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The Big Three Plus One => GoldenEye 007 => Topic started by: DYM on October 14, 2020, 05:37:57 am

Title: ** How do you push the control stick? **
Post by: DYM on October 14, 2020, 05:37:57 am

This spurred from a Discord conversation a while ago, when I learnt that a handful of people push the stick with their thumb from the top. When you move the N64 control stick to turn (or strafe), do you push it from the top, or from the sides? What do you think is the BETTER approach (in terms of comfort, precision with movement, medical harm, ability to play longer, etc)? I would especially be interested in hearing from the 'Pluck Grip' players.

VOTE!

Title: Re: ** How do you push the control stick? **
Post by: Illu on October 14, 2020, 06:08:13 am

pushing from the side could get some sick turns but I'd find it hard to resume precise strafing quickly after (if next turn is like 1 sec after)

Title: Re: ** How do you push the control stick? **
Post by: RWG on October 14, 2020, 06:41:21 am

wtf, I push it from the bottom.

Title: Re: ** How do you push the control stick? **
Post by: HarryCoupe on October 14, 2020, 07:21:25 am

Title: Re: ** How do you push the control stick? **
Post by: Yendis on October 14, 2020, 07:24:15 am

I do from the side for up and down and top for left and right

Title: Re: ** How do you push the control stick? **
Post by: wishiwasfamous on October 14, 2020, 08:53:05 am

With my thumb.

Title: Re: ** How do you push the control stick? **
Post by: AZ on October 14, 2020, 11:31:49 am

from the bottom

Title: Re: ** How do you push the control stick? **
Post by: Whiteted on October 14, 2020, 12:55:01 pm

I'm with yendis for the most part

Title: Re: ** How do you push the control stick? **
Post by: UndeadFil on October 14, 2020, 01:10:49 pm

To be fair I don't even know how I'm pressing the buttons so

Title: Re: ** How do you push the control stick? **
Post by: tharixer on October 14, 2020, 01:32:09 pm

I do exactly what yendis does

Title: Re: ** How do you push the control stick? **
Post by: Dusky on October 14, 2020, 05:06:48 pm

how am i supposed to respond to this poll? i need help.

Title: Re: ** How do you push the control stick? **
Post by: Joris on October 14, 2020, 05:14:33 pm

I use pluck like Dusky but i don't even hold / move the stick like he does at all so i'm even more confused

Title: Re: ** How do you push the control stick? **
Post by: Cal on October 14, 2020, 08:44:22 pm

I'm the reverse of Yendis - use the top of the stick for up/down and sides of the stick for left/right

Title: Re: ** How do you push the control stick? **
Post by: mw on October 16, 2020, 10:13:57 pm

I picked top but idk if that's really accurate. I guess it's really a combination of both. Typically my thumb makes contact with pretty much the entirety of the top of the stick but it also wraps down over the side/bottom and I think it tends to come off the top of the stick when i have to make a really hard turn in any direction. Here's a handcam video I recently recorded, maybe you can see what I mean. Look at the hard right turn immediately after clipping, the tip/pad of my thumb come completely free of the stick.

Title: Re: ** How do you push the control stick? **
Post by: flukey lukey on October 16, 2020, 10:51:55 pm

with the lower half of my left thumb

Title: Re: ** How do you push the control stick? **
Post by: Irie on October 16, 2020, 11:46:51 pm

Lol I tried to vote top and accidentally voted side, either way it's a mix

Title: Re: ** How do you push the control stick? **
Post by: rhakiath on October 17, 2020, 12:20:25 am

Depends on what kind of movement I'm doing, whether I'm playing 2.x or not, etc.

Title: Re: ** How do you push the control stick? **
Post by: Worlds-One on October 17, 2020, 04:31:19 am

I just use rubber bands no hands  :kappa: :LOL: #MTEGA

Title: Re: ** How do you push the control stick? **
Post by: Tideking on October 25, 2020, 07:30:22 pm

Quote from: Yendis on October 14, 2020, 07:24:15 am

I do from the side for up and down and top for left and right

Oh wow, I do it the same way

Although I'll add the for diagonals, I push from the side like with up/down.