Are any CAGers lefties?

[x0thedeadzone0x]

Pretty sure this hasn't been posted before, if it was, sorry.

I'm a lefty myself, and was just curious if there were any others besides me.

[6669]

I am!
edit: The boy is, not the girl.

[sblymnlcrymnl]

I am!

[SupremeNumNuts]

I am left handed.

Also what do fellow leftys think of the DS design? It looks unplayable when using the stylis and left handed.

[x0thedeadzone0x]

I am!
edit: The boy is, not the girl.

Hahaha, nice.

And Supreme I was just thinking about that the other night. I think casey mentioned it. But I heard that there were going to be "lefty options". Hopefully it's true... or else I might not get the DS. :|

[CaseyRyback]

me

[sblymnlcrymnl]

I am!
edit: The boy is, not the girl.

Hahaha, nice.

And Supreme I was just thinking about that the other night. I think casey mentioned it. But I heard that there were going to be "lefty options". Hopefully it's true... or else I might not get the DS. :|

"In the new design, the right side also features the same uniform indentation as the left. Newly added to the design is a recession around the A, B, X, Y buttons. Judging by the Lefty/Righty debate of the Nintendo DS design, this new recession was most likely included to cater to the Lefties so they can more comfortably use the four buttons as a D-pad." - IGN

I know it's just IGN speculation, but it is slightly comforting.

Although it still sounds awkward.

[x0thedeadzone0x]

I am!
edit: The boy is, not the girl.

Hahaha, nice.

And Supreme I was just thinking about that the other night. I think casey mentioned it. But I heard that there were going to be "lefty options". Hopefully it's true... or else I might not get the DS. :|

"In the new design, the right side also features the same uniform indentation as the left. Newly added to the design is a recession around the A, B, X, Y buttons. Judging by the Lefty/Righty debate of the Nintendo DS design, this new recession was most likely included to cater to the Lefties so they can more comfortably use the four buttons as a D-pad." - IGN

I know it's just IGN speculation, but it is slightly comforting.

Although it still sounds awkward.

True. I hope it turns out to be more then IGN speculation, but regardless I'm waiting for a price drop on it. I'm not gonna pay 150-200 dollars in order to use the buttons on the right as a directional pad. I'll probably want to test it out before buying it too.

[daikaiju]

We lefties always get the short end. Baseball gloves, Golf clubs, Door handles, sheesh...even using a pair of scissors can be challenging...and now the DS. Although for some reason, my brain has been able to adapt to the standard dpad on the left - must be all those years of gaming that has conditioned me - and I'm about as lefty as they come. My guitars are even left handed!

[Sartori]

Ever played Turok?

[Querjek]

I write left-handed but I do most other things right-handed.

[x0thedeadzone0x]

We lefties always get the short end. Baseball gloves, Golf clubs, Door handles, sheesh...even using a pair of scissors can be challenging...and now the DS. Although for some reason, my brain has been able to adapt to the standard dpad on the left - must be all those years of gaming that has conditioned me - and I'm about as lefty as they come. My guitars are even left handed!

Hahaha. I know, right? But at least the lefty gloves are comfortable. I don't really have a problem with using righty scissors but it can be a bit uncomfortable or awkward on my hand. I've adapted as well, but I think that my PC gaming "skills" has suffered from me being a lefty. ;)

[sblymnlcrymnl]

We lefties always get the short end. Baseball gloves, Golf clubs, Door handles, sheesh...even using a pair of scissors can be challenging...and now the DS. Although for some reason, my brain has been able to adapt to the standard dpad on the left - must be all those years of gaming that has conditioned me - and I'm about as lefty as they come. My guitars are even left handed!

Hahaha. I know, right? But at least the lefty gloves are comfortable. I don't really have a problem with using righty scissors but it can be a bit uncomfortable or awkward on my hand. I've adapted as well, but I think that my PC gaming "skills" has suffered from me being a lefty. ;)

I actually can't use lefty scissors. A lifetime of conditioning, I suppose.

[ilovemyapplesduh]

I'm a lefty and back when I was real young 3-5 my parents said I held the nes controller upside down, my fiance is also left handed and so is her younger brother, were the only ones in our right mind.

[tenzor]

I am a lefty as well.

[TheUnsane1]

Lefty here.

[sj41]

Left handed people are scary. j/k

[Admiral Ackbar]

Left handed people are scary. j/k

That's because they have a higher chance of mental disorder ;)

[epobirs]

I'm left-handed but not the extent of being crippled in a predominantly right-handed world. I don't expect to have any problem with the majority of DS stylus activities.

Inverting the DS controls and display is trivial in terms of software and should just be part of the BIOS, as the Atari Lynx did. It won't be as simple because of the relation of the dual screens but that is a matter for play-testing and refinement during game development. No such operation is complete without a lefty on the staff.

[epobirs]

Left handed people are scary. j/k

That's because they have a higher chance of mental disorder ;)

Yet they are highly over-represented among US Presidents compared to their numbers in the population of person who can legally hold the office.

[kaji7p56]

I am a lefty also.

[WhipSmartBanky]

Lefty. Still use righty scissors though.

Edit: Why didn't you make this a poll, DZ? Would've been easier to keep a tally.

[sj41]

Lefty. Still use righty scissors though. Is that why your drawings look like they were done by an art-school dropout? :)

[WhipSmartBanky]

Lefty. Still use righty scissors though. Is that why your drawings look like they were done by an art-school dropout? :)

And Bingo was his name-o.

[epobirs]

Lefty. Still use righty scissors though. Is that why your drawings look like they were done by an art-school dropout? :)

And Bingo was his name-o.

Just remember, Matt Groening is left-handed but managed to be somewhat successful with his drawing.

[epobirs]

Lefties whose names might ring a bell:
http://www.fact-index.com/l/li/list_of_famous_left_handed_people.html

http://www.indiana.edu/~primate/left.html

http://www.anythingleft-handed.co.uk/famous.html

One of my four siblings is also left-handed. I grew up eating meals next to her as if we were in the same violin section sawing away at our food. She recently took up competitive target and trap shooting and is scarily accurate.

[Darthrook]

I am a lefty... yaa!

[CouRageouS]

I'm not a lefty but people who I know that are lefties seem pretty smart and more profound. All you lefties should open a Cheap Ass Leftorium where you can badmouth the "normies".

[sj41]

I'm not a lefty but people who I know that are lefties seem pretty smart and more profound. All you lefties should open a Cheap Ass Leftorium where you can badmouth the "normies". Flanders' store for lefties?

[x0thedeadzone0x]

Lefty. Still use righty scissors though.

Edit: Why didn't you make this a poll, DZ? Would've been easier to keep a tally.

I could've, but I figured that the righties would probably outweigh us lefties by about 90% so in statistical terms it'd be useless, plus I didn't think there would be that many :). Nice to have some fellow lefty companions on CAG.

[WhipSmartBanky]

Lefty. Still use righty scissors though.

Edit: Why didn't you make this a poll, DZ? Would've been easier to keep a tally.

I could've, but I figured that the righties would probably outweigh us lefties by about 90% so in statistical terms it'd be useless, plus I didn't think there would be that many :). Nice to have some fellow lefty companions on CAG.

Heh, you don't have to give an option for righties. ;)

Hmmm...I wonder if you can make a one option poll?

[x0thedeadzone0x]

Lefty. Still use righty scissors though.

Edit: Why didn't you make this a poll, DZ? Would've been easier to keep a tally.

I could've, but I figured that the righties would probably outweigh us lefties by about 90% so in statistical terms it'd be useless, plus I didn't think there would be that many :). Nice to have some fellow lefty companions on CAG.

Heh, you don't have to give an option for righties. ;)

Hmmm...I wonder if you can make a one option poll?

Nope, just tried it, you need two options.

But there you go WSB, just in case there are any shy lefties out there. ;)

[sblymnlcrymnl]

I'm not a lefty but people who I know that are lefties seem pretty smart and more profound. All you lefties should open a Cheap Ass Leftorium where you can badmouth the "normies". Flanders' store for lefties?

Favorite part of that episode (http://www.snpp.com/episodes/7F23.html): "Eh, too far." - Homer

[x0thedeadzone0x]

Wholy crap. I was looking at that famous person list, it was all interesting, and then I saw that Osama Bin Laden is a lefty. :shock:

[RBM]

One of my four siblings is also left-handed. I grew up eating meals next to her as if we were in the same violin section sawing away at our food. She recently took up competitive target and trap shooting and is scarily accurate.

Try wielding chopsticks throughout years of family dinners. My sisters aren't quiet in their displeasure whenever one of them is seated to my left. I've actually knocked food right out of their chopsticks while I've been eating (quite accidentally, of course.) That's survival of the fittest in action, right there. :D

[6669]

Yeah, after looking at that list, I feel special now. I tend to notice a lot of left handed people in my classes, and they/we are all nerds.

[6669]

One of my four siblings is also left-handed. I grew up eating meals next to her as if we were in the same violin section sawing away at our food. She recently took up competitive target and trap shooting and is scarily accurate.

Try wielding chopsticks throughout years of family dinners. My sisters aren't quiet in their displeasure whenever one of them is seated to my left. I've actually knocked food right out of their chopsticks while I've been eating (quite accidentally, of course.) That's survival of the fittest in action, right there. :D

I can totally relate to the chopsticks thing.
Also, its sucks whenever I go to someone's house and they're playing guitar, but I can't play theirs because I play left-handed. So much for being the fittest there.

[tyecko]

im a lefty

[epobirs]

Wholy crap. I was looking at that famous person list, it was all interesting, and then I saw that Osama Bin Laden is a lefty. :shock:

Did I mention we're also over-represented among the mentally disturbed? Unconventional minds manifest in many ways.

Some anthropologists believe lefties essentially invented civilization by creating the myriad innovations that allow us to manipulate our environment to a greater extent than any previous species.

[Zenithian Legend]

I'm not, I'd consider myself a righty, but I'm pretty damn close to just being ambidextrious.

[x0thedeadzone0x]

Wholy crap. I was looking at that famous person list, it was all interesting, and then I saw that Osama Bin Laden is a lefty. :shock:

Did I mention we're also over-represented among the mentally disturbed? Unconventional minds manifest in many ways.

Some anthropologists believe lefties essentially invented civilization by creating the myriad innovations that allow us to manipulate our environment to a greater extent than any previous species.

Indeed. To critique lefties in such a way is unfair. There are many brilliant lefties, it's even been said that lefties in general are smarter then righties (but I didn't say that. *puts up flame shield*). We also tend to be better creatively (arts, music, and writing). Guess that makes up for us being "more prone to disaster", but I have a feeling I'd still have that if I were a righty.

[johnnyoski]

I'm a righty, but I shoot left handed when I play hockey.

[Magician]

I'm right-handed (but my mom's a leftie). I have a friend who is right-handed, but can use chopsticks, write, and throw with her left. I thought that was pretty awesome.

[bignick]

I'm a lefty myself

FREAK!!! jk

[Moxio]

I'm a righty, but I play with the gun in my left hand when playing Counter-Strike, if that counts for anything. :P

[RBM]

This is from an article just published in the Journal of Theoretical Biology (it's just the abstract; I can't post a link to the full article and quoting the whole thing isn't worth it):

"Frequency-dependent selection is an important process in the maintenance of genetic variation in fitness. In humans, it has been proposed that the polymorphism of handedness is maintained by negative frequency-dependent selection, through a strategic advantage of left-handers in fighting interactions. Using simple mathematical models, we explore:(1) whether it is possible to predict the range of left-handedness frequencies observed in human populations by the frequency and the violence of fighting interactions; (2) the consequences of the sex differences in the probability of transmission of hand preference to offspring. We show that a wide range of values of the frequency of left-handers can be obtained with realistic changes of the parameters values. Our models reinforce the idea that negative frequency-dependence may have played a role in maintaining left-handedness in human populations, and provide further support for the importance of fighting interactions in the evolution of hand preference. Moreover, they suggest an explanation for the occurrence of left-handedness among women in this context, namely an indirect selective advantage through their male offspring."

Negative-frequency dependency in this case would indicate that being a lefty is only advantageous because it's relatively uncommon. Because it occurs at a low frequency, opponents in fights or sports are generally not expecting it and... ka-pow! So, there you have it. Don't believe it? Go out and sucker-punch a righty and you'll see. They probably won't be expecting it. As Bill Nye would say,"That's the sucker-punch of Science!" ...well...maybe he wouldn't say that. *I* would, though. ;)

[edit: evidentally, we're not a minority on this web site. How does being left-handed tie in with video games and bargain-hunting? Hmmm....in that article, they go on to say that lefties only approach righties in frequency in venues involving direct, head-to-head competition, since that is when the advantage of surprise comes into play, according to their idea.]

[YoshiFan1]

I write left-handed but I do most other things right-handed.


Same with me, I write left handed but throw right handed and bat both left and right handed,

[jaykrue]

Try wielding chopsticks throughout years of family dinners. My sisters aren't quiet in their displeasure whenever one of them is seated to my left. I've actually knocked food right out of their chopsticks while I've been eating (quite accidentally, of course.) That's survival of the fittest in action, right there. :D

I would think that being a leftie would make you more adaptable in a right-minded world (excuse the pun) making us lefties more survivable. I'm predominantly a leftie but because my parents forced me to use my right hand more often, I'm now more ambidextrious than I am left-handed. I first learned how to use chopsticks w/ my left hand and self-taught how to use it with my right. Now I can switch on almost anything - baseball, golf clubs, controllers, scissors. I think the only evidence left (pun intended)now of my southpaw roots is writing. I'm still a shitty right-handed writer.

[Slipknot9762]

I only throw lefty and some other things but otherwise im righty

[neocisco]

I'm not, I'd consider myself a righty, but I'm pretty damn close to just being ambidextrious.

You're a horse, you have to be ambidextrious! Left hoof, right hoof, back hoof, front hoof, it's all good.

[karsh]

Don't fuck with my head guys! For a second, I thought Deadzone was back! Grrr.

[neocisco]

Lefties whose names might ring a bell:
http://www.fact-index.com/l/li/list_of_famous_left_handed_people.html

http://www.indiana.edu/~primate/left.html

http://www.anythingleft-handed.co.uk/famous.html

One of my four siblings is also left-handed. I grew up eating meals next to her as if we were in the same violin section sawing away at our food. She recently took up competitive target and trap shooting and is scarily accurate.

I pitched in baseball when I was younger and my accuracy was just unreal for a 14 year old. I still pitch in softball and I can usually put the ball wherever I want. In fact, I had 3 strikeouts earlier tonight. We're 4-0 (as if any of you care:)).

[Kaijufan]

I'm not a lefty, but sometimes I just like to switch to using my left hand for no reason at all. It's never a good idea, because it takes me a lot longer to write letters with my left hand, and the letters don't look nearly as good as they do when I write with my right hand (which isn't saying much).

[Rig]

I am! ^_^

[SeanAmI]

Same with me, I write left handed but throw right handed and bat both left and right handed,

Same here

[jacobv]

I'm a lefty but I play guitar and bat right-handed. I also acquired some skill writing with my right hand when I had surgery on my left wrist but it's still not up to par with my left.

[kaw]

I am a lefty, and I wouldn't trade it for anything.

[Dustwalker14]

Im ambodextrious actually, can do 99% of things with either hand/foot

[zionoverfire]

Yep

[sblymnlcrymnl]

Don't fuck with my head guys! For a second, I thought Deadzone was back! Grrr.

Same here. :lol:

I'm still a lefty.

[FriskyTanuki]

No defects for me, unlike the lefties. ;)

[onikage]

I've always been considered left handed but I use my right hand for a lot of things.

Leftie:
Writing
Shooting a basketball

Rightie:
Throwing a baseball/football

[sblymnlcrymnl]

No defects for me, unlike the lefties. ;)

fuck you and die. :evil: :lol:

[jaykrue]

fuck you and die. :evil: :lol:

Don't worry man! Once the lefty revolution starts, he'll be included in the first wave.

[JebusMcLucifer]

I am 100% left handed.

[GenDV138]

Left handed as well!

[FriskyTanuki]

Don't worry man! Once the lefty revolution starts, he'll be included in the first wave.
While you're outnumbered 8 to 1. :lol:

[sblymnlcrymnl]

Not according to this poll. :lol:

[zionoverfire]

While you're outnumbered 8 to 1. :lol:

Interesting that's close to a good ratio of surfs to lords.:D

[Mookyjooky]

I'm left handed and find it odd that 57% of people on CAG are.

[sblymnlcrymnl]

Apparently about 90% of the right handed population isn't interested in a thread about lefties. I guess they don't like being reminded of their obvious inferiority. :twisted:

[KingSpike]

I'm left handed. My brother and mother are as well.

Did you know that 4 out of the 5 creators of the Macintosh were left handed?

I used to have an entire book on badass left handers. Apparently Ronald Reagan was left handed but they switched him when he was young. Republican bastards ;)

[PapiChullo]

Right handed and proud of it. :D

[jaykrue]

While you're outnumbered 8 to 1. :lol:
Not according to this poll. :lol:

Yup. We only want you righties to think we're outnumbered. MWHAHAHAHAHAhahahahahaha... 8-)

[FriskyTanuki]

Not according to this poll. :lol:
Why would they vote in a poll that isn't about them?

I found this hilarious. "left-handedness is due to brain damage during the birth process." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-handed) ;)

[Dr Mario Kart]

this poll distribution is totally wack. People must be reading it and thinking left as in political.

[hiccupleftovers]

I saw this up on the OT forum and I instantly thought DZ was back. :sad: Hopefully she comes back sometime.

[Javery]

I do everything lefty except play guitar (and I can bat both left-handed and right-handed) which is probably why I suck at it.

[zewone]

Right-hand Man.

[ZarathosNY]

I write left-handed but I do most other things right-handed.

I write right-handed, but throw with my left. I can't use sissors with my right hand, but I can't swing a bat lefty.

[sblymnlcrymnl]

I do everything lefty except play guitar (and I can bat both left-handed and right-handed) which is probably why I suck at it.

Oh yeah, I do play guitar right handed. But it's so rare that I take the time to play now that it slipped my mind. I also bowl right handed, but I never bowl outside of super monkey ball anyway. :lol:

[Trakan]

I'm right handed, but I swing a bat lefty. I don't know, it's weird.

[Mind_n_Soul]

i am a lefty, and in 8th grade i remember all of us reading this one left handers handbook, which said all the stuff you need to know about lefties (some good, some bad) and since then my friends have been making fun of me for the bad stuff like (they are stupid, they supposed to be good at art, but i am not, etc etc)

wait till i get my hands on a right handers handbook

[Ozzkev55]

Oh yeah, I do play guitar right handed. But it's so rare that I take the time to play now that it slipped my mind. I also bowl right handed, but I never bowl outside of super monkey ball anyway. :lol:

i play guitar with my feet and teeth, but generally i play right handed, but i play clawhammer style, hence why my right hand nails , are disgustingly long, while my left hand is trimmed clean

[RBM]

i am a lefty, and in 8th grade i remember all of us reading this one left handers handbook, which said all the stuff you need to know about lefties (some good, some bad) and since then my friends have been making fun of me for the bad stuff like (they are stupid, they supposed to be good at art, but i am not, etc etc)

wait till i get my hands on a right handers handbook

I read in the People Who Wear Glasses Handbook that they're awfully smart, while the Redheaded Handbook reveals that they're short-tempered and passionate people.

[el bobo]

I use my right hand for everything except... You can guess...Knitting!

[Stoneage]

Leftists rule!!!!

Oh. Lefties. I am Lefty. See my scrunched hand roar.