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

[Twilight_guy]

Looks like there is no significant statistical correlation. Better luck next experiment.

 

[josemlopes]

I only played Timesplitters 2 inverted since I didnt know how to change it when I got the game, for 1 year I played the game with the aim inverted while playing other games with a normal aim, it took me about 3 minutes to get the hang of it everytime I switched games.

 

[Wilbot666]

31 and normal. I never liked inverting it, even for old classics like Quake, Blood etc.

 

[MikeOfThunder]

I have a feeling that most people who invert are my age or older, and most people who don't are younger, and I'd like to test it. For reference, I'm 21.

I'm 21. I play FPS normally now but i used to (until i was about 15) play inverted on everything. I decided to get used to playing normally due to Halo. Halo was the first game that me and my friends constantly got together and played at each others houses. I can't tell you how annoying it is to be the only inverted player in a big group and having to always switch the controls around after gaining the controller every single god damn time! So I chose to get used to it the other way and never looked back, my brother and dad play inverted thats why I picked it up.

Normal and proud

 

[WorldCritic]

Normal and age 19.

 

[elbrandino]

I can't really vote because there's no option for what I do, but I only invert depending on the individual game. I always invert on flight sims though.

 

[Vonnis]

25, not inverted. As I mentioned in another thread, the only time I invert the Y-axis is when I'm playing a flight sim with a joystick. Inverting the Y-axis feels natural in that scenario, but in any other it just feels weird.

 

[bam13302]

i only invert on flight sims

 

[Arafiro]

19 and invert. Seems completely counterintuitive to do it any other way, actually. I tend to run around like a complete fool looking at the sky if I take the controller from somebody who plays with a non-inverted y-axis.

 

[Geek_DR]

Looks like there is no significant statistical correlation. Better luck next experiment.

Well frankly, there is a pretty obvious correlation: The older one is, the more likely it is they will prefer inverted. Look at the ratio increase between each age group.

5% 13-16
10% 16-19
18% 20-24
36% 25+

(rounded, and at time of writing)

It's nearly a geometric increase.

 

[DirgeNovak]

22, inverted - real cameras work that way, why not videogame cameras?

 

[Broken Boy]

35 & normal unless i happen to be playing a flight sim lol

 

[Caffeine Rage]

Twenty-eight and normal except for flight sims.

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 form is axes. Yes, you use the same word if you have more than one ax or more than one axis. English is one screwy language.

 

[thecoreyhlltt]

i can't stand inverted controls for FPS games, but if it's a flight sim or any kind of game involving flying then hells yeah i invert them bitches!!!!

 

[Baneat]

i can't stand inverted controls for FPS games, but if it's a flight sim or any kind of game involving flying then hells yeah i invert them bitches!!!!

But is it inverted if that's the way it's meant to be? (With regard to how a real flight-stick works)

What a mindfuck.

 

[Owyn_Merrilin]

Looks like there is no significant statistical correlation. Better luck next experiment.

Well frankly, there is a pretty obvious correlation: The older one is, the more likely it is they will prefer inverted. Look at the ratio increase between each age group.

5% 13-16
10% 16-19
18% 20-24
36% 25+

(rounded, and at time of writing)

It's nearly a geometric increase.

That's what I was thinking. It's not as strong of a correlation as I was expecting (I was thinking that by the time you hit 25, it would be over half of the population), but it's a pretty strong correlation all the same. Inverted aim isn't very popular overall, but it's more popular with older gamers.

 

[Vivace-Vivian]

Inverted. I'm 20, I don't play flight sims. It's just how I roll.

 

[Saviordd1]

You have your numbers twice....

Wouldn't have made more sense to say something like 13-16 then 17-20 or whatever instead of 13-16 and 16-20?

 

[LarenzoAOG]

I invert on flight sims and keep it normal in fps's and other games.

 

[redisforever]

Here's my problem. I do both. If a flight sim isn't inverted, I can't play it. When a FPS is inverted, same problem.

Now, I used to play FPS inverted, but now I can't. On one of the OXM demo discs in 2005, I think, there was a demo for Destroy All Humans. There was no option to play inverted in the demo, but I was determined to play it, so I did. I unlearned inverted. Now, I play normal.

Also, my friends are confused by how low I set the sensitivity. Usually lowest, or second lowest setting.


Also, I'm 16. If that helps.