Control Pad, Is it only good for a charge type character?

When I was just starting playing Street Fighter, I only use a Control Pad.
One time, my friend went to my house to challenge me to a best of 10 in Super Street Fighter II game.

It's a bit old school during that time, So online gaming is not an option.

Then in my surprise, he brought this with him.

Then he said, "Now, Let's play.."

The match was intense but sadly he won. I was asking myself,  "How did I lose the game? is it because I used a control pad instead of an arcade stick?"  I'm using Ryu and his using Ken by the way.

Past forward the time, I saw most pro SF (Street Fighter) Players are using the Arcade Stick but did see some like Punk, NuckleDu, Phenom, MenaRD and Smug using a Control Pad.

I noticed with the said players mentioned that they were using charge characters, Like Guile, Balrog, Bison and  etc.,

In my mind, does using a Control Pad greatly benefits only to a charge character?

Upon analyzing the background regarding the play of the said pro players, it seems that the issue is not what type controller they're using.

Tokido Sparring with different players online

It's how much time they put on perfecting their craft.

Numerous hours of online game sparring and training with co-players are the key to greatly enhancing your skills.

Yes, it gives some advantage on what type of controller they'll be using depending on their choice of character but still it's just a small component.

It will always goes back again, on how the player performs using all the techniques He/She learned through time of playing.

So going back in time, Would I win the match if used a charge character using my control pad?

Let me know your thoughts in the comment section below.

The World's Greatest Street Fighter Player

In our childhood years, most of us played Street Fighter.
I remembered when I was child I used to play it using my Super Nintendo with my neighbor.
I get to beat him a lot  and I  felt I was the best in the world.. 🤭

But what does it really mean to be the best.. the best in the world.

Daigo Umehara AKA "The beast", widely considered as the most famous and the World's Greatest Street Fighter player.

He mainly got the title "The beast" due to the sudden explosiveness play he had which was enough to win the game in a tight situation plus adding with his emotionless facial expression afterwards.

He holds 2 Guinness book of record, which was "Most views for a competitive fighting game match" (for his famous match against Justin Wong from Evo 2004) 

and "Highest all-time rank in Ultra Street Fighter IV.

But what made him famous is what happened on Evo 2004 Tournament.

He met with his rival Justin Wong in the loser's Final.

During that time, Daigo was using Ken and Justin was using Chun Li.

It was an intense match and Justin has the upper hand.

Ken barely have a pixel of life bar left and then Justin used the "Super Art" move to seal the deal.

Everybody was shock, Daigo was able to parried all 15 hits and manage to come back with a counter combo in which turns the table and gave him the win.

To give you a quick perspective on how parry works, it can be only done by perfectly timing an attack with a parry block in which negates damage completely.

Seems simple right? look at the Youtube clip below and see it for your self.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS5peqApgUA

He also beat Alex Valle in 1998 at Street Fighter Alpha 3 in which Alex during that time was considered as Mr. Street Fighter due to the finest game play and aggressive combos.

What separate Daigo from other players is his level of concentration and the ability to adapt fast in a tight situation.

If you carefully watch his games, he seems like carefully calculating the next move of his opponent then giving a counter attack combo enough to clear out the life bar of his opponent.

As of the moment, Daigo at 39 is still active in competing Street Fighter Tournaments.

Below are his best finishes.