Author Topic: Throwing the controller (Read 15856 times)

MaxVance · « **on:** August 25, 2007, 04:47:13 PM »

I don't. I worry about possibly breaking it and haaving to buy a new one. Besides, I rarely get angry at games.

PaperLuigi · « **Reply #1 on:** August 25, 2007, 04:51:03 PM »

I know I have.

BP · « **Reply #2 on:** August 25, 2007, 05:03:55 PM »

I have before. I've been gaming for almost twelve years. I'd never do such an immature, idiotic thing now, of course.

Mr. Melee · « **Reply #3 on:** August 25, 2007, 05:06:12 PM »

I've definitely done it before. Can't say whether or not I'll do it again.

I do recount one episode that got me grounded from video games for the rest of the day. I was winning in Pokémon Pinball, and then I failed to catch a really rare Pokémon. I got so mad I ripped out my cartridge and chucked it across the room, knocking down a lamp, I think (nothing broke, not even the cartridge.) Yeah, sometimes I lose it with video games.

PaperLuigi · « **Reply #4 on:** August 25, 2007, 05:09:05 PM »

Yeah, I haven't done it in a while either. Usually, I just start mashing buttons when I get frustrated. It's a whole lot safer, and it saves money. :P

WarpRattler · « **Reply #5 on:** August 25, 2007, 05:43:07 PM »

Back when I was using a gamepad to play StepMania, all the time.

Lizard Dude · « **Reply #6 on:** August 25, 2007, 05:48:45 PM »

No, definitely not. I'm calm and also treat my stuff really well.

Two notes:

1) Once while playing Boktai outside, a bee landed on my arm and I reflexively hurled my GBA forward about a yard onto pure rocky barren ground. It landed screen-up so no biggy.

2) I've come closest to hurling a 360 controller out of all of them. Wireless (and no wrist strap) really helps. Plus, classic arcade games are the most infuriating of them all (sometimes a good thing!).

BP · « **Reply #7 on:** August 25, 2007, 05:55:50 PM »

But LD, you can't beat those classic arcade games, can you? Then how can you show everyone online that you did?

Lizard Dude · « **Reply #8 on:** August 25, 2007, 05:57:45 PM »

I can show them my score!

-Lizard Dude, 24th best score in world at 1812 Overdrive on Boom Boom Rocket

Chupperson Weird · « **Reply #9 on:** August 25, 2007, 08:31:18 PM »

Throwing controllers is an extremely immature reaction. I don't get frustrated while playing games, either. Like LD, I am a calm gamer with a concern for the preservation of my possessions.

Vidgmchtr · « **Reply #10 on:** August 25, 2007, 08:35:29 PM »

Not recently, but in the past, yes.

And because of that, I internally broke my green N64 controller (Mario just wouldn't jump out of the moat next to Peach's castle).

I also threw a black GCN controller. The control stick then got pretty funky until it eventually broke completely.

WarpRattler · « **Reply #11 on:** August 25, 2007, 09:15:54 PM »

The frustration that led to me throwing the controller when I was using it to play StepMania (a bad idea, yes) was because of the controller itself, not because of the game. One of the buttons sticks, making it impossible to play anything on Heavy or Challenge.

Toad · « **Reply #12 on:** August 25, 2007, 09:28:22 PM »

I've never thrown a controller or handheld system, though I used to get really mad at Mario Party 2's Minigame coaster because the computers in the later difficulty levels weren't just letting me walk all over them. :p

I used to get mad at Mario Baseball too, but I have since learned that there are a lot of rules that go into making a baseball game. I truly thought the computer was cheating in MSB, but now that I know more about the rules, I think the computer plays somewhat fairly.

SushieBoy · « **Reply #13 on:** August 25, 2007, 10:53:34 PM »

I never throw controllers, I just bend them in anger, sometimes I hear some creaking and cracking in there!

Super-Jesse · « **Reply #14 on:** August 26, 2007, 12:26:57 AM »

I come close, but see, it has the Nintendo logo on it, and I can't hurt anything that does. So I just punch my cat.

SushieBoy · « **Reply #15 on:** August 26, 2007, 12:35:12 AM »

That's not very nice, what If your cat had a Nintendo Logo too?

Super-Jesse · « **Reply #16 on:** August 26, 2007, 12:43:42 AM »

Then I'd throw something else, duh.

Pt_Peach · « **Reply #17 on:** August 26, 2007, 01:01:52 AM »

I've done it before. Most recently, I threw the controller at the system after I lost another game of the Bowser elevator game-thingy (Mario Party 7). Afterwards, I passionately checked the controller to see if it was broken.

Bigluigifan1.0 · « **Reply #18 on:** August 26, 2007, 07:48:50 AM »

I usually only get really frustrated when play portable stuff. I feel like I have thrown a GameCube controller before... while it was plugged in, but I'm not sure if that's a real memory. Usually if I get frustrated I just put the game down, or keep playing until I get hungry. Like Mario Hoops, I love the game, but it seemed near impossible to progress through the game on hard mode versus the Final Fantasy team, even then there's the secret "last" stage if I remember correctly.

And on that note, I haven't played the game in a while... maybe it'll be the first when I get another DS.

NintendoExpert89 · « **Reply #19 on:** August 26, 2007, 09:24:50 AM »

I have never thrown my controllers, instead I grip onto it really tightly during times of frustration.

Kojinka · « **Reply #20 on:** August 26, 2007, 09:44:37 AM »

I don't throw controllers. I cuss when I get frustrated in a video game.

bobman37 · « **Reply #21 on:** August 26, 2007, 10:22:06 AM »

I have only once thrown a controller. It was my Sega Genesis, and I think I was playing Sonic. I can't really remember why I did it.

But now I never throw them. I take out my frustration by pounding my fist on the couch. That only happens with Burnout Revenge so far.

CoconutMikeNIke · « **Reply #22 on:** August 26, 2007, 01:25:26 PM »

Throwing a controller for any reason is bad. The closest I've come to throwing a controller is probably a tie between when I was sitting on my couch, and gently tossed the controller onto the cushion, but I was messing around with my sister then, and when I was playing a game, and dropped the controller out of shock/annoyance when I lost at the very end. I was sitting on the floor, though, so it only dropped a few inches.

Kojinka · « **Reply #23 on:** August 26, 2007, 05:43:05 PM »

I wonder how many controllers the Angry Video Game Nerd has gone through making his movies...

Kimimaru · « **Reply #24 on:** August 27, 2007, 11:28:39 AM »

I used to throw the controller when I was younger.

Quote from: Chupperson Weird on August 25, 2007, 08:31:18 PM

Like LD, I am a calm gamer with a concern for the preservation of my possessions.

Same with me nowadays. I mash buttons a lot when I'm angry.

I also don't think that all old/arcade games are classics (only some).

Robert · « **Reply #25 on:** August 27, 2007, 01:28:42 PM »

Naw, I never throw the controller. If I'm frustrated, I just say a mild swear. Throwing the controller would look bad on my part and could potentially damage the controller.

Except if you were playing with this controller in which case it would come back to you if you threw it.

WarpRattler · « **Reply #26 on:** August 27, 2007, 03:01:17 PM »

While I'm glad they kept the original design, I think Sony should sell controllers in that style as well.

Koopaslaya · « **Reply #27 on:** August 27, 2007, 03:14:27 PM »

When I was a little tyke, I used to throw the NES controller when Bowser would defeat me... I would get so angry. I never cried though... I just got frustrated.

Sunbun · « **Reply #28 on:** August 27, 2007, 03:19:34 PM »

I've never thrown a controller. I have ~~thrown~~ tossed it aside, on my desk, but never across the room or through a wall or at a TV or something like that, no.

Instead, I punch my desk. There's less shrapnel.

Lizard Dude · « **Reply #29 on:** August 27, 2007, 03:22:32 PM »

Quote from: Sunbun on August 27, 2007, 03:19:34 PM

I've never thrown a controller. I have thrown it

MaxVance · « **Reply #30 on:** August 27, 2007, 03:43:48 PM »

Quote from: Koopaslaya on August 27, 2007, 03:14:27 PM

When I was a little tyke, I used to throw the NES controller when Bowser would defeat me... I would get so angry. I never cried though... I just got frustrated.

Good thing the original NES controllers are virtually indestructible.

N64 Chick · « **Reply #31 on:** August 27, 2007, 05:05:22 PM »

Back in the N64 days, I broke three N64 controllers. The red one rattles when shook, but was still fairly usable. The blue one had only half an L button. The yellow one was the worst. The stick was always tilted to the left!

Nowadays, I try to keep my anger under control. I usually just curse and button mash.

bobman37 · « **Reply #32 on:** August 27, 2007, 06:07:17 PM »

Quote from: MaxVance on August 27, 2007, 03:43:48 PM

Good thing the original NES controllers are virtually indestructible.

Both of mine are broken.

Quote from: N64 Chick on August 27, 2007, 05:05:22 PM

I usually just ... button mash.

= bad. I hate button mashers, when button mashing is not necessary. I have a sticky A button (xbox) and a sticky X button (ps2) thanks to a kid who pushes the buttons too hard. I am very protective of my property and mashing buttons ruins controllers, in my opinion. I never take out frustration on destructible objects that I own.

Chupperson Weird · « **Reply #33 on:** August 27, 2007, 06:37:05 PM »

Button mashing in games is bad enough; button mashing for anger is worse. The rubber membrane that holds the carbon contacts will eventually wear out and give way with enough button mashing. I realize by "mash" the anger-bearers probably mean more like squeezing the controller, and that's still bad.

PS3 boomerang looks mighty uncomfortable around the area where your hands are supposed to go in order to reach the triggers and the face buttons. I would try one, though.

BP · « **Reply #34 on:** August 27, 2007, 07:05:23 PM »

When frustrated with a game at this age, I usually just say, "Grrrrrrrrrrr..." and keep going, or put the controller in my lap and spend a few moments doing whatever else I'm doing. But, not so sound arrogant... but I don't get frustrated with games as often as I used to. I don't die much in games anymore. Except The Lost Levels... This sure was annoying:

Still need to beat it.

SushieBoy · « **Reply #35 on:** August 27, 2007, 07:29:55 PM »

That game is tough, and I mean "rip out your hair" tough, I could never get past World 4-2, of was it 4-3?

BP · « **Reply #36 on:** August 27, 2007, 07:31:33 PM »

I cannot answer that. And... it's not as tough as it once was.
Oh, "I still need to beat it," refers to the game itself. I'm at 8-4.

The Blue Toad · « **Reply #37 on:** August 27, 2007, 07:52:48 PM »

Only once. And I remember it clearly.
While playing Super Smash Brothers Melee, I was surprised to find that I had performed whatever task was necessary to unlock Luigi. Seeing his silhouette and hearing that alarm got me extremely anxious, so I eagerly sat on the edge of my couch and prepared myself....
I believe I lasted around five seconds before dying...
Luigi's annoying moves (he flounces everywhere and acts rather dainty) provoked my frustration, and so, being the immature person I was, I stared at the screen, stood up, and chucked my controller at the seat of the couch. Naturally, I turned off the game system with little more than a loud "GRAHHHHHHHHHH!"
After the anger quelled, though, I used logical understanding to simply try again (just beat all the target games, or something...).

PaperLuigi · « **Reply #38 on:** August 27, 2007, 07:55:46 PM »

Quote from: Bird Person on August 27, 2007, 07:31:33 PM

I cannot answer that. And... it's not as tough as it once was.
Oh, "I still need to beat it," refers to the game itself. I'm at 8-4.

I haven't even tried. I'm too scared.

ShadowBrain · « **Reply #39 on:** August 27, 2007, 08:08:35 PM »

Perhaps a few times in my youth, but nowadays I just rip the game out without turning off the power (GBA/DS) or just turn it off (Wii).

BriGuy92 · « **Reply #40 on:** August 27, 2007, 08:23:52 PM »

I don't throw controllers, even though I often get really frustrated with my games. I think the most damage I'll do will be because of slamming my DS shut. I do that a lot when either A: I'm doing really in a game and I end up hitting the Power button instead of Up, or B: I'm just flat out doing horribly.

bobman37 · « **Reply #41 on:** August 27, 2007, 09:08:31 PM »

Quote from: Chupperson Weird on August 27, 2007, 06:37:05 PM

The rubber membrane that holds the carbon contacts will eventually wear out and give way

That's exactly what happened with my NES controllers. I took them apart to try to see what the problem was, and I saw the rubber membranes were severed. They completely detached in my attempt to re-assemble the controller.

Markio · « **Reply #42 on:** August 27, 2007, 09:14:46 PM »

No, I don't throw video game controllers or handhelds because of getting mad at games. But once when I was ten I threw a GBA because I was mad at something else and it was the closest throwable thing. It didn't break. I have problems.

SolidShroom · « **Reply #43 on:** August 28, 2007, 04:37:03 AM »

Okay so I gotta admit, I do throw controllers. I know it's a bad habit but I have sort of an explosive temper. So whatever. And please don't stop to tell me I'm an idiot, or that I'm damaging my stuff.

BriGuy92 · « **Reply #44 on:** August 28, 2007, 06:54:29 AM »

You're an idiot who damages his stuff.

...just kidding.

Vidgmchtr · « **Reply #45 on:** August 28, 2007, 08:56:24 PM »

I found the SMAS incarnation of SMB2J, which I have beaten, to be much easier than the original version, which I have not beaten.

Chup says the physics of the SMAS incarnation are messed up.

Lizard Dude · « **Reply #46 on:** August 28, 2007, 09:10:34 PM »

I love how this poll has been dead tied the whole way.

ShadowBrain · « **Reply #47 on:** August 29, 2007, 12:05:15 PM »

Videogames don't make me violent. BAD videogames make me violent.

Reading · « **Reply #48 on:** August 29, 2007, 03:29:44 PM »

When I was younger and playing Super Mario 64, I threw the controller (a really cool one, too) against the wall because I couldn't get a star in Tick Tock Clock. It kind of broke, but it still worked fine, but eventually it fully broke (can't remember why). I don't throw things anymore, since I have pretty much no reaction to being stuck in a game.

Shyguy92 · « **Reply #49 on:** August 31, 2007, 08:10:42 PM »

I did once, but out of joy.

Glorb · « **Reply #50 on:** September 03, 2007, 10:36:30 AM »

I tend to throw controllers downward at my feet instead of at walls, since I'm an old fogey who still uses wired controllers, and throwing those will also lead to throwing the system itself (or at least yanking it). The only time I've thrown a piece of gaming hardware at a wall was when I flew into a rage after the "Wrong Side of the Tracks" mission in GTA: San Andreas[/], which caused me to throw my memory card at the wall.

Sqrt2 · « **Reply #51 on:** September 04, 2007, 07:43:03 AM »

I have done it in the past, but I don't do it now. Unlike one of my brothers, who hits the Wii (and other things) when he gets beaten by the computer on Mario Strikers Charged Football.

Bacon · « **Reply #52 on:** September 15, 2007, 03:30:11 PM »

i threw my GBA SP into the ground about two years ago and it survived

booo95 · « **Reply #53 on:** September 17, 2007, 07:17:53 PM »

When I was three but never later.

HolyAarom · « **Reply #54 on:** September 20, 2007, 05:37:10 PM »

Yes, I often swear as well in order to let me vent my anger all the way.

Kojinka · « **Reply #55 on:** September 23, 2007, 06:26:13 PM »

The other night I was tempted to throw my Wiimote into my crappy old TV cause it (the TV) wouldn't turn back on.

Lizard Dude · « **Reply #56 on:** September 24, 2007, 02:54:58 PM »

Marble Blast Ultra on XBLA - I'm coming extremely close to controller throwing, for the first time in years. Stay tuned.

dżamper · « **Reply #57 on:** October 06, 2007, 06:41:26 AM »

When I got angry, I turn of my PC. Or try to eat my hand/bed/glass(yeoch!)/joypad :(

Johnny_Macho · « **Reply #58 on:** October 07, 2007, 10:30:09 PM »

I threw my controller before, not because I lost, but because my game cube went to crap on me. My computer too, man, my computer.......

Ambulance Y · « **Reply #59 on:** October 30, 2007, 04:38:16 PM »

I threw my Gamecube controller at the screen as I lost against the Shadow Queen on PM: TTYD. She only had 2 HP left!

GiftedGirl · « **Reply #60 on:** November 06, 2007, 08:47:25 PM »

Quote from: ShadowBrain on August 29, 2007, 12:05:15 PM

Videogames don't make me violent. BAD videogames make me violent.

Dude. BEST. LINE. EVER.

I've thrown my Wiimote several times, but not out of anger, frustration or neglect of the wrist strap. I throw my controllers onto my bed before I get ready to play so I don't hafta walk all the way around to get them. XD

Glorb · « **Reply #61 on:** November 07, 2007, 04:11:33 AM »

I once flew into a Hulk-like rage after failing "Shout at the Devil" on Hard about ten times in a row (yes, and that's the easiest song in GH2 besides "Strutter") and hurled the guitar to the ground while screaming insults at it (after all, it HAD to be the guitar, not me). After that, the red fret button was kind of squeaky and grindy, and I could hear something rattling on the inside. Luckily, I've since replaced it.

SolidShroom · « **Reply #62 on:** November 07, 2007, 02:12:22 PM »

I've slammed my PS2 guitars headstock-first in to the ground while trying to beat Jordan on Expert.

Poll

Have you ever thrown a console controller or handheld system?

Author Topic: Throwing the controller (Read 15856 times)