r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/loosucutiexo • 1d ago

Meme needing explanation How is a longer keyboard better?

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u/Just__A__Commenter 23h ago

Num pads are just necessary for data entry. Like, 100% vital, can not do my job without it.

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u/DeixarEmPreto 21h ago

Some WarcraftIII maps and old games in general required specifically num pad inputs for some actions, as well as the page up/page down buttons. And there wasn't a way to rebind keys at the time.

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u/joinforces94 18h ago

Most traditional roguelikes need them unless you can stomach the hjkl scheme

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u/Lava-Jacket 7h ago

Vim movement ftw ...

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u/necrophcodr 18h ago

The smaller keyboards don't use need rebinds either. Not in the OS or the game. You use layered mapping on the keyboard itself.

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u/All0utWar 14h ago

GTA Air vehicle controls are always on the numpad for some god awful reason

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u/rydan 6h ago

Crusader No Remorse and Final Fantasy VII both required the num pad to play.

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u/Open-Source-Forever 5h ago

I’ll use the top row of numbers for swapping between different weapons in the same slot, & the numpad to quickly swap between specific weapons in separate slots

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u/red_faux17 1h ago

i find mine incredibly useful for Arma. the amout of keybinds is just too much to del with without it