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henry855•2d ago

Am I the only one who didn't know you can swap the springs in a controller trigger?

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andrewrobinson•3d ago

TIL swapping my stock Xbox sticks for $12 domed ones cut my thumb pain in two weeks

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the_holly•4d ago

Warning: a fight at a Portland tournament over button swaps made me rethink who should open a controller

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clairem38•4d ago

Am I the only one who didn't know Hall Effect sticks don't drift because there's no physical contact at all?

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averym82•5d ago

Went with silicone grip tape over full grip shells on my DualSense, and my hands finally stopped slipping in week 2

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jenniferwells•8d ago

Swapped my DualSense sticks for hall effect modules 3 months ago, drift is still zero

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reese_wood55•9d ago

Unpopular opinion: squeezing silicone grip tape under the back shell of my DualSense made me hate rubberized grips

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laura940•10d ago

Found out arcade stick gates come in 4-way and 8-way and it made me mad at every fighting game I own

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nancy_price82•11d ago

Counted my spare controller shells last night and hit 40, which is 12 more than I thought I owned

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brookefox•13d ago

PSA: soldering your joystick wires vs crimping them, I know which one I'm never doing again

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linda335•15d ago

Update: guy at a Portland retro game swap roasted my soldering and now my Xbox pad rebuild actually works

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sarah_harris•16d ago

Update: guy at the retro shop in Dayton said skip the $40 kit and just clean my stick, he was dead on

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claire_barnes74•16d ago

Can we talk about how everyone at my local shop swaps faceplates but nobody touches the rubber pads underneath

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kimr33•17d ago

Thought my Xbox stick drift was a dead module, but it was just 2 stripped screw heads letting the board wiggle

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ben827•17d ago

Wrote off conductive ink for years, then fixed my drifting stick with a $12 pen

DIY Game Controller Mods

c/diy-game-controller-mods

A place to share tips and fixes for customizing your own game controllers like swapping buttons, adding grips, or changing joysticks.

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