How do I get good as heck at typing?
>>51643175
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavis_Beacon_Teaches_Typing
>>51643175
Back when I was in high school they had an orange rubber cover they put over the keyboard so you didn't know what key was what, then they would have us do mavis beacon.
>>51643392
>Main article: Mavis Beacon (character)
>"Mavis Beacon" is not a real person.
when will the lies end
Use all 10 fingers to type and do not look where you are typing. Take typing tests and power through them every day (preferably for 30 minutes or more).
It took me 4 years to go from 20 WPM to 80 WPM but that's because I'm lazy. If you practice daily then you could achieve 80 WPM in 2 years.
pic related is the home row keys. Good luck.
>>51643412
>when will the lies end
Once we find Carmen Sandiego, anon. Once we find Carmen Sandiego...
>>51643412
>my professional negro waifu isn't real
there's no reason to live anymore.
>>51643827
>be me
>join typing class two weeks late because Comp Sci II instructor insisted I drop (HS freshman, he was wrong)
>teacher scoffs, says I'll never catch up
>come by after school for two days
>hammer out typing exercises
>hand them in
>You're done already?!
>proceed to consistently score the highest in class
>every single exercise, I'm done first
>every single test, I score highest
>she apologizes for doubting me in front of the whole class on the final day
>mfw
i learned by playing mmos. didn't have voice chat, so i'd have to type really quickly and keep my eyes on the screen to make sure i didn't fuck something up
just type a LOT
>>51643870
You are going to be an excellent secretary one day.
>>51643983
Software engineer. Decent typing is handy. By no means critical, but holy shit, I've actually worked with people who hunt and peck at the keyboard. How can you process complex concepts when you're devoting so much mental energy to simply hitting keys?
I think something, and it's on the screen. While I don't think extreme speeds are important, since any decent SWE is spending more time thinking than typing, I do think it's valuable to have text appear without conscious thought. Until brain implants, this will have to do.
Play a lot of Runescape.
>>51643175
Realize homerow is a meme and just type however you feel comfortable.
>>51644181
This is what I thought until I got carpal tunnel syndrome.
Talk to qts on MSN messenger
>>51643175
Switch to Colemak.
>>51644189
I've known people who argue that "floating" touch typing is better for avoiding RSI.
I dunno. Whatever. IMO, proper posture and a decent mechanical keyboard are the two most important factors.
>>51644243
>learn something useless
Don't teach yourself obscure keyboard layouts with supposedly scientifically supported improvements.
The fact is, you're surrounded by QWERTY keyboards. No, it's not perfect. But the difference between QWERTY, Colemak, and Dvorak is infinitesimal compared to the difference between a shitty membrane keyboard and a decent mechanical keyboard, or a brain implant (WTF 2015 and still using keyboards).
Don't put yourself through daily annoyances for the sake of alpha-geek bragging rights and neckbeard superiority.
P.S. I'm tying this on Dvorak right now.
>>51643175
>Slime Season Part 3.jpg
>>51643870
Wow u r so amazing. Congrats!
Love mum
>>51644449
>Wow u r so amazing. Congrats!
Yeah, I kind of am.
>>51644491
>>51644156
>>51643870
Well aren't you a bright little meme.
>>51643175
Who the fuck takes this kind of pics??? Like, who in the actual fuck just goes "phone up the photographer, we need a dressed up dude with a blidfold typing at a PC"?
be me, use qwerty or qwertz for 30 years, never learn touch typing but still manage 65 WPM using my two indexes and thumbs for spacebar. feels good
>>51643886
This
>>51644553
The guy's friend.
See, somewhere there's a "photographer" (possibly just some guy with a new DSLR) who wants to make a buck. So, he has his friend over and has him pose for some completely random shit.
This is how a friend of mine became a male model. He posed for a Getty Images photoshoot. Of course, it's just a Getty stock images account held by his photographer friend. But whatever.
>>51644553
What's weird about it is that they all have watermarks. As if there is a some amazing demand for business men sitting at computers.
>tfw rare businessmen are rarer than rare pepes.
>tfw only use six fingers to type
>have never used "proper" typing technique they taught in elementary school
am i gimping myself? i've tried that whole proper typing business and my fingers forget where all the keys are
>>51644553
>>51644618
>am i gimping myself?
Maybe?
>and my fingers forget where all the keys are
That's a really dumb reason. I mean, if you said you felt like your pinkies were strained or something, that would make sense. But "oh fuck now where am I" just sounds dumb.
>>51643175
practice. play.tryperacer.com is decent.
Tfw 125 wpm and faster than 99.90% people on 10fastfingers
>>51643827
>80wpm
That's how fast I type on my phone.
![522933853-frustrated-office-worker-with-axe-embedded-gettyimages[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/6L7r2qB.jpg "522933853-frustrated-office-worker-with-axe-embedded-gettyimages[1].jpg")
If you don't count my right thumb for space and my left pinky for shift, I only use 4 fingers to type. Three on left and my right hand only uses index finger. I average my typing speed at about 80-85 wpm based on those sites.
>>51645490
Why is her iphone upside down.
>>51645523
Because she's frustrated.
Text message a lot
I prided my effortless 100wpm in typing until I realized that every girl I know blows me away in speed via texting
>>51643938
this will only make you develop shitty habits.
i type a lot and i mostly use index and middle fingers. now i am slowly unlearning this to be more efficient, and it's not easy.
i wish i had a typing tutor app when i was starting out.
>>51643870
">be me" first signs of autism.
>>51644807
80 wpm is nothing to be proud of, anon.
i know im late to the thread but::::
background: went from 50wpm to 110wpm
here's my tips: the most important part is accuracy, not speed.
mechanical keyboards are a big plus if you have the money.
type every day, work on accuracy first as I said, and your speed will just develop naturally.
By learning VIM.
>All this shitty advice
Just play a fucking MMO. You'll hit 200 wpm in no time.
Get a shoebox
Cut out one of the longer sides and the bottom
Place box over keyboard
Stick hands through side you cut out
Keep typing with the box over your keyboard until you can type like a human
>>51643886
This. I type over 140wpm now and I owe it all to Graal Online. Also getting addicted to typing tests later on.
Use this website and become touch type http://www.typingstudy.com/
>>51644178
hahah thats how i learned to type 90wpm without home row or any real typing style. years and years of it when i was young.
>>51646837
>200
wew lad
no but you're kind of right, try to play games that require tons of typing to trade or whatever, you'll get better without even noticing it.
try to not get shitty typing habits though, and as >>51646704 said, accuracy is more important than speed most of the time.
>>51647082
Are you trying to say that 200 wpm is high? Because it isn't.
>>51647133
let me just remind you that wpm =/= apm
>>51647133
It is. We are talking about WORDS per minute, not CHARACTERS per minute.
Which world do you live in?
Spamming cheat codes in AoE:II, more or less everything by Ensemble up to Mythology.
No copy pasta, just straight caps lock 'PEPPERONI PIZZA' 'PEPPERONI PIZZA' again and again.
This isn't a joke, I mastered touch typing this way.
>>51647156
>Which world do you live in?
The world where /g/entlemen aren't pussies. Looks like I skipped a dimension, though.
Obviously I mean WPM, 200 CPM is 40 WPM, which is hunt-and-peck tier. Oh, how low /g/ has fallen.
>>51647219
pretty much nobody types at 200wpm
>>51647233
this.
>>51647219
max average has been about 160-170 on big tournamens and for world reconds.
peaks of 200+ are possible for professional typers, but there's not a single chance you yourself type faster than 130WPM AVERAGE.
Recaptcha training
Shitpost hundreds and hundreds of times a day on 4chain filling out the captcha on each one, eventually you will be good at typing.
It worked for me, it can work for anybody!!!!
>>51647288
>Captcha is training 4chan users
>Next update
>Click the images containing terrorists
>Drones bomb locations
Calling it
>>51645465
Congrats, your a millennial. How fast can you type on a keyboard? 10 WPM?
>>51643827
>train to reach 80
Just type alot, you'll reach 100 in no time
>>51644807
Gotta love the butthurt asshats like the green one in your picture who stop typing the moment they realize they won't win the race because there's someone significantly faster than them.
let's do this
http://10fastfingers.com/typing-test/english
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9EXEpjSDEw
>>51647389
>>51647288
why isn't this a thing?
>>51647579
Google doesn't want captchas that don't grow the botnet
120wpm here, but 100wpm is more comfy long-term.
There's no trick. Just type. Practice. Don't look at the keys. Mechanical keyboards help because they feel nicer and give more feedback, especially Cherry MX Blue, Green or master race buckling spring maximum clicky: they're not necessary, but they help. You'll develop a feel for where you are, even if you've miskeyed.
Home rows are a meme, if you stick to 'technique' like glue you'll strain your fingers. Just dump them on the keyboard and go and try not to think about it. To avoid carpal tunnel, be comfortable, whatever that means for you: posture, wrist rest/no wrist rest, etc. That's all personal, we're all built different. If you get an ache, stop, don't push through it, don't try too hard.
I've been typing since I was 3. I'm better with a keyboard than I am with a pen, but that's probably true of many of us.
>>51644178
I think that's how I became faster at typing too. I played it before the GE update, so I had to stand in Varrok bank and type the same fucking sentence over and over to trade.
>>51643175
>tfw watching someone typing with only two fingers yesterday
>>51647579
Because a bot could easily do that
>>51643175
sudo apt-get install gtypist
I'm "good" at typing
I can't copy but I type my own thoughts really fast
Why should I care what my WPM are when I have no intention of every typing out things other people make?
I type relatively fast using two fingers on each hand, but I don't want to look like a pleb who can't intpo typing
>>51645775
type more
>>51643175
>>51647219
you're an idiot if you think people type at 200 wpm.
