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[DarkJediKnight]

Just curious.... :lol

I almost did it. I was trying to hit a homerun. :lol There's a dent in my wall about 6 inches from my tv.

 

[Linkup]

Plenty of threads about this already.

 

[McBacon]

So i thought "Gack, how can people be so dumb", and took my TV remote for some practice swings for Friday, NEARLY LOST THE DAMN THING

Gotta be careful.

 

[Ken K in the Fresh!!!]

i would think busted sdtv's would be more prevalent

 

[jjasper]

yeah there was one on yahoo a week or so ago.

 

[Vangellis]

Yea there are bunch of them.

 

[scissorfight]

http://www.wiihaveaproblem.com/

 

[hyp]

edit: here's the website http://depo.exblog.jp/6131100/

 

[PlayStation Tree]

HOLY SHIT THAT SUCKS!

 

[gamergirly]

Noone's that stupid I hope. To ruin something so expensive.

 

[karasu]

holy shit.

 

[McBacon]

http://www.wiihaveaproblem.com/

Some people are frickin mad!

Check out that website design, wierd!

 

[Zombie James]

Wow, that's probably the worst one yet...

 

[Tenacious-V]

 

[hyp]

after looking at that website, :lol @ nintendo's safety/precautions.

 

[Tenacious-V]

and one with a hole clean through. :lol

 

[Duane Cunningham]

So i thought "Gack, how can people be so dumb", and took my TV remote for some practice swings for Friday, NEARLY LOST THE DAMN THING

Gotta be careful.

No offense, but if you had broken your TV that way, it would have been the funniest story ever.

 

[Razoric]

honestly i thought people were dumb too until last night. if i hadnt had my wrist strap on my TV wouldve been toast.

 

[∀ Narayan]

Good god. Would it hurt to tighten the strap? :lol

 

[renvi]

edit: here's the website http://depo.exblog.jp/6131100/

holy shit

 

[X26]

edit: here's the website http://depo.exblog.jp/6131100/

wow. people need to put a sheet of plexiglass infront of their TV, just to be on the safe side

 

[McBacon]

No offense, but if you had broken your TV that way, it would have been the funniest story ever.

Haha, you're damn right.

 

[Dolphin]

Or not rub vaseline all over their hands before playing.

 

[Haunted]

:lol :lol I still don't get how that can happen at all? I must have rubber-grip hands or something since I don't throw things around all the time.

Spoiler

don't take it personally, I'm just easily amused - I'll post pics of my destroyed TV when it happens to me

Or not rub vaseline all over their hands before playing.

Cue the Penny Arcade comic from last week. http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/11/29

 

[PjotrStroganov]

:lol :lol I still don't get how that can happen at all? I must have rubber-grip hands or something since I don't throw things around all the time.

Spoiler

don't take it personally, I'm just easily amused - I'll post pics of my destroyed TV when it happens to me

Cue the Penny Arcade comic from last week. http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/11/29

Stupid people are amusing.





With al due respect to all the stupid people here of course.

 

[Manp]

if only that wrist strap wasn't completely useless...

 

[Cauliflower of Love]

YOU ****ING MORON YOU DON'T SWING ALL THEY WAY THE WAY YOU DO IN REAL LIFE MORON!

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right guys?

 

[JonathanEx]

I don't get why it goes flying in TENNIS. You don't throw the real racket in tennis, unless it's at the ground and walk of in a huff.

 

[DarkJediKnight]

YOU ****ING MORON YOU DON'T SWING ALL THEY WAY THE WAY YOU DO IN REAL LIFE MORON!

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right guys?

How else are you supposed to hit a home run?

 

[Xeke]

I don't understand how people can actually do this...

 

[neptunes]

How else are you supposed to hit a home run?

you take her home on the first date

 

[Zaptruder]

That's some class action waiting to happen right there.

Skimp a few pennies not including a more durable strap (the cotton tether should be reinforced with either metal or plastic)... it's gonna end up costing Nintendo more than just bad publicity.

 

[The Faceless Master]

i would think busted sdtv's would be more prevalent

nah, smaller target and thicker glass

 

[levious]

edit: here's the website http://depo.exblog.jp/6131100/

was that last shot a winner at least?

 

[MasterMFauli]

Can someone confirm, what kind of TVs those are?
It just would add an incredible depth of hilariousness, if these were Sony-TVs :lol

 

[Zombie James]

Can someone confirm, what kind of TVs those are?

Humorously, all the broken TV photos i've seen are of HDTVs. You know, the same HDTVs no one owns.

 

[gkryhewy]

Stupidity confirmed: appears they were playing in 4:3 mode on a 16:9 TV.

 

[Manp]

Skimp a few pennies not including a more durable strap (the cotton tether should be reinforced with either metal or plastic)... it's gonna end up costing Nintendo more than just bad publicity.

yes, they usually use some nylon wire inside the cotton... at least in straps used on cellphones

using only cotton make the strap completely useless

 

[xaosslug]

AT LEAST IT STILL HELD THE PICTURE! :lol

seriously though, isn't the wiistrap there to stave off such occurrences? I mean how hard are people swining the thing if it takes the wiitstrap clean off. ;p

 

[123rl]

We got our PAL machines in today and a member of staff set up their unit as a demo (ie to "demo" it to customers all day )

It took just 23 minutes before someone injured themselves by smashing their hand into a till, and then dropping the remote on the floor. tbh we were all more concerned about the controller :lol

OT but I can confirm that PAL Wiis will play GC games in 60Hz, and will play 60Hz-only games like the Zelda bundle

 

[wasting]

Stupidity confirmed: appears they were playing in 4:3 mode on a 16:9 TV.

4:3 mode w/ composite looks better than 16:9 w/ composite here