This weekend has been quite busy. I spent time studying, hanging out with friends, and planning a huge birthday surprise, all while having to work  for the last four straight days.
While a good amount (or not enough) of time was spent studying, other than work, most of the weekend was spent making final preparations for my friend Raymond’s birthday gift. I, along with nine other people, worked on creating a custom modified arcade joystick controller for Raymond’s birthday on Sunday, September 13, 2009. For the past two months we ordered parts and poured our hearts into the creation of this monster. After the stick was finished, we had everybody who contributed to the project sign the bottom of the stick so that Raymond would know exactly who was part of this. What we ended up with was a MadCatz SFIV SE Fightstick with a custom paint job, custom template design, red/white swapped Sanwa buttons, Sanwa joystick, and a bottom cover plate dressed with signatures unique to Raymond. Though the stick was finished weeks prior, most of the signatures weren’t collected until the very last minute. We were all rushing to get signatures but managed to get them all in time. Raymond wasn’t having too much of an exciting day on his birthday. We invited him to play some Street Fighter with us to try to get his mind off things. When his turn came to play we told him that he wasn’t allowed to play with any of our controllers. He was utterly confused, but we immediately remedied the situation by finally presenting him with his gift.
A story like this HAD to be documented. We want EVERYBODY to know what we did. We filmed the making and presentation of this gift, which you can catch on my YouTube channel. Also, here’s a couple of photos from the weekend and the video for the making of the arcade joystick. All-in-all, I had a great weekend. I’m ready to call it a night and prepare myself for school tomorrow.
YouTube video is now LIVE! You can view it here:
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