KO - Gathering

Bounty Bob wrote:

alkis21 wrote:No, I mean some moves are easier to make with some joysticks than with others.

This is very true. My game has improved dramatically since I started using the CMS sticks. Now things happen most of the time as I want them to. Whereas before I'd be making huge blunders because the stick wasn't so precise.

I know a bad workman always blames his tools but these comments got me thinking. I wondered if there's a any correlation between joystick and KOA rank? Are certain joysticks avoided by the top players and others preferred?

Post the name of your preferred joystick and lets see what (if anything) the trend is...

RESULTS SO FAR (based on Nov '06 Rankings)...

Pos Name Joy
1 Gianluca T custom joystick
2 Gianni T Speedking
3 Alkis P Tomahawk
4 Spyros P ACS Microtechnica
5 Martin J Cruiser
6 Nikos A Pacman II
7 Klaus Lo
8 Rikki F
9 Mario F Suncom Tac-2
10 Luigi F Suncom Tac-2
11 Michael O
12 Steve C CompPro
13 Ben G Cruiser
14 Robert S Cruiser
15 Martin B
16 James B CompPro
17 Panayotis P Pacman I
18 Mark P
19 Dan C
20 Marco D Suncom Tac-2
21 John H Wico
22 Jon G Cruiser
23 James L
24 Fabio F Suncom Tac-2
25 Stefan V
26 Simon B Zipstick
27 Christian D
28 Rodolfo M CMS
29 Nick P
30 Thomas K
31 Nazim C
32 Kees V
33 Giacomo T
34 Oliver St
35 Glenn L
36 Maurizio L Suncom Tac-2
37 Lee M
38 Jacob K Wico
39 Sascha W
40 Alessandro Cu Suncom Tac-2
41 Jorn F CMS
42 Ketil B
43 Riemer P
44 Mattias N
45 Mark B CMS
46 Sindre B
47 Filippo D
48 Jorg P
49 Francesco D
50 Luciano T
51 Ben C
52 Kostas O
53 Alex B CMS
54 Chris K
55 Gerd W
56 Heiko K
57 Haydn H
58 Mark W
59 Vasilis K P Pacman I
60 Kostas L
61 Jesper B
62 Michael M
63 Paul M
64 Lars A
65 Lorenzo V
66 Sascha F
67 Patrick D
68 Wayne L Zipstick
69 Matthias D
70 Jacopo A
71 Steve B
72 Franco C
73 Sandro T
74 Diego D
75 Knut L
76 Marios K
77 Apostolos T
78 Vagelis D
79 Mark D
80 Bjorn P
81 Fulvio O
82 Thomas N
83 Antonis T CMS
84 Daniel G
85 Marco S
86 Tobias B
87 Pascal V
88 Michael Mu
89 Mark E custom joystick
90 Angelo S
91 Volker K
92 Henrik R
93 Mandhir S Zipstick
94 Wolf H
95 Garry C CompPro
96 Pete S
97 Fabio A
98 Peter S
99 Danny D
100 Nick H
101 Darren G custom joystick
102 John R
103 Thorsten B
104 Niels T The Arcade
105 Gunther W The Arcade
106 Jan T The Arcade
URP Daniel J Wico Red Ball
URP Mark H CompPro

competition pro

CompPro

gdh82 wrote:I know a bad workman always blames his tools but these comments got me thinking. I wondered if there's a any correlation between joystick and KOA rank? Are certain joysticks avoided by the top players and others preferred?

Joystick will play a part but game knowledge and basic skill will always be overriding factors.

I used to use Zipstiks but changed to the CMS joystick a while back and haven't looked back.

Started off with Comp-pro but made the switch to CMS a few years back. No way I'm going back.

I used to use Zipstiks but changed to the CMS joystick a while back and haven't looked back

Thats quite true!! especially reversing










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Stainy wrote:

I used to use Zipstiks but changed to the CMS joystick a while back and haven't looked back

Thats quite true!! especially reversing

As for the joystick question, I don't think there's any correlation between good/bad players and specific joysticks, or at least not an obvious one.

I do know though that there's no way I could play with Cruisers/Speed Kings (how on earth can you play with this thing Gianni?)/Comp Pros/Zip sticks etc. Apart from my stick, I could easilly play with Tomahawk/Pacman/Starfighter sticks and - to a lesser extent - CMS sticks.

Build your own it's the only way I reckon

don't try this one:
http://www.atariage.com/controller_page ... ollerID=11

Suncom Tac-2

Ely wrote:Build your own it's the only way I reckon

yes!

Cruiser.

Martin J, Ben G, Jon G same answer.

Wico Red Ball

http://www.tradera.com/auction/AMIGA___ ... d_34948428

and I missed this great opportunity to get a new one.. I don't know how long the one I have now will work...: (