Hey all! o/ Got a newbie question for you =)
How well do you grade the X-Arcade Dual Tankstick and Namco's PS2 Tekken 3 stick? I'm not asking because I want to buy them, but because they've been in my possession for years (~3 for the tankstick and 6+ for the Namco stick).
The reason I'm asking what you guys think about the sticks, is that the sticks I already have cost a bunch of cash, so a new stick would have to be a great upgrade for me to buy it. Of course, these sticks have definitely already worked their money in "quarters" (half euros actually, since 2003 :S ) , even though I never went hardcore on them :P
In case you're wondering what, when, why and how here's the back story. If not, just don't read it :P
The Story
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Tekken 3 was the first fighter I tried back when I was ~12 years old. It was love at first sight and since then I've always enjoyed fighters in general. Sadly, I didn't have much competition where I lived. Scrubby though I was, people still didn't care much, if at all, to learn the game, so they'd lose and soon no one would play me =( I'd still occasionally buy fighters and just play with the computer or use players I didn't know when friends wanted to play me. My collection includes SFA3 and Tekken 3 among classics as well as obscure titles like Evil Zone and Bloody Roar =P
Fast forward to 6 years ago, when I moved to a city and found some new friends, which raised my hopes and gave me incentive to get Tekken Tag and get better overall. At the same time, influenced by some online reading, I kind of "saw the light" and decided a stick is how I should be playing. Yup, I didn't care if people could wipe the floor with my face using a bare cable and their tongue as a conductor --it'd be stick all the way for me! However, my new found friends lost interest quite fast, so I didn't have time to get as good on that stick as I was on pad before I lost interest myself, started World of Warcraft, neglected my studies and overall destroyed my life. Just kidding :P
Somehow, one day the videogame gods smiled to me and I managed to convince my RPG-only gamer of a best friend to give fighters a second chance --he always found DP, QCF and HCF motions scary-- taking advantage of GG's anime-ness and his love for Japanese art. For a time we both played GG and Blazblue on PSP and both being scrubby players, had fun. But then I got Blazblue on my PS3 and wanted to play "right" again >.> In the past I had gotten the X Arcade Tankstick so that I could play Metal Slug, Alien VS Predator, Punisher, Final Fight etc. on MAME32 with a bunch of friends, so the sticks where already there y' know?
My best friend to this day refuses to play stick, enjoying my "handicap" and his increased win/loss ratio =P At least I have a rival =) Then again, I don't think I care, even if at some point he too gives up (highly unlikely). Right now I'm looking ahead into the future, when Greece will finally have the high speed internet needed for good netplay. It doesn't matter if I have to wait a few years --Blazblue is highly enjoyable and I don't mind just practicing and becoming... well, more than a scrub xD
That's the whole story! Thanks for reading... if you did :P
