let me share with u my way of avoiding the windows key.

i usually rest my palm by hovering just above CTRL, SHIFT, windows, \, Z keys with my thumb resting on the spacebar & my middle finger on the tab key. that way, when the game jumped me (i can't recall which scene/part made me jump), i automatically pressed the spacebar which pauses the game. this give me time to assess the situation & not pressing the wrong key.

by resting my left hand that way, i can easily slide my thumb from the spacebar to alt-key without hitting windows key by mistake.

learn your twitch & make it work for u.

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