diff --git a/parts/kickList.lua b/parts/kickList.lua
index 99650c09..63ba3f83 100644
--- a/parts/kickList.lua
+++ b/parts/kickList.lua
@@ -131,12 +131,11 @@ do
 				local x,y=P.curX,P.curY
 				if y==P.ghoY and((P:solid(x-1,y)or P:solid(x-1,y+1)))and(P:solid(x+2,y)or P:solid(x+2,y+1))then
 					if P.sound then SFX.play("rotatekick",nil,P:getCenterX()*.15)end
-					local D=P.spinSeq%100*10+d
-					P.spinSeq=D
-					if D<100 then return end
+					P.spinSeq=P.spinSeq%100*10+d
+					if P.spinSeq<100 then return end
 					for i=1,#OspinList do
 						local L=OspinList[i]
-						if D==L[1]then
+						if P.spinSeq==L[1]then
 							local id,dir=L[2],L[3]
 							local bk=BLOCKS[id][dir]
 							x,y=P.curX+L[4],P.curY+L[5]
diff --git a/parts/player/player.lua b/parts/player/player.lua
index 2b0aef06..7382340f 100644
--- a/parts/player/player.lua
+++ b/parts/player/player.lua
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 local Player={}--Player class
 
 local int,ceil,rnd=math.floor,math.ceil,math.random
-local max,min,abs,modf=math.max,math.min,math.abs,math.modf
+local max,min,modf=math.max,math.min,math.modf
 local ins,rem=table.insert,table.remove
 local resume,yield=coroutine.resume,coroutine.yield
 
@@ -613,8 +613,8 @@ function Player.spin(P,d,ifpre)
 						sfx="prerotate"
 					elseif P:ifoverlap(icb,ix,iy+1)and P:ifoverlap(icb,ix-1,iy)and P:ifoverlap(icb,ix+1,iy)then
 						sfx="rotatekick"
-						if abs(d)==1 then
-							P.fieldOff.va=P.fieldOff.va+d*P.gameEnv.shakeFX*6e-3
+						if d==1 or d==3 then
+							P.fieldOff.va=P.fieldOff.va+(2-d)*P.gameEnv.shakeFX*6e-3
 						else
 							P.fieldOff.va=P.fieldOff.va+P:getCenterX()*P.gameEnv.shakeFX*3e-3
 						end
@@ -1889,7 +1889,7 @@ end
 function Player.act_rotLeft(P)
 	if P.control and P.waiting==-1 and P.cur then
 		P.ctrlCount=P.ctrlCount+1
-		P:spin(-1)
+		P:spin(3)
 		P.keyPressing[4]=false
 	end
 end
diff --git a/parts/player/update.lua b/parts/player/update.lua
index aad70d2c..9b99af5d 100644
--- a/parts/player/update.lua
+++ b/parts/player/update.lua
@@ -253,7 +253,6 @@ function update.alive(P,dt)
 			end
 			if ENV.shakeFX then
 				P.fieldOff.vy=ENV.shakeFX*.2
-				P.fieldOff.va=P.fieldOff.va+P:getCenterX()*P.gameEnv.shakeFX*4e-5
 			end
 		end
 	else