I was wondering if there was a better way to improve my XNA joystick code? (Vb. Net)
Just on the if statements.  Could you do something like:

    Dim LY As Integer = GamePad.GetState(PlayerIndex.One).ThumbSticks.Left.Y * 100
    Dim LX As Integer = GamePad.GetState(PlayerIndex.One).ThumbSticks.Left.X * 100

    HScrollLX.Value = LX
    VScrollLY.Value = LY

    SetVelocity(LY);
    SetVelocity(LX,-1);

    // Private method to set the Velocity values
    private sub SetVelocity(position, factor = 1)
        dim v as integer

        if position = 0 then
            MC1.Velocity(0) = 0
            MC1.Velocity(1) = 0
        else
            MC1.Velocity(0) = position
            MC1.Velocity(1) = position * factor
        end if
    end sub