East/West or Right/Left?

The argument is which is better, that is opinion.

East/west may never be wrong technically but it doesn't mean everyone knows where you mean without looking at the map.

Left/right is pure instinct, problem is not everyone understands its based on spawn point, which should be common sense.

So which is more intuitive, knowing the point of reference, or knowing knowing the directional orientation of the map. Sine one requires common sense and one requires use of the in game map the strictly more intuitive one is left/right.

But again, its all opinions.

LOL avoidance.....

exactly...both are viable and you should know both.....because not everyone will use option A or B or C

Common sense would be to use the system put in place many years ago. The orientation of the map is North up. Anyone with common sense knows that. Refer to patch notes if you don't believe BW had the common sense to orient the map correctly.

common sense also dictates Left and Right.....but if you still dont understand left for right well there is not hope for you


as pointed out East and West is also correct use

I would agree with that in rl, but why waste the time opening my map so I know which way east is in the game. It's intuitive irl because there are any number of references, not in the game though, in the game the only E/W reference is looking at the map, which is a waste of time.

L/R just is, not outside stimuli needed.

Understand and know both....

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My first clue as to why you can't grasp this is your use of the word threw in place of through.

So here we are on our desert guide per your example. You are sitting in the front passenger seat and I am sitting in the bed with my back to the cab. The driver says "look to your left and you can see more sand." You look to your left and see more sand. I look to my left and see an oasis.

Had the driver said "look to the East and you will see more sand" we both would have been on the same page.

Point was, roads are rails for cars to drive on. Left right works fine in that structured environment. If we are in the desert and I tell you to head right, which way are you going to go? If I say head East, there is no question.

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You don't need to open your map. Someone with common sense added a minimap oriented correctly.

I use East/West, because left/right can be looked at from two different angles so they can wind up being opposite. Someone calls right in Voidstar and you are in the spawn, you are gonna go to your right when they might actually mean left from that perspective. If that makes any sense.