Poll: Do you invert and how old are you -- testing a hypothesis

ArtemusClydeFrog

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I'm 22 and I don't invert. Unless inverted aim is default, since I don't have any problems switching between inverted and normal. But I've never been that much of an FPS gamer.
 

Cain_Zeros

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I'm 20 and I don't invert. Probably because my first experience with a Y axis was on the N64.
 

Condor219

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17, and I used to play with inverted, but don't anymore. Not quite sure when the shift came, it just did.

Irridium said:
19, not inverted. Though I do play quite a few flying games with an inverted axis(whats the plural of axis? Axii. Axises, Axis'?).

I can usually switch between inverted/non-inverted fairly easily, so yeah. I'm just awesome like that.

/ego boost
The plural is axes. Pronounced like saying act-sees.
 

Not-here-anymore

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21. Used to invert, stopped for some reason when Halo came out. I think because given the fact that people were largely playing 4-player split screen but swapping controllers regularly, it was just easier.

Still inverted for anything flying-based, though.
 

Telasro

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I'm 21, used to play inverted, but enough games didn't offer the option to toggle it (or made it too inconvenient to), that I switched to normal. Would probably play flight sims inverted, however. (If I played them)
 

Owyn_Merrilin

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J03bot said:
21. Used to invert, stopped for some reason when Halo came out. I think because given the fact that people were largely playing 4-player split screen but swapping controllers regularly, it was just easier.

Still inverted for anything flying-based, though.
Telasro said:
I'm 21, used to play inverted, but enough games didn't offer the option to toggle it (or made it too inconvenient to), that I switched to normal. Would probably play flight sims inverted, however. (If I played them)
Now this is interesting -- it seems like there's a lot of people in the 20-24 age range that inverted as kids but eventually switched. (You two aren't the first to say it, you were just right next to each other)
 

dogenzakaminion

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I used to invert, because I was used to flight sims and had never played PC FPD games before. When I started to branch out I figured it was easier to just keep it normal. I sometimes invert the x axis for 3rd person games, depending on how the original setup was.
 

Isgandar

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25, not inverted! Horses for courses.

DustyDrB said:
23, normal. The only "flight" games I played when I was growing up was Rogue Squadron on the N64. I believe it gave you the option to turn off inverted controls then. Inverted feels unnatural to me, and I struggle with it when I'm forced to use it.
Rogue Squadron! Amazing.
 

Araym

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I'm 18 and I prefer not inverted because my I just can't wrap my head around the idea that up doesn't make me look up.
 

Lancer873

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17 and it depends on the game. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. Usually if I play inverted I'll occasionally get mixed up for a moment, but I kind of prefer it in a way. Idk why, maybe it just makes me think a bit more.
 

Simskiller

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20 and normal.

Although I do play with my mouse upside down using the underside of my desk. (Mouse and keyboard are on a shelf in the desk)

And my reasons are comfert. I switch it back and forth depending how I shift in my chair.
 

Et3rnalLegend64

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Normal, 21. I only inverted for TimeSplitters 2 because the aiming was slightly unorthodox in that game and I couldn't play it normal.
 

Lazy Kitty

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Depends, most of the time I play normal, but when flying airplanes or spaceships I invert te y axis.

I'm 20.
 

War Penguin

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I'm 18 and I play normal.

I remember playing inverted and being confused out of my mind. I didn't play many flight sims so I never got used to it.