I bring sad news.

[DarkManticoreX2]

My up arrow key on my dell no longer registers anything. because of this I am forced to learn a different playstlye. Say hi to someone who is finally gonna learn spread.

No I am not happy about this. Now wheres that mapping keys with pictures thread.

If there's a keyboard out there with flat keys that can connect with a ubs someone let me know. I can't replace the KB on my laptop though.

[Izlude77714]

Re: I bring sad news.

wtf

[TheRapingDragon]

Re: I bring sad news.

Well, that sucks for you.

Can't you use the numpad or something instead?

Or use keymapping to set yourself up somewhere.

[UberMario]

Re: I bring sad news.

arrow keys to numpad isnt THAT big of a transition esp. if you keep using left and down on the arrow keys.

[dawg4321]

Re: I bring sad news.

now you will discover the true potential of spread....and maybe beat me in the next tourney

[DarkManticoreX2]

Re: I bring sad news.

I'm on a dell inspiron labtop, It doesn't have a numpad. I could try using the letter keys, but nothing's exactly the same.

I just AAA'ed trip to the moon, at least i can still do some things.

lol. I'm annoyed already, I cant FC one last battle.

OK, were gonna find out how fast I can improve playing spread in the next 10 days.

Day 1,

[Izlude77714]

Re: I bring sad news.

new comp plz

[BoRiS X RaD]

Re: I bring sad news.

if you go to frys electronics they have a usb keyboard with flat keys that is even smaller then a lap top key board.

[lumphoboextreme]

Re: I bring sad news.

:P now i have someone to compete against trying to learn spread.

[itmorr]

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My Logitech keyboard is usb and the arrow keys are very flat. Maybe that could be something to look into.

[ieatyourlvllol]

Re: I bring sad news.

Very unexpected...

Knowing your PA, I can't wait to see how well you play with spread.

[wickedawesomeful]

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Yeah. I think I'm going to switch to spread.

[Loot You]

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I switched to spread from 1 hand when I made this account a month ago, I know how you feel. So far I'm progressing pretty well, I think my best "would have been" score was getting 3/4 of the way through 20031023 with 4 goods. You were a little better than me at 1 handed, too, so you should progress even faster.

[Dronak]

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I'm on a dell inspiron labtop, It doesn't have a numpad.

I have a Dell Inspiron, too, and my keyboard has a number pad. However, it's on other keys, not a separate set of keys. They're on the keys in the box of 7 to 0 to / to m. You can access them with either the Fn key (holding it) or Num Lk, but you might have to get into the system options during boot up to toggle which one is active. I think you can only have one or the other working, not both at the same time.

That being said, you're right that it still isn't quite the same because the rest of the keys aren't aligned the same way as the arrow keys are. If your keyboard is like mine, a possible alternative would be to use a key mapping program to set the F10, F11, F12, Num Lk or Delete, End, Page Dn, Home to act as the directional arrows for use in FFR. Up and down will be directly over/under each other instead of angled, but the keys are a bit smaller than the arrow keys. On my keyboard, it looks like a similar key alignment exists for `, 1, 2, F1 and 1, 2, 3, F2, if you wanted to try those instead.

If you're used to using things like hjkl for directions (like you can do with vi/vim and probably other Linux/Unix programs, or possible some rogue-like games), mapping the arrows to those keys would probably be another good choice. However, I kind of doubt many people are used to using regular letter keys for directional control, so this probably won't help much.

I'm not sure what USB keyboard would be a good replacement. I've never used one myself. Hopefully you can find something. One possibility, though I don't know if it will work, is a portable keyboard like the ones used for PDAs. Maybe the connection is totally wrong and this won't work, *but* I expect those keyboards are similar in design to a laptop's so if it worked, it might be good.

I hope this is of some help to you. Good luck with learning spread or finding an alternative. I've tried two-handed play before, but don't have the patience to stick with it.

[DarkManticoreX2]

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LOL end of day one.............. Yeah spread is pretty gay