how I learned to stop worrying and love the hori

Two weeks ago I purchased the MadCatz Standard Edition FightStick after months of anticipation. I began my search last summer when Soul Calibur was released and instead of buying the Hori Ex sticks that were available, I opted to defer my purchase until winter when the MadCatz sticks would be released. To speed this story up, I bought the sticks two weeks ago and although there were some problems with the stick sticking and buttons not registering (basically chasing a pig through the streets screaming "It's still good, it's still good"). After 3 days the stick stopped responding entirely, so I promptly returned it, cursing myself for buying a MadCatz product after swearing off their garbage products years ago.

Because I'm not entirely rational, I thought the only way to actually stick it to MadCatz would be to return their product and buy a more expensive one from their rival Hori, so I purchased the Hori Real Arcade Pro Ex, which has worked like a dream. I spent as much on the Hori as the MadCatz tournament edition stick, even though the TE has better buttons, for two reasons: 1. I can easily upgrade the buttons on the HRAP EX, which I intend to do and will potentially post before and after shots of my new stick with NWO Black and White artwork on it (Horace Hogan and Stevie Ray likely involved); 2. Hori has a better reputation than MadCatz, so six months from now when the third rate innards of the MadCatz fail, I'll be left standing.

I'm really just trying to push my anti-MadCatz agenda, I included a video of that time I was in space with James McCloud: