Do you have gamer claw when your hand rests on the keyboard?

[euro2019]

I just came to the realization that from all the PC gaming I've done, anytime my hand is on a keyboard in a picture for example (I have pics of myself on my laptop -.- "cuz im cool"), my hand has ALWAYS been on the WASD keys. Anyone else do this subconsciously?

I figured it'd be called Gamer Claw, then I found this: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Gaming%20Claw

 

[ThatLankyBastard]

Mine aren't on the WASD keys, but yeah... I never noticed that!

Thats pretty damn cool actually...

 

[oplinger]

Yup, WASD, pinky by tab to line it all up. it's how I type too. it's my home row.

QWD is more comfortable though. so sometime's it's that. Years and years of training.

...EDIT: my right hand is actual where it's "supposed" to be. >> oddly.JKL;

 

[Skorpyo]

Aw snap. I think I may have problems later in life.

 

[FalloutJack]

No...but as a kid, I discovered an affliction that I referred to as Nintendo Thumb. It's when enough playing will turn the thumb white.

 

[kidigus]

yeah, most of the time that's just where my hand lands. I have a bigger problem with PC wrist cramp - you know, after having your wrists setting on the edge of a desk for so long that they fall asleep and start aching?

Any hints on how to solve this?

You could try using a joystick, but that'd only help with one hand.

 

[Crelda]

My left hand rest on AEF with my little finger on shift and thumb on space.
Right hand is HI; with little finger on shift and my thumb on space.
I'm pretty sure that I don't type in the a way that people would teach somebody.
My hands are too long to rest near WSAD all the time so they spread out when I stop playing a game. I think my hands are made more for reaching hotkeys.
Looking at my keyboard now I have only just realised only the S and D keys have been rubbed off where every other key is completely intact. W and A have done well...

 

[hittite]

Yup, WASD. I'd noticed that before, but didn't really care.

 

[Zeromaxx]

My hands are slightly muscle bound from years of working out, so their rest position any time is a sort of claw. If I'm on a PC they're usually on the WASD keys, though.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

No, mine automatically go to what my computer teacher called "home row" (Left hand: a s d f; Right hand: j k l

That twelve week class a took with her a few years ago has that engraved in my body.

 

[ThePoodonkis]

I keep my left hand on the A, S, R, and G keys.

 

[Spadge]

Sure do, and I have it for ages. Pinky is on shift for run/crouch/lean/whatever is bound there. Thumb on space, right hand is space-H-I-O-enter.

 

[Koshok]

I'll default to resting my hand on A, S, and D whenever I boot up a game, but never any time else. If I'm, say, browsing the web, my left hand will rest below my space bar so I don't hit anything by accident.

 

[Varanfan9]

Pretty much. My knuckles are also raised which cause a lot of discomfort after a while.

 

[Mr Pantomime]

I dont rest my hand on my keyboard. but when it try I do have a claw over the wasd keys

 

[Retal19]

I have no clue why I have this 'Gamer Claw' when I never play games on my laptop. :|

Yet there it is, in all it's clawy glory.

 

[dark_mist34]

yup with small finger of the shift key thumb on space

 

[The-Bad-Blooded]

LOL, Sames, I have my hands in a constant WASD position and my lefty on the mouse... never noticed until now though...