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Offline digi

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this guy needs an ergodox
« on: Sat, 16 August 2014, 10:07:32 »

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Re: this guy needs an ergodox
« Reply #1 on: Sat, 16 August 2014, 10:59:27 »
rofl, look at the sideways action on that.

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Re: this guy needs an ergodox
« Reply #2 on: Sat, 16 August 2014, 11:52:59 »
Where is this photo from? That guy looks a bit like a German I have met who has a deformed left hand.
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Re: this guy needs an ergodox
« Reply #3 on: Sat, 16 August 2014, 11:55:10 »
Where is this photo from? That guy looks a bit like a German I have met who has a deformed left hand.

Just a screenshot I grabbed from the CS GO tourney on Twitch this morning..

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Re: this guy needs an ergodox
« Reply #4 on: Sat, 16 August 2014, 12:12:02 »
Sideways keyboard totally normal in CS
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Re: this guy needs an ergodox
« Reply #5 on: Sat, 16 August 2014, 12:19:49 »
Sideways keyboard totally normal in CS

oh ok, why do they do that?

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Re: this guy needs an ergodox
« Reply #6 on: Sat, 16 August 2014, 12:23:50 »
Ergonomics

I think it's more comfortable
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Re: this guy needs an ergodox
« Reply #7 on: Sat, 16 August 2014, 12:26:47 »
Ergonomics

I think it's more comfortable

Also means more keys are within easier reach, so there's that as well.

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Re: this guy needs an ergodox
« Reply #8 on: Sat, 16 August 2014, 13:23:37 »
Sideways keyboard totally normal in CS

Yeah, it is almost standard. In fact, few players do not put their keyboard further away from their mouse in a slightly angled position.

f0rest . Though he is hard to recognize here with hoodie, and without beard and excess weight  :rolleyes:. Old fnatic picture but shows keyboard set up really well.

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« Reply #9 on: Sat, 16 August 2014, 13:37:20 »
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