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.
going back to square
Sanwa: Square.
Seimitsu: any, they’re all good. And better than Sanwa.
I was an old skool arcade player who hadnt played a fighting game on stick in like 10 years. When I got my TE stick I hated the square gate and wanted a feel like I was used to.
I ordered an octo gate, hated the “clickyness” of it, but stuck with it for a while anyways.
Then tried a round gate which was more what I was used to from my old days.Loved it but found some moves like tiger knee motions hard to consistently hit as it’s hard to “lock in” the upper diagonal part.
Needless to say, after trying all three I’m back to a square gate and loving it. If anything, you may want to try a round or octo to “train” yourself to hit consistent QCF/QCB motions, then go back to a square and try it again. You’ll notice you do the motions like you did on the octo/round gate without riding the gate which I think is most peoples problem when starting on a square.
But it all comes down to personal preference really. As was mentioned above, they are cheap enough, and super easy to swap out, so try them and see whats best for you, not what everyone else tells you to use.
no gate at all…
i’ve been using it for 4 years and i can honestly say the octagon gate sucks on the sanwa
I used the round gate on my JLW for several years, I found it quite good. but now I’m trying the square again since is the standard in Japanese arcades which hopefully I going to visit in a year or two. So far the only thing I like about the square is that it’s shorter on the motions and blocking low feels more precise other than that, it stills feels awkward and stiff.
i love american & octogates but the problem is that if you’re playing in a tournament w/ arcade cabinets, its most likely going to be square…Cant seem to get the square down for SPDs…
the octogate on the seimitsu sticks are good tho
personal preference. try a few games with either gates and compare your performance. in my case, i do better with octagon, so people can slap me with square/octagon advantage/disadvantage chart, but my performance gets the final decision.