View Full Version : Wii Breaks TV - Play with Caution
Zoglog
11-20-2006, 02:58 PM
http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2183346
http://rook88.com/wiibreak/wiibreak1.jpg
Ouch, I think i'm gonna be more careful playing with mine when it comes in.
My biggest concern is if one of my friends brings a douchebag over who decides to get too "into it"
ArthurDigbySellers
11-20-2006, 03:02 PM
I saw something like that on IGN. They invited a member of the accounting staff or something to play Wii Sports and she swung so hard that the controller slipped and the wrist strap broke. The wrist strap is pretty thin. There will probably be 3rd party reinforced wrist straps coming out soon ;)
White-Wolf
11-20-2006, 03:02 PM
LOL the wii dosent break, it breaks other things around it. watch out ps3...
AshesofWake
11-20-2006, 03:03 PM
LOL the wii dosent break, it breaks other things around it. watch out ps3...
:rofl:
yeah im just waiting for the "my wii remote broke my ps3/Xbox 360/Wii"
Zoglog
11-20-2006, 03:03 PM
LOL the wii dosent break, it breaks other things around it. watch out ps3...
that'll be quite amusing if my Wii controller missles into my Ps3 which if looming vertical ;). Though I think i'd be pretty angry after the initial halarity ends O.o.
but no seriously,
Anyone have tips on how we might reinforce the strap?
j_factor
11-20-2006, 03:09 PM
Duct tape.
foltzie
11-20-2006, 03:12 PM
Anyone have tips on how we might reinforce the strap?
You could stitch on a second loop for the controller part.
SpazX
11-20-2006, 03:13 PM
but no seriously,
Anyone have tips on how we might reinforce the strap?
Hold onto it. I honestly don't see how it can just snap the strap that easily unless you're really into it and don't hold on to the thing. I know the strap is thin, but damn.
Ugamer_X
11-20-2006, 03:15 PM
Bah, their idiocy is nothing compared to mine: http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=115999
tomfoolery
11-20-2006, 03:16 PM
fould play occured or something, he claimed he was playing bowling and it smashed from bowling. that's like saying i broke my arm playing chess....
T. Foolery
dserafin1986
11-20-2006, 03:18 PM
You could stitch on a second loop for the controller part.
Get your sewing machines out people
Zoglog
11-20-2006, 03:26 PM
duct tape dosent sound like such a bad idea heh.
botticus
11-20-2006, 03:27 PM
It takes some effort to break something with the remote. My hands were getting pretty sweaty after playing an hour of Wii Sports, but not to the point where it was slipping. I suppose if you just plain let it go, that'll probably break it. But on that note, the controller gloves actually work pretty well. My fiancee prefers the one with it, in fact. The only negative is that the Home button is hard to press, since it's already set in to the remote a little bit.
My brother and I were playing Madden for 360 and I got an interception, made him so mad he threw my controller, so I can only image what he'd do around the Wii controller.
And the glove comment made me think of that Malcolm guy in that Stay Alive movie when he put on his playing glove and every body made fun of him.
sying
11-20-2006, 03:35 PM
Meh, at least the PS3 breaks for you. Whats going to become the new DRE?
I really hope my strap doesn't do anything like that.
Kayden
11-20-2006, 04:09 PM
Meh, at least the PS3 breaks for you. Whats going to become the new DRE?
DRWii?
Damn, Ripped Way into it.
Apossum
11-20-2006, 05:00 PM
Meh, at least the PS3 breaks for you. Whats going to become the new DRE?
"You just killed my cat with a Wiimote asshole" is the new DRE.
Puffa469
11-20-2006, 05:11 PM
If you want to make your Wiimote strap indestructable, I'd take some wire fishing leader with a snap on one end, and a barrel swivel on the other end and feed it thru the strap material (I believe its hollow inside). If your not a fisherman and cant picture what Im speaking of heres a pic:
http://www.fishreports.net/fishing-gear/images/leader.jpg
If you did this, that Wiimote strap would cut your hand off at the wrist before it broke. If that leader can handle a 20 pound Bluefish, it can handle Wiisports, lol.