When you're serious about fighting games, you're also serious about your controllers. And when you're so damn serious that you travel the country looking for tournaments, your arcade sticks show it. Sure, you can go out and buy a stick off the rack, but that's not enough. You need to add your own custom touches to the art and tweaks and adjustments to the controls. That may not be enough, however. You may feel the need to order your own custom stick from any one of the enterprising individuals who create these works of art. Or perhaps you're so hardcore that you just have to make a stick yourself.

This is just a taste of some of the controllers that showed up this past weekend at Seasons Beatings IV. You'll notice a lot of the new Mad Catz sticks have gone under the screwdriver this year, both on the outside and the inside. There's also the selection of hand-made sticks and kits as well. Each one is as unique as their owners. Who knows, perhaps you'll see some of these sticks yourself someday.