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Exactly how I learned to touch type; only it was Discord not IRC. The more things change, the more they remain the same.
by agileAlligator 2y ago
Exactly how I learned to touch type; only it was Discord not IRC. The more things change, the more they remain the same.
- namaria 2y agoSame here. I learned touch typing to furiously debate online as well =) MSN messenger in my case haha
- Izkata 2y agoI guess a less usual one, compared to the other comments: For me it was StarCraft multiplayer, had to type fast so I could get back to controlling my units. Because I was rapidly going back and forth between the keyboard and mouse, it resulted in an unusual style where I use the outline of the keyboard for hand placement, and attempting to use the home row slows me down significantly.
- Esus 2y agoSurprised no one has mentioned Runescape. Touch typing felt like the only option for GE spamming lol.
- Terr_ 2y agoStarseige: Tribes and Counter-Strike: Sometimes a short thing while the character is coasting through the air. Tribes in particular also had a voice-tree, and while it was shorter than prose it still encouraged a certain degree of touch-typing. For example, typing VSAF (mnemonically [start][self][attack][flag]) led to text and prerecorded audio for "I will attack the enemy flag." Little of it survives now beyond references like VGZ for "Shazbot!"