bazinga

  • Ericthescruffy [he/him]
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    6 months ago

    Speaking as a competitive fighting game player who has traveled to tournaments: even if this wasn't banned (it would be) and operated the way they say it will in theory (it won't) this would still be, no hyperbole, one of the dumbest ideas I've ever heard in my life. The macro suggestions are nothing but windows hotkeys brought to a gamepad, and a controller or joystick which does the equivalent of "adjusts DPI settings in real-time, ensuring that your cursor movements are always accurate and fluid" is completely bass-ackwkards and completely misses the key feature(s) that actually defines a quality controller: durability and consistency.

    This is cringe I know but: the entire point of investing in a high end controller is the understanding that the hardware is strong and the flesh is weak. A sanwa plunger or mechanical key will trigger the same response in engine the same way every time. That's the whole point: its up to the pilot to train themselves to hit it on the right frame. A button or a joystick that dynamically changes to do what a dumb algorithm has decided I'm trying to do sounds like a special level of hell for someone like me.