How do you hold you balltop?

LRa · Post by **LRa** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 3:18 pm

And do you hold it differently for shmups, fighting games and for general arcade games?

TalkingOctopus · Post by **TalkingOctopus** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 4:20 pm

I don't think I hold it differently for different types of games...I use the same form for every type of game. I hold the balltop part of the joy with my fist.

cigsthecat · Post by **cigsthecat** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 5:16 pm

There was a great article in an issue of Hogan's Alley where they had photos of famous cartoonist hands- how they held their pencil.

It'd be neat to see the same for players that use joysticks.

LRa · Post by **LRa** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 5:35 pm

The thing I noticed is that oriental players tend to hold their ball between two finger unlike occidental which "hug" the ball.

Sabreman · Post by **Sabreman** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 5:48 pm

Like dat.

Post by **Dave_K.** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 6:27 pm

I notice a lot of japanese people hold the ball from underneath (almost like the above pic). I believe this is stemming from people who play fighters a lot (and need to do complex QCR type moves). But for me (and I think most shumppers) you don't really grab the stick, but rather hold it between thumb and middle fingers (on left and right sides respectively). Since in shmups you are doing more soft tapping left and right type of movements.

TalkingOctopus · Post by **TalkingOctopus** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 7:02 pm

Dave_K. wrote:But for me (and I think most shumppers) you don't really grab the stick, but rather hold it between thumb and middle fingers (on left and right sides respectively). Since in shmups you are doing more soft tapping left and right type of movements.

Yeah...that's how I hold it. Holding underneath feels really uncomfortable to me.

LRa · Post by **LRa** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 7:10 pm

TalkingOctopus wrote:
Dave_K. wrote:But for me (and I think most shumppers) you don't really grab the stick, but rather hold it between thumb and middle fingers (on left and right sides respectively). Since in shmups you are doing more soft tapping left and right type of movements.
Yeah...that's how I hold it. Holding underneath feels really uncomfortable to me.

Don't you feel holding underneath is a lot more precise. "hugging" makes the movements very crude imo.

Can you post a picture of your holding style?

Klatrymadon · Post by **Klatrymadon** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 7:12 pm

Like dat.

Same (Klatrymadon here... small world, huh?

)!

I've noticed this odd "wine glass" grip, too. I suppose it'd feel like 2nd nature after a bit of practice.

TWITCHDOCTOR · Post by **TWITCHDOCTOR** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 7:31 pm

Sabreman wrote:

Like dat.

Which is how I play fighters...sometimes/most of the time, I use only my thumb and two fingers to play shmups. I 'll often "anchor" my pinky on the control panel for stability.

Randorama · Post by **Randorama** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 8:33 pm

Underneath, but not in the "pure" way ( my fingers are too long, thanks to years of swimming). I put the ball on space between the thumb and the index finger.Also for reasons of fingers' length, i need to curl them on the base. Useless to say it, i need rest every 50 minutes or so.

Ex_Mosquito · Post by **Ex_Mosquito** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 8:47 pm

I hold it this way for shooters and 2D fighters.

Trevor spencer · Post by **Trevor spencer** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 9:26 pm

^
yep same here

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 10:17 pm

Wow. I never knew how off I was...

The entire heel of my hand all the way to the tip of my pinky rest on the flat panel, and the tips of my ring and middle finger also rest on the panel.

LRa · Post by **LRa** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 10:52 pm

iatneH wrote:Wow. I never knew how off I was...

The entire heel of my hand all the way to the tip of my pinky rest on the flat panel, and the tips of my ring and middle finger also rest on the panel.

I find this a lot less precise than putting the stick between the fingers.
It seems harder to make subtle movements.

Post by **Dave_K.** » Sat Oct 01, 2005 10:53 pm

^ yep thats almost identical to how I hold it (except I anchor with the ridge of my hand, pinky and ring fingers curled in).

mannerbot · Post by **mannerbot** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 12:31 am

I do it Ex_Mosquito style.

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 1:10 am

Like Sabreman's, but the joystick is a bat, not a ball.

Kiel · Post by **Kiel** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 2:48 am

Here's me:

TWITCHDOCTOR · Post by **TWITCHDOCTOR** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 11:30 am

Kiel wrote:Here's me:

Ahhh...you just wanted to show off your Neo-Geo!

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 5:37 pm

Are those Neo sticks microswitched, or do they use rubber plungers?

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 6:05 pm

iatneH wrote:Are those Neo sticks microswitched, or do they use rubber plungers?

microswitch
ed: as are all neogeo controllers including the small neogeo CD joypad..

Leeram · Post by **Leeram** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 8:41 pm

I don't have any balls

Cheers

Leeram

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 9:03 pm

Leeram wrote:I don't have any balls

Cheers

Leeram

..how do you hold your vagina?

Leeram · Post by **Leeram** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 9:12 pm

Not so much a vagina as a flap. More a stick, than a ball. I have an X-arcade, it has baseball bat style ends rather than balls.

Cheers

Leeram

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 10:06 pm

Leeram wrote:Not so much a vagina as a flap. More a stick, than a ball. I have an X-arcade, it has baseball bat style ends rather than balls.

Cheers

Leeram

Herehere! Gotta love bats.

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 2:29 am

Damocles wrote:
Herehere! Gotta love bats.

I uhm .. err... I can't play with the balls. Only the bats.

TWITCHDOCTOR · Post by **TWITCHDOCTOR** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 4:10 am

sven666 wrote:
iatneH wrote:Are those Neo sticks microswitched, or do they use rubber plungers?
microswitch
ed: as are all neogeo controllers including the small neogeo CD joypad..

Maybe so, but the buttons aren't switches. I'm assuming they are simply those rubbery "plungers".

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Mon Oct 03, 2005 4:18 am

I hold the balltop in the arch of my thumb and index finger. My fingers are left loose.