glad im not the only one that felt this, i went to a buddy of mines house to play on his custom cab, i was wondering why the fuck my diagonals werent responding…the answer…octo gate.
I have a bunch of octagonal gates…in storage, because I hate using them. They make it harder to block, because down back and back feel the same. With the cardinal directions not catching like the corners, I can input cleaner quarter and half circle inputs and not jump back or end the quarter circle prematurely in a down back or down forward.
If you want a octagonal gate feel free to pm me. I have 2 of the yellow center pieces I am wanting to get rid of.
I started with square and I hated it. So I bought an octo gate and played with it for a year. When MvC3 came out I had a much easier time playing on my friends square gate, so I went back. Now I don’t play MvC3 at all, went back to SSF4 with the square gate, and I’m better than I ever was. It was a learning experience for me but I find square gates MUCH better…
Also, stiffer sticks. Both of my JLFs have THREE springs in them. Super stiff, super responsive, super AWESOME.
Going back to an unmodded JLF just feels cheap.
I have one square gate in my SF3 cabinet, and it drives me up the wall. The other is a circular gate, which is better, but I still would rather have octagonal than anything.
So I vote octagon.
Eben01
14
Clearly it’s triangle gate that’s the right answer!
Seriously, it’s what ever feels best for you. For the cost, buy one and try it out. Like Robokrikit also said at the start, don’t use it as a crutch to do qcf - riding the gate like that will just make life harder for you later.
I practiced doing qcf by unplugging the stick and listening to the switches as I did the motion (there should be a click for down, click as forward engages, and then a click as down disengages) - then plugging it in and watching the inputs on training mode.
I’ve experimented with all three gates, and square is the one for me. No matter if i’m playing ssf4 or mvc3. I like square. But it’s all preference.
I’ll buy two from you… If you’re willing to sell them.
Kyle
17
Octo is only good on the LS-56. It’s ass on the JLF.
JLW with the decahedron gate and 14 LS-32 springs.
pzlate
19
Ah yes, a four way stick with a twist, genius!
Actually, I’m giving square a shot on my LS-56 since I was having trouble finding corners on the octo. That and I’m still not used to the throw, I’ll do like cr.forward to mk Tatsu negative edge instead of lk tatsu.
d3v
20
Third option, GT-C circle gate by Toodles (support the community).
My wife loves the circle gate; it’s nice but too much throw for me.
I do like the feel of the circle gate. Much better than the JLF octo IMO. Really anyone interested enough should pick up the octo and circle gates to try them out. I just think people give up too easy on the square. If you have a hard time with QCFs at first, that is normal; giving up at that point means you don’t know how well you can really play on it.
Agreed. It’s really a matter of what works for you. Try out the octo, the circle, go back to the square see if it feels better. Whatever works. At the moment I’m working with essentially a a circular gate with a Perfect 360 and it’s been an interesting learning process.
Circle for me. I gotta have my freedom. Get good enough with it and you don’t find yourself riding the gate as much because on my circle (JLF), Toodles made them so that the actuator hits the plungers to the microswitches jussssst right and there’s room to spare but not too much. I would say no gate when I use my super sensitive Happ. Then it’s a square actuator. I think the circle on a JLF feels a lot like a super sensitive Happ.
Square is great for beginners and alot of pros who won tourneys swear by square gates
I’ll stay with my square gate, then. I’ll just keep practicing on it until it feels natural
I can’t really comment on the octo, but I originally wanted one b/c square felt weird. A few months later, I only think about it when I see threads like this one.
Square! Best design and stock on JLFs for a reason imo.
