Hi Shaun, Interesting enough I haven't had a lot of formal computer training myself. Truth is most of what I know is through direct experimentation, trial, and error. It was only when I went to college that I got some formal training, IE the paperwork to back up what I actually know, but a person can learn quite a lot through just taking an old PC and experimenting with things on his or her own. The problem with most people is they are too afraid of braking it to really experiment with it much.
However, getting back to the topic at hand if you want to break out of your blindy experience you are going to have to invest both time and a little money in a more mainstream setup. For instance, the Logitech F710 wireless controller is a decent controller for a newbie, is small and portable, and works with a number of audio games. As I mentioned before I can keep mine in my laptop case along with the USB receiver out of the way when I don't need it, and it only cost me about $49 USD. You could start off playing some arcade games like Troopanum II to get use to the controller, and then graduate to something more complex like 3D Velocity or Rail Racer. The more you get use to it I think the more you will like it. Cheers! On 8/11/14, shaun everiss <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree with you tom. > To be honest I have had practically no mainstream experience, I > started with nothing to blind. > I guess if I grew up with mainstream it wouldn't be as bad, but I didn't. > Its going to be a struggle to get round it. > Most of what I had training wise was by me fiddling, reformatting and > crashing the computer. > My training was to only use keysoft. > Bar some basic jaws training I got ages ago I have had no computer > training, some of it is from manuals and program help and shortcuts in > menus. > My training is a bit hap hazard. > But my official rating was never to even use windows, play games, or > even use word. > My training was to use keysoft 1.33 for dos for word documents only > and nothing else. > I have a few other things now for office but none of my official > training was for me to leave my zone, I did that myself. > Maybe if i got a device and was allowed to play with it maybe I'd > actually get somewhere. > But people are always saying you can't use this because you can't see > it and if I get into it and start fiddling round they see how much > trouble I am having and say its a bit hard, I havn't had a good go really. > I have had some little success with playing with my cousins some team > games but not much. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
