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The Quake player who made WASD universal

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Back in the classic era of early shooters, there was no standard way to walk around. A champion Quake tournament winner started using these four specific keys because it put his hand near the shift and space buttons. Others copied him blindly to replicate his success. Eventually, developers made it the default, cementing this bizarre asymmetrical hand claw as the universal desktop standard.

The Quake player who made WASD universal
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