Left handed gaming

[lewis.birchall.99]

I am a left-hander with everything, therefore my left hand is significantly stronger than my right hand. I have been wondering, if I was to make the switch from my right hand to my left hand for gaming, if I overcame the awkwardness that would arise at first, would it improve my aim in competitive games (such as CS:GO, which is my main game)?

My aim with my right hand is not bad by any means, however, I have always felt sloppier with my right hand (as if I constantly have to adjust my aim rather than my crosshair going where I need it to in the first place). I believe that if I switched from my right to my left, this problem would not occur anymore.

My other problem comes with my keyboard, as the WASD configuration that everyone uses is not something that can be easily switched, due to the qwerty layout of every keyboard, ever. How could I overcome this issue, is there a different type of keyboard that I could use specifically for gaming that I could reprogram to have WASD on the right (so that I dont have to reconfigure every single game). Or are there any other places that I could configure my current keyboard to allow the same flexiblity that WASD provides.

Any suggestions or advise are welcome, and any people that use their mouse in their left hand, I would love to hear what you have to say.

P.S. As a side note I am currently using my mouse at work in lefthanded mode, and while it does feel weird, I already feel more confident 'point and clicking', knowing that my cursor will go where I want it to.

 

[Lutfij]

There's a saying, practice makes perfect. You can't just jump into something and end up champion. Yes there are people who tend to show some feats of that nature but miracles do happen. You will still need to work on your migration from the right hand to the left.

 

[Shoomer]

You could try a gaming keypad. A few are reviewed here... https://www.gamingscan.com/best-gaming-keypads/

 

[NiaNia]

I am a left-hander with everything, therefore my left hand is significantly stronger than my right hand. I have been wondering, if I was to make the switch from my right hand to my left hand for gaming, if I overcame the awkwardness that would arise at first, would it improve my aim in competitive games (such as CS:GO, which is my main game)?

My aim with my right hand is not bad by any means, however, I have always felt sloppier with my right hand (as if I constantly have to adjust my aim rather than my crosshair going where I need it to in the first place). I believe that if I switched from my right to my left, this problem would not occur anymore.

My other problem comes with my keyboard, as the WASD configuration that everyone uses is not something that can be easily switched, due to the qwerty layout of every keyboard, ever. How could I overcome this issue, is there a different type of keyboard that I could use specifically for gaming that I could reprogram to have WASD on the right (so that I dont have to reconfigure every single game). Or are there any other places that I could configure my current keyboard to allow the same flexiblity that WASD provides.

Any suggestions or advise are welcome, and any people that use their mouse in their left hand, I would love to hear what you have to say.

P.S. As a side note I am currently using my mouse at work in lefthanded mode, and while it does feel weird, I already feel more confident 'point and clicking', knowing that my cursor will go where I want it to.

I am a Left Handed gamer and use my right hand to aim as well, however I don't believe you switching to your left will work as much as you think it will. Not only must you train your right hand to use WASD, you must also use the other keys games use such as z,x,c,v,q,e and r. All centered around WASD for a reason.

It would be more of a pain to have a key layout designed specifically for every game and not awkwardly where you accidentally hit other keys or have a shift in balance due to meeting ends of the keys/keyboards. Rainbow Six Siege and Overwatch come to mind in the amount of key bindings you'll have to make and position so they can easily be pressed by your right hand and not have to move your right hand.

 

[Gam3r01]

Personally, I think its going to end up with worse results.
KB+Mouse is not really a dominant/non dominant setup. Your keyboard hand has to be just as familiar, if not more so, than your mouse.
The mouse you just move around, dominant hand or not this is relatively simple to learning (or re learning) where every key is and being able to subconsciously locate them. When typing, I type faster with my left even though I am extremely right hand dominant, its not even close.