<![CDATA[Gaming observation and survey:]]>Gaming observation and survey:

Whenever Iโ€™m faced with a choice of left or right, I always choose left first. Doesnโ€™t matter if itโ€™s a path, a menu choice, a skill tree, whatever. I sometimes just go left for the sake of going left ๐Ÿ˜…

Iโ€™ve always assumed this is because Iโ€™m left-handed so naturally bias towards my dominant side.

It would be interesting to see what other people do.

So, please boost for reach and also please tell me:

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/31acfd13-de52-4ad9-a309-4c0cc79218bd/gaming-observation-and-surveyRSS for NodeThu, 14 May 2026 23:24:45 GMTSat, 02 May 2026 10:17:41 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Gaming observation and survey: on Sat, 02 May 2026 14:41:36 GMT]]>@Tryllesokker @Sobtanian Ahh, interesting. So either always left or right works. I thought Iโ€™d read many years ago that it was left, so Iโ€™ve always done that.
It was ingrained in me so much that itโ€™s now affected what I do in other things, like choosing a path in video games! ๐Ÿคช

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cupoftea.social/users/SirSwatch/statuses/116505503107674779https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cupoftea.social/users/SirSwatch/statuses/116505503107674779Sat, 02 May 2026 14:41:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Gaming observation and survey: on Sat, 02 May 2026 14:34:24 GMT]]>@Sobtanian @SirSwatch It's just a matter of always sticking to one side! Provided that there are no islands inside the maze that aren't connected to the outer walls.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://helvede.net/users/Tryllesokker/statuses/116505474772260343https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://helvede.net/users/Tryllesokker/statuses/116505474772260343Sat, 02 May 2026 14:34:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Gaming observation and survey: on Sat, 02 May 2026 14:25:53 GMT]]>@thegiddystitcher have I told you Iโ€™ve got a theory that some people just like a good BLOCKING now and then?

Itโ€™s the only explanation.

๐Ÿคญ

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.games/users/Sobtanian/statuses/116505441333620566https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.games/users/Sobtanian/statuses/116505441333620566Sat, 02 May 2026 14:25:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Gaming observation and survey: on Sat, 02 May 2026 14:23:25 GMT]]>@Sobtanian NOT AGAIN ๐Ÿ˜ญ

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sunny.garden/users/thegiddystitcher/statuses/116505431578831714https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sunny.garden/users/thegiddystitcher/statuses/116505431578831714Sat, 02 May 2026 14:23:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Gaming observation and survey: on Sat, 02 May 2026 14:19:22 GMT]]>@thegiddystitcher terrible.

BLOCKEDโ„ข

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.games/users/Sobtanian/statuses/116505415686679545https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.games/users/Sobtanian/statuses/116505415686679545Sat, 02 May 2026 14:19:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Gaming observation and survey: on Sat, 02 May 2026 14:19:11 GMT]]>@KateMinervaHarris yeah I can see that but I wonder if itโ€™s to do with the language of the game, so even if youโ€™re Arabic (like me, we read right to left) I play games in English so perhaps we go left first because of that, rather than our mother tongue.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.games/users/Sobtanian/statuses/116505414991440917https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.games/users/Sobtanian/statuses/116505414991440917Sat, 02 May 2026 14:19:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Gaming observation and survey: on Sat, 02 May 2026 14:18:07 GMT]]>@arcadia haha makes sense!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.games/users/Sobtanian/statuses/116505410764655400https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.games/users/Sobtanian/statuses/116505410764655400Sat, 02 May 2026 14:18:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Gaming observation and survey: on Sat, 02 May 2026 14:17:54 GMT]]>@Tryllesokker very interesting as @SirSwatch tells me he always goes left because of mazes, in that you will always escape the maze if you stick to the left.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.games/users/Sobtanian/statuses/116505409912848730https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.games/users/Sobtanian/statuses/116505409912848730Sat, 02 May 2026 14:17:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Gaming observation and survey: on Sat, 02 May 2026 14:05:37 GMT]]>@Sobtanian I think it has to do with reading direction, too.

I often choose the left menu (because it's the first I read and I wanna move along) but in a maze, I go right first. I think because of the idea of sticking out your hand and following the wall will take you everywhere in any maze without islands, and I'm right handed so that's how I visualise it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://helvede.net/users/Tryllesokker/statuses/116505361594661991https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://helvede.net/users/Tryllesokker/statuses/116505361594661991Sat, 02 May 2026 14:05:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Gaming observation and survey: on Sat, 02 May 2026 14:00:12 GMT]]>@Sobtanian Right-handed and left turns, but I've always thought of it as moving counterclockwise/widdershins

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mindly.social/ap/users/115786398039865010/statuses/116505340345854237https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mindly.social/ap/users/115786398039865010/statuses/116505340345854237Sat, 02 May 2026 14:00:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Gaming observation and survey: on Sat, 02 May 2026 13:28:46 GMT]]>@Sobtanian I suspect that left is a popular choice for people who speak a left to right language because we're used to things starting on the left.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gardengate.earth/ap/users/115672972377690586/statuses/116505216699378602https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gardengate.earth/ap/users/115672972377690586/statuses/116505216699378602Sat, 02 May 2026 13:28:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Gaming observation and survey: on Sat, 02 May 2026 12:47:44 GMT]]>@Sobtanian Always left! And I'm right handed so...idk. But left just feels right, no pun intended ๐Ÿ˜…

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sunny.garden/users/thegiddystitcher/statuses/116505055380218137https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sunny.garden/users/thegiddystitcher/statuses/116505055380218137Sat, 02 May 2026 12:47:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Gaming observation and survey: on Sat, 02 May 2026 12:19:15 GMT]]>@SirSwatch wow cool! If only I knew back then ๐Ÿ˜…

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.games/users/Sobtanian/statuses/116504943338113762https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.games/users/Sobtanian/statuses/116504943338113762Sat, 02 May 2026 12:19:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Gaming observation and survey: on Sat, 02 May 2026 11:56:29 GMT]]>@Sobtanian It does indeed. I was in a maze with my son when he was young, so I tried it out. It makes you travel through most of the maze, but it does work.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cupoftea.social/users/SirSwatch/statuses/116504853809224001https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cupoftea.social/users/SirSwatch/statuses/116504853809224001Sat, 02 May 2026 11:56:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Gaming observation and survey: on Sat, 02 May 2026 11:28:39 GMT]]>@SirSwatch does that actually work?

Iโ€™ve only done a couple of IRL mazes and got very stuck; on was when my wife was 2 weeks overdue with our youngest son, I was convinced she was going to go into labour in this maze in the middle of nowhere ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿ˜…

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.games/users/Sobtanian/statuses/116504744426108392https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.games/users/Sobtanian/statuses/116504744426108392Sat, 02 May 2026 11:28:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Gaming observation and survey: on Sat, 02 May 2026 11:03:42 GMT]]>@Sobtanian Iโ€™m right-handed but go left first. I think it stems from the knowledge that in a maze, if you go left all the time youโ€™ll eventually find your way out.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cupoftea.social/users/SirSwatch/statuses/116504646290311259https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cupoftea.social/users/SirSwatch/statuses/116504646290311259Sat, 02 May 2026 11:03:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Gaming observation and survey: on Sat, 02 May 2026 10:40:26 GMT]]>@FreakyFwoof @Sobtanian right. lol am also right handed. possible buyest?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kuupiaq.social/ap/users/116119946362559300/statuses/116504554778187096https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kuupiaq.social/ap/users/116119946362559300/statuses/116504554778187096Sat, 02 May 2026 10:40:26 GMT