Topic: The Chit Chat Thread

@ralphdibny @Jimmer-jammer @Thrillho When the Liverpool FC from a few years was aired in America, they had put subtitles in for some of the scouse accents, as some people couldn't understand them!

God, I had so many issues of this. I’d love to see all those demo disks again and some of the great and not-so-great games they had. The Net Yaroze games were normally a highlight.

(I should probably have checked the front page of this website first...)

I just learned that apparently some people use their middle fingers to press L2 and R2. What in the world. I never even thought there were other ways to hold a PlayStation controller. Other than that horrible FromSoft claw thing that’s awful on the joints where you hold circle to run with a stray finger while moving the right stick.

@nessisonett When I read that I instinctively thought that I used my middle finger for the R2 L2 triggers but I had to actually pick up my controller and think about it. 😅
Nope, I slide my index finger down to hit both triggers with the index. Middle finger just holds and stabilized the handles. Good to see I’m normal.

@nessisonett @Th3solution same, I think the design is meant for index finger on the 1’s and middle finger on the 2’s but it doesn’t work for my old hands.

Oh, and @Jimmer-jammer, just to let you know... I’m gonna play Ashen through in July. So end of July, start of August for co-oping final boss on Children of Sissna?

@Jimmer-jammer @colonelkilgore Yeah, I think the issue is that when one is pressing down quickly and repeatedly on the R2 trigger, if your index is laying over the R1, don’t you sometime inadvertently press the R1 since the index finger moves a little when the middle finger presses down?
I mean, sure, if it’s a complex input and both a 1 and 2 need to be pressed simultaneously then I’d use the middle finger, but it doesn’t happen often. Not counting Heavy Rain, that is. 😂

@nessisonett Ha, I’ve gone to post about the same thing on here before.

I am in the “index fingers for both” camp but the other one I notice I do is press square and triangle with my thumb pad but press X and O with my mid thumb (at the joint) so that the pad is still on the square button.

Is that the norm on here too?

@Thrillho I go X & Circle with thumb-pad and Square and Triangle with thumb-tip.

I usually just use index fingers on triggers but I know there was a game that made me do the middle finger thing without even really thinking about it. Felt kinda natural for that control scheme. Obviously I don't remember which game it was
Pressing X and O with the "mid thumb" is the way to do it IMO. In some games (like fighting games) you sometimes need to press X+Square or O+Triangle so that's pretty much how the game expects you to do it.

@Voltan you guys must have baby-thumbs... my thumb pad covers all four symbols. Having said that, I do have a particularly big thumb. I’ve always had to take the largest bowling ball as my thumb doesn’t fit in any of the smaller ones.

Yep I'm am middle finger user too, I think. I've never thought about it previously. Will have to see later when I play something. I do have small hands though, being a short ass.

I use my index for both unless there is a game that requires both buttons at the same time which is fairly infrequent, especially in the PS4 era.

I do claw for fighting games though but I bought a fightpad ages ago which has R1 and R2 as face buttons (still claw but without having to move your hand back around to hit shoulder buttons) and subsequently an arcade stick for fighting games

@Thrillho I actually do that too with my thumb. I think it’s a hang-up from the Cube though, using different parts of my thumb to hit the various oddly shaped buttons.

Not sure if any of you are familiar with this channel but I'm always interested in thought provoking content, this one piqued my interest and may do the same for you. Lemme know what you think if you watch.

@Voltan I was discussing this topic in here before, but just wanted to get your take on it as a fellow musician. I was in and out of bands for about 10 years and the lifestyle that goes with playing rock can eventually take it's toll on someone. Do you, yourself, or did you in the past subscribe to rock n' roll excesses and vices in life? Do you believe it's a necessary lifestyle for every musician or can you just play the music and limit yourself to coffee and water? I am planning on going teetotall asap as well as moving away from rock and further into jazz as I feel like you completely have to abandon that style of music in order to escape the lifestyle that accompanies it. How do you feel about it? Do you feel a balance can ever be struck between the two things?

Hell no. That's all fine and good if you're in your 20s, in a punk band, playing the local bars. I know some musicians who are like that but honestly you're going nowhere if you try to keep that up. Not just because you're not going to deliver performances as good as you should, but also you're going to be nuisance to work with (for promoters, sound engineers etc) and word travels fast.
I had to "fire" people from a band because of it before.

I'm not a strict "no alcohol before a gig" kinda guy but you gotta now your limits and the art always comes first for me. Most actual pros I know only drink after work.

reading the previous comment got me thinking - does anyone play video games inebriated & do they play better ? single player or multiplayer , doesn't matter ; i know when i take a few hits of weed to reach my limit , i play better at times than i could otherwise. its great but sometimes it sucks because i'd have to depend on it sometimes to play better. and weed ain't cheap >_> its like another car-gas bill .

@Voltan Very insightful and useful, thankyou.

@nomither6 I used to spend a lot of time with Mary-Jane and would game while doing so... though not to the extent that I do now. I actually think I game more now to fill the vacuum left by MJ.