American Arcade Stick is UNDERRATED!

American Arcade Stick is UNDERRATED! For as long as I can remember, American arcade sticks (especially HAPP) have been a bit of a laughing stock among the arcade lever world. Rarely, if ever, are American sticks recommended to new players getting into fighting games, shoot em' ups (shmups), or arcade games generally. In fact, as the years have gone on and the manufacturing of Japanese levers like the Sanwa JLF or even the Hori Hayabusa, have become incredibly dominant, recommending an American lever feels even more silly because they do not fit in 99% of cases out on the market right now. From what I've observed, in order to be interested in American sticks, you need to be a seasoned lever hipster (such as myself), a very old school player (like John Choi), or a cheap arcade owner who has no interest in maintaining his machines at all. In all fairness, I think the negative reputation for American stick is well-earned, because of how poorly ran and maintained American arcades are generally. If the stick isn't cheap and without any accuracy or feel, then it's broken and non-functioning. We talk about barcades and the revival of the American arcade, but how about instead of just buying fleets of broken machines that eat the customer's quarters, why not actually fix the machines people want to play? (but that's a rant for another video).
In today's video, I was lucky enough to be sent a MAZ stick by a fan of the channel, Scanline City (who makes and sells custom sticks), which came equipped with the IL Lorenzo Stick and Convex American Buttons! From what I understand, the Lorenzo is among the better American levers (and it shows) and I absolutely love spring powered American buttons (they can take a beating). So I went ahead and put this lever through all the input tests that I use to try out other levers, and I was pleasently surprised with how well the stick performed and how reliable the inputs were (though there were a few weak points, of course).
If you are interested in grabbing the MAZ stick, or the NEO complete build, definetely check out Scanline's website. He has excellent customer service as well, which is a requirement for me to recommend anything these days ha. www.scanlinecity.com/masbuild
If you are wanting to get into arcade sticks at an entry level, you can never go wrong with buying a used hori stick on ebay and then customizing it, as I explain in this vid: • Arcade Stick Guide Par...
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00:00 Why USA Stick is a Laughing Stock
03:30 USA Stick vs. Japanes vs. Korean
07:35 Why American Stick is Hard to Obtain
09:00 Reviewing The MAZ Arcade Stick by Scanline City
12:38 Input Tests: Tekken 7 (and What will be Tekken 8)
16:30 Input Tests: Guilty Gear XX/Strive
18:25 Input Tests: King of Fighters 98/Street Fighter 6
20:45 Input Tests: Shoot Em' Ups (shmups)
21:45 Overall Thoughts
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