Board 8 > omg first fightstick. how exactly are you supposed to hold the stick though?

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i tried just using my thumb and index finger but it was pretty damn hard to do anything effectly and ended up also my middle finger, just kinda gripping the entire thing

is there any specific way i should hold it or should i just do whatever works? i imagine getting into a bad habit of holding it wrong would bite me in the ass when i get better internet in a few months and start playing AE online again

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With your hands, silly.

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You sit on it and wiggle your ass to press the buttons.

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you might find this useful:

http://www.eventhubs.com/guides/2009/jul/08/tips-switching-pad-joystick/

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I use the #1 grip on that page except my pinky is not curled back.

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you could always do the Seth Killian special

how the hell does the daigo thing even work wtf

i tried it last night and it was hilariously weird

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I use the #2 grip. The main thing you have to know is that once you find something comfortable, you're still not going to be able to do anything with any amount of consistency. You have to find out which way works best for you, and then put in a ton of time practicing, basically learning everything over again. I'd be surprised if you could reach the level of proficiency you had with a pad within a week of playing. It took me about 2 weeks before I truly felt comfortable with it.

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I'm already back up to how good I was before with Captain America (which is pretty s***ty since the only combo I regularly use is his standard one that ends with the shield super if in corner, but eh >_>), I'm adapting pretty quickly to Doom but I keep messing up my tilts, and Taskmaster's definitely gonna take some work for me to get used to the timing of cancelling his arrows into supers but eh. The only character I'm really having problems with is Frank; I'm having consistency problems with his basic camera OTG into super. L - M - H on the first row and A2 - A1 - S on the second makes feels so natural. My main team's Cap/someone/Doom, btw.

but AE is boggling my mind oh god why is throwing and focus attacking so hard now ;_; that's definitely gonna take a lot more work. All I managed yesterday was getting down some weird inputs like Akuma's ultra/supers. I can finally FADC, though; I couldn't do that for s*** on a controller.

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The biggest thing I had a problem with when I tried using a stick was getting used to the faster response times. I was botching specials all the time because I would press the button before finishing the motion. Had to learn when to hit the button in relation to the stick, before I was basically pressing the attack after only hitting one direction of the motion.

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Damn, I keep reading 'fightstick' as 'flightstick' and wanting to ask TC if they have X-Wing versus TIE Fighter.

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From: NioraptH | #013

I.. dunno how to explain it.. It's like you're cupping the ball thing lightly

And then what do I do with the big stick on top?

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From: agesboy | #010
I'm already back up to how good I was before with Captain America (which is pretty s***ty since the only combo I regularly use is his standard one that ends with the shield super if in corner, but eh >_>), I'm adapting pretty quickly to Doom but I keep messing up my tilts, and Taskmaster's definitely gonna take some work for me to get used to the timing of cancelling his arrows into supers but eh. The only character I'm really having problems with is Frank; I'm having consistency problems with his basic camera OTG into super. L - M - H on the first row and A2 - A1 - S on the second makes feels so natural. My main team's Cap/someone/Doom, btw.

but AE is boggling my mind oh god why is throwing and focus attacking so hard now ;_; that's definitely gonna take a lot more work. All I managed yesterday was getting down some weird inputs like Akuma's ultra/supers. I can finally FADC, though; I couldn't do that for s*** on a controller.



Ahh... I was really only talking about SF4. I sometimes forget that other fighting games exist.

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Yeah, I generally only play AE when playing online, but I don't have internet access over the summer. UMvC3's more fun against the computer because the AI seems genuinely harder, whereas AE's AI is just either bulls*** or extremely easy. <_<

The stick also hooks up to the PC, so I've also been playing the Touhou fighting games, GGXX, and Melty Blood as well. So fun!

...oh yeah, I have Blazblue and Tekken too

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I typically use something closer to the 3rd position. I tend to hold it a little like you would hold a air hockey thingie or whatever.

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Okay you hold it with one hand, press buttons with the other, and use your wang to move the stick. It's pretty common sense.

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My grip seems to be sort of a cross between #1 and #5.

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