How Do You Play The Game?

How do you play the game? In my lifetime I went from the NES to --->SNES->N64-> PC Gaming(GameZ for WindowZ). I've slightly touched anything else, but only from time to time. While there are plenty of reasons to be a pc gamer, one of the biggest to me is the option of control. Simply put, I can change the crappy/n00b hotkeys the developer gave me to my super dooper trooper epic level 82 boss I'mma zomfgwtf pwn you hotkeys. Because if you've been hiding under a rock, you can see, hear, and /faceroll buttons... That's how most if not all video games work. Sure, these days you can wave a wand around and with camera options you can jump around. Also yap away to anyone who doesn't have you muted or even tell the game what to do. In decades past they used to give us just a few buttons. Basic, made for total n00bZ, and beyond simple gameplay. The hardware people and software people deemed themselves the awesome! No option for a D-Pad on the right side of the controller. No switching B to A, A to B. Everything was peachy in n00b LanD. Then the "Cor3" appeared. Why play checkers when I can play chess they asked? Buttons buttons buttons they screamed! However, the year is 2010 and we've still got mad problems in EpiC Village. The Village n00bZ are still in control :/ Years ago a lil gaming engine called Quake hit the scene. It's a rather important engine for pc gaming. Half-Life, Counter-Strike, Call of Duty, you name it, they're all based around the mother of all engines. I even want to believe World of WarCraft had influence from one these games(Config.cfg ---> Bindings-Cache.txt). What makes Quake's engine important:
Console: (Some games use say/team say communication rather than a console...)
You can chat to the software. I wanna be in third person says the player! Bring down the console and type "thirdperson 1" or whatever the command may be. Config.cfg:
Holds all of your hotkeys and variables(1024x800, volume on, yadda). You can make as many configs as you want. You can exec them via the console or by pressing a button.
bind "F1" "exec MyAwesomeConfig.cfg"
bind "F2" "exec xCFG/xGameZ/ElementsofWar.cfg"
bind "A" "+backwards"
bind "S" "+forwards"
bind "D" "+moveleft"
bind "F" "+moveright"
crosshair "1"
sv_cheats "1" Hotkeys:
You're allowed to change anything. I can use the xController's joysticks to shoot if I really wanted. Ever played a two joystick controller game where it wouldn't even allow you to aim with the left stick and move with the right(Umm, Golden Eye was way before Halo you total n00b CakeZ)? There are a few exceptions, such as the mouse... It's pretty much pure aim. You can change what the hotkeys do!:
+attack ---> -attack when you let go by default. Instead, I could -attack ---> +attack, where I've gotta hold down the button so it -won't- attack. I could even make AttackToggle where the key is always on/off until I press it again. Hotkeys Menu(Options in Game):
Gold Source / Source (Half-Life) upgraded the hotkeys menu. It's a lot easier to edit. The biggest problem is you can only use two hotkeys for any command (mouse1/mouse3 as +attack) Known issues:
WindowZ:
Alt-Tab, Alt-F4, WindowZ Button, you name it, WindowZ takes up a lot of hotkeys!!! Keyboards:
They only allow so many commands input at a time. Try holding down ASDF, Shift, and Spacebar. ok good! Now try holding down WASD, F, G!!! Try holding down just Caps Lock!!! MAJOR ISSUES!!! FIX THEM FFS!!! Controllers:
They're made for two hands. Why not make a controller for one hand and a mouse?  Double, Triple, etc Hotkeys:
World of WarCraft fixed this:
Shift-T
Ctrl-T
Alt-T
Shift-Ctrl-T
Shift-Ctrl-Alt-T However, no T-F, T-B Also, most console games(See: Controller) don't use double, triple, etc hotkeys...  

// Curtis Turner <IceIYIaN>
// Creator of Elements of War!
// http://www.ElementsofWar.NET
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