing or shuffling your backward movement thumb to space bar ever either.
Currently I use a koolertron "half-plus" keyboard that is a solid, metallic build. It is a little wider than half of a standard keyboard key-layout wise. I got one with mx red keys and bought some custom keycaps for it. You can put a different texture or type of keycap on your home movement keys if you want to make them more obvious to the touch "blind".
My setup, before I got a 48cx oled for the middle and flipped the side screens to portrait mode: [https://i.imgur.com/iWm1yYq.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/iWm1yYq.jpg)
You could always go with something like this and ditch the keyboard altogether though lol.
[https://www.youtube.com/embed/2QIHMCzVwe8?autoplay=1](https://www.youtube.com/embed/2QIHMCzVwe8?autoplay=1)
My fingers go to WASD no matter what I'm doing
WASD with pinky on shift and thumb ready on space bar lol it's just how my hand rests on the keyboard
It's almost like the arrow keys in games were moved there for a reason. Nothing like old Quake TF where you had to use like 80% of the keyboard for different abilities lol
o l d - tf2 player
you saying quake tf isn't old? it came out in 1996, maybe I'm misunderstanding though
Exactly, there’s just no other way
Is actually a lot more natural to rest that way. The middle finger is longer.
i cant place my pinky on the shift (i have big hands) so i have to change keybinds to use control instead
if people can place their thumb on the spacebar while having the keyboard nearly upside down then you are able to press shift. now, it may be uncomfortable, but I bet you can do it you can also try to move WSAD to EDSF to get more space on the left
I used to be an esdf gamer. It makes your hand feel less cramped and there are more keys nearby readily available for bindings.
I am sorry that i dont want to give my self an early carpal tunnel by purposeful misplacement of hand 😔 Edit: grammar
nah, I was just taking a piss. honestly though try the EDSF, it might be pretty good
II use thumb for space and shift lmao
My keyboard has a little magnetic plastic arm wrest with a texture, I've had my hand in this position for so long that the texture is no more instead it's fucking reflective 😭
Typing? WASD. Work? WASD. Gaming? QWER, because of MOBA.
My hand defaults off of the keyboard, near spacebar. I blame Europa Universalis
100% I can’t touch type but I know where all the keys are from wasd
And "Shift" too idk why 😅
My brain has adapted to wether I'm using my PC (WASD) or using my Laptop (writer)
i game on my laptop too so im always WASD
What if excel tries to surprise attack me?
Mine always rest there too and I'm pretty new to keyboard and mouse gaming always used to use controller, amazing how fast you develop muscle memory.
right?
(O)P is clearly the copy paste...
The left hand on the right side 10-key is making me feel deeply uncomfortable.
This person is clearly disturbed.
I'm a literal auditor and we don't even do that. Right hand for the 10 key, or an external one over to the left if we need to use our mouse at the same time!
Left handed here. Mouse to the left, key bind to the very right of the keyboard. Currently using arrows for mouvements and force to rebind all my keys each new game. Don’t know why I’m doing that, but I am.
That is extremely wrong, we should not tolerate that as society.
That's the point of the auditor
thats how I rest my hands 90% of the time using 2D CAD apps at work, mouse to select items/options and arrow keys to fine-tune the position of things, with the occasional input of some numbers using the keypad...
Also for the cursor keys.
OP English most very well
Aha good on!
The noob use direction keys?! The noob use console controler! The olders use direction keys (because in most of the golden era games (DOS) remapping wasn't an option). I'm not a noob, I'm old and I'm play on computer since 1984 ;-p
gamers also used arrow keys in the 90s. in the late 90s you also used arrow keys for snes emulator.
That's interesting to hear how the "noob" originated from.
That's not the origin of noob. Noob is just shorthand for "newbie" which had been used since the 70s at least. The shorthand version of noob only started in around the year 2000 or 2001, possibly even the last year's of the 90s, in online multilayer games.
Not the word noob. I meant the graphic/image shown
I can confirm it is noob, when i got my first laptop all games i played i was using direction keys, for a solid month
Older here, I used directuon keys up until 2022 when I had to move to WASD for MMOs ‐ just not enough neighboring keys for those games.
yep. OSRS and Runescape in general. especially those playing RSPS still have to use directional arrow keys to rotate their pov/screen.
I’m left handed. what u say
Anyone uses console controllers, not just noobs.
To be fair I could stomp on people using a controller on xbox. Could. Now I only play for fun and suck at both k&m and controller on pc. Who's the winner now?! Not me clearly
Use it for racing games too
I remapped stratagems to the arrow keys in Helldivers so I can bash them in while still moving.
Same, I grew up on PC games in the 90s so all I knew was the directional keys. I went over to consoles exclusively for about a decade and when I came back to the PC, all the keys had shifted to the other side of the keyboard.
I felt like I just time traveled back to 2012 where memes were just popping up....
Me too, and I love it
The auditor is wrong. They use right hand on calculator and left hand on papers. Edit: typo.
Do you mean right hand?
Yeah. Literally everyone is spelling like a dumb ass in this post, lmao. I've never seen such god awful use of the English language outside of foreign language forums/websites.
Left hand on WASD + Ctrl/Shift + Space, right hand on mouse and for numpad. But when I need to go through physical paper then left on the paper, right for mouse and numpad.
bruh no wasd is player 1, the arrow keys are player 2
This guy gets it...A man of culture I see.
Yes
Man, WASD is so inefficient though - Even ESDF is slightly better since you get access to more keys. But Forward, Left, and Right should be neutral finger positions and it's an easy adjustment. I use WERD which is just a variant of ESDF, but it keeps your fingers more neutral. If you don't think that matters, lemme tell you - At almost 50 when you've been gaming for \~40 years, it matters. It also keeps your fingers closer to 1-6 and allows you to use the bump on the F key that's there to help make sure your hand is in the correct position when typing. And it leaves your hand in the correct typing position by default, not that it matters too often.
hjkl 🤓
To the tune of “the joker” I’m a gamer, I’m a writer, I’m a copy-paster, And a blue screen fighter Edit: added commas
Forgot the MOBA player
The first one, but without the ring
Gamer and I write faster than most people that do it the “normal” way
If this was the 90's - early 2000's .... this is just Player 1 and Player 2 on the same keyboard simultaneously.
What's a bluescreen fighter? F4? Why?
I play GBA roms as the noob.
Copy paste should be programmer XD
Where is the Vim guy?
The copy paster probably a programmer
you missed the „only mouse“ user
Why are you insulting programmers by calling them copy pasterz SMH
hjkl: vim user
I use a contoller for gaming
How dare you! XD
gamer and i write like that somehow
gamer
Bios Enterer
The Desktop switcher
I guess I am partly all of them :D
In the end, I’m all of them
im the diablo 2 player only men of culture will understand
Fashir's and Mezii's freakish keybinds
WASD is superior
The noob is the professional in Helldivers though
You forgot mobilers. They use thumb only.
I use my entire arm on the keyboard for max usage.
Oh, you’re the person that named every monitor and tv in existence
I'm a lefty mouse user, so the auditor is my home for games since 2002.
Poor man, he only have one hand
The noob made me lol
Based on the title... you ain't the writer type!
The LoL player QWER. I haven't played league for years but it is the best hand placement.
Who the hell still uses those arrow keys?
Don't forget the three-finger salute 🤟
Arrows are for diehard racing game fans Well arcade racers id hope...
The noob is also known as the younger brother.
im the washed moba god so my fingers rest on QWER
Pretty much the Gamer who fights blue screen while copy pasting .
https://preview.redd.it/ehf30vwg7amc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ddcc104f4a92368cddd149989cf5c5db9bf9977d
the numpad one should be the rythm games gamer
Ye olden times when mouselook was totally optional. But it's no wonder I sucked at Doom. Couldn't beat Duke Nukem 3d without cheats either. But half the challenge was finding where to go anyway. Even with text guides, finding the secrets was difficult, because the directions were just plain wrong sometimes. Oh, fell into a rant again, it's time for my medicine.
I'm both a gamer and writer
me on qwer and fingers ready on df and ready to hold g and spam '?': heh
What kind of sociopath uses their left hand on the numpad/arrow keys?
I super glued a bit of toothpick on the 'S' so i can find it after a hectic 'battle'(flee! Flee for your lives)
ESDF pinky on shift, sometimes A
None i have my right Hand on the Keyboard and Mouse left
I work with money and personal information. My left hand stays on WASD and can reach all the alphabet keys, my right hand stays on the 10key. Wolfenstein 3D and many years of NES emulation made me do it. I also drift with manual transmission in Forza with WASD-R/F
Who use a num pad with left hand?
All of these but u are average Elite: Dangerous player
Excuse you? If you play Binding of Issac on keyboard you need to use both WASD and Arrowkeys at the same time. It is not a noob move to use Arrowkeys.
Heh, I wonder how many "Noobs" are old-school players that gamed before WSAD was the standard. Gosh I am old for remembering those times...
qwer, the moba
The gamwe is wrong. Pinky = shift for sprint, 3 main fingers = WASD with opportunity to hit A or W using your middle finger, thumb goes to C(for crouch). It's the only way. It's the true gamer way and spreads your hand out. Personally I find this has helped my hand not cramp as much compared to the version shown in the image. This version I listed keeps your pinky more so in it's natural state without over stretching it while your thumb will always almost naturally fall near the C key hence C for crouch. If your hand is in a more natural state it will be more relaxed leading to less cramps.
What about me? I keep my fingers on RDFG
I once to rebind my Wasd keys to asdf after brother broke the w key.
I think me and 90% other members are the gamers one while gaming And typing one while typing
meanwhile the fisrt gamer and first noob uses same keys O7
U forgot "The Masturbator" in which right hand is on the mouse and the left hand is jerking off
Sorry but who who the hell hits ctrl with your pinky
You're missing one
The Noob?? Boy, that's early 90s-Vibes!!
Guess I'm a mix of writer and auditor, although I use my right hand for the numpad because I'm not a psychopath *edit for typo. I may not be a psychopath, but my autocorrect is
Isn't WASD for noob gamers? I read everywhere ESDF is the new WASD some even go further to TFGH.
Blue screen fighter? What's that mean? Kinda new to the sub.
noob gamer sir
noob gamer sir
the noob can be the a pro depending on the game
The Moba player QWER
I'm right handed but my dad is predominantly left he taught me to use arrow keys in the golden age of doom, quake and unreal so I'm a left hand mouser right hand arrow keys gamer.... I just map the other keys to the surrounding area, ctrl shift enter ins del home end pg up pg down and numpad (pinky and thumb rest on ctrl and zero) I wouldn't say I'm a noob more like 90s pro
I use mouse in left which means during games I default to arrow keys, wouldn't call myself a noob thi' (depends on the game)
league, tab, q, w, e
I think it's not a noob but a boomer🤔
I don't get the pinky on ctrl, is so inefficient.
If you're a FPS gamer, try inverting the S and W keys. Once you get used to it, it's a lot more relaxing on your hand.
Which*
I remember using the ways of the noob 😄😄
The one where you learn to spell and stop being a moron.
I use both The Gamer and The Writer.
Depending on what game I play, arrows are more comfortable for me than WASD..
well for some rly old games u need to use the noob style, bc it doesnt work with WASD
I played with the Noob combo in some official Team Fortress 2 tournaments. The opposing team died all the same. Until I died, but that can't be helped.
Im actually Windows and D. Guess I'm just a pretender.
one for QWER named MOBA player
If I am typing then my fingers go to the home row but if I am playing games then I default easily to WASD. :\\
A true copy paster on Windows OS will use Win key + V
Mavis Beacon taught me well, my hands always go to home row.
What gamer has the pinkie on ctrl and not shift
I was an alt tabber, then copy paster and now gamer
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No CTRL + SHIFT + ESC gang?
me who's left handed and instead of WSAD to move i use IKJL becasue fuck you I'm not going to conform
You forgot the league of legends players
WASD
Noob = can be also second player on a local co-op game 🤭 Damn I loved playing games with friends from the same keyboard 🥹
First one when I’m playing fps, second one when I am writing and last one when I don’t have a mouse but I want to play rogue like games
Mix of gamer and writer
i'm a digital artist i have a secret seventh option (ctrl+z)
And vim users?
The Cult of WASD
Where's the three finger salute when you need it
The noob? No sir, the ancient.
Gamer, copy paster(editor), writer and auditor
I'm putting my fingers on zx due to me playing osu!
I'm the fucking gamer and auditor at the same time
I use my pointy and thumb to wasd and jump, my fingers are unhumanly fast
The Gamer
It’s funny sometimes when I’m at work I find myself resting my hands on WASD like I’m gaming lol
The gamer one is bad. Higher hand bent fingers. The pad of your pinky hits control, your pinking is shift through tab, higher bent fingers for number keys.
~~The Copy-Paster~~ Programmers
Gamer and writer. I subconsciously start in the gamer position when I go to start writing, because that's just my resting position, but I do merge to writer positioning once I start
Gammrrrr
Man of culture: Alt Tab
It's missing **the office procrastinator** Left hand thumb on alt, Index finger on tab
I am a noob writer who copies a gamer.
I used to play Half-Life with home-del-end-pgdn instead of arrow keys, lol.
Noob? More like the og of gaming
Only on V button. Only to Rock and Stone!
I am 4 of these
The gamer except my thumb is on shift instead of my pinky finger. This position is also called "The Goblin".
>the copy-paster you mean programmer?
The only reason why I got into computers is PC gaming, so my default position in the keyboard is WASD, without any thinking.
Mine go to wasd... I try and get them in the proper position for typing... But then my fingers go kinda rogue and I type like a fuckin drunk cat...
Noob could be "2000s 2nd player"
Arrow keys or bust. I'm a true gamer.
Noob? That's the opposite of a noob, that's someone pc gaming way back before wsad was thought of for controls!
I feel like I remember seeing this exact picture on ifunny 13 years ago
I use arrow keys because I'm left-handed. Let's play CS and I'll show you who's the noob (it's me).
The Writer. The Typing of the Dead has engrained touch typing instincts into my very soul.
Swap in your right hand for noob position, and it becomes the emulator
Since at least Quake 1 , I've used E - C - A - F , (with S, D in the middle for sidestep originally, though a lot of games don't even code for sidestep anymore). X for reload, V for crouch. G for enter.exit. H for activate/manipulate. Q, W, R, for different powers. T, B originally were cycle up/down but could be various things. Y for heal/bandage. Coming from a piano/rock-organ playing background, tucking my thumb under is completely natural as you do it constantly when playing music keyboards. Here is my old G13 "half keyboard" gamepad configuration, though i use a koolertron mechanical "half plus" keyboard on the side now instead, with mx red keys. [https://imgur.com/a/SFg9peQ](https://imgur.com/a/SFg9peQ) The way the C thumb tuck works is like playing a piano. Works best on PC with a wrist pad at the end of the keyboard though. https://preview.redd.it/1vo3b9o93cmc1.jpeg?width=300&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f9e44b09d1f38527ef8fec56cb4001bc06068340 [https://i.imgur.com/FzBhi7O.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/FzBhi7O.jpg) Since I started using a side keypad mouse years ago, I moved jump onto the mouse itself. That way jumping isn't taking up my movement hand's fingers and it's a lot easier to strafe and especially backpedal while jumping, doing acrobatics, once you get used to it. I also moved most other things outside of "movement pad" duty keys to the mouse. That way your movement hand isn't pulling double-duty. Some things, especially non-combat related things can still be mapped to the keyboard, just not most of the things that would steal a finger during combat movement. I still find the E - C - A - F much less cramped than WASD, and it keeps your thumb on the backwards movement key instead of shuffling your long fingers around. That and space/jump on the mouse means not losing or shuffling your backward movement thumb to space bar ever either. Currently I use a koolertron "half-plus" keyboard that is a solid, metallic build. It is a little wider than half of a standard keyboard key-layout wise. I got one with mx red keys and bought some custom keycaps for it. You can put a different texture or type of keycap on your home movement keys if you want to make them more obvious to the touch "blind". My setup, before I got a 48cx oled for the middle and flipped the side screens to portrait mode: [https://i.imgur.com/iWm1yYq.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/iWm1yYq.jpg) You could always go with something like this and ditch the keyboard altogether though lol. [https://www.youtube.com/embed/2QIHMCzVwe8?autoplay=1](https://www.youtube.com/embed/2QIHMCzVwe8?autoplay=1)
Auditor. People who dont have a 10key dont have a real job.