Do You Need An Arcade Stick?!

Max’s grandkids: Hey grandpa Max? What was video games like back in your time? Max: back in my day, our fingers bleed while we’re doing super combos children’s eyes began to sparkle and shocked with awe

Shinra employee educates the public on fight sticks.

I will never get tired of listening to people talking about things they are passionate about.

Listening to you talk about fighting games has got me into them over the last few years. Just hearing you talk about something your this passionate about makes me want to love these games. Thank you for making this content

“Arcade sticks provide no tactical advantage.” - Revolver Dood, 2021.

Max talking about the arcade days like a war vet having flashbacks is my shit.

I'm middle age now, in my 40's, and I was and am a gamer. I remember the 90's calloused knuckles and pinched finger tips. You had to use knuckles to get more damage off of X-Moves in X-Men Children of the Atom, Marvel Super Heroes: Infinite Wars, Darkstalkers and X-Men vs Street Fighter. Roll your knuckles rapidly across the 3 buttons to do more hits with Ultra/X-moves, etc... and you FELT the friction burn. Also, yea, the buttons were concave and pinched between the button and the outer ring as your skin got caught in the gap between. Dude, I would have never remembered had Max not brought this up today. It blows my mind the things you forget. What a nice little peace of memory there.

Honestly I remember in like 2015 I started getting into fighting games and I just really wanted to try fightstick, even though I knew it wouldn’t make me better or anything. Idk why it just really looked like it would be more fun to play on. I ended up getting one, absolutely loving how it felt and never went back since

Answer: Do what feels comfortable, but dont be afraid to try.

Do you NEED it? No. Does it feel AMAZING in some games? Yes.

I remember working in an arcade in the early 2000s and on some fighting game cabinets, the techs were fixing them every other week because they saw so much action. Great days.

Very glad you made this video. Getting more serious about fighting games, and having grown up with consoles, I was curious if I needed to learn stick.

“Do I touch it like a sexual object?”…. Yes,…. Just yes! Lmao!

Would love hear your crazy stories from arcade. Like people bleeding, grudges and crazy shit in general.

I just bought my very first fight stick- The MayFlash F300. I’m putting in hours practicing on it as it’s VERY different compared to a controller, however, I’m now addicted to the FEEL of the fight stick. Thank you Max🙏🏾🙏🏾

As someone who only got seriously into fighting games in early 2021, I always wanted to try stick cos it looks cool. Bought one this past December for Christmas and it is definitely a big change as I've used pad all my life, but it feels so cool and satisfying doing a basic bnb or landing a combo ending in a super. It's just fun tbh

I don’t need an arcade stick but I wanna build one with my dad

Clearly the answer is the Wu-Tang Clan PS1 controller.

I like them because I never got to experience arcades as a kid, and there was something I found very mystifying about sticks when watching people play online and at conventions. It's like being able to finally experience this big historical piece of gaming.

Good points. I switched to fight stick and I am enjoying it! I am experiencing way less problems with tendonitis now. I already draw a lot so gripping a controller and doing those fine motor movements were wearing my forearms out. Fight stick is more comfortable and fun so far. It's also better in my opinion for tapping out combos, like gattling combos in anime fighters. You are right it has taken some getting used to but not as much as I expected. Still progressing but I enjoy it a ton.