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| RandyT:
Steve, you complained many years ago that no-one would start producing leaf switch based controls. At first I resisted, but when finances allowed (well over $15k in investments) I did it for the community to fill the void. In doing so, I addressed the major shortcomings of the original design, being the high maintenance requirements, finicky installation, large space requirements, and higher cost. All of which were responsible for an entire industry abandoning them in the distant past. Since then, we have sold thousands, and the vast majority of users find them to be a huge upgrade over the buttons they replaced. Not just in arcade machines, but also for pinball flippers. Your comments about rapid-fire capability being inferior are not grounded in any kind of reality. If you can't get the same performance from the CLASSX buttons as you do from the original leaf buttons, then you are either unwilling, or physically unable to make any small adjustments in your playing style to make it happen. If folks don't mind dealing with the numerous shortcomings of the originals, which the industry long ago turned it's back on, then by all means, those are what they should seek out while the remnants can still be found. But honestly, Steve, the way you carry on is just detrimental overall. Anyone who might make the sacrifices necessary in the form of any kind of investment, to entertain your ramblings, are likely to discard such notions, as nothing seems to be good enough for you if it's not an exact replica of 30 year old designs, shortcomings be damned. I've said this before, and I will unfortunately say it once more: If you really think you can offer the community something which is a major improvement over what is available, take some personal risk, as the dedicated others have done, and do the work it takes to bring it to fruition. Either you will be right and actually do something which improves the lives of others, or you won't and have to live with the ramifications of your decisions. Otherwise, you are just pining for the past, without really helping anyone. As you seem to be fond of analogies, you seem to me to be akin to a movie critic who pathologically feels they must criticize any film which is not in black and white. |
| deadmoney5:
holy ---fudgesicle---..way too serious in here. Nothing like reading angry, attacking posts from a bunch of nerds who play arcade games... :applaud: You can't make it up. :hissy: |
| RandyT:
--- Quote from: deadmoney5 on June 19, 2014, 03:14:08 pm ---Nothing like reading angry, attacking posts from a bunch of nerds who play arcade games... :applaud: --- End quote --- Heh, I'm not sure who exactly is angry, but didn't you expect this type of spirited discussion from an arcade controls forum? :) |
| deadmoney5:
--- Quote from: RandyT on June 19, 2014, 03:32:50 pm --- --- Quote from: deadmoney5 on June 19, 2014, 03:14:08 pm ---Nothing like reading angry, attacking posts from a bunch of nerds who play arcade games... :applaud: --- End quote --- Heh, I'm not sure who exactly is angry, but didn't you expect this type of spirited discussion from an arcade controls forum? :) --- End quote --- Spirited? :laugh2: I guess we have different definitions of spirited :dunno |
| Slippyblade:
--- Quote from: deadmoney5 on June 19, 2014, 04:34:46 pm ---Spirited? :laugh2: I guess we have different definitions of spirited :dunno --- End quote --- You must be new here. :cheers: I long ago realized that X2, while indeed having a lot of knowledge, has his ideas set in concrete. He has a world view that, in his mind, is perfect. If you disagree with his world view in any way, then you are wrong. Period. And he will explain to you in verbose detail exactly why you are wrong, even if his details make sense only to him. It's high quality entertainment. :applaud: |
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