Heyz,
(first post here, yay)
After a truly tortorous experience waiting for my first Madcatz MLG TE stick order to arrive (it got shipped to the wrong address)… my new one arrived today. I love it, but I’m wondering whether the ball on top of the stick is supposed to move (mine does.)
Any input?
P.S. This forum’s so much fun! Thanks to all the contributors.
Yes.
The Ball is not actually the one rotating.
The whole Shaft it.
Rotating the ball should be possible, yes. However, you should not be able to unscrew it.
On mine, the ball moves AND the shaft.
It’s sort of distracting, but if this is how it’s supposed to be I’ll just get used to it.
It’s normal if the ball and shaft moves.
Think about it. If the shaft DIDN’T move with the ball, you’d be unscrewing it every time you moved it around. Think about how much more distracting it would be if, every time you do a 360, you spin the ball top right off, lol.
Just let me ask this. Are you able to screw off the ball and pop it off with your hand?
When you cup the ball in your hand like a glass of fine wine, the ball and shaft should remain firm and still in your grip as you gyrate the joystick. The ball and shaft spin freely so that you don’t have to lubricate your palm to play.
DonkeyBlonkey: No, it does not come off. The ball remains attached.
Thank y’all for clarifying this for me!
Man, take away the context and these posts are hilarious.
But as said, the whole thing would need to move as one.
Yeah then there’s nothing wrong. All JLFs are like that. It did get me at first but didn’t take me much time to realize that it was a normal thing.
Most annoying thing I had to get used to when I got my first TE as well :). So used to non-spinning happ sticks from the arcades, moving to the spinning ball was hard as heck.
Kif, handling your stick of joy is like making love at a woman. You need to go in fast, and hard, before anyone realizes what’s actually going on; preferably without any uncomfortable chafing.
I freak out when my balls move too… But everyone here says it’s normal…
I to was surprised by this, but the more I use it the more sense it makes.
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Happ Competition sticks (most commonly used in American arcades, if I’m not mistaken), do spin as well…
They do.
As long as it doesn’t come off, you’re good.
It be a shorter and more manageable list to list all of the joysticks that do not have rotating shafts.
Most of these are arcade flight sticks
Sanwa JLJ(Used on flight sims, Tank games and Virtual On)
Seimtsu LSX-57 (lacks a grip or top, often used for Mech Warrior Cabs).
Seimtsu Flight Sticks which are highly Modified LS-40s found on the Sega Saturn Virtual-On Twin Stick, the Dreamcast Twin Stick and some Virtual On Cabinets.
Import Flight Stick(based on Seimtsu Designs)
Tron/ Satan’s Hallow Flight Stick, from cabs of the same name (Same stick, different colors)
Happs’ Fligth stick (Digital)
Happs’ Fligth Stick (Analog)
And some joysticks on Claw Machines that have the single red button on top.
Every other authentic joystick I seen, Japanese, Korean or American/European style has a rotating shaft. Hence a Ball top or Bat top that rotates as well.
Well, the ball top on my stick does come off. I can’t seem to tighten it enough so it’ll stick. Is there some trick to securing it?
Open up your stick. On the bottom side of your joystick (on the part that moves when you move the stick around), you’ll see a spot to stick a flathead screwdriver in. This holds the stick in place. Then just tighten the ball top with your hand, and you shouldn’t have anymore problems with it. You don’t need to tighten it really hard, just get it nice and snug. Re-assemble everything together, and you’re good to go.