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	<title>Comments on: What the Hell! No Southpaw Controls?!?</title>
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		<title>By: Sanny</title>
		<link>http://www.lightningshock.com/2008/05/26/what-the-hell-no-southpaw-controls/#comment-3262</link>
		<dc:creator>Sanny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There is a good and bad news here, thrustmaster (yes that is theri name) makes a controller for playstation that has full hardware mapping, not thsoe pathetic jokes that is just 2 buttons on the back side that you can give a command from a face button.

Good is they are not expensive.
Bad is the build quallaty is a bit hit and miss, theri wireless one seem to be the better one to me, the mapping software in the pad can act upp in some games, and it has no rumble feature.

Im gonna try contact em regarding 360 pads as they avhent made any and they started now with forza 4 (they realised a new budget wheel for xbox)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is a good and bad news here, thrustmaster (yes that is theri name) makes a controller for playstation that has full hardware mapping, not thsoe pathetic jokes that is just 2 buttons on the back side that you can give a command from a face button.</p>
<p>Good is they are not expensive.<br />
Bad is the build quallaty is a bit hit and miss, theri wireless one seem to be the better one to me, the mapping software in the pad can act upp in some games, and it has no rumble feature.</p>
<p>Im gonna try contact em regarding 360 pads as they avhent made any and they started now with forza 4 (they realised a new budget wheel for xbox)</p>
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		<title>By: LegacyPlayer</title>
		<link>http://www.lightningshock.com/2008/05/26/what-the-hell-no-southpaw-controls/#comment-3260</link>
		<dc:creator>LegacyPlayer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:29:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;the universal game control feature to the Xbox 360 dashboard&quot; Why have I never seen this option? Is it hidden somewhere? I&#039;m a Legacy Controls guy and I cannot play &quot;Default&quot; for the life of me... (Goldeneye/Perfect Dark... Honey 1.1 the old &quot;Default&quot;) .. I actually get dizzy and feel nauseous when I try and play that way. I know this post is extremely old, but I would really like some more information on this &quot;Universal Game Control Feature&quot; if it means I can override Default with Legacy.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;the universal game control feature to the Xbox 360 dashboard&#8221; Why have I never seen this option? Is it hidden somewhere? I&#8217;m a Legacy Controls guy and I cannot play &#8220;Default&#8221; for the life of me&#8230; (Goldeneye/Perfect Dark&#8230; Honey 1.1 the old &#8220;Default&#8221;) .. I actually get dizzy and feel nauseous when I try and play that way. I know this post is extremely old, but I would really like some more information on this &#8220;Universal Game Control Feature&#8221; if it means I can override Default with Legacy.</p>
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		<title>By: BlankDeveloper</title>
		<link>http://www.lightningshock.com/2008/05/26/what-the-hell-no-southpaw-controls/#comment-3071</link>
		<dc:creator>BlankDeveloper</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As a developer and an avid south-paw user (I am also right-handed) I do my best to get south-paw in when I can and will continue to do so (Mass Effect 2 for example). So don&#039;t fret, some of us are always trying!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As a developer and an avid south-paw user (I am also right-handed) I do my best to get south-paw in when I can and will continue to do so (Mass Effect 2 for example). So don&#8217;t fret, some of us are always trying!</p>
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		<title>By: zebulon35</title>
		<link>http://www.lightningshock.com/2008/05/26/what-the-hell-no-southpaw-controls/#comment-2960</link>
		<dc:creator>zebulon35</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This was my post to MS, Rare and 4J;

I just wanted to let you know that my wife and I are very upset about the lack of a South Paw option in the new Perfect Dark remake.
We are simply shocked at the oversight! This was THE game that hooked us on FPSs! And you bungle the control scheme?! We refuse to believe that it was that expensive or difficult to replicate a SP control scheme on the 360 when the BLOODY N64 was able to handle it just fine! Absolutely  inexcusable, and sad. Rare and Microsoft what happened? How has, what was, one of gaming’s best, and most user friendly, developers fallen so low..........We are always defending our love of the 360 to others and now this is how our loyalty is repaid? Well...it&#039;s sad. Please for the sake of Lefties and Legacy players everywhere add back the original control schemes from the N64 game....or give us back our damn points! For crying out loud you would have gotten THREE SEPERATE PURCHASES of the SAME freaking game in the SAME FREAKING household if it wouldn&#039;t be screwed up!!!!! The bottom line is that for us the game is unplayable, and for that we are deeply disappointed.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This was my post to MS, Rare and 4J;</p>
<p>I just wanted to let you know that my wife and I are very upset about the lack of a South Paw option in the new Perfect Dark remake.<br />
We are simply shocked at the oversight! This was THE game that hooked us on FPSs! And you bungle the control scheme?! We refuse to believe that it was that expensive or difficult to replicate a SP control scheme on the 360 when the BLOODY N64 was able to handle it just fine! Absolutely  inexcusable, and sad. Rare and Microsoft what happened? How has, what was, one of gaming’s best, and most user friendly, developers fallen so low&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.We are always defending our love of the 360 to others and now this is how our loyalty is repaid? Well&#8230;it&#8217;s sad. Please for the sake of Lefties and Legacy players everywhere add back the original control schemes from the N64 game&#8230;.or give us back our damn points! For crying out loud you would have gotten THREE SEPERATE PURCHASES of the SAME freaking game in the SAME FREAKING household if it wouldn&#8217;t be screwed up!!!!! The bottom line is that for us the game is unplayable, and for that we are deeply disappointed.</p>
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		<title>By: Wargasm</title>
		<link>http://www.lightningshock.com/2008/05/26/what-the-hell-no-southpaw-controls/#comment-2959</link>
		<dc:creator>Wargasm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 01:05:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I purchased PD re-release for XBA too. I just shut off my XBOX. So pissed off. One of the original games that molded us into Southpaw (right handed, I might add) players. Those stupid sons of bitches. Unbelievable. I&#039;m so bummed. I really want a refund. Absolute douchery. They insisted the ONLY changes from the N64 version was upgraded visuals and live for vs. They said even the bugs were left in (like the level one 6 second completion bug).

My story is the same - started with Golden Eye and Turok and switched to the thumbstick for aiming and started beating all my friends. All but one of us from that era are right handed Southpaw players now. There&#039;s no way to switch - it&#039;s hard wired at this point.

Default is designed for children. Really, it is.  Southpaw is proper. So is &quot;inverted&quot;. Picture yourself holding a machine gun. Which hand controls your aim? Yep, left. To look up you lean back - &quot;inverted&quot; in other words. Anything other than Southpaw or Legacy Southpaw is for children and Lemmings.

BTW, as a software programmer I can confirm that it is REALLY easy to implement control customization. 15 minutes to program in swapped sticks - at the most (plus compiling). Honestly, it&#039;s as easy as identifying a control as a variable and defining it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I purchased PD re-release for XBA too. I just shut off my XBOX. So pissed off. One of the original games that molded us into Southpaw (right handed, I might add) players. Those stupid sons of bitches. Unbelievable. I&#8217;m so bummed. I really want a refund. Absolute douchery. They insisted the ONLY changes from the N64 version was upgraded visuals and live for vs. They said even the bugs were left in (like the level one 6 second completion bug).</p>
<p>My story is the same &#8211; started with Golden Eye and Turok and switched to the thumbstick for aiming and started beating all my friends. All but one of us from that era are right handed Southpaw players now. There&#8217;s no way to switch &#8211; it&#8217;s hard wired at this point.</p>
<p>Default is designed for children. Really, it is.  Southpaw is proper. So is &#8220;inverted&#8221;. Picture yourself holding a machine gun. Which hand controls your aim? Yep, left. To look up you lean back &#8211; &#8220;inverted&#8221; in other words. Anything other than Southpaw or Legacy Southpaw is for children and Lemmings.</p>
<p>BTW, as a software programmer I can confirm that it is REALLY easy to implement control customization. 15 minutes to program in swapped sticks &#8211; at the most (plus compiling). Honestly, it&#8217;s as easy as identifying a control as a variable and defining it.</p>
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		<title>By: James Lewitzke</title>
		<link>http://www.lightningshock.com/2008/05/26/what-the-hell-no-southpaw-controls/#comment-2958</link>
		<dc:creator>James Lewitzke</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:29:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Unfortunately, It&#039;s going to be up to each and every game developer whether they want to include customizations such as these or not.

Because of this, I just went ahead and purchased a modded controller, and it works great for any game. Here specifically:
http://www.teknoguild.com/index.htm

And the controller still works like a charm. You may have to pay a few extra dollars, but at least you get an additional controller out of the deal, in addition to the customizations they offer.

Although, as I state in my most recent blog post, Mass Effect 2 does allow southpaw control customizations, so maybe the developers actually are listening. (Don&#039;t know about Bioshock 2, though.)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Unfortunately, It&#8217;s going to be up to each and every game developer whether they want to include customizations such as these or not.</p>
<p>Because of this, I just went ahead and purchased a modded controller, and it works great for any game. Here specifically:<br />
<a href="http://www.teknoguild.com/index.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.teknoguild.com/index.htm</a></p>
<p>And the controller still works like a charm. You may have to pay a few extra dollars, but at least you get an additional controller out of the deal, in addition to the customizations they offer.</p>
<p>Although, as I state in my most recent blog post, Mass Effect 2 does allow southpaw control customizations, so maybe the developers actually are listening. (Don&#8217;t know about Bioshock 2, though.)</p>
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		<title>By: Vertigo</title>
		<link>http://www.lightningshock.com/2008/05/26/what-the-hell-no-southpaw-controls/#comment-2957</link>
		<dc:creator>Vertigo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh and to echo your original post, I too could not play Bioshock but luckily I got the demo for that. Sadly, I paid half price for Gun on GC and couldn&#039;t play that either. You could call it discrimination, in fact, but it makes you wonder how hard it is to just let the player redefine their own controls. Not hard at all.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh and to echo your original post, I too could not play Bioshock but luckily I got the demo for that. Sadly, I paid half price for Gun on GC and couldn&#8217;t play that either. You could call it discrimination, in fact, but it makes you wonder how hard it is to just let the player redefine their own controls. Not hard at all.</p>
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		<title>By: Vertigo</title>
		<link>http://www.lightningshock.com/2008/05/26/what-the-hell-no-southpaw-controls/#comment-2956</link>
		<dc:creator>Vertigo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hello mate. Guess what I just downloaded. Perfect Dark on XBLA. Guess what&#039;s missing. There is NO SOUTHPAW SUPPORT! Rage.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello mate. Guess what I just downloaded. Perfect Dark on XBLA. Guess what&#8217;s missing. There is NO SOUTHPAW SUPPORT! Rage.</p>
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		<title>By: James Lewitzke</title>
		<link>http://www.lightningshock.com/2008/05/26/what-the-hell-no-southpaw-controls/#comment-1426</link>
		<dc:creator>James Lewitzke</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 19:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Are you sure the settings aren&#039;t on &quot;Southpaw&quot; in the 360&#039;s Dashboard?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Are you sure the settings aren&#8217;t on &#8220;Southpaw&#8221; in the 360&#8242;s Dashboard?</p>
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		<title>By: BmB</title>
		<link>http://www.lightningshock.com/2008/05/26/what-the-hell-no-southpaw-controls/#comment-1422</link>
		<dc:creator>BmB</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 01:47:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>wtf mine some how turned south paw and only for oblivion all my other games arent south paw but oblivion is i cant even play it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>wtf mine some how turned south paw and only for oblivion all my other games arent south paw but oblivion is i cant even play it.</p>
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