Joystick talk

[Lupin]

What joysticks to consider?

I want 4 buttons in a row for XB360 or PS3/USB & obviously for fightin games. 
Out of the way, or disableable start button.
(The other aspects of a joystick make this unimportant but replaceable graphics and a right side joystick would be good too.)

It's Fanta, it's crap. Same with the stick Exar released 2 years ago.

Exar is releasing a new stick next month, full sanwa. Wait for that, or do yourself a favor and get a Qanba. Dual mod for as much as a Madcatz TE stick? Yes please.

[Running Wild]

Madcatz TE, Hori VX-SA, Qanba Q4 or Eightarc

[Lupin]

Will I need to buy an octagon restrictor for Qanba?   Which ones are square circle or octagon? 

[Running Wild]

They all come with square gates. You'll have to buy the octagon gate separate and add it yourself, which isn't hard to do.

[Lupin]

Woo After too much research and these recommendations I got a VX-SA.  I got a good price back then.  Shortly after it was the ON.c King of Sticks. 
Now I finally got a octagon gate which was too easy to install.  Focusattack 4tw!

Before the stick, with what free time there was it took like a month to learn how to force out the string of commands for a combo through a joybrick.  Now to relearn how to input in a man joystick. 

On the VX-SA the start button looks like its close but its fine.

[Lupin]

The top of many joysticks have a rotating ball.
Which tops won't rotate?

[Running Wild]

What do you mean? Most joysticks rotate, unless you mean the top screws off, which in that case, you need to tightly screw it in with a flathead screwdriver from the bottom.

[Lupin]

The top twists independent of input movement but didn't unscrew.  I'm hoping for no twist.

[PureYeti]

All of the tops doesn't twist when you play on it