how did the WASD keys become the norm for movement on pc games? Couldnt it have been ESDF or some other set of keys?

Question

how did the WASD keys become the norm for movement on pc games? Couldnt it have been ESDF or some other set of keys?

In: 1807

Answer 1

The WASD came from when games begun to be multiplayer and one player already used the arrow keys. It was to give both player most space without bumping into each other.