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

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