Well, I played some SFII and it works pretty good. Better than it did, but still not great. So I guess sanding would help out a bit. I can see what it does now. The d-pad does hit the contollers housing. So I guess I'm gonna sand it and see how that goes.
I'll play around with it a little more, but it has worked 100% of the time so far. I really didn't use my D-Pad too often. Because it sucked obviously, and it would always go left or right when I was pressing up or down. The thin plastic fixes that. So that totally works for a quick easy fix...
Now what does the sanding do?
I just took mine apart and added the thin plastic (took me about 20-30 minutes), and from what I can tell the thing works way better. Up is up and left is left. And the thing clicks with every press.
Damn. A ban is pretty harsh and just unnecassary.
A warning should have been the way to go. It's wierd how they ban for this but I see gamertags with "White Power" or "KKK" or similar variations on Live pretty frequently . In my opion those are people who deserve bans. Not people who take...
Actually it's not a horrible deal. It's nice to get there reviews in HD. And there is alot of other content in HD also.
Other good thing is I only payed the $20 fee once. And that was four years ago. They havent charged me since.