Why WASD

[TheRadioactiveGamer]

Why was WASD the gaming standard for movement? why not tfgh

[🍋 Lemonfed 🍋]

probably because it's near the same place where your left hand is when you type with the keyboard.

the only other setting I'd see would also be esdf but I think tfgh is a bit too far.

[ṼṏẌṏḭḊ]

Too far from Ctrl, Shift, Tab, 1, 2 and 3.

[StillFrozen]

Maybe this?

https://www.pcgamer.com/how-wasd-became-the-standard-pc-control-scheme/

[chiefputsilao✖️ping]

because of you use WASP, the P is too far.

...mystery solved!

[Alastor's Alibi]

As Voxoid said, some important keys are too far.
the function keys, esc, number keys, shift, tab, ctrl. Sometimes a game requires you to press multiple of these keys at once. It would be realle hard to do so with "TFGH" control scheme. Maybe even impossible for some people

[Schindler's Lifts]

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probably because it's near the same place where your left hand is when you type with the keyboard.

the only other setting I'd see would also be esdf but I think tfgh is a bit too far.

Yeah. I feel like the home row keys (ASDF) might have something to do with it as well. Since people at the time were already familiar with the home row position, WASD was probably a more natural position compared to something like TFGH.

Not gonna lie, I might give something like ESDF or RDFG a try someday. It sounds interesting. I'm still using spacebar for primary fire and mouse1 for jump in most games.

Since we're on the topic,

https://youtu.be/h88ybWcieao

[plutone00]

Because most people are right-handed. Some left-handed people I know use numpad instead.

[harley]

i personally like to use ijkl

[Irene ❤]

Maybe PC games have many action keys, so overtime people naturally moved movements to the extreme left WASD and action buttons from F to L.

[secuda]

Why change something that you grow upp with? Litterary, started off with Quake1 command option.

[kyew]

All it did for me was make me have to reconfigure every game back to the arrow keys.

[Bagel]

It's much more comfortable to hold your left hand over wsad than tfgh.

[Fumo Bnnuy n Frends]

ctrl alt 123 shift q e r z x c are all nearby and you're far spaced from the keyboard so you don't type like you never developed and grew out your arms.

Plus

Shift 1 key to the right and you can get your fingers on the asdf spacebar. Basically the position to type out stuff should the need arise.

T f g h you gotta move 3 keys to the left and if you're not looking can lose your place

[Kamiyama]

Some early DOS games used the arrow keys by default. I believe Doom was one of them.

I'm so glad that was trashbinned. WASD is much more comfortable to use.

I wonder why the arrow keys are even on the keyboard? I don't think I've really used them outside of games.

[Peter]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzcj2ntAIAI

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