# World of Warcraft; I'm standing, now what?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-im-standing-now-what/636806>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [October 5, 2012, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-im-standing-now-what/636806 "2012-10-05T14:38:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-im-standing-now-what/636806/41 "2012-10-10T23:22:10Z")

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There isn’t much point in a paper manual for a game like WoW. The real manual is [battle.net](http://battle.net).

By default, q and e are strafe, w is forward, a and d are turn, s is backwards and x is down.

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**Author:** ![Animastryfe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Animastryfe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Animastryfe)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-im-standing-now-what/636806/42 "2012-10-11T06:20:10Z")

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> [@Lemur866](#):
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> There isn’t much point in a paper manual for a game like WoW. The real manual is [battle.net](http://battle.net).
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> By default, q and e are strafe, w is forward, a and d are turn, s is backwards and x is down.

When I played, the manual was useful for learning about the features of the UI, the controls, and the basic mechanics. I didn’t associate WoW with [battle.net](http://battle.net), but I see that [battle.net](http://battle.net) has a WoW section with a game guide now.

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**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-warcraft-im-standing-now-what/636806/43 "2012-10-11T18:02:43Z")

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Might I recommend you read a crafting guide - I always found that if I saved crafting materials as I gathered them it made it easier to skill up - if you have a bunch of stacks of materials you don’t need to go buy them.

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