> Wireless fightsticks are not accepted within the fighting game community and probably > wouldn't be trusted or liked in the hardcore shmup community either. > > EVO has strict rules against wireless controls as they can interfere with a match in > session, and the players don't trust them to be reliable.
I've never seen proof they're unreliable, introduce any significant additional lag or whatever would get in the way of even the highest level of play, any genre. It's just because people are being overcautious in tournaments, formal or not, and want to eliminate even the smallest possibility of signal loss/interference (or intentional disconnect from a distance). Must admit it's annoying when the battery fails in the middle of a run/fight, but how often does that happen? Otherwise they're perfect, for sure shmuppers use wireless, most Hori of course. The interference paranoia isn't there though, as shmuppers only rarely play in groups/crowds.
> MAME isn't about playing the games anyway.
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