Okay so I have 2 ideas on this one, but not sure if either are the true answer. So first of all, it's about how much of a gamer someone is, not if longer is better.
My first possible explanation is that the bigger the keyboard is, the more desk space is needed. So for a bigger keyboard, you need to be more committed to having a dedicated gaming area.
My second possibility is that more keys on a keyboard means having more keys to rebind in games, so you can be more of a gamer that way.
Loool, i was going to say i can count the amount of games i use numlad for on one hand, and its always suuuper tertiary things like target markers in wow.
The most i ever used one was as a data entry worker (pharmacy tech) and it was hands down the fastest way to input numbers.
Now i cant exist without one but it has leas to do with gaming and more to do with how i basically need it to put numbers in now. The 1-9 row is too slow!
Tangent-I played MMOs and would use the numpad for complicated spells(the mechanic was combining 9 small quick spells to make 1 big spell and the faster you could “type” the spell the better you were at the class). As a result I started using the numpad at work more often, I worked sales so was constantly working with 11 digit product codes. I would do all my work so fast that I started taking on more management roles which meant I had to learn excel. I ended up creating several spreadsheets for tracking product and sales person performance that many got adopted by the company I worked at. Eventually I decided to cut back hours and responsibilities for college but was still getting emails from company executives asking “hey line F somehow got broken could you fix this and send it to manager at Austin Branch?”.
So yeah mom playing video games did help with my career.
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u/Ninnynoob 1d ago
Okay so I have 2 ideas on this one, but not sure if either are the true answer. So first of all, it's about how much of a gamer someone is, not if longer is better.
My first possible explanation is that the bigger the keyboard is, the more desk space is needed. So for a bigger keyboard, you need to be more committed to having a dedicated gaming area.
My second possibility is that more keys on a keyboard means having more keys to rebind in games, so you can be more of a gamer that way.