• suicidaleggroll@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      9 hours ago

      Exactly this

      Early Starcraft got me from ~10 wpm to near 100. You had to type those messages fast before your base was invaded and you died. If I had been born either 5 years earlier or later I don’t think I’d be nearly as fast a typer as I am today.

    • randomname@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      12 hours ago

      that’s how I learned to touch type without “learning” It intentionally. never bothered using home keys but I can type at 100-ish WPM and 95% accuracy

      • Crozekiel@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1·
        9 hours ago

        Same… My left hand home keys are wasd because I truly learned to type playing Team Fortress Classic online and needing to communicate without any voice chat. All the classes I took in school for typing didn’t get me anywhere, but needing to warn the engineer in the flag room he had 2 incoming because I was down… That got me typing with gusto.

        Honestly, these days with voice chat everywhere, I feel like I am kind of out of practice and probably have slowed down since I do more typing at work than at home.