Might Be A Stupid Quesiton, but ...

So I share an apartment with my old college roomate, in our living room is my Wii. We play it together all the time, and obviously there's a bunch of times we play single player on our own.

My roomate has this annoying habit of not turning off the game or the system when he's done playing, he'll just turn off the TV and forget about it.

Case in point, last night I went to bed around 1am, he was still up playing Guitar Hero III. I woke up this morning and the TV was off but thesystem was still on, and when I turned the TV on the game was still on a menu screen. He essentially just turned the TV off, put the guitar down, and went to bed.

I'm not an anal guy, I don't sweat the little things, but my concern is that this could do damage to the system. It might be a stupid thought, but my question is, could it? For some reason I don't think this could be GOOD for the system, but I also am not sure if it's really BAD.

Anyways, any insight would be appreciated ...

- KenSPT

So it doesn't damage it much, and I'm over-worrying, or it does and I'm right on the ball with my worries?

Obviously I'd prefer he turn it off, but I also don't want to make a mountain out of a molehill.

- KenSPT

well you should tell him to turn it on stand by mode atlest but im not sure but this might be the reason peoples game are getting stuck in it because it overheats things inside.

It's not as dangerous as doing that with a 360, but it's still not a good idea.

Just tell him to turn it off when he's done playing. Reaper51

The same .... jsut tell him

Write him a note and tape it right under the TV.Travo_basic

Yeah put a note under the tv's power button that says "turn off the Wii"

Yea wooooode is ryt

Yeah, I mentioned it to him this morning with the simple, "Dude, don't forget to turn off the Wii when you finish with it" statement. He acted somewhat surprised, as if he didn't even know he was doing that.

Hopefully, he'll listen.

He does know that there is a power button for the system ON the actual controller right? How much easier could it get? >_> lolDuckman5

Yeah, he's aware, but that's my roomate.

He doesn't take care of his stuff really well, he's pretty rough. I could care less how he takes care of his stuff, but obviously I want to make sure the stuff that's mine that he uses is taken care of properly.

I would be annoyed...then again, I get annoyed when people leave the disc in the game consoles.forgot_it

Turning electronics on and off causes a lot more 'wear and tear' than just sitting there running. If you have your Wii plugged into a good surge protector it ought to be fine. The amount of electricity the Wii uses is pretty small, not enough to spoil a friendship over.

Yeah, I mentioned it to him this morning with the simple, "Dude, don't forget to turn off the Wii when you finish with it" statement. He acted somewhat surprised, as if he didn't even know he was doing that.

Hopefully, he'll listen.KenSPT

One of my roommates in college had the same problem but with the Xbox. We just ended up letting him know every time he left it on to drill it into his head. It helped but didn't cure the problem.

If your roomate leaves your Wii on, against your wishes, do something to his stuff that annoys him. Then if he brings it up, you can say, "so, you don't like it when I show a lack of respect for your property? Well, now you know how I feel."