Comments on: Gaming gave me skills

By: mraz

mraz — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:54:00 +0000

I got 76 wpm and I corrected my mistakes.

By: Donna

Donna — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:06:36 +0000

The only problem with that test is that it doesn’t take into account accuracy. I did a respectable 57 wpm, but that’s because I corrected any errors that I made as I went along. If I didn’t correct my errors I got a much higher score.

By: Uzi

Uzi — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:21:55 +0000

Average about 75 wpm.

I wonder if those can type are more inclined to become web-surfers and PC gamers?

By: theBlackHalo

theBlackHalo — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:38:00 +0000

Counter-Strike taught me that if i whipped out my knife i can run faster.

Oh and bunny hopping around in Notts helps me dodge the bullets. recommended.

By: Tony

Tony — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:57:54 +0000

I got 68 when I tried it. Only tried it once so don’t know if I could consistently achieve that.

I tend to type fast but I definitely don’t type the “correct” way, my hands are all over the keyboard, not rooted to the home location.

By: Laura

Laura — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:45:05 +0000

I got 43 but typing fast makes you look geeky anyway :)

By: Van-Fu

Van-Fu — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:22:06 +0000

71 wpm? 81 wpm? I won’t mention my feeble 41 wpm.

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 12:50:14 +0000

I was earning between 70-85 WPN depending on the sentence I was being given in that test. In the real world, I probably don’t really get that anymore. There was a time when I was faster than this.

The problem for me is that I never learned to touch-type the traditional way either; I was self-taught because my best-friend was taking classes and I needed to keep up over IM!

Another issue is that I’m constantly switching between full-size, laptop, netbook and Apple keyboards, which all have slightly different spacings and positioning of certain keys, such as “;” and “~”.

By: Emily

Emily — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 12:40:57 +0000

81 wpm :D
I’ve saved a screenshot incase no-one believes me!

Games certainly do teach you things, I think the game I learned the most from is Age of Empires, partly from playing the campaigns but also because the virtual instruction manual is full of information on all the civilizations.

By: arc14716

arc14716 — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 11:29:52 +0000

71 wpm too.

By: CrunchbiteJr (John)

CrunchbiteJr (John) — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:52:19 +0000

71 wpm!

And Typing of the Dead! God I loved that game :D