Yeah, exactly. It does slow you down just a smidge, but it removes the need to do finger gymnastics to hold shift + layer + tap (in this example) 2. Instead, it's just layer + 2 (hold for like 0.1s). You can also configure it to not apply to alpha characters, which is what I have, so it won't do anything unless it's a symbol or a number.
If you want to hold a character (2), then you tap, release, then hold within a configurable time frame.
I also think you mentioned it, but combos are also really nice, as is the leader key.
Leader key you press it and then you input a series of keys (or just one) and it acts as a new key. I have a lot of macros stored under leader key activations, like wrapping a word in (), or writing "->" or " !=" . There's a deep rabbit hole of customizing you can fall into here :P
It took me about a week or so once I dropped down to 34. Sometimes I would lose a key and that made me realize it needed to be moved if I couldn't easily remember it.
One thing I found super helpful was configuring autoshift for non-alpha characters. So now I can hold [ to get { for example, or 2 for @. It's helped a lot in reducing the size of my keymap. And as I said, home row mods are incredible once you become accustomed to using them.
If you're interested I can share my own keymap, which might help you come up with some ideas that help you.
That seemed like a lot of hurdles to have jumped through but I'm glad you stick with it and that you're enjoying it.
I originally thought people were crazy for using 40% boards, but with home row mods I'm now using 34 keys and I would never go back to using a standing row stag 60% again lol.
Welcome to the ergo split club, and the months of tinkering with your layout until it works the best for you :)
I loved the voice actors and the visuals of hades but I actually couldn't really get into it much. The gameplay just didn't quite work for me lol. Different strokes for different folks I guess
Thanks for sharing your opinion! I think a lot of people enjoy digging into a game via guides and wikis to learn how to min-max. I think I'm one of those people so I would probably enjoy that aspect it.
I think (without having played more than 1 run) that a lot of where improvements come from in skill is consistency, and that's something I enjoyed a lot is learning slay the spire (making most runs at least somewhat viable).
All that said, it's a game and you should obviously enjoy yourself playing a game, or leisure time in general :P
A shame it didn't land for you though
Very cool excerpt. Made me think of the witcher quote about lesser evil:
Evil is Evil. Lesser, greater, middling… Makes no difference. The degree is arbitary. The definition’s blurred. If I’m to choose between one evil and another… I’d rather not choose at all.
Somewhat related on windows 11, for some reason teams volume will desync from system volume. I'll put system volume to 0 and still be hearing teams. It's the same audio device being selected. I don't understand why it would ever work that way but here we are
I've played a decent amount of this game (nothing crazy, <20 wins on hard) and the new changes released recently feel pretty good! Would definitely recommend checking this out. I would personally recommend playing on mobile since it works so well for that platform
I've been playing pseudoregalia lately and it's been great in short sessions. It's an N64 inspired 3D platformer. The only negative for the short sessions is that you do need to find a save point to quit, but in my experience they're never more than 5 mins away.
I originally had the actual package for my distro. The issue is that it updates and then only provides me with the options of downloading a tar.gz or a deb file. I suppose I could just do a remove/install to get the updates, but I was kinda hoping to avoid having to do that
Hey, I know this has been a while, but hoping you might be able to offer some help with what to do from here. I think this is the offending issue causing the issue (but I don't know for sure).
Just wondering if you have any knowledge to share. If not, I can try to dig into this some more solo no problem. This link has the contents of my journalctl log with any mention of discord: https://pastebin.com/f9XGgiq5
Thanks a lot in advance!
This game is my favourite of all time. The characters in this game are incredible, along with each of the gameplay components. Cannot recommend checking the game out more.
I loved Ori 1 and 2. I hope you enjoy as much as I did :)