On 18 May 2002 at 9:19, Jim Sharkey wrote: > > J. van Baardwijk wrote: > >The Fool wrote: > >>Better players use the keyboard in Doom Like games. > > > >Personally, I prefer a combination of mouse and keyboard. I use the > >mouse for moving around and shooting, and the keyboard for the other > >functions. > > I think most players do. I imagine the Fool is in the minority with > this. But if it works for him, that's all that matters.
I disagree, there is no way for highed skilled level play to be done without a mouse, but eh. > >And then there is the fact that I not only play games like Quake and > >Unreal, but other types of games as well, which are almost impossible > >to play without a mouse. Ever tried playing games like Command & > >Conquer, SimCity, The Settlers or Space Empires with a keyboard > >instead of a mouse? Total Annihilation (which does have some twitch component, but it's not the samw as the skills you need for a FPS), most RPG games > I wouldn't want to play RTS or TBS games without a mouse. i can't > imagine playing StarCraft without the mouse, even with the use of > keyboard hotkeys. I can't imagine playing StarCrap period, but that's just me :P Andy Dawn Falcon
