I can't press shift with my pinky.

[emoboy x]

So lately I've been playing a lot of fortnite.Please don't hate on me I don't want to start meaningless arguments with people that say fortnite sucks or whatever because I like it and that's my opinion. I have been using my ring finger to press shift, caps and ctrl since I was little when I started playing video games. That's been bothering me lately and it prevents me from building at my fastest in fortnite because I can't run then. Changing keybinds won't help me. It feels like I have no strength in my pinky maybe because I have never used it for anything, not even typing. So my question is what do you guys think I should do? Continue struggling(because I have to put in a lot of strength in my pinky to press the button and hold it for a long time) or just buy a mouse with extra buttons and bind that to run. Please let me know what finger you press shift with, not like it's going to help me a lot. Also do you think the problem with me feeling no strength in my pinky will go away if I just use it a lot? I am really confused ;D

[Klara]

Pinky finger, obviously.

[Klara]

I usually use my pinky finger to capitalize my letters in sentences, which is why I am used to pressing shift.

[emoboy x]

Originally posted by strλighty:

I usually use my pinky finger to capitalize my letters in sentences, which is why I am used to pressing shift.

I have never used it at all. So going from ring to pinky right now is pretty hard.

[Mikasa Ackerman]

i can even reach the M5 key with my pinky if the other fingers are on wasd its just practise

[L7vanmatre]

Well, both options seem suitable enough for me, but personally I'd just start using the pinky if I were you. It does take a lot of effort at first, but your finger will get stronger. It's like when playing Guitar Hero on Hard/Expert, the biggest hurdle is using that weak pinky to press buttons, but it'll get stronger!

You can also use a mouse like you said if you want, it's up to you, but that's just my opinion. A mouse may simply be better for you, and that's okay.

[emoboy x]

Originally posted by L7vanmatre:

Well, both options seem suitable enough for me, but personally I'd just start using the pinky if I were you. It does take a lot of effort at first, but your finger will get stronger. It's like when playing Guitar Hero on Hard/Expert, the biggest hurdle is using that weak pinky to press buttons, but it'll get stronger!

You can also use a mouse like you said if you want, it's up to you, but that's just my opinion. A mouse may simply be better for you, and that's okay.

Thanks for giving me your opinion. I was going to try the pinky anyway because I can't get a mouse this month so at least try before buying a new mouse. I've already settled on Deathadder 2013 but I am going to try with pinky because I am trying to save enough money for a 144hz but144hz monitors are expensive af for average people like me. Thanks for your opinion I appreciate every comment(except hate ones)

[Mikasa Ackerman]

Originally posted by L7vanmatre:

Well, both options seem suitable enough for me, but personally I'd just start using the pinky if I were you. It does take a lot of effort at first, but your finger will get stronger. It's like when playing Guitar Hero on Hard/Expert, the biggest hurdle is using that weak pinky to press buttons, but it'll get stronger!

You can also use a mouse like you said if you want, it's up to you, but that's just my opinion. A mouse may simply be better for you, and that's okay.

i agree
at first i had to rebind crouch to q in minecraft since shift was hard to reach, now i can bend my pinky finger all the way to the left in a 45° angle

[emoboy x]

Update
Ok I know you guys might not really care but I am really grateful to each and one of you. I have been starting to get used to pinky, and my new bindings and my building has gotten way faster. Right now, as I am typing this, I click shift with both my pinky and ring because I am still not quite used to it. I just started getting used to it, but I just got a 5 kill game, and these 5 kills came from the first 2 minutes. Me, clicking shift with my ring would have never done that, as weird as it sounds. So yeah, I just wanna say thank you one more time to everyone who told me to try with my pinky(basically everyone). Thank you!

[L7vanmatre]

Originally posted by de way:

Update
Ok I know you guys might not really care but I am really grateful to each and one of you. I have been starting to get used to pinky, and my new bindings and my building has gotten way faster. Right now, as I am typing this, I click shift with both my pinky and ring because I am still not quite used to it. I just started getting used to it, but I just got a 5 kill game, and these 5 kills came from the first 2 minutes. Me, clicking shift with my ring would have never done that, as weird as it sounds. So yeah, I just wanna say thank you one more time to everyone who told me to try with my pinky(basically everyone). Thank you!

You're welcome mate! Have fun!

[Mikasa Ackerman]

Originally posted by de way:

Update
Ok I know you guys might not really care but I am really grateful to each and one of you. I have been starting to get used to pinky, and my new bindings and my building has gotten way faster. Right now, as I am typing this, I click shift with both my pinky and ring because I am still not quite used to it. I just started getting used to it, but I just got a 5 kill game, and these 5 kills came from the first 2 minutes. Me, clicking shift with my ring would have never done that, as weird as it sounds. So yeah, I just wanna say thank you one more time to everyone who told me to try with my pinky(basically everyone). Thank you!

thats good to hear

[femboyemmy]

so how did it go? im asking because i have this problem too and if you succeded than i will try it too

[emoboy x]

Originally posted by LEGENDxREMIX:

so how did it go? im asking because i have this problem too and if you succeded than i will try it too

I learned it in one weeks and then auto-run came out.

[Zubenelgenubi]

Train that pinky.

[🜂∴🜏 Cassie]

I have very long fingers, so if my hand is on WASD placement, I can even reach Shift with my thumb. It gets sore that way though, so eventually I just got good with the pinky.

[alicerinz]

I use my thumb to press shift,ctrl,alt,tab etc.Never thought of doing it any other way