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Monkeyvoodoo:


--- Quote from: severdhed on September 11, 2013, 05:08:37 pm ---Make a cardboard mockup, test out a few layouts and determine what feels best to you, and screw everyone else, because ultimately it is your cabinet.

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This right here +n

Malenko:

--- Quote from: paigeoliver on September 11, 2013, 04:59:35 pm ---At no point is anything in my posts bashing anyone's fighting game skills.

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not you, the "article" that was linked to.

--- Quote --- Often when you see players using this panel, they are pressing every button with their index and middle finger when the index finger should cover the first column, the middle the second, and the ring the third. This common poor layout is another reason Americans tend not to complete well in fighting games .

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paigeoliver:
Oh, I totally missed that.

Americans aren't as good at fighting games because the scene (and thus the talent pool) is a lot smaller than it is in Japan and Korea. It is the same reason why third world countries can beat America at soccer.


--- Quote from: Malenko on September 11, 2013, 06:00:05 pm ---
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on September 11, 2013, 04:59:35 pm ---At no point is anything in my posts bashing anyone's fighting game skills.

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not you, the "article" that was linked to.

--- Quote --- Often when you see players using this panel, they are pressing every button with their index and middle finger when the index finger should cover the first column, the middle the second, and the ring the third. This common poor layout is another reason Americans tend not to complete well in fighting games .

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nordemoniac:

--- Quote from: Unstupid on September 11, 2013, 05:59:33 am ---Oh No... Now you did it... You shouldn't have opened that can of worms!   ::)

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Hahaha, so true!  :lol


--- Quote from: emphatic on September 11, 2013, 03:33:07 pm ---Required reading: http://slagcoin.com/joystick/layout.html

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I found this site very helpful, not just for layout, but generally about Arcades.
Btw. I went for the sega layout, as this matched my fingers perfectly. And I think it looks kinda nice. It seems like the whole design is based on the 6 buttons being rotated a bit, then pulling the two left most buttons vertically down, so the 4 buttons are actually in a square, but rotated.
As of the original 8-button layout, I think it looks a bit messy.
You can see it on my budget upright project (not finished) and the Weecade Bubble Bobble (design process).






Locke141:

--- Quote from: paigeoliver on September 11, 2013, 07:36:52 pm ---
Americans aren't as good at fighting games because the scene (and thus the talent pool) is a lot smaller than it is in Japan and Korea. It is the same reason why third world countries can beat America at soccer.

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Third world countries is no longer concreted politically correct. I live in a developing country and local people don't like being described as living in the third world.

That being sad, your analogy is spot on. I'm now re thinking the angled lay out.

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