Warning to those with a Wii!!

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Hahaha...

We brought the Wii home and played it pretty much nonstop for the past 24 hours. At 12:10am, during a slower couch-sitting game of Wii Sports: Bowling, my Nintendo Wii got angry with me.

My buddy Troy reels back to roll his ball as he's done about 300 times tonight suddenly feels the controller slip from his hand. (THANK GOD for the wrist strap right?)

Nope. Wrist strap snaps. The Wiimote flies across the room impaling my 60" rear projection TV square in the upper left corner.

Be warned: Sweaty hands + faulty Wiimote wrist strap = broken ass TV.
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:bounce:

p.s. also watch out when you zip your pants!
 
That's not an impaling.


This is an impaling!
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WhiteZero said:
It was an accident and a failure on the straps part... how is he an idiot at all?

-.-

It's like saying "Haha, you stubbed your toe! Idiot!"
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No, the strap didn't fail. The guy swung too hard, let go of the whole controller besides the A button, force rips off the strap, and the controller hits the TV.

Was an accident, but was primarily the guy's fault for swinging so hard. Bet his friend wants to kill him.
 
WhiteZero said:
It was an accident and a failure on the straps part... how is he an idiot at all?

-.-

It's like saying "Haha, you stubbed your toe! Idiot!"
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bigburpco said:
No, the strap didn't fail. The guy swung too hard, let go of the whole controller besides the A button, force rips off the strap, and the controller hits the TV.

Was an accident, but was primarily the guy's fault for swinging so hard. Bet his friend wants to kill him.
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Exactly.
 
bigburpco said:
No, the strap didn't fail. The guy swung too hard, let go of the whole controller besides the A button, force rips off the strap, and the controller hits the TV.

Was an accident, but was primarily the guy's fault for swinging so hard. Bet his friend wants to kill him.
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Ahhhh, I see. So you were there and saw how it all went down?

Gotcha. Glad we could clear that up.
 
So how does the Wiimote fly across the room?

Some alien who's got Permanent Invisibility swings by Earth, sees a Wiimote dropping to the floor, picks it up and hurls it?

OMFG Rikimaru.
 
I think if you can throw (at any speed) the remote at a distance of about 5-6 inches from your hand and it has enough force to snap the wrist band, then it is a faulty wrist band.
 
I've never dropped any other controller/remote/baseball bat/golf club due to sweaty hands. Probably because I don't have soft, smooth woman hands. I'm not too worried.
 
I'm sure Nintendo would replace the wrist band. I don't think they would go for the TV. lol

I'm sure they could be sued for it though knowing how things go around here. :\
Although Nintendo should probably make the control with a grip. I guess that is where 3rd party accessories come in. :x
 
Maybe that dude should just sgo out and do some real work. You know, get some freakin' calluses on his hands. Then everythin gwoulnd't bem all slidin' out his hands all the time. And if you're sweating from playing vidoe games, maybe it's time to get a new exercise routine.
 
Steve said:
Maybe that dude should just sgo out and do some real work. You know, get some freakin' calluses on his hands. Then everythin gwoulnd't bem all slidin' out his hands all the time. And if you're sweating from playing vidoe games, maybe it's time to get a new exercise routine.
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Bowling for 24 hours.
 
Argh Steven quoted Steve.. I got so confused!


*implodes
 
Steve said:
Maybe that dude should just sgo out and do some real work. You know, get some freakin' calluses on his hands. Then everythin gwoulnd't bem all slidin' out his hands all the time. And if you're sweating from playing vidoe games, maybe it's time to get a new exercise routine.
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My hands get sweaty when I am playing my DS or PS2. Dont know what causes it, but it seems random. And I doubt his palms were sweaty because its such an active game... and if it was... buy a pear or wrist sweat guards :P
 
phew, i thought this was gonna be about a real problem.
 
Majestic XII said:
Someones been out of the loop for a while :D

It's Nintendo's new console. Motion sensor blah blah blah.
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Grrr, when will people learn to pronounce it properly. It's not pronounced Wii... its pronounced Nintendo Revolution.
 
To fit into society. The name "Wii" is such a joke magnet, I've out casted it from my speech.
 
it's meant to be Wi as in wifi and ii representing two people playing together in lovely erotic gaming harmony.
 
wow wii's are tv killers

*tv looks at wii*
*wii gives the "family guy closet monkey" look to tv*
 
*catches one and sells on ebay for (insert ridikulus amount of money here)
 
1. Somebody needs to stop trying to get a 100mph bowling throw going in Wii Sports.

2. If your hand is THAT sweaty from flailing your arm at top speed with this Wiimote then MAYBE you should take a break...

3. Maybe this guy just got way too into the game and acted like he was actually bowling and let go of the Wiimote like he would a bowling ball :P

I don't blame the strap, I blame the guy. I don't think they're designed to deal with that kind of stress. The damn Wiimote pierced a TV screen for christ's sake....

EDIT: This is in OT? Why?
 
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