Suppose you're playing a 0G game... a SRS 0G game with hard drop and soft drop: Which key do YOU use for hard drop? [I got inspired to ask this, after I had changed my configuration at LJ...and broke my personal record at 40 lines ]
I prefer using down. It puts the keys in a comfortable straight line, seeing as I use hard drop far more than I use soft or sonic drop, which I set to up.
I voted "else" at first because it is situational for me. If there is a firm drop, I have it as down. If there is only a soft drop, I have it as up. I'll change my vote to down since I would prefer to have a firm drop, which means I would prefer a setup where I would prefer a hard drop on down. EDIT: Too late, I'm locked into "else"
the space bar and the thumb are too slooooww. i use F for hard drop, and J-K-L for left-soft drop-right (in a row just like the arrow keys but it's less awkward for me).
I think he uses the index finger of his left hand. Edit: I voted Up because that's what I was used to from Tetris DS, but after seeing the reasoning of them all being on the same row and/or down=lock, I think I'll give Down a try.
I use up, but down seems like a tempting choice. It'll suck to have to adapt for Tetris DS, but whatever, tetlag is nothing new. numpad is for rotation (1, 2, 3) and 0 is hold piece. It's a compact scheme that mirrors the arcade layout.
J! (Right hand index finger reserved for the button I press most.) Home row FTW! Oh yeah, for all other devices besides keyboard: up. There's no "same row" principle on the Dpad, cellphone, arcade stick, etc.
that's why i voted "else". i just can't play with the keyboard and adapt to the drop being up or down rather quick. although i'll admit to not using down until recently on blockbox. i gotta say down to hard drop and up to firm drop is awful nice.
yeah that's right, just like Red Star. i'm right-handed but i haven't noticed my left hand is any slower.
Really? I tested it more than one time by opening notepad and timing say 10 seconds of rapidly hitting a key with each finger. My right index finger outperforms every time.
I've always used up for hard drop until I started manual locking in Texmaster and TGM. I use down now and wonder why I ever used up.
