phoenixflames

On the August 31st Bombcast a listener wrote an email about the difficulty with quarter circle moves facing a certain direction on a D-Pad and asked if a fight stick would be better. 
 
For me, I'm the reversed. I have a Hori fighting stick, and I can't throw a fireball worth a damn if I'm facing to the right. I always seem to accidentally throw a dragon punch facing that direction. However, I have no problems with hurricane kicks rolling the stick to the left.  
 
Likewise, if I get turned around in the battle and face to the left, I'm a fireball machine but I can't throw a dragon punch or a hurricane kick. 
 
If I use a dualshock, I have no problem with these moves at all, but my thumb gets mangled and sore after 15 minutes of game time. I also don't like the button layout of the dualshock. 
 
I thought the madcatz fight pad would solve all my problems, and I bought one on sale at a going out of business Gamecrazy. Two of the buttons died on the controller after an hour of use. Madcatz never replied with a fix after they replied to me asking what buttons were broken. Gramecrazy wouldn't take returns since it was going out of business, and I read online reviews and said those fighting pads are pretty crappy.  bummer. 
 
Anyone else have these quarter circle problems in Street Fighter. Any recommendations?

1. Halo Reach 
2.  Little Big Planet 2 
3. Red Dead Redemption 
4. Assassin's Creed Brotherhood 
5. Fallout: New Vegas 

I'm new hear. I'll do what I'm told. haha

This is the type of crazy I approve of. *thumbs up* 
 
Bravo Jennifer, Bravo.

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Some of you are forgetting Mass Effect 1, Assassin's Creed 2, and Nate's Theme from Uncharted.

I was slightly interested because of the new d-Pad, but then I saw the price. No thanks.
 
I have two wired controllers, a wireless Halo controller, and a wireless blue controller for my wife, that she doesn't use. 
 
Yeah, I'll put that money somewhere else.

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" We will bitch.  We will moan.  We will complain.  And then we will hang our heads and pay up anyway. "