The keyboard snob who told me my 60% layout was ruining my aim in shooters

About three months back some dude in a ranked lobby said my tiny 60% keyboard was why I kept losing close fights. I laughed it off at first since I'd been using it for like two years. But I swapped to a full size with a numpad and arrow keys for a week just to prove him wrong. Turns out I was hitting the wrong keys way less and my reaction time in games like Valorant actually got better. I still think 60% boards look cleaner but I can't argue with the results. Has anyone else had a random comment change up their whole setup like that?

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wells.reese4d ago

Turns out I was hitting the wrong keys way less" - that's the part that gets me. Were you fat-fingering stuff like hitting Q when you meant W, or was it more about not having arrow keys to move around in menus quickly?

the_susan4d ago

Read a study recently that said small keyboards actually improve accuracy over time.