[quote name='NamelessMC']Okay guys, here's a question.
Let's say I've never used a stick before except US arcade sticks from time to time when I was younger.
Let's say also that, I'm pretty good at fighters. (I've beaten a few 2500BP Zangief/Honda users in SF4, gotten some hate mail from them) I'm not like, calculate range/recovery compete in tournaments good, but I'm the guy that has the controller for about 3-4 rounds at a friend's house when we play SF before I lose.
Now let's say I want to get a stick, but I don't play fighters as much as everyone else does. I'm a charge user (Boxer).
If I get the US parts from Lizard Lick, like HAPP Competition stick and buttons, to go cheap, would it really be a "bad" experience compared to something like the LS-40 that everyone gets?
I want to build a stick, but I don't want to invest more than $80 into it.
I know I could get the Hori Fighting Stick EX2, but I don't want something that hard to mod and the SE Fighting Sticks are going for as much as what the tournament sticks cost.
I'm looking to spend maybe $30-35 in the stick/buttons and another $20 on the PCB (360 joystick) and getting a plastic enclosure from Home Depot with my friend's discount.[/quote]
Sanwa/Seimitsu isn't for everyone...I myself enjoy American sticks...i have mine hooked up to my old SFII Hyper Fighting cabinet...
$80 360 Happs is pretty doable if you have the tools/skills to make one...$25 for happ parts + $10 Madcatz retro stick...The rest you can use on wood, plexi, paint, rubber feet, etc...