Hotkeys, R U Still in Skool?
“Beware of the door with too many keys.” ~ Portuguese Proverb
I haven’t been playing my WOW account much lately, but my friends have been using my priest when they need PvE heals. They have also been looting my bank for crafting mats. They had permission, but I admit, I didn’t think they could go through 20 stacks of lichbloom in just a few weeks. They designated a representative from their chapter of Herbwhores, Anon. and he called recently. After confession, I had roughly the following conversation:
Anon. Herbwhore 01: Oh, and I remapped your action bars.
Me: Why?
Anon. Herbwhore 01: I’m not sure how the hell you had them set up, but I needed to assign hotkeys better.
Me: Oh, I never use hotkeys.(long pause)
Anon. Herbwhore 01: I don’t understand.
Me: I don’t use hotkeys. I just cast.
Anon. Herbwhore 01: Cast how?
Me: I click on the spell icon, duh.
Anon. Herbwhore 01: Then how do you target?
Me: I click on the target.
Anon. Herbwhore 01: Wait. You use the mouse to select target and then you use the mouse to cast?
Me: Yes.
Anon. Herbwhore 01: That’s twice as much… (long pause) …how in the fuck do you heal so fast?
Me: I’m epic, Beavis.
Anon. Herbwhore 01: This is why no one wants to raid with girls.
Interestingly, in a completely unrelated conversation I had today:
Friend: …a 5-button mouse.
Me: Mice have five buttons?(long pause)
Friend: Yes.
Me: So like, left, right, wheel. What are the other two buttons for?
Friend: Page Forward, Page Back for one.
Me: I just click the Page Forward and Page Back buttons.
Friend: Wait. You don’t use hotkeys or the bottom mouse buttons?
Me: No. I just left-click.(long pause)
In possibly related news: my left-mouse button appears to be broken and is double-clicking when it should only single-click.
Coincidence?