mittelos said:
Lord have mercy, the DS3 dpad is tearing my thumb to shreds. And I can't pull a super or ultra with it, I have to switch to the analog stick. I should get some sort of fightpad I suppose, but I'm such a casual SFIV player that I can't justify the cost. Anyone got any dpad tips?
I have the greatest tip you will ever find on Earth, and trust me I've tried everything. Film, masking tape, cello tape, cling film, foil, cloths, carrier bags, all manor of weird inventions, but do you know which work best?
Well there are two things depending on how you play.
1.) If you're a player who doesn't necessarily need to fully feel the d-pad on the DS3, because you know where and how it functions by mind, then get some kitcehn towel. Tear the tiniest bit off, a round circle shape that just fits on your thumb print (think of it as a new thumb print). What you have to do, is basically super glue over it (tiny amounts) and it will eventually stick to your thumb. Once you get it all over it should look kind of like a white cover over your thumb, try and keep it as polished and smooth as possible. Once it dries, start running it on your jeans or on any material, to try and smoothen it out until it's glossy. After that, apply another tiny little bit of kitchen towel over it again (for dual layer) and repeat the process all over. By the end, your thumb should be a solid (only the actual thumb print, nothing else), with a white tip that should be almost as hard as the plastic of the DS3 d-pad. It will feel like you have a near plastic thumb, but it will glide over the d-pad, and with more use, start to mould just right. You'll be pulling off moves with ease, and not a shred (and I mean shred) of pain. Using this method, the thumb mask will last indefinitely until you decide to take (peel) it off. It shouldn't hurt much when you do.
2.) If you're the kind of player that prefers to feel the buttons under his thumb completely. The trick is to literally apply tiny amounts of super glue over (yes over) your thumb print. It will feel slightly hot, and probably isn't advised, but after a thin coat, your thumb will be nice sheeny, polished and hard. But you should still be able to feel the buttons. Over time the your thumb mask will crack and peel, so you need to either re-apply super glue to fill or smoothen out, or peel everything off for a new smoother layer.
Try the above at your own risk, I take no responsibility for anything that happens. I have tried both methods and they work perfectly, and so far I've had no side effects (admittedly only used it for a few hours at a time for two days). Whatever you do don't sniff the super glue, or put it on anything other than your thumb print. Also, don't apply to much because it could burn.
