East/West or Right/Left?

east / west or 9 o'clock & 3 o'clock work mich better than right / left. As right left changed based on your orientation to the map.

I actually had someone scold me for using East/West, insisting that I use Right/Left...

It has been said dozens of times: East/West are absolute, right/left are subjective. Use the absolutes.

Always east/west. If someone says left or right, I take them as personal directions. East/West tells me that they're cardinal directions.

Left and right are absolute in this context.

Well, I have run into a situation with Left / Right just this week.

I used to play on server Firaxan Shark as Imperial. That server used Left / Right on voidstar. It was based on the left / right doors on the map.

I now play on The Twin Spears as republic. This server also uses Left / Right on voidstar, but it is based on direction when leaving spawn.

This had me so backwards until I realized what they were doing.



As for East / West. While I like absolutes, for some unknown reason people today seem not to know their directions. This was a much bigger problem on my imperial than my republic, but it still presents in games today.


I say we give them names to do not apply what-so-ever.

We should have the Bunny Turret and the Tomato Turret. At least then I can't be frustrated when people go to the wrong one.

Left and right are only absolute when referring to yourself. Five year old children grasp this concept.

This is exactly why I use east/west... when you're on Ilum and the other team attacks your group at central? Do you use up down left and right?

Except when people say left/right 9 times out of 10 they are referring to the direction from where you spawn. East/West just means I might have to open the map, which I don't have to with left/right.

With only 3 turrets, names are irrelevant, they're either attacking the one you're defending or they're attack the other one. In 5+ node games, it starts becoming more relevant to have names for each one. But with only 3 it doesn't matter, if they're not attacking mine, they're attacking the other, i don't even need them to call out to know the other side needs to be reinforced.

Minimap.....and a side of facepalm.