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  • Poll [15 votes]: best controller?
Subject: Best controller?
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Poll: best controller?  [closed]
Original:  47%
(7 Votes)
S controller (the more common smaller one):  53%
(8 Votes)
Other:  0%
(0 Votes)
Total Votes: 15

Ever since I started using the S controller my sniper skills has been slacking off..I was told this is because S controller has weaker springs or something so slight movements make huge movements to the cross hair. I tested it out and I can confirm this is true (dont know if its BECAUSE the springs though). When I played on S controller one advantage though is you can keep sensitivity on 3 because you can easily move the crosshair quickly...but it sucks somtimes when the crosshair makes sudden jumps while you are trying to snipe. If you can customize the original controller a good 4-6 on sensitivity, I think it will be better unfortuanetly my original broke and I can't use it anymore =(
Anyone know if they still sell the originals, somewhere?

  • 07.08.2004 10:59 AM PDT
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The Duke (original) is the best

  • 07.08.2004 11:00 AM PDT
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Indeed....
Where can I buy em! =(

  • 07.08.2004 11:03 AM PDT
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i see some in best buy

  • 07.08.2004 11:06 AM PDT
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You can always try shops that sell second-hand goods. Some games stores buy people's XBOX stuff (I wonder why people sell them in the first place, XBOX is great!), and then sell them off to anyone who wants them.

They have a huge storage area and all you have to do is ask at the main desk if they have ......... (in this case a Duke controller) and they went out back and got me one.

I got 1 Duke controller and 1 S-type for £31 (£16 each, both retail at £24) and there is absolutely nothing wrong with them. Some people just didn't want an XBOX anymore and traded it in for cash or something else from the shop.

The reason I bought 2 new controllers is because I broke my old Duke controller (the wire pulled out and frayed, eventually breaking). I only had a crappy unofficial controll and anyone who has tried one know they really suck. I wasn't going to put up iwht using one of those, so I went out and bought the second-hand controllers.

  • 07.08.2004 11:08 AM PDT
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I got 1 Duke controller and 1 S-type for £31 (£16 each, both retail at £24) and there is absolutely nothing wrong with them. Some people just didn't want an XBOX anymore and traded it in for cash or something else from the shop.

Speak english! I mean umm...speak American...? Or is british prices same as American? It sounds reasonable but if that is the case your controllers are cheaper....or maybe they are actually more expensive? Nuff of this inflation/deflation talk...

Best buy sells them still? hmm I didn't see any the other day.
And my damn 2 yr ol baby nephew jumped on the control stick and broke it. Me very angry, but I can't beat him like I want to.
Also once me and my cousin were at the end of T&R level on legendary when he turned off the game. Damn that baby! He is kinda cute, like a grunt or something though..

  • 07.08.2004 11:17 AM PDT
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Well, I am British and the retail price for controllers is £24.

How much (Dollors of course) does a controller cost in America (the retail price)?

Does anyone know the exchange rate between Dollors and Sterling (pounds for the thick people)? Because then we can work out how much £24 is in Dollors.

With that we can work out how much more expensive/cheaper it is in Britain than America.

  • 07.08.2004 11:49 AM PDT
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exchange rate between Dollors and Sterling (pounds for the thick people)

I have no f-in clue what that meant just now.....
retail price for controllers is like $29.99 (in america everything ends with 99 usually probably because we already have to pay over that amount, rounding it to the next number due to taxes)

Btw, what does that weird L money sign mean in British? Sorry it's weird to me, but our $ sign is prolly weird to you....$ means dollars in America and ¢ is the sign for cents (only used on prices when it is under a dollar) so we price items like $11.99 (11 dollars and 99 cents) or like a bubble gum piece is priced 19¢. For a decent view of things, fo us a candy bar is usually worth a dollar and a video game is worth 50 dollars.

  • 07.08.2004 11:59 AM PDT
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Symbols:
* £ = Pounds
* p = Pence

£1 = 100p

Nicknames:
* Generally, a nickname for Pound is Quid (12 Pounds = 12 Quid). This is kinda similar to how you American's generally call Dollars 'Bucks'.

Our currency is called 'Sterling'

  • 07.08.2004 12:08 PM PDT