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It's been a while since I've updated this blog, but I guess I should start again. I've neglected my dedicated work on updating about my life mainly because I never finish a project I set my mind to but on occasions I really do finish some projects I start.

For Example, just a week and a half ago (I think) I finished my third soldering project, First one being the pick ups on my old guitar and the second one was an LED flashlight I made using an altoids box.

This third project was on the very cheap Mayflash Arcade stick I bought on amazon.com and when I say cheap, I do mean cheap($30). The thing that convinced me to buy this stick was the lack of funds and the intriguing idea of learning how to play fighting games with stick. In my own opinion, learning to play on stick is pretty much how people learn how to drive manual. It's much better and overpowering in so many ways but I'd like to think of it as learning to play properly.

So after I received it in the mail (3 days of waiting), I finally was able to play KOFXII, SF2HD, MVC2 properly, or like the pros that play in tournaments like EVO. Unfortunately, I sucked big time on the arcade stick. I wasn't able to do certain moves, special moves and just play normally like I would on a controller. After much playtime on the arcade stick, I start to feel the balance of the joystick and how I would place my hands on my stick made a big difference on gameplay, but I wasn't happy. After much thought, I decide that I'd replace the joystick because I felt it was the cause of the problem and from reading the reviews on the stick that I bought, I was right about it; the stick sucked ass.

So I researched on how people modded their sticks and I found a great thread on Shoryuken.com dedicated solely to the Mayflash arcade stick.


So I ordered what was recommended for a joystick, which was the Sanwa JLF joystick which can be bought at Lizardlick.com.
NOTE: When you order, please allow lizardlick a week and half or so for shipping. They sell out of that stuff on the quick. VERY quick.

When I received it, I went straight to work and basically followed some simple guides like this one for example:


I also used this website, although its in french, if you translate it using google or babelfish, It's pretty easy to understand.

After 6 hours of work on soldering, it turned out to be one of the best arcade sticks I have ever played on. Every single move that I couldn't do on the original

stick was easily do-able on the new stick.


I was so proud of myself when I was done soldering, I didn't realize that I was up till 6am in the morning. =)

My Life felt complete but at the same time I craved for more, So I've decided to make a guide on my next project when I start replacing the original buttons with Sanwa replacements.


-Aris