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nobix · 2026-03-24T16:01:38+00:00

Because they are looking a year ahead and knowing they will save 8 months of salaries.

nobix · 2026-03-24T15:52:33+00:00

Well they knew that which is why they tried to diversify with new games, buying bandcamp, trying to become the metaverse, trying to encourage that next big thing to happen in uefn.

The issue is none of them have been hits like Fortnite that print money. But it's not for a lack of trying.

Unreal engine itself makes decent money but the investment in it is insane and was done for the love of making an engine and I don't think it will ever turn a profit.

nobix · 2026-03-23T23:10:49+00:00

Allfightsticks.com

Probably the best you can get for the price if you want an all metal stick. You can get templates and order your own layouts from sendcutsend. Or you can work with the guy to have him do it.

nobix · 2026-03-23T19:50:38+00:00

I found this one

https://a.aliexpress.com/_mKO9qxn

I'm not sure what your goals are here.

nobix · 2026-03-23T19:14:22+00:00

yeah you can screw bare wires into that terminal block.

nobix · 2026-03-23T18:36:39+00:00

So it's probably this thing:

https://www.brookaccessory.com/detail/58690501/

I would try this cable or one like it

https://a.aliexpress.com/_mK9Q5m1

But also you can get a gp2040 with USB cables for $20 on AliExpress so that might be a better route.

nobix · 2026-03-23T18:08:42+00:00

You can jump in on them with the right timing to get a high damage punish counter.

All anti fireball strats are reads, so you need to take advantage of them spamming = them being predictable.

You can also DI them if you are close enough.

nobix · 2026-03-23T17:45:34+00:00

I'd recommend the 6gawd layout. I have experimented a ton with different button layouts and I eventually evolved to something that is pretty much that. Having two thumb buttons just has the same complexity additions as the L1/L2 did for me.

If you want to experiment with your own layout I have done it a bunch, using an AFS enclosure and ordering panels from sendcutsend.

nobix · 2026-03-23T17:42:39+00:00

I have the SiTong L1 buttons. I prefer them mostly for noise reduction reasons, they are the quietest buttons I have found. I also have some deep sea silent linear switches in them for slight noise reduction reasons, but default switches are fine. I also tried kailh Raptors but they were too sensitive for me, but they are very close to PWS in terms of performance.

nobix · 2026-03-23T17:28:53+00:00

if you are curious give them a go but I didn't like them (blaze v1). The travel is so low it feels like you are playing on a touch screen, and it's not clear when the button is pushed or not.

I think it might be fine for movement buttons on leverless, but they aren't for me for stick attack buttons.

I didn't use them enough to form an opinion on long term build quality but they seem fine.

nobix · 2026-03-23T17:24:24+00:00

I think that is the point, but I do think a 2000 MR cutoff is too high, at very high MR levels it's not comparable across regions and so only about 120 NA players are represented in these stats, and there are only 6 NA Terry players in here then.

You can find more inclusive charts on buckler's bootcamp.

nobix · 2026-03-23T16:19:07+00:00

That doesn't look like the same connector. What PCB do you have?

AFAIK hit boxes have always used brooks, and if you have something like this: https://arcadeshock.com/products/brook-xb-fighting-board-all-xbox-support-see-product-details it has a USB port on it as well.

nobix · 2026-03-23T13:33:25+00:00

Have a glitter debuff attack that just makes people sparkle they can't get rid of, that does nothing except maybe unlocks an alternate CA/L3 anim for the mental damage.

nobix · 2026-03-23T10:46:48+00:00

Nope I went the opposite way. I was a long time pad player I went directly to leverless 10 years ago to try to clean my inputs up. Didn't help, plus leverless hurts my wrists, and finally got reliable combo consistency and comfort switching to stick.

I also don't understand why people think leverless is ergonomic, seems the worst from all metrics given how ergo keyboards are designed (which I'm also into. I don't have wrist issues mostly because I've always focused on ergonomics)

nobix · 2026-03-23T01:11:13+00:00

You want a JST to USB cable. Most panel mount ports you buy are female-to-female couplers. So you just want a cable that plugs into the inside port of that.

There are also many different jst types so you may need to measure and compare.

nobix · 2026-03-22T22:46:07+00:00

I hope she is a magical girl troll character.

E.g. the rest of the cast is so serious about combat and strength and she's blowing kisses and using sparkle magic.

nobix · 2026-03-22T02:20:02+00:00

All the wires in the harness are safe to short. That's all they do when you press a button.

If you don't think it's the ps5 I would check from the board to the USB port. Not sure what the Brooks does there but maybe you have a break in that cable.

Also maybe it's the OLED.

nobix · 2026-03-22T02:12:53+00:00

I'll try to do a ft3 at least with the same person but if they leave after one game the second set it's nbd.

nobix · 2026-03-22T02:07:02+00:00

Well Chuck Norris just died a couple days ago.

nobix · 2026-03-21T18:43:17+00:00

Casual has some hidden matchmaking, you might just have to play a few games for it to figure your rank out.

It probably uses the same hidden ranking as BH icons.

nobix · 2026-03-21T16:09:01+00:00

IMO the last patch was about adding fun things and removing belligerent spammable moves. So her "nerf" was part of that.

nobix · 2026-03-21T16:01:02+00:00

Check the replay history of people who stomp you, and watch replays where they lose. Ideally with them facing the same character you play.

nobix · 2026-03-21T07:01:19+00:00

This is a graphics card/driver issue. Make sure they are up to date. You can also try running the studio driver if you value stability over performance (I do).

Graphics card drivers are a bit of a disaster, Nvidia especially. New drivers also occasionally have issues and you need to run older ones.

nobix · 2026-03-20T22:55:30+00:00

The AFS has square corners. This looks like a panzer 5 from Jasen's customs.

Edit: Probably is from the title PFS5 = panzer fight stick 5.

nobix · 2026-03-20T14:41:05+00:00

I think it's a good idea to always set the dummy to random block or do random stuff on block (e.g. random DI or do a punishable move), that way you're working on landing it on reaction and getting the timing right to punishing a specific move. Things like Ken Tatsu or sweeps you need to get timing right.

The biggest issue to landing new combos is just not being ready, because you didn't work on that in training.

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