Yeah, me too. Everyone thinks its funky, but the ABXY buttons are pretty nicely situated, with everything radiating from the main A button, I have no complaints.

Because some dickheads sued them

I think the retrocon controller is the best

The gamecube controllers are ok, but no too good for emulators since they're strange buton layout. X-Box is ok, but a bit on the big side. PS2 is a copy of PS1, obviously cause of backwards compatiblity, but is still a fine controller.