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Deezer

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« Reply #15 on: July 13, 2006, 08:48:51 PM »
I remember getting blisters on my left thumb from the NES controller a few times.

Insane Steve

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« Reply #16 on: July 13, 2006, 09:18:20 PM »
My right wrist hurts when playing the DDR simulator on my computer. (Yes, I know, it's wrong to play with your fingers. Shut up.)

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I've also gotten several blisters from the original Mario Party's stick rotation games. I think my record is seven blisters at one time.
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« Reply #17 on: July 13, 2006, 10:02:32 PM »
Yes, stick rotating in Mario Party and other such games were awful for me, made my palms really red. Another thing that kills my thumb are soft D-pads. I don't really know why, but they cause more pain than clicky ones. I also distinctly remember getting a really really sore right thumb from pressing the C buttons in Tony Hawk on the N64, because I would often hold a trick, then slide my thumb over into another trick, causing them to get scratched and pretty raw. It hurt.

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« Reply #18 on: July 14, 2006, 06:49:36 AM »
Never had that last problem in Tony Hawk before. I just sort of button mashed.

I once had my finger stuck in that place on the GC's controller in between the Control Pad and the C-stick. I got it out, and it hurt a little bit. I have also received pretty sore headaches when playing a video game for a prolonged time, especially when I don't move my head. Once I did move my head, it hurt a deal. Finally, when I played Star Fox Assualt, I was really dizzy, and my eyes could barely focus on anything. That's about it.
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« Reply #19 on: July 14, 2006, 11:55:16 AM »
Hmm, I once in a great while get a fierce double hand cramp that lasts about 3 seconds immediately after stopping an extended run of multiplayer SSBM. It's almost as if my brain tells my hands, "It's okay now, We're done."
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« Reply #20 on: July 14, 2006, 01:05:06 PM »
I hurt my wrist playing PP:TTYD from playing for hours, no bathroom breaks, no rest.
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« Reply #21 on: July 14, 2006, 04:04:34 PM »
Well my neck and shoulders hurt when I play games and talk on the phone at the same time. Plus my eyes hurt a lot too, when playing for a long time.

« Reply #22 on: July 14, 2006, 04:08:39 PM »
Snes-Street Fighter 2:World Warrior.  I only just got a Super Nintendo, and I bought a few games, including Street Fighter.  I was playing as Ken, and while doing his fireball attack and the spinning kick attack, I was sliding my thumb, and the D pad gave me a blister on my left thumb.  Then I got another one when I was playing Marvel Vs Capcom, but this time trying to do the Hyper combos.
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« Reply #23 on: July 14, 2006, 06:10:15 PM »
My eyes used to hurt from playing too much MK64, as well as my thumbs hurting. Needless to say, I don't play that game much anymore. xPPP
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« Reply #24 on: July 14, 2006, 07:42:32 PM »
Oh, right, I forgot... When I was younger, my brother rented Virtua Fighter 3 and I played it so much I got a huge migrane, so I had to go to the doctor. He said it was just a migrane (I didn't know beforehand) and soon I was all better. The end.

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« Reply #25 on: July 15, 2006, 02:03:34 PM »
I forgot, as well, that my hands often get sore from extensive SSBM playing, particularly in "frantic" situations like Hard and Very Hard modes and when against people who are really good.
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coolkid

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« Reply #26 on: July 16, 2006, 12:55:07 PM »
And I got a red left thumb from play Super Smash Bros.64 for 8 freaking hours straight yesterday(Strangly it went away today and I just got it yesterday O_o).
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