am I the only guy here that can't type??

computerABUSER

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Good grief! this is just silly!!!

I'm probably the only man here who can't type and it's weird 'cause i've been on computers for at least 8-9 years and I still HAVE to look at the keyboard :)

Its sad I know...
 

Leper Messiah

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well I have terrible accuracy. I gross like 65 wpm, but after I go back and change all the sh1t I did wrong, its like 45.
 

talyn00

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Just try typing without looking every once in a while, to slowly get used to it. If you gotta look your typing speed is going to be alot slower.
 

Malak

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Originally posted by: Leper Messiah
well I have terrible accuracy. I gross like 65 wpm, but after I go back and change all the sh1t I did wrong, its like 45.

I have 99% accuracy at 80wpm.
 
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I'm self-taught but I sometimes glance down at my keyboard. If I want to, I can type without looking at it at all. but...as you can see...I spent a lot of time on forums. Practice makes perfect.
 

potato28

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Meh. I still type out essays in less than 5 minutes looking at the keyboard. These essays are usually over 500 words also.
 

HamburgerBoy

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I type with only my two pointer fingers and occasionally a pinky, but don't look at the keyboard. Is that good enough to be considered typing?
 

compnovice

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I type at a whopping 10 wpm's........

I wasted more than a minute of my life wasting this...
 

Juno

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OP, you are not alone. my mom has to look at the keyboard and she TYPES with her both index fingers!!@!

i'm used with the keyboard.
 

Malak

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Originally posted by: computerABUSER
I have 99% accuracy at 80wpm.

:shocked: :shocked:

:thumbsup:

:thumbsup:

Play text games and you can be the same. Just imagine playing an RPG where you have to type in every command. You can't just click the creature to attack, you have to type "attack"! You get very fast, very quick. I was only 30wpm before I played text games. 80wpm is my off-season, I've been retired for a couple years.
 

talyn00

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Originally posted by: Malak
Originally posted by: computerABUSER
I have 99% accuracy at 80wpm.

:shocked: :shocked:

:thumbsup:

:thumbsup:

Play text games and you can be the same. Just imagine playing an RPG where you have to type in every command. You can't just click the creature to attack, you have to type "attack"! You get very fast, very quick. I was only 30wpm before I played text games. 80wpm is my off-season, I've been retired for a couple years.

just play a mud and disable the abbreviations setting and you should really pick up your typing speed.

look gnome
consider gnome
backstab gnome
examing corpse
get armor corpse
sacrifice corpse
put armor bag
 

Malak

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Originally posted by: talyn00
look gnome
consider gnome
backstab gnome
examing corpse
get armor corpse
sacrifice corpse
put armor bag

Was that mud SMAUG-based?
 

Ronstang

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I do not look at the keyboard anymore and have not for a very long time. I think what did it for me, besides the typing class I took in HS a few centuries ago, was all the instant messaging I do with all my friends to stay in touch. IM seems to be my main form of communtication and I talk with friends all over the country and world. When you talk a lot this way it is ALL typing and pretty soon you get good. I am old fashioned also, I type out everything long hand no internet slang and short cuts for me....I guess I am just too old.
 

Captante

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I've gotten better at typing without looking at the keyboard all the time but I still take an occasional glance.. never measured wpm.