Has anyone tried this game that uses typing as part of the game play? https://store.steampowered.com/app/940680/The_Textorcist_The...
Typing of the dead is the definitive title to learn to type. If you beat the game, you will be able to type 150wpm.
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#22Little tip if anyone is serious about learning to touch type: what worked for me was buying a keyboard with blank caps. Struggle for two weeks and boom! You know how to touch type.
The secret fact about touch typing is that it’s awkward af unless you’re sitting behind a proper table and your hands are okay to be locked in a specific position. My hands fly all over the table and land where they feel comfortable. They have some anchors from where they reach keys. But there’s no “homerow” for these free birds. And who am I to cage them into some touch nonsense.
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#23I stopped at 1144 and 114. This could really use more of a difficulty ramp. After level 20 or so I really didn't notice it getting any harder and it sort of got boring. There was _one_ level fairly early on where it dumped a ton of letters on me all at once for some reason and I actually started to fall behind, but then it never happened again
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#24I've found that learning to type fast using individual keys doesn't work for me. Instead, I think I learn better using whole words. The flow is more important than the location of each key.
For me, this is especially true for learning Colemak
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#25reminds me of an old apple II game that i can no longer remember the name of
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#26I can type 100wpm but I want to type faster so I love this kind of thing, but I noticed it stopped responding keyboard input after a minute or so. Thanks anyway!
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#28What made me very fast was playing MUDs during high school (25+ years ago, and specifically Arctic MUD, http://mud.arctic.org/ ). Have to type fast or your character is going to die. Once you get used to it, an ergonomic keyboard helps a lot to speed up typing as well.
same for me but with Medievia... in elementary school (thanks older bro)
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#29My ears are ringing.
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#30I'd be remiss if I didn't mention steno and Plover in a thread about typing speed. That's the holy grail once I manage to escape QWERTY prison.