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I always thought that everyone did it the way that I did, with my ring, middle, and index fingers resting on A, W/S, and D respectively. Then I read this article and my mind was a little blown at all the other ways people handle their keyboards in games.

Now I wonder if anyone here does it any differently.

Ah, gaming, the best way to ruin touch typing skills. Cheers for the article! I've always wondered if the ruin went the opposite direction.

Unfortunately I could never wrap my head around touch typing, so I use WA S D with middle, index, ring, thumb to space, pinky to shift (although it's unnatural to go anywhere near CTRL for me, so I usually keybind CTRL to one of the keys near WASD. R, perhaps).

I somewhat ghostly know where most of the keys are, so id K txh sbiy mu sysz ans type I nees ti reoriemrate mt sekd by ioenung them 9j oddxatuin. (so if I try shut my eyes and type I need to reorientate my self by opening them on occasion. Huh, got more right than I thought).

Ah, gaming, the best way to ruin touch typing skills.

Says you! I type 90 words per minute without ever looking at the keyboard and I hold my left hand in exactly the same way I do when gaming. I actually struggle a lot less to hit shift than those poor fuckers who use the "proper" technique when typing.

Back to the topic at hand, it depends on what game I'm playing. Recently, I've been playing a lot more with a controller, as it is less detrimental to my back (I have rheumatoid arthritis, after all) when I can sit back in my sofa with a wireless controller. Still the only game I play with a keyboard and mouse is Overwatch. And for that one, the usual way of using the keyboard works fine.

I didn't have a specific style of using the keyboard until I took computer classes.  My style was literally completely random.  Since then I have used that WSAD spacebar, shift style.  Unfortunately I have always had a rather slow typing speed.

It really depends on the game though.  Sometimes I use custom keybindings, other times I just use the default with the various typing styles.

With my old keyboard, I could type 100+ words per minute with 99% accurate without ever looking at the keyboard. However, I still have to get used to the feel of my new keyboard.


I have my left hand on WASD and pinky usually on shift, but sometimes on control. I often hover between the two but hover over shift more. When my right hand isn't on mouse, I default my right hand as the following: thumb on space, index on j or h, middle on i, ring on o, and pinky on '(")

I use WA S D with middle, index, ring, thumb to space, pinky to shift

^How I do it.

I use WA S D with middle, index, ring, thumb to space, pinky to shift

^How I do it.

This. Though I prefer using a controller to be honest. Even on pc.

I also do WASD with middle/ring/index, though my pinky is often on ctrl.

This is also how I usually browse the web (plus thumb on alt sometimes), for quick access to keyboard shortcuts.

I do WASD with ring on W/S, middle on D and sometimes for C, pinky usually on shift but also for A/ctrl, and ring on F and for R/T/G.

I do it the same way, using my pinky for shift & control, ring finger for A, Q and 1, middle finger for W, S and 2, index finger for D, E R, F, T & G with my thumb resting on the space bar so it's ready to hit the nearby V, B and N keys.