I'm an old timer from SFII days in the 90s, played on nothing but round gate HAPP's, in USA arcades. I've logged the most hours on arcade cabinets with SFI (including the pressure button variant), SFII, Champion, Turbo, Hyper and New Challengers, during the now ancient, early, tournament scene. I did continue to go to arcades when Alpha and Third Strike came out, but honestly I don't remember the gates being square, they felt like the same old HAPP's to me (old cabinet conversions possibly, don't know?), but memories fade and that was a long time ago, so I can't be sure. After that, on consoles, I primarily used Sega Saturn pads and a few other 6 button controllers, with adapters. I haven't used sticks for the last 15 years.
I just got a second hand joystick, for free that has a Sanwa stick in it, with a square gate and I can't do any move consistently in USFIV, maybe 30% success (I know, I know, people will say, more practice). I just borrowed a friends modded, round gate stick, for a couple of days and I can do 80% of what I can do on a pad. So, it seems, most comments here, on the forum, say to use square gates and to get used to them. But I think most people here, have only logged hours on square gates and/or never put ANY time on the old round gate HAPP's, that used to be in every arcade in USA. So, is the "square gate thing" only appropriate for people that never touched a square gate previously and don't have old muscle memory from HAPP based cabinets? BTW, I'm a Shoto guy.
I just got a second hand joystick, for free that has a Sanwa stick in it, with a square gate and I can't do any move consistently in USFIV, maybe 30% success (I know, I know, people will say, more practice). I just borrowed a friends modded, round gate stick, for a couple of days and I can do 80% of what I can do on a pad. So, it seems, most comments here, on the forum, say to use square gates and to get used to them. But I think most people here, have only logged hours on square gates and/or never put ANY time on the old round gate HAPP's, that used to be in every arcade in USA. So, is the "square gate thing" only appropriate for people that never touched a square gate previously and don't have old muscle memory from HAPP based cabinets? BTW, I'm a Shoto guy.
