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#1  Edited By Hef
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#2  Edited By Hailinel

Which way is inverted again?  I can never remember that since I rarely ever change the Y-axis settings in my games.

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#3  Edited By Hef

Ever since i was little i played inverted...don't ask why. It just made more sense to me at the time.

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#4  Edited By Ace829

I've always used inverted since I was 12.

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#5  Edited By Zao

inverted is bassically fight controls Im sure you can train your brain to learn either one np.
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#6  Edited By FacelessVixen

Non-inverted works for me.

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#7  Edited By Vonocourt

Inverted, no particular reason why since up until I started college I was pro-normal. Just changed one day.

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#8  Edited By Sanryd

Inverted. I'm not sure why though. I think I switched it one time when I was young and the other way never felt right after that.

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#9  Edited By Toxin066

Pressing up makes camera go up. Except in flight sims.

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#11  Edited By laticsfan

I swing both ways, so I always stick with what the game gives me.  Even trying to think really hard about picking one isn't producing a clear winner for me.

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#12  Edited By HS21
@Laticsfan said:
" I swing both ways, so I always stick with what the game gives me.  Even trying to think really hard about picking one isn't producing a clear winner for me. "
Are you still talking about normal and inverted, or men and women?
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#13  Edited By Metric_Outlaw

Whenever I was younger I always inverted but I had to force myself to stop and now I always go standard.

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#14  Edited By birchman

Inverted. I like to feel that I push the camera down and pull the camera up.

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#15  Edited By Coombs

Inverted 
 

Behind: If the player feels they are controlling movement from behind their head with joypad , they are likely to find an inverted control scheme works best for them. Pulling back on their stick therefore tilts their head up and should move the play field up.

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In front: If the player feels they are controlling movement in front of their head, they are likely to find a non-inverted control scheme works best for them. Pulling back on their stick therefore pulls their head down from the front and should move the play field down.
 
 
 
 I don't understand how people find that in the front controls can feel natural.

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#16  Edited By HS21
@Coombs: They're broken inside.
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#17  Edited By TheGreatGuero

I play inverted. I blame it on Vice City, which forced me to aim that way, but it's possible I preferred inverted before then and just don't remember.

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#18  Edited By Kazzurak

It realy depends:  
Regular = shooters etc. 
Inverted = flight controls

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#19  Edited By wefwefasdf

I only use inverted in flying games. It just makes sense.

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#20  Edited By MrKlorox

When thumb controlled (analog stick, trackball, whatever) up should always look down. On anything else (mouse, motion control, whatever) up should be up.

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#21  Edited By Rhaknar

inverted, i simply cannot play if its not inverted

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#22  Edited By rjayb89

Inverted.  Had to get used to switching controllers with my girlfriend and, surprisingly, my niece.  I'm so proud of her.  My niece, that is.

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#23  Edited By Rhaknar

funnily enough, i was just listening to the ooooooooooooold bombcast (well, the first one at least) when they discuss this, and Vinny's explanation for why he uses inverted blows Brad's mind, it's quite funny

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#24  Edited By MrKlorox
@Rhaknar said:
" funnily enough, i was just listening to the ooooooooooooold bombcast (well, the first one at least) when they discuss this, and Vinny's explanation for why he uses inverted blows Brad's mind, it's quite funny "
Don't leave us hanging, bro. Out with it! I can't be arsed to go listen to old casts.
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#25  Edited By Phr4nk0

Yeah that was the first time I actually got why people used inverted controls, blew my mind too. Before that I just thought they were crazy. 
  
 @Coombs:  
Because your eyes are on the front of your head!
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#26  Edited By natetodamax

Only weird people play inverted. I roll regular.

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#27  Edited By Hourai

Regular. I don't know why people use inverted unless it's a flying game. 

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#28  Edited By Capum15

Like others have said, Inverted for anything with flight capability, Regular for everything else.

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#29  Edited By Jack268

In FPS games up should be up and I don't see why it wouldn't be and I'm not listening through every old Bombcast to find out why not. 
 
In third person games I think it varies from game to game.

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#30  Edited By KowalskiManDown

Inverted! Makes more sense to me!

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#31  Edited By SaintMits

Regular because inverted is stupid.

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#33  Edited By defaulttag

Inverted for gamepads. normal for mouse and keyboard setup.

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#34  Edited By The_A_Drain

Inverted. 'normal' is not 'normal' it's fucked up and weird. 
 
Although for very rare styles of camera, sometimes 'regular' feels better, but that's almost never for me.

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#35  Edited By Lazyaza

Inverted, in everything.  Just how I've always done it.
 
Probably all the time I spent playing mech warrior and descent. meh

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#36  Edited By zaglis

My friend started to play inverted since BF1942 - when we could not figure out how to change the mouse look . Tho Im still regular.

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#38  Edited By threeve

Inverted with the gamepad, regular with the mouse.  Although strangely when I was a kid and my family got its first computer (Apple II GS) I used the mouse upside down for a LONG time.  I don't know why.  This meant I was pulling the mouse toward me to make it move up the screen.  I thought it was supposed to be that way for some reason.....  I may have been a "special" child.

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#39  Edited By Cwaff

Always inverted.

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#40  Edited By Xakura

Regular. Though flying has to be "inverted". (It's not really inverted when that's the way it's supposed to be).  
 
I have come across some flight controls were up equals point nose up, and it's pure madness.
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#41  Edited By gamer_152  Moderator

None-inverted, ALWAYS non-inverted.

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#42  Edited By DanielJW

Non-invert.  
 
I like the analog sticks to work like my eyes. If I look up, I can see up. 

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#43  Edited By schizogony

Regular because I'm not clinically insane.

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#44  Edited By artofwar420
@Coombs: Pretty good explanation thar. Regular feels fine to me, unless it's an airplane I'm flying.
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#45  Edited By armaan8014

Inverted.

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#46  Edited By Tennmuerti

Oh look it's this topic again.
 
 
... is anyone keeping count?
Wish the search feature gets fixed soon >.>

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#47  Edited By tmthomsen

Like all sane persons, I prefer my Y inverted.

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#48  Edited By LiquidSaiyan3
@TMThomsen said:
" Like all sane persons, I prefer my Y inverted. "
I concur
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#49  Edited By shirogane

I'm always confused as to which way is which... 
 
'Regular' as in, default for whatever the game is, most of the time. Depends on the game really.
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#50  Edited By Synthballs

It differs game to game to me so I can't really vote :S