[chriskanan]

What made me very fast was playing MUDs during high school (25+ years ago, and specifically Arctic MUD, http://mud.arctic.org/ ). Have to type fast or your character is going to die.

Once you get used to it, an ergonomic keyboard helps a lot to speed up typing as well.

[karaterobot]

Ha, same thing here. I distinctly remember my fingers moving of their own accord hours after I stopped playing, as I worked out what I was going to do the next day. I played on a BBS, and we only had 30 minutes a day, so I would rehearse for it.

[dandigangi]

Heh, reminds me of Zork. Teaching at a bootcamp and they had to build that as a project. Text adventure game.

[dwags]

same for me but with Medievia... in elementary school (thanks older bro)