speaking of ripping skin off your thumb, my little brother used to bite the rubber top off of the joystick so a sharp part of the plastic what exposed. So whenever a part of a game where you had to spin the joystick, I would have you wear something over my thumb if i wanted to keep the skin.
What type of joystick do you prefer, the rounded top of the Playstation controllers, or the ones with the dip on the X-BOX
I prefer the playstation type, I found that I can make more presieis movements.