35 and "normal." Although if I'm playing a flight sim, I have to have the controls inverted, I just can't fly it if they're not.
Poll: Do you invert and how old are you -- testing a hypothesis
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Despite what my profile says, 17 and normal, unless I'm flying something. If you're interested in this, read this [http://twitter.com/#!/thatbarnettblok] twitter feed. A while back he was talking about just this.
Hm, well falling into this poll's minority was probably the best that could expected.
To me inversion simply feels organic and real seeing as looking down means you have to bend your neck/head forwards: a motion I like to capture in the analog stick.
To me inversion simply feels organic and real seeing as looking down means you have to bend your neck/head forwards: a motion I like to capture in the analog stick.
I'm 23 and only invert for flight controls. It's been weird going back and playing Majora's Mask which has inverted aiming for the first-person bits (blowing bubbles and arrow shooting).
Like I said though: I prefer to keep my FPS action un-inverted.
Like I said though: I prefer to keep my FPS action un-inverted.
I definitely agree. I'm 22 and I always invert. For my it's not "push up to look down", we hold controllers horizontally anyway (at least I do), so it's really more "push forward to go down" exactly like a flight sim, or flying a real aircraft, and for me, these sorts of controls just translated directly to FPSes like the original 007 Goldeneye (which was, and still is AWESOME). It's just how joysticks work in my mind.
I'm 26, and I don't invert for 'loose' crosshairs (i.e. ones that roam across the screen- see Rez) or for mouse control on the PC (I imagine that's pretty rare to invert mice- trackballs, sure, but not mice).
I do invert on consoles, and I believe that's due to a lot of flight games (i.e. when using thumbsticks, I've been primed for inverted controls by N64 flight games, like Pilot Wings).
I do invert on consoles, and I believe that's due to a lot of flight games (i.e. when using thumbsticks, I've been primed for inverted controls by N64 flight games, like Pilot Wings).
I think its odd that your number of polled inverted people is relatively constant in each age group. With the exception of the first group each has about 50-ish people. The sample sizes vary but the inverted number hold mostly constant giving larger percentages in smaller groups. Weird.Owyn_Merrilin said:
I was actually surprised it was over a third at any point. I don't play inverted, and I have only one or two friends who do.Owyn_Merrilin said:
I hadn't thought about it, but as soon as I saw your thread, I expected something like the correlation that emerged. I expected it to be more of a spike around my age group (25) rather than a more noticeable curve.
Cool thread! *thumbs-up*
I am 19 an I always played inverted. I grew up using an N64, and the shooters I played were inverted. It's a habit that I'm proud of and symbolizes my age as a gamer (see poll).
I will say, however, that some of my friends get frustrated when switching controllers with me - sometimes we take turns playing shooters online.
I will say, however, that some of my friends get frustrated when switching controllers with me - sometimes we take turns playing shooters online.
25+ and normal. I try to stick as close as possible to the default control scheme since I never know where and on who's console/controller I'll be playing, and fiddling with a control scheme while friends are anxiously waiting to shoot me makes me feel like a tool.
