I Just Broke My Fourth Controller

I was playing Team Fortress, an eight on eight match in Granary. I kept dying due to unlikely circumstances: Walk around a corner into a critical rocket after it missed somone else, get killed by someone who had three health left, lucky headshot by a sniper, that sort of thing. I was getting pretty pissed off. I got myself together, got the game under control, and was the number one scorer on either team. Then...the host shut the game down. I was not pleased.

Normally, I keep one of the broken controllers on hand to throw around; it wasn't nearby just now. The darn battery cases on 360 controllers break easily; at least, I break them easily. They're really thin plastic, compared to the rest of the controller, which is fairly robust. Two of my four destroyed controllers just need new battery cases.

Does anyone else have this problem?

ive had one controller ONE controller for 1 and a half year i call it jojo jo jo has scratches dirt marks from where my fingers go etc

We get through it Jojo had a bit of a rough patch with the A button (Fifa and other football Games) but were through it. Now Jojos LB button is loose i dropped it on the road once He has the scar i have to press the LB button further along than at the start.

Gooooooooooooo JOJO

Perhaps you should keep your medic a little closer to you. ;)

As far as my controllers, I have been through three. However, my dilemma is with the analog sticks not the battery casing.

No, I stomp :lol:

The only game I get mad at is MGO, because its way too easy to get a headshot. Yeah, its realistic but c'mon! You can just spray bullets and if youre aiming at their torso you could get a headshot.

if it is just the battery case then hit up microsoft and buying a case of 500 lolz

zubrick

I've been wondering if I could do that. Do they sell those anywhere?

Perhaps you should keep your medic a little closer to you. ;)

MsCortana

Well where were you? Oh wait...you mean my medic in Team Fortress or like, my therapist? :P Nah, I'm kidding. I'm a picture of mental health, other than the broken controllers and heavy drinking.

This is how I lost one of my PS2 controllers. Since then, I've held back (with GREAT effort) from throwing my controller. I'm being held back by the fact that I don't have much money to spend on new hardware. :P

There are times when I lose it, though, and hit a wall with my fist. I never scream into the headset because I've come to realize that people who do it sound psychotic, although it's a semi-normal reaction. Getting killed by the same person OVER and OVER again in Call of Duty 4 is what really gets to me.

Seems somone needs to grow up a little. Let me guess, you're between the ages of 16-19? Bombed420

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if it is just the battery case then hit up microsoft and buying a case of 500 lolz

Palantas

I've been wondering if I could do that. Do they sell those anywhere?

I think you can buy standalone rechargeable battery packs from GameStop.:D

Seems somone needs to grow up a little. Let me guess, you're between the ages of 16-19? Bombed420

Your post contributes nothing to the conversation. If you're here to flame, please be here no longer.

I tend to not break my $60 controllers, there's no point. When I'm angry at a game I normally just take it out on my bed or pillow, punching it and what not.Ghost_702

Don't laugh.

I used to beat up my couch with a spatula to relieve stress. At first, it's just to release suppressed anger but, after about 2 minutes, it actually gets fun. Of, course, no damage is done to the couch. It is a spatula.

Seems somone needs to grow up a little. Let me guess, you're between the ages of 16-19?

Bombed420

Only a teenager would ever throw anything.

And this after I made a comment about my neighbor and his bent golf clubs.

i usually just hit my bed or something... i always think about the price of the controllers when I get mad, lol...a55a55inx

lol that's what usually stops me from throwing it when I get really mad!

It's also an advantage of a wired controller over a wireless one - the length of the cable limits the distance it can fly :D

i always throw my controller but im lucky my wireless one has never broken before. i've even thrown it against brick walls.RJB1994

where do you play lol

Most things break when you throw them.

My advice, don't throw your controllers.

Well where were you?

Palantas

Simply an invite away. :D

I'll ride your coat tail while you rocket jump your way to victory. :lol:

is it wrong that when i get angry instead of hitting anything around because they can break i just hit myself?Not2Nys

You can break, too. :(

ive had one controller ONE controller for 1 and a half year i call it jojo jo jo has scratches dirt marks from where my fingers go etc

We get through it Jojo had a bit of a rough patch with the A button (Fifa and other football Games) but were through it. Now Jojos LB button is loose i dropped it on the road once He has the scar i have to press the LB button further along than at the start.

Gooooooooooooo JOJO

rafferty_1875

I spend a lot of time on a large post about Oblivion, and it dies in obscurity. I make an off-hand, humorous post about breaking my controllers, and it gets two pages in an hour. :lol: I've had a drink, so I'm going to go back to Team Fortress. Hopefully, things will go better this time; I only have two controllers left. I look forward to all the shared stories of gamer frustration and life advice that'll be waiting on this thread when I get back.

I will never understand people who do crazy stuff like this.

I'm not adverse to punching the odd wall in rare bouts of frustration but not because of a video game (Ok maybe Ninja Gaiden) but I never ever throw expensive equipment around the room that's just foolishness. Who has money to throw away like that?! I sure don't. Each time you break a controller, that's another game you could've bought. Or a weeks food for one person.

If i'm getting tired of a game, or some bad stuff is happening in multiplayer the worst I might do is huck the controller down onto my bed, or into my lap. The first one allows me to walk away and go get a drink/whatever and cool off.

The second instantly dispells any anger I might have because I just hit myself in the balls with a controller.

Edit:

Every controller I have owned to this day that was not broken by accident (they can bounce off the bed sometimes.. woops) is as new. Which is why i'm so annoyed that I left one of my GC controllers around a friends because I absolutely refuse to play with bits of the analogue sticks peeling off, or buttons stuck, or.. teeth marks.

I've not been able to get a brand new GC controller, and unable to find my perfect one in that guys collection of stuff, meaning it probably got abused to all heck by him playing stupid bros melee.

No, I've never gotten mad enough to actually break my controller.

I was playing Team Fortress, an eight on eight match in Granary. I kept dying due to unlikely circumstances: Walk around a corner into a critical rocket after it missed somone else, get killed by someone who had three health left, lucky headshot by a sniper, that sort of thing. I was getting pretty pissed off. I got myself together, got the game under control, and was the number one scorer on either team. Then...the host shut the game down. I was not pleased.

Normally, I keep one of the broken controllers on hand to throw around; it wasn't nearby just now. The darn battery cases on 360 controllers break easily; at least, I break them easily. They're really thin plastic, compared to the rest of the controller, which is fairly robust. Two of my four destroyed controllers just need new battery cases.

Does anyone else have this problem?

Palantas

I have never been much of a controller thrower. Personally, I often slam the control against my palms or squeeze it with a murderous intent, the like of which only GOD knows..

I was playing Team Fortress, an eight on eight match in Granary. I kept dying due to unlikely circumstances: Walk around a corner into a critical rocket after it missed somone else, get killed by someone who had three health left, lucky headshot by a sniper, that sort of thing. I was getting pretty pissed off. I got myself together, got the game under control, and was the number one scorer on either team. Then...the host shut the game down. I was not pleased.

Normally, I keep one of the broken controllers on hand to throw around; it wasn't nearby just now. The darn battery cases on 360 controllers break easily; at least, I break them easily. They're really thin plastic, compared to the rest of the controller, which is fairly robust. Two of my four destroyed controllers just need new battery cases.

Does anyone else have this problem?

Palantas

yep i have the same probelm i'v broke 3 control pads up to now.. it's stupid we shouldn't be doing it. it cost's us..