Well, I'm going to Best Buy tomorrow, so I think I will pick up a wireless controller. And maybe Burnout 3 as well. ;)
As for PS2, my PS2 just got pulled out of the closet. I have room now that my VCR has officially been demoted thanks to Cox DVR and DVD. On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 09:30:05 -0000, James Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I haven't had this problem yet, but I am a single guy with no kids the the > cables just get left to dangle loose. I am in the unfortunate situation of > prefering the old larger xbox controllers to the new ones and you can't get > them any more, however in anticipation of breaking a couple of them I have > managed to scrounge about 6 of them so far from people who switched to the > "controller s" :-) > > For the GameCube I use wavebirds exclusively, 3 of them (the 4th port has a > GBA lead in it). I have yet to find a wireless controller for the Xbox that > I like. The PS2 only gets used about once a year so I couldn't care less > about its controllers! > > -- > Jay > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 18 December 2004 19:40 > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: dead xbox controller > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 2:10 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: dead xbox controller > > > > Yep, my son has been playiing by himself for maybe... hmmm 6 months. > > He is general very good. He never rough houses with the controllers. > > He even handles the discs very well, but he _does_ wrap and unwrap the > > controller quite a bit. > > I wouldn't blame your son - it's not really him, just more use. Although my > son, at least, went through a very short "throw the controller in > frustration" phase - until he shattered a Pelican wireless we had and I made > him buy us a new one from his savings. > > The biggest problem since then is his friends. Some of these kids are > ruthless and you really have to watch them. > > > So... outside of buying a wireless controller, what else can you do? > > You have to store the controller _somehow_. > > Loosing wrapping the cord (instead of tightly winding it) alone (not around > the controller) is the best and easiest thing. Let each coil hang free with > a diameter of at least 6 inches or more. > > There's also a twisting problem in that as you wrap something (like a cord > or a hose or whatever) it completes a rotation as well - this twisting is > usually provided for in the cord design (there's some slack in the wires) > but tight wrapping prevents the strands from relaxing with the twist. > > To prevent the twisting is a small art in and of itself. It requires you to > slowly rotate the cord counter to the wrap as you wrap - it's hard to > explain, but people who do cable management for a living (especially audio > or video cable) know this well. > > The worst thing you can do is tightly wind the cord around the controller - > the wires get stretched taut and can't relax at all. > > There you go - more information about wrapping cords than anybody could ever > want. ;^) > > But still - wireless is the way to go and even the relatively expensive > Logitech's (at about $40) will pay for themselves if you find yourself > replacing wired controllers often. > > Jim Davis > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - CFDynamics http://www.cfdynamics.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:140725 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
