Away with you, Madcatz!

MuraRengan · Dec 19, 2008

It's been a hard journey, but I think I'm finally gonna drop my madcatz controller for my Nintendo brand. It'll be tough because I haven't owned a Nintendo brand for 5 years and have been using Madcatz instead. I started Melee with madcatz, and I've gotten pretty decent if I can have the pleasure as to rate myself. But I'm fed up with madcatz now, the **** things break too easily. If there was a way to fix control sticks I wouldn't have a problem, but sadly there isn't. So, people have promised that I won't have this problem with a Nintendo brand, I hope they're right. But for awhile, the switch will greatly affect my play, in some good ways, and in some bad.

Fox: My Fox will be the most greatly affected character. I've seen that I lose almost all my technical skill with Fox when I'm using my GC controller. I guess no more JC shines and flatland infinites for awhile.

C.Falcon: It'll hurt, but not too badly, I play relatively the same with either controller, however I do lose a considerable bit of technical accuracy when I'm using my GC controller. I really can't stand messing up a combo as falcon, but I guess it's only for the best.

Sheik: No difference.

Marth: I feel alot slower as marth with my GC conrtoller. Maybe it's just because I have more time to do moves because the GC controller has a much better command input device.

Falco: Actually, my Falco gets alot better with my GC controller, go figure.

This'll be a tough change, my madcatz is like a cigarette so I may have to sneak a couple plays with it every now and then >_>. MELEE COMMUNITY, I NEED YOUR SUPPORT!

KirbyKaze · Dec 19, 2008

Give into the crack.

You know you want Madcatz.

Proverbs · Dec 19, 2008

Madcatz is gross. Nintendo brand all the way z_z;;

I once got a third party controller and refused to use it for so long (it was a gift). I was going to return it, but one day when I needed an extra controller I thought "Oh, it can't be THAT bad. I mean, really." The rubber on the control stick wore out in a day or two.

Nintendo brand forever.

Geist · Dec 19, 2008

I stopped using madcatz after it broke from pressing buttons.
I'm guessing since you've been using it for 5 years, you must have gone through at least 50.

I.B · Dec 19, 2008

ew, Madcatz ftl

MuraRengan · Dec 19, 2008

blowtoes said:
I stopped using madcatz after it broke from pressing buttons.
I'm guessing since you've been using it for 5 years, you must have gone through at least 50.

I had to learn to recycle them. When one broke, I disassembled it and saved the pieces. Then when I bought another one and it broke, I had replacement parts. My current madcatz has parts from like 5 different controllers.

DippnDots · Dec 19, 2008

MuraRengan said:
I had to learn to recycle them. When one broke, I disassembled it and saved the pieces. Then when I bought another one and it broke, I had replacement parts. My current madcatz has parts from like 5 different controllers.

while this post displays a level of intelligence, surely it would have been more intelligent to switch to a nintendo brand controller after the first one broke

no dissin

Gimpyfish62 · Dec 19, 2008

wow madcatz is horrible how do you sleep at night

otg · Dec 19, 2008

For awhile over the summer I was using a madcatz because my GC controller broke after quite a long time of usage. I actually really liked the way my Fox played on it; perfect waveshines, multishines etc, just felt smooth. Still they suck and are inconsistent so the switch back to GC was a welcome one.

Flamingo · Dec 19, 2008

I say just construct your own controller like I did... I used my base model as a Guitar Hero controller. O.o

Star Power anyone? xD

ExCeL 52 · Dec 19, 2008

Do you kiss your mother with that mouth!?!?

Madcatz?!?!?!

AHHH!!!

I feel sorry for your children ( if you have any)

victra♥ · Dec 19, 2008

You've been using madcatz? Sweet jesus.

Zodiac · Dec 19, 2008

MuraRengan said:
I had to learn to recycle them. When one broke, I disassembled it and saved the pieces. Then when I bought another one and it broke, I had replacement parts. My current madcatz has parts from like 5 different controllers.

Lol I used frankenstien my controller together as well.

Flamingo · Dec 19, 2008

It doesn't matter what controller you use in melee, you will still be 0->deathed because the game is so broken.. Solution? PLAY BRAWL!

Geist · Dec 19, 2008

Flamingo said:
It doesn't matter what controller you use in melee, you will still be 0->deathed because the game is so broken.. Solution? PLAY BRAWL!

Oh my.

There are so many things I can say right now, I just can't put them into words that effectively express enough hate.

HT F8 · Dec 19, 2008

Flamingo said:
It doesn't matter what controller you use in melee, you will still be 0->deathed because the game is so broken.. Solution? PLAY BRAWL!

puckgood · Dec 19, 2008

Perhaps your name should be "Flame-ingo" rather than "Flamingo."

Church · Dec 19, 2008

eww Madcatz... I had one 3rd party controller once for PS2 and it SUCKED. As far as 3rd party in general apparently they're no good. My 3rd party memory card (with all my smash data of the past 3 years on it) just **** the bed but luckily I have another memory card with at least all of the characaters and stages unlocked. 1st party all the way yo.

NickTheGreat · Dec 19, 2008

Yeah, I hate madcatz. Mine broke, and I never used it again.

MuraRengan · Dec 20, 2008

Wtf, Flamingo. I used a madcatz, but I'm not insane.

chansen · Dec 20, 2008

I use a Frankenstein first party controller usually....

Practicing tech skill on one of my nintendo controllers proved to be too much, so i just switched to my orange beast.

GC trollers all the way.

MuraRengan · Dec 20, 2008

double post?

MikeHaggarTHAKJB · Dec 20, 2008

Flamingo said:
It doesn't matter what controller you use in melee, you will still be 0->deathed because the game is so broken.. Solution? PLAY BRAWL!

wow your di must be horrendous if you get 0->deathed every stock

slartibartfast42 · Dec 20, 2008

MuraRengan said:
Sheik: No difference.

lol

I have a Madcatz controller. I used it once and hated it (and it wasn't even for melee). It's a "micro" (20% smaller) I just got it because when I was out buying a fourth controller my sister asked me to get it because she has really small hands (and I got it since it was half the price of the standard controllers). She likes it over the gcn controllers, since she has small hands, but then again, she never plays games that take very much tech skill.

Gimpyfish62 said:
wow madcatz is horrible how do you sleep at night

QFT

Da Shuffla · Dec 20, 2008

@MikeHaggar: Yeah, he was taught the ancient art of DI by Level 9s.

Zjiin · Dec 20, 2008

Madcatz is absolutely terrible. I have personally broken 3 of them, one of them was FIVE MINUTES after opening the package.

MuraRengan · Dec 20, 2008

I've had about 5 since I started playing Melee competitively. They've all lasted about 6 months.

2.72 · Dec 20, 2008

Da Shuffla said:
@MikeHaggar: Yeah, he was taught the ancient art of DI by Level 9s.

Hey, he must be really talented! I can't DI into combos as well as level 9's. I mean, they DI almost every move perfectly wrong, which requires insane reflexes.

Grunt · Dec 20, 2008

MuraRengan said:
I've had about 5 since I started playing Melee competitively. They've all lasted about 6 months.

I had the same controller for 6 years. (nintendo)
then i got a new one this year.

Aesir · Dec 20, 2008

Did someone just say Brawl was better.

RAAAGE

LooksLikePit · Dec 21, 2008

2.72 said:
Hey, he must be really talented! I can't DI into combos as well as level 9's. I mean, they DI almost every move perfectly wrong, which requires insane reflexes.

greatest post I've read in a while

Bailey · Dec 22, 2008

I use MadCatz when I play as Doc and Luigi.

Someone guess why

Aesir · Dec 22, 2008

Bailey said:
I use MadCatz when I play as Doc and Luigi.

Someone guess why

Because you were a mad cat for their Italian dong?

Bailey · Dec 22, 2008

I didn't think anyone would guess that.

But I forgot Aesir had a smashboards account....NOT

dang

MuraRengan · Dec 24, 2008

I did my first smashfest witout my madcatz.

I did awesome.

rhan · Dec 24, 2008

Zjiin said:
Madcatz is absolutely terrible. I have personally broken 3 of them, one of them was FIVE MINUTES after opening the package.

LMFAO!

That reminded me of a time when my friend split his control stick right down the middle of his brand new madcatz controller. Guud timez....

Bailey · Dec 25, 2008

I remember once before a KOTC Me, Storms, C@$H Mooney, and EE just got there and EE yells **** YOU MADCATZ and smashes his in the parking lot making god knows how much shrapnel lol.

OmegaXXII · Dec 25, 2008

Madcatz!?

My question is how did you get into it in the first place? Heck even the memory cards are bad, I remeber owning a PS memory card and after a while it simply couldn't read it anymore <_<. You probably wouldn't be looking at this problem right now it you had just sticked with a Nintendo controller instead, but I guess you can't change what's already in the past so i'll leave it at that.

Anonymous. · Dec 25, 2008

Bailey said:
I remember once before a KOTC Me, Storms, C@$H Mooney, and EE just got there and EE yells **** YOU MADCATZ and smashes his in the parking lot making god knows how much shrapnel lol.

LOLOL I remember that ****. Too good.

Tee ay eye · Dec 26, 2008

Flamingo said:
It doesn't matter what controller you use in melee, you will still be 0->deathed because the game is so broken.. Solution? PLAY BRAWL!

You're such a ****ing idiot, it's not even funny.

At least 0-deaths in Melee require skill. Besides, 0-deaths are very uncommon regardless.

Away with you, Madcatz!

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