It's East/West. . .NOT Left/Right. . .NOT Grass/Snow

then pubs need to change their vocabulary when they roll a sith alt, b/c it's annoying as F

If you've played the map more than 2 times you will be able to quickly comprehend which side is grass and which side is snow, much better chance than all of your teammates actually being able to know their east from their west.

If you went to school as a child and took a geography class, you know east and west before you bought this game.

is it really that hard? wow . . .

Epic thread.

This is one reason (of many) I try to avoid PUGs like the plague. It seems that they aren't even teaching simple navigation in grade school anymore.

INCOMING WEST!

Wait? Wut? Is there an addon for that?

Are people not aware how left/right and clock directions work? Primary direction of travel. There is a reason why the real world uses this method to call targets and movements.

Well it's simple, anyone who doesn't think it's from the spawn is wrong and stupid. If you're looking at the map, use cardinal directions. If you're looking in front of you, use relative directions. Left and right are relative directions, and anyone who isn't using them as such is wrong, and stupid.

Additionally, I've discovered perhaps 2 or 3 people who acted the "it's left/right on the map!" way, compared to the other hundreds or so who understood left/right on Voidstar (because Republic doesn't have to deal with this idiocy on Alderaan).

You suggested using the names like "Generator" but then in the same breath admitted you can't remember what they are.

If someone said "Inc Generator" you'd open the map and waste time looking. Which is exactly the same thing you'd do if someone said "Inc East" and you had to check.

Thus your suggestion was immediately undermined by your own words, but you didn't seem to realize this. That's why it was funny.

They're not conflicting, considering they're ALWAYS FROM THE SPAWN. I'll repeat:

Left and right are relative directions, and anyone who isn't using them as such is wrong, and stupid.

You are suggesting that they are not relative directions.

You really don't know by a simple glance around you where you are? In Voidstar there's two sides, so if it's not the one you're on, it's the other. On Alderaan, even if you control both sides, it's either the turret you're at or the other one. And if you're in the spawn, then follow the directions!

This isn't hard people. You're intentionally making it difficult rather than just following directions in the game.

this post illustrates whats wrong with america in addition to whats wrong with the player base. You just advocated for letting ignorant idiots remain ignorant because its easier.

This is a bad idea from the outset as it creates a group of players that we all have to deal with who dont know *** they are talking about and are 100% sure that what they are saying is not only correct but better then any other ideas out there.

The maps IN REAL LIFE use east/west, if you are somehow saying that a skill that people use IN REAL LIFE is too hard for gamers to understand and use then I dont know what to tell you other then life is going to get much much harder and worse for you, then you'll die.

Bah.. This East-West is the same confusing..
East of gates? West of what?

This. Left/Right is always relative to your spawn. No one on my server is ever confused by this.

You can use East/West if you really want to. You can use Grass/Snow in Civil War if you really want to.

But if you can't understand what Left/Right means, you are horribly stupid.

Just to clarify the Left/Right for Civil War. it is Left/Right on the UI window in the top right of your screen.

I personally use East/West, but its not hard to memorize if Snow = East = Right, Grass = West = Left.