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 Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 2:54 pm
We all see the warnings that come with them. Epilepsy, blah blah, repetitive motion injury, blah blah. But outside of the flashing lights inducing seizures, I thought anybody who got hurt playing a video game was a wuss.
Well... call me a wuss. I couldn't sleep last night, so I was up playing Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance instead. Woke up today with one killer wrist sprain. Look ma! I'm typing with one hand and it's nothing dirty!
I knew the DS wasn't the best ergonomically, but I didn't think I'd actually ever injure myself because of it. Maybe I'll look into the DS Lite after all.
Any stupid video game injuries to tell of? Controllers that are so great they feel like an extension of your body or others that just feel awful? Do you have a DS? Do you plan on buying the DS Lite? Do you think I'm an idiot because I'm going to log off, play some more castlevania, and make my wrist worse? (Hey... there's nothing else to do. It's pouring so bad I don't even want to hop in the car to grab the good wrist brace from Grandma's house.)
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Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 3:09 pm
I triped over my playstation controller once and knocked all my games/game systems, and a few books out of my entertainment center in the process. It all landed on me. gonk Ow.
Ive pulled a few all nighters with games too which gave me major eye redness the next day. Annnd, if I dont get up to stretch every once in while Ill end up with super achey knees for days.
I do not have a DS. Or any other portable gaming thingy. :[
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Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 3:28 pm
DDR + Sprained Ankle = OUCH.
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Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 3:38 pm
unethikul DDR + Sprained Ankle = OUCH. Amen. Max 300 doubles on a pad covered with sand at the beach...permanent injury. I got a controller chucked at my head.
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Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 4:47 pm
The Playstation controls are the most uncomfortable controllers I have ever held. Playing Ace Combat (the only game I bought a 'Station for) for more than an hour would leave my hands in pain for another four.
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Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 4:57 pm
I really loathed the N64 controllers sometimes... especially playing Paper Mario because I used the trigger button constantly. My index finger was crippled for a week after finishing it. ><
But really, the controller I hated the most was the original NES controller. Even though I never owned one, and even though I never got to play the neighbors' NES games often, I swear every time I did I'd come home with indents in my thumbs from the buttons and D-pad.
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Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 6:56 pm
I've mashed up my thumb playing fighters for too long. I'm a**l about being able to nail the super combo moves.
And this probably doesn't technically count, but I can't play multiplayer first person shooters. That s**t winds me right up. After like thirty minutes I'm all shakey and jumpy and have heart palpitations every time I get shot. I have to go take a walk or watch a Disney movie after that crap to calm back down.
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Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 7:36 pm
I've gotten blisters from trying to indulge my gf in a quiet evening of Primal Rage.
ugh, and don't get me started on Soul Calibur 3. gonk
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Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 7:43 pm
Setzer ~Another~ unethikul DDR + Sprained Ankle = OUCH. Amen. Max 300 doubles on a pad covered with sand at the beach...permanent injury. I got a controller chucked at my head. there is a group of people that is advised not to play: -those with heart complaints -those who are pregnant -those with leginjuries those pads should akways be clean, and should be in one place.. me and friends played such hard songs that the pad was shifted a little bit.. and im talking arcadepad.
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Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 7:56 pm
nemesiss Setzer ~Another~ unethikul DDR + Sprained Ankle = OUCH. Amen. Max 300 doubles on a pad covered with sand at the beach...permanent injury. I got a controller chucked at my head. there is a group of people that is advised not to play: -those with heart complaints -those who are pregnant -those with leginjuries those pads should akways be clean, and should be in one place.. me and friends played such hard songs that the pad was shifted a little bit.. and im talking arcadepad. No, you don't understand. It was playing the doubles that GAVE me the injurt. Unless you're saying I look pregnant. I LOOK FAT, DON'T I?!?! crying
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Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 8:12 pm
Setzer ~Another~ Unless you're saying I look pregnant. I LOOK FAT, DON'T I?!?! crying Oh s**t, Setzer's got PMS again. Someone get him some chocolate before he gets himself banned from Gaia again!
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Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 8:18 pm
Rayinte Setzer ~Another~ Unless you're saying I look pregnant. I LOOK FAT, DON'T I?!?! crying Oh s**t, Setzer's got PMS again. Someone get him some chocolate before he gets himself banned from Gaia again! Too late. I goat.ce'd the QnF forum....and found Lanzer's address and mailed him nude pictures of myself crying
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Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 8:38 pm
And you didn't share with me?
crying
I'm injured. *goes to angst in her journal*
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Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 10:37 pm
...I love how well we manage to stay on-topic in this guild. =)
And I think the worst that's ever happened to me is falling during DDR (all I did was bruise my knee and my pride) and my eyes deciding they hate me after four hours of KH2, but I don't actually OWN any video games or anything, so it's rare that I get a chance to injure myself by playing them. Boo that whore.
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Posted: Wed May 31, 2006 11:52 pm
DOA is dangerous. I keep getting distracted. Its really insa-
Ooh! Jiggle jiggle! surprised
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