How do you hold the controller?

[Cargando]

I play with my two index fingers on the bumpers, my left thumb on the left joystick and my right thumb working the buttons and right joystick.

 

[tomtom94]

With the Wiimote, I hold it as one would expect.
With a standard joypad, I have fingers on all the trigger buttons, my left thumb on the left analog stick, and my right thumb working all the face buttons and the right analog stick.
Something not too dissimilar to the OPs I suspect.

 

[ValentineBlacker]

Everyone makes fun of me because when playing fighting games I'll usually set the thing in my lap and just forget about the triggers. The newer controllers (say, post-Dreamcast) make my hands hurt if I use them too long on account of the triggers, the GameCube controller being the only exception.

 

[Sexual Harassment Panda]

Same as you OP...unless I'm playing track and field.

 

[EscapeGoat_v1legacy]

Pretty much like the OP. Index and middle fingers on triggers/bumpers, left thumb on joystick and right thumb on face buttons.

 

[Russian_Assassin]

With my hands. Thumbs on the sticks, index and middle fingers on the triggers (I play with a Dual Shock like gamepad). To press the directional buttons or the X,O etc I use my thumbs as well.

 

[El Poncho]

Well I play the 360 controller the way it fits onto my hands, my left hand thumbon the stick, also used for arrows, index fingers for triggers, the left and right bumper I used my index fingers for aswell and my right thumb for the other stick and the buttons.

 

[Uncompetative]

I have a specially adapted 360 controller with slightly recessed duplicates of the face buttons underneath, with:

my left ring finger on (X)
my left little finger on (Y)
my right ring finger on (B)
my right little finger on (A)

it saves me from having to move my thumb off the right thumbstick at all - except when I need to press START/PAUSE.

 

[Aqualung]

I'm used to only having one trigger on controller, from N64 and Gamecube days... So I've just got pointer fingers on the triggers, thumbs on the sticks, and the rest of the fingers curled under the controller.

Also, I have insanely small hands. Do you know how HARD it is for a girl with such small hands to use a Playstation controller?! I HATE those things. >:/ Whole reason I chose XBox is because of those damn things. Sigh.

 

[Conqueror Kenny]

I play the same way as the OP, but I only use my index fingers on the back four buttons. If I need to press L1 and L2 at the same time I will use mu ring finger on L2. I find I can pull the trigger faster if I use my index finger on the trigger, and that can be the difference between winning and losing in some games.

Everyone makes fun of me because when playing fighting games I'll usually set the thing in my lap and just forget about the triggers. The newer controllers (say, post-Dreamcast) make my hands hurt if I use them too long on account of the triggers, the GameCube controller being the only exception.

I don't know why they would laugh at you, that's how fighting games are meant to be played. Assuming it's an arcade fighter that is.

 

[Nevyrmoore]

For some reason, I find it rather uncomfortable to use my middle fingers for pushing the L and R buttons / triggers. So, I have the thumbs on the analogue sticks, index fingers on the L & R buttons, and everything else holding the bulbous bits at the bottom.

Of course, it changes when using something completely different. For the N64, I'm seeing if its easier and more comfortable to hold it as I usually do, or to hold the middle bulbous part and control the analogue stick with the thumb and the Z button with the index finger.

And of course, for gamepads, there's really only one main way - thumbs on d-pad and buttons, everything else holding the sides.

*EDIT*
I forgot joystick, but really, how many ways can you find to hold a vertical stick attached to a base?

 

[mad benji89]

I shove it up my ass and make sure it's a rumble controller.

owe god the old controllers to the first xbox must have been a killer for u then and the nintendo 64 is like tripple penertation
=o

 

[Rigs83]

With my [HEADING=1]HANDS![/HEADING]

 

[Aardvark]

When I played GTA:SA, Saint's Row and Blood on the Sand, I held my controller sideways. 'Cause it was more gangsta, yo.

 

[FinalGamer]

Well since everyone holds the controller generally the same I think I will discuss how I held that most....unusual of popular controllers. The N64 controller.

I would hold it with my right hand holding the right grip and my left hand gripping the middle to work the Z button with my index finger and my thumb on the joystick (unless I had to throw Bowser in which case I grip the joystick with thumb and index finger and spin away).

The left grip is almost never touched except incidentally or if I need to use my thumb or index finger on the d-pad.

Other than that I hold my controllers like most anyone else, shoulder buttons with my index fingers on the PS2, Xbox and 360 Controllers.
I actually got along with N64 pretty well from the moment I picked it up, and I still use the original blockier DS with my long fingers that I have no problem handling.

 

[TerranReaper]

Depends on the controller obviously, for the most part, what you just said. It also varies from game to game and what each button does.

 

[Jedoro]

My thumbs run the sticks, D-pad, and buttons, and my index fingers work the triggers and bumpers. After shooting a weapon, I couldn't get used to using my middle finger to pull a trigger.

 

[rhyno435]

Same as OP except that I don't put my middle fingers on the trigger buttons, I just put them under the controller. I use my index fingers to press all 4 shoulder buttons.