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Fightsticks as in custom controllers for modern (or retro) systems that are often associated with the fighting game community but also used for schmups or other arcade associated titles (or even just games that use digital controls only). Its got a modestly active community on reddit for sharing builds and mods and just projects or discussing parts. I do all of this over discord as well so its nbd.
Followup, 48 hours later:
Saw this, remembered your comment, thought I'd point you to this:
https://kbin.social/m/retrogaming/t/141059/Immortal-joystick-Kickstarter
Ah, gotcha, yeah, like the Happ stuff. Yeah, lemme see if I can find what I saw.
searches
I think the first link, from earlier in the week, was what I remember.
https://kbin.social/m/retrogaming@lemmy.world/t/102721/Anyone-else-crazy-enough-to-build-their-own-retro-gaming-machine
https://kbin.social/m/retrogaming/t/11783/What-s-your-most-ludicrous-retrogaming-object
So, yeah, a little bit of chatter, but not much, and not specialized to the sticks.