>pad Zangief? Is he using Madcatz or some other pad?
>I can already hear the vehement anti-"pad warrior" fools on
>SRK jumping off the bridge.
>

You have a better feel if someone honed their skills at an arcade (old school style) or at home based on pad play. You have beatlyplayers either way, but the technique is very different from a stick player than a pad player