15th October 2003, 12:02 AM
My PS2 has worked perfectly since the day I got it. Not a single skip even. Maybe that's just me though.
OB1, that IS too far. No need to cover a system that's self-covering, and it looks a lot better OUT. With that logic you should cover your TV too, and your moniter, and your PC! Don't forget the plastic sheet over your bed. However, from the sounds of it ABF just leaves his games lying around in a mud puddle :D. Okay, not NEARLY that bad, but I do always keep my games in the plastic cases they came with, if they came with cases. I also always put my games away because it's more orderly that way. I tend to keep my controllers wrapped up and put next to the system (still plugged in, just wrapped up to that plug, or close, and set next to the system). I also keep my various portables safely tucked inside some containers to protect their screens. Though, with the new SP, I'm content just leaving it where I place it when it charges since it protects itself. Oh, and I NEVER "unplug a system when I'm done using it". Never have, never will. Too much work for no real reason at all. Besides that, my systems look nice all stacked up how they are. Wash their hands before using the system? That's just compulsive disorder. I can understand if you just ate pancakes or something. I wash my hands if there's syrup or soda on them too before using a controller (well, I do that anyway, because stickiness feels icky), and tell others to do the same if they just ate something messy. Ohterwise, what's the point?
Anyway, Weltall does seem to have had bad luck with Nintendo systems, oddly enough. Not the first I've heard about such complaints. I myself have always had my GBs work perfectly from day one to now. They just seem to endure. I mean, I've dropped my various GBs more times than I care to count, simply because I'm VERY clumsy. They survived perfectly. The worst that would ever happen is the battery pack would pop out. My NES works to this day as well. Aside from the cartridge slot, it's well built. I was starting to have some problems loading some games, but I fixed that by opening up the system a few years ago and using a glasses repair kit screwdriver to lift up the connecting pins inside the NES a tad. It was more than enough. For a while, I actually had to force games to fit in, but they all loaded percectly. Now, the pins are perfect resistance. SNES and N64? Perfect! The one problem is one I caused myself. When I was over at a relative's and playing my SNES, which was in the middle of the room, someone tripped over the power cord and broke a bit of plastic that kept the thing straight. Now I have to tape the cord at an angle to get the system to power up, but it still works most of the time (though occasionally it'll go into a weird "safety mode" or something like that when the connection is there but faulty, so I end up having to fiddle around a bit).
OB1, that IS too far. No need to cover a system that's self-covering, and it looks a lot better OUT. With that logic you should cover your TV too, and your moniter, and your PC! Don't forget the plastic sheet over your bed. However, from the sounds of it ABF just leaves his games lying around in a mud puddle :D. Okay, not NEARLY that bad, but I do always keep my games in the plastic cases they came with, if they came with cases. I also always put my games away because it's more orderly that way. I tend to keep my controllers wrapped up and put next to the system (still plugged in, just wrapped up to that plug, or close, and set next to the system). I also keep my various portables safely tucked inside some containers to protect their screens. Though, with the new SP, I'm content just leaving it where I place it when it charges since it protects itself. Oh, and I NEVER "unplug a system when I'm done using it". Never have, never will. Too much work for no real reason at all. Besides that, my systems look nice all stacked up how they are. Wash their hands before using the system? That's just compulsive disorder. I can understand if you just ate pancakes or something. I wash my hands if there's syrup or soda on them too before using a controller (well, I do that anyway, because stickiness feels icky), and tell others to do the same if they just ate something messy. Ohterwise, what's the point?
Anyway, Weltall does seem to have had bad luck with Nintendo systems, oddly enough. Not the first I've heard about such complaints. I myself have always had my GBs work perfectly from day one to now. They just seem to endure. I mean, I've dropped my various GBs more times than I care to count, simply because I'm VERY clumsy. They survived perfectly. The worst that would ever happen is the battery pack would pop out. My NES works to this day as well. Aside from the cartridge slot, it's well built. I was starting to have some problems loading some games, but I fixed that by opening up the system a few years ago and using a glasses repair kit screwdriver to lift up the connecting pins inside the NES a tad. It was more than enough. For a while, I actually had to force games to fit in, but they all loaded percectly. Now, the pins are perfect resistance. SNES and N64? Perfect! The one problem is one I caused myself. When I was over at a relative's and playing my SNES, which was in the middle of the room, someone tripped over the power cord and broke a bit of plastic that kept the thing straight. Now I have to tape the cord at an angle to get the system to power up, but it still works most of the time (though occasionally it'll go into a weird "safety mode" or something like that when the connection is there but faulty, so I end up having to fiddle around a bit).
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)