(Topic ID: 325975)
Moreno Valley, CA
I saw that question a few years ago, I noticed that on the left I use the middle finger and on the right my index finger, thought that was weird. Then remembered 15 years ago I cut my right hand with a broken dish and it resulted in my right middle finger being permanently bent inward and kind of weak, that explained it. Finger has been screwed up for so long I don't even think about it anymore.
Never thought about it. Index fingers mostly, sometimes the birdie fingers. Never the pinky or thumb.
Quoted from Electrocute:Never thought about it, why ask?
Just something I was thinking about. I think I prefer to play with my middle fingers
Quoted from starfighter:Only us old guys will know what this is.
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You bet your bippy!
Middle for me, but I always notice in a tourney setting when people double up on middle and index. That one minor change is bananas to me. Like trying to write left handed.
Quoted from frenchmarky:I saw that question a few years ago, I noticed that on the left I use the middle finger and on the right my index finger, thought that was weird. Then remembered 15 years ago I cut my right hand with a broken dish and it resulted in my right middle finger being permanently bent inward and kind of weak, that explained it. Finger has been screwed up for so long I don't even think about it anymore.
I do the same, always wondered if I was the only one, guess not!
Index and middle on both buttons. I went through a stage of testing what finger to use and how to place my hands but ultimately just went back to whatever I did naturally and that’s the 2 finger placement.
Today, I was thinking on asking this same question...
I use my middle finger on left and right, but sometimes instinct kicks in and I palm/finger-slap that button to get a last second nudge.
Every now and then I'll try out the index but revert back to middle.
But what do people do when there are two buttons on a side? eg Munsters (Premium) Munsters has that lower/under playfield and a separate set of flipper buttons?
Quoted from SLAMT1LT:Ah, the great question that could unlock the mystery of the universe.
42 of course...
Quoted from snowy_owl:I use both my index and middle fingers, two fingers on each button.
Same here
I used to use my pointer fingers until I had some hand issue that forced me to use my middle fingers. Now, that's all I use, and using my pointers feels very foreign. Having said that, when I make the intentional switch on occasion I never see a detriment to my gameplay which is interesting.
Quoted from RTS:It was a sweet bippy as I recall.
Well, I'm not familiar with starfighter's bippy, so I didn't know if it was sweet. 
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