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Zoomers & Boomers are the same (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/iiiiiiitttttttttttt@programming.dev
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27501866

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[–] 14 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

There wasn't voice Chat in early games and you had to type fast to communicate and not die.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    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

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year 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.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year 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.

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