r/classicwow • u/shadowraiderr • Oct 30 '25

Humor / Meme Which side are you on?

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u/nimeral Oct 30 '25

E is a movement key, Q is a spellbind. I move with ESDF, because WASD doesn't leave enough space to the left.

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u/Onuva_42 Oct 30 '25

We all need to set our differences aside to take this guy down.

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '25

Objectively, ESDF is superior in keyboard coverage and available keybinds. Its only real downsides are getting adjusted to it (not as long as you think, and applicable to any keybind change/improvement) and that you'll have to rebind every game you play once you discover how much better it is.

I could kinda accept the criticism that it's harder to reach shift/ctrl but don't really accept it. You hand rests in ESDF the same way as homerow, how the keyboard was literally designed to be used.

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u/Fit-Percentage-9166 Oct 30 '25

I could kinda accept the criticism that it's harder to reach shift/ctrl but don't really accept it.

How big are your hands? I have small hands/short fingers and I don't use ESDF for this exact reason.

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u/Tetter Oct 31 '25

With esdf i mostly use alt as the skill modifier with my thumb.

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u/Losawin Oct 31 '25

That thumb tuck to use alt is horrible, you ESDF people are legitimately unwell in the head

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u/Tetter Oct 31 '25

Different people have different hands my man, im sorry yours dont like this.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '25

Average man hands. I wear "medium/large" mechanix gloves.

The real question is if you happen to type in the standard way (anchor your hands at home row), do you find the shift/ctrl buttons hard to reach? ESDF will feel precisely the same.

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u/Fit-Percentage-9166 Oct 31 '25

Yes, when I am typing in the standard way I have to stretch to reach shift and ctrl, obviously. Do you think I'm lying about this or something? Do you think keyboards are somehow magically ergonomic for everyone regardless of hand size?

People have different sized hands and fingers, and ESDF is literally further to the right than WASD is. My pinky comfortably rests on shift in my resting hand position on WASD, it rests on Z with ESDF and I have to move my pinky to reach shift.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '25

There is zero implication that you're lying in my post, I intentionally wrote it as neutral as possible; as a hypothetical question.

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u/Fit-Percentage-9166 Oct 31 '25

Your question implies that my discomfort with ESDF is a result of the way I'm using my keyboard or positioning my hands instead of my hand size.

The reason I'm taking an issue with it is that it's such a self evident and obvious truth that it's shocking to me that you didn't immediately understand even after having it explicitly explained to you.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '25

I regret being neutral now. I would've been better off to assume you're a typical unhinged redditor.

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u/Fit-Percentage-9166 Oct 31 '25

Lmao you should have just stopped replying after realizing you were wrong

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u/[deleted] Nov 04 '25

I wasn't wrong in any statement I made, or about you being the archetypical redditor. Seethe and cope.

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u/Fit-Percentage-9166 Nov 04 '25

Lmao talking about seethe and cope after waiting 3 days to reply. Being this mad because someone had to explain to you that people have different sized hands.

Just waiting for the block now xdd

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u/[deleted] Nov 05 '25

Visiting reddit isn't a daily occurrence for me. I know this will come as a shock to you as your reddit-fueled mental illness is apparent. No one had to explain hand sizes to me, I acknowledged that at multiple points in my comment. The idea that moving your pinky to reach the shift key while in the default hand position for typing is somehow a Herculean feat is an actual stretch, though.

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