Pad vs Stick

[Slothy]

Do you use a pad or a joystick when you play fighting games?

I use the SFIV Tournament Edition stick now. Easily the best home stick I've ever seen and worth every penny if you ask me.

Did you learn on arcades?

I didn't grow up near any arcades so I learned to play fighting games on consoles with controllers. I won't go back to a pad now though unless I have no choice.

Does it really matter?

I think it matters whether you use a pad or an arcade stick. Arcade sticks are just faster and easier to be more accurate with once you get used to them in my experience. Pads aren't necessarily all bad though. The SFIV pad put out by Madcatz was actually pretty awesome. I do hate almost any current gen controller for fighting games though, especially for 2D games because the PS3 is the only one with a decent D-Pd and even that's pretty meh compared to a decent fight pad.