The joystick of choice?

[leapinlew]

Maxim... You'd get torn up by any decent player if you fail to use four of the six buttons.

Or so you say. I've yet to meet the person who can beat me consistently on SFII, or even a fair percentage of the time (and I've played a lot of different people since '91, especially during its heyday from '91 to '94 or so at Spaceport in Bangor). I'm sure that tournament-level players could beat me, but it's going to take more than what you describe as a "decent player" before I'll get "torn up", (lol). I expect from your post that you consider yourself to be a "decent player". If you're ever in Maine, stop by—I have a machine right here.

Nothing pleases me more in a game of SFII than to see the opponent using the weaker attacks. That gives me a larger margin for error, because when they do connect, it doesn't do as much damage.

Edit: In the previous post I meant CPS-1 hardware, not CPS-2. The SFII's that I prefer are World Warrior and Champion Edition.

I'd take you apart like a moon pie. 

Not likely.

I don't know why people don't believe that you could put a serious hurt'n on them by only using the fierce punch and fierce kick Maxim. I totally believe you. I'm the best Street Fighter player I've ever met and I don't even use the joystick or the punch buttons. I only use 1 medium kick button. I'm a champion! I laugh at people who use the joystick.

[MaximRecoil]

I don't know why people don't believe that you could put a serious hurt'n on them by only using the fierce punch and fierce kick Maxim. I totally believe you. I'm the best Street Fighter player I've ever met and I don't even use the joystick or the punch buttons. I only use 1 medium kick button. I'm a champion! I laugh at people who use the joystick.

SFII is all about timing, an understanding of the game, and reflexes. If the weak attacks were necessary for me to win, I would use them.

Given the fact that no one has been able to beat me a significant percentage of the time since '91, what are the rough odds that anyone in this thread can? The rough odds are summed up well as "not likely".

[leapinlew]

Given the fact that no one has been able to beat me a significant percentage of the time since '91, what are the rough odds that anyone in this thread can? The rough odds are summed up well as "not likely".

Your a fierce post has defeated my light post.

[brandon]

only one way to settle this....

[GAJoe]

Screenshot by screenshot fight?  Like SFII chess.

[isucamper]

Ha.  This thread is a hoot.  MaximRecoil = Billie Mitchell? 

1.  If you're only using 2 buttons in SF2, then your not using any sort of multihit combos (why just hit them with Fierce when you can do a Short->Jab->Fierce->DragonPunch->Dizzy->Short->Jab->Fierce->DragonPunch combo?) which means you haven't even crossed into the upper echelon of SF2 players.  There's a whole nother level of depth in this game that you don't even know about.  A tournament player using Ken can juggle you for 85 percent of your life using a single combo.  You can't hope to compete with that using only 2 of the buttons.  I've seen guys do this on Xbox live... it's a fricking onslaught of an offense.  Trust me... I thought I was good at this game too until I started playing the "serious" SF2 players.  I don't think you've got any right to brag about your skills unless you can hang with them. 

2.  Even if you are that good... nice humility. 

Or maybe you guys are joking around and I missed it.  Anyway, funny stuff.  Made me laugh.

[leapinlew]

After 5+ years of training. I challenge MaximRecoil to a StreetFighter fight off.

[Brian74]

Here I thought the op was asking what the best joystick was, not who was the best street fighter

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[opt2not]

Sanwa/Seimitsu's in Canada, hard to find you say?

I order my Japanese parts from Canadianjoysticks (local importer here in Vancouver). His prices are "alright", but the convienience of having a canadian distributor of Sanwa, Seimitsu, Qanba is pretty nice on the shipping value alone.

Now for joysticks...

Bat-tops:
Sooooo 90's, not really the true "classic era" of gaming. But to each's own, and if you're looking to exclusively get a bat-top, don't discount the Japanese parts so quickly. You can order bat-top replacements separately for the Japanese sticks. CanJoysticks has 'em stocked.

Actual joysticks:
It really depends on what you want to do with them.  For me, I like Fighting games and Shmups (shooters) mainly. So my joystick of choice is the Seimitsu LS-58-01 (the successor to the LS-56). It's a feel-good joystick for me.  Tight throw, not as tight as the Suzo, but a good medium. The return action is solid as well.

Sanwa JLF's are just too loose for me, with a larger throw than the LS-58, which makes the JLF really difficult for me to use with Shmups/Shooters.  But the LS-58 is a great stick for both Fighters and Shmups. 

I've tried "switchable" joysticks like the mag-stick...(sorry Andy) I cannot recommend it. That joystick is tooooooo stiff, the throw is toooooo short, and the switches installed so loud.  Sure the switching is cool, but the actual play feel falls short.

Now if you want a blanket "all-round-stick", for use with fighters, shmups and the classics like DK, Gyruss, Dig Dug, etc...  I highly recommend the Sanwa JLW (you can find them as the J-stik on Ultimarc's site). It's a great stick for the classics, tight throw for Shmups, and really decent with fighters.

Basically the only joysticks I'll ever by again are either a Sanwa JLW or a Siemitsu LS-58 depending on the application.

But IMO, go with the joystick you feel will give you the best gaming performance. This is a personal thing, that might make you have to actually try these joysticks out yourself before you really know.  It took years for me to finally come to the conclusion that the LS-58-01's  (the -01 designation is to specify the PCB /w JST connector version) or the JLW's are the best sticks for me. And I've tried many sticks, from the North American Happs style, to Japan, to even the UK stuff like the Suzo's...

Now...when it comes to games like Robotron, I need the original Wico leaf-joys. That's the exception.