How about just like this...

Opposing alliance

7 8 9
4 5 6
1 2 3

Your Alliance

Easiest way to remember this is to think of it like the number pad on your keyboard, but I guess you could also flip it and think of it like a phone keypad. The point is, you can use this if you don't want to think "left center right" or "close middle far".


I think this numbering system is also used to express directional motions in some fighting games.

2 3 6 + P, anybody?