Garamond said:
Street Fighter 3S Finals had a pad player. Somebody in the Super Turbo HD Remix was using a keyboard pad, basically with buttons in place of a stick. He got decently far. Lots of Tekken/Soul Calibur IV players at Evo used pads instead of sticks - SCIV was won by a pad player. And I'm sure last year when they had Brawl in the tournament that a majority of the players were using pads. Same goes for when they decided to host a Melee a few years back. Buying an arcade stick doesn't automatically make you a better player or more dedicated to fighing games - there are plenty of players that are fairly/extremely competent on pads. Sticks are usually just more advantageous because of a better button layout and better precision with movements. Some people just can't seem to get the feel for a stick and stick with pad - it'll probably limit them to some degree but not more limiting than using something they are completely unfamiliar or uncomfortable with. Also I remember some Fei Long was using a pad and beat this Gootecks guy once in a round and then everybody was saying Gootecks threw his stick around it was confusing and all a big lie. |
Interesting note about 3S never read about that at all.
Melee wouldnt work too well with a stick anyways lol.
People that dont get use to a stick are either impatient or played with a pad all their life. Once I got used to using a stick it was a whole new ball game in terms of being able to pull off certain moves better (esp chargers) and of course SFIV has short cuts where I can spam Sagats uppercut a lot quicker then I could with a pad. I certainly dont miss blistering my thumbs on the PS1 pad playing Alpha 3.
It's just that simple.
