Poll: Do you invert and how old are you -- testing a hypothesis
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The plural of "axis" is "axes". Words in "-is" take their plural in "-es" (thesis -> theses; basis -> bases) with "-ises" occasionally accepted (penis -> penises or penes, sorted in order of use/acceptance).Irridium said:
"-ii" is the plural of "-ius" (or rather, "-i" is the plural form of "-us", which I guess could lead to two Is in a row although I can't think of an example.). Ex: cactus -> cacti, fungus -> fungi. Note that some words in "-us" are still pluralized "-uses" (virus -> viruses) and some have many accepted plurals (octopus -> octopuses, octopodes or octopi, sorted in order of use/acceptance)
Apostrophes are never used to mark a plural, an apostrophe after a plural word ending in S marks a possessive (not that if the word is singular or doesn't end in S, you still us apostrophe+s as usual. For instance, "Ross's brush", "people's opinions". In the first example, note that it's also pronounced like "Rosses".)
Sometimes people use an apostrophe to mark a plural, but they do it before the S. In such cases, it's still correct not to use the apostrophe (the 8os, I have CDs) although using it is common so I guess it's also accepted?
To answer the OP's question, I use whichever controls are the default, inverted or not.
Finally a thread with a poll that is not about my avatar/last gun i used/ last thing i ate / last green thing that went in my mouth.
i'm 25 and i was a flight Sim nut growing up, still am actually.
But i think i am a part of a demographic you ignored. people who played Sims with joysticks.
i'm 25 and i was a flight Sim nut growing up, still am actually.
But i think i am a part of a demographic you ignored. people who played Sims with joysticks.
20, only invert in flight sims. I rather like the normal set-up because, in real life, you don't think about looking down and to the right to look up and to the left. I just prefer it that way.
27 and I play normal (though I was never much of an FPS player). Like most everyone else here it seems, when I play flying games it's inverted. Brings me back to the days of Chuck Yeager's video game.
Do kids nowadays know who Chuck Yeager is? *bones audibly creak*
Do kids nowadays know who Chuck Yeager is? *bones audibly creak*
There's a critical factor missing in this poll, now that I think about it. Control method isn't specified. I for one am a switch-hitter depending on input device.
Think of it this way-- you pull your head back to look up, and you push it forward to look down.
That's how I've always thought of it.
And that's why I play inverted on a controller. Always have. I played most FPSes M&KB initially, and up was always up there. But plugging in a controller throws a switch, and I need the controls to be inverted. Just must be something about the thumbsticks and the way my brain conceptualizes their movements.
Think of it this way-- you pull your head back to look up, and you push it forward to look down.
That's how I've always thought of it.
And that's why I play inverted on a controller. Always have. I played most FPSes M&KB initially, and up was always up there. But plugging in a controller throws a switch, and I need the controls to be inverted. Just must be something about the thumbsticks and the way my brain conceptualizes their movements.
Actually, I kind of assumed that if you were playing a flight sim back in the day, you used a joystick; I've even got one sitting on my desk, because certain flight sims (Especially the X-Wing games from X-Wing Vs. Tie Fighter on) require one to even boot up, and the rest just play better with a flight stick. Even when I play Battlefield, I prefer using a flightstick to keyboard and mouse when flying planes or helicopters.IsraelRocks said:
Depends on what FPSs you played; Dark Forces is the only one I ever played that had look up/look down but no mouselook, and that one was inverted with no way to switch it. A lot of the early mouselook games were inverted by default, but gave the option to switch it. As for control method, I would love to include it, but there's only room for 8 questions in a poll. I guess someone could start another poll asking whether people stayed inverted for all controller types, or varied depending on input method -- I have a feeling most people pick one and stick with it, but it would be interesting to see what the reality is.unoleian said:
