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Old 12-16-2008, 04:01 PM
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So, you must adjust your mind a smidge and try to understand becasue I didn't imagine this injury and if this game does not fully simulate as it has advertised then a warning should be installed and the only warning given...again...is for repetitive motion to stop, rest and play again.
Since WHEN does it advertise as a fully realistic simulation? When you grabbed that Wiimote, what made you think you were holding a real golf club? Were you THAT drunk?
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Since OP is baaaack with yet more installments, I wanted to make sure this major piece of advice wasn't overlooked:
No...he injured his cup.
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Since OP is baaaack with yet more installments, I wanted to make sure this major piece of advice wasn't overlooked:
I thought that was wrong
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Old 12-16-2008, 04:38 PM
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Show of hands, please. How many out there have done as our OP and given the Wii a serious play?

I ached all over the next day after my initial time with the Wii!

I do think it's helped my golf game, though...not so much with playing basketball...
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Show of hands, please. How many out there have done as our OP and given the Wii a serious play?

I ached all over the next day after my initial time with the Wii!

I do think it's helped my golf game, though...not so much with playing basketball...
I never play with my wii...
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Show of hands, please. How many out there have done as our OP and given the Wii a serious play?

I ached all over the next day after my initial time with the Wii!

I do think it's helped my golf game, though...not so much with playing basketball...
The Boyfriend and I play WiiGolf quite often. Instead of a poker night at his house, his buddies come over and they play the Wii.
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Show of hands, please. How many out there have done as our OP and given the Wii a serious play?

I ached all over the next day after my initial time with the Wii!

I do think it's helped my golf game, though...not so much with playing basketball...
I've played it several times, and we just got one. I was a little sore after the first time playing the Fit, but nothing that I wouldn't expect from any strenuous activity. There is a risk involved in any activity we do, let alone sports.

OP, Nintendo does not advertise the Wii to be a full simulation of an actual sport. You can keep grasping at straws, but you are highly unlikely to get anywhere with it.
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you obviously want to sue and for some reason want our approval? why do you need out approval to seek the advice of an attorney and file suit? go do it, let us know how it turns out.
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The rotator cuff CAN be easy to injure, if you move in just the right (wrong) way. The Wii UI does NOT encourage you to swing as hard as you can, then you overshoot. But let me put it this way - If you had gone to a real golf course, and swung a real golf club, it's highly likely that you would have gotten the same type of injury, since for whatever reason your shoulder muscles were delicate and ready to tear. If you'd received this injury on a real course with a real club, could you then sue the golf course, or the manufacturer of the club? Of course not, because you assume a risk by playing the game. The same goes for the wii. And not only did you assume the risk, you didn't even use the game in the manner it was intended. You admit that you were swinging too hard and did not have the right mindset to be able to play the game correctly. THERE IS NO ONE TO BLAME FOR YOUR INJURY OTHER THEN YOURSELF, and possibly, the designer of your faulty shoulder muscle. You need to work with your doctors to find the best possible treatment that will help you get better and get back to work as soon as possible.
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No...he injured his cup.

Hey...maybe if the Op was wearing a cup he wouldn't have injured his wee little Wii!!
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I give up.

Sue for a gazillion dollars. They will pay you because you found the flaw in video games... that THEY AREN'T REAL!!!

All those little balloon headed people and the little stars when you get a hit mean nothing... YOU THOUGHT IT WAS REAL.

Get your gazillion. Use it to treat your injuries and never work another day in your life!
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Terry carpenter (joe plumbers brother)

You guys got me all wrong. I guess I could very well describe myself as Terry Carpenter. You know....Joe Plumbers brother. I've always put in a good, honest days work. I started out in the restaurant business where I moved from Dishwasher up to Soux Chef over an 11 years. Then I was asked to try a new career in construction. It felt so good to be able to go to work and work outside all day rather than working around 4 walls all day. In 1992 I had a tilt-wall crane that picked up a wall and the wall swung into me and pinned me up against a couple of cubes of block and screwed up my back. I attended a four year college and gained an AS Degree in Construction and from there went on to work with some of the biggest names around like World Golf Hall of Fame, Bose, QukSilver, Thomas Kinkade, Tommy Hilfiger and so on. I never let up and always worked very hard and received many awards for my accomplishments.
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You guys got me all wrong. I guess I could very well describe myself as Terry Carpenter. You know....Joe Plumbers brother. I've always put in a good, honest days work. I started out in the restaurant business where I moved from Dishwasher up to Soux Chef over an 11 years. Then I was asked to try a new career in construction. It felt so good to be able to go to work and work outside all day rather than working around 4 walls all day. In 1992 I had a tilt-wall crane that picked up a wall and the wall swung into me and pinned me up against a couple of cubes of block and screwed up my back. I attended a four year college and gained an AS Degree in Construction and from there went on to work with some of the biggest names around like World Golf Hall of Fame, Bose, QukSilver, Thomas Kinkade, Tommy Hilfiger and so on. I never let up and always worked very hard and received many awards for my accomplishments.
And you still didn't understand that a Wii game was not reality?
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Just leave it as is and stop making yourselves sound real stupid about the sisutation at hand. Further more I don't need to know how to spell corcetly on here. I know how to spell perfectly fine. I did graduate high school and never once had any problems with my grammer.
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And you still didn't understand that a Wii game was not reality?
Heck, he isn't even smart enough to be able to spell the name of his job, of which he was so proud.
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My arms hurt like heck after I played boxing on the Wii with my friends. Whose fault? My fault. Heck, my arms hurt after playing a round of darts at the bar... but that's because I throw too hard. You assume the risks when you play the game. Especially on the Wii because they SPELL OUT THAT YOU SHOULD TAKE DUE CARE when playing. It's your fault your cuff is torn, get over it.

And good job on the sob story. Sorry, but I don't feel bad for you. You assume the risks when you take the job. Sure, someone wasn't being careful and a wall slammed in to you, but it was a risk in construction that something could go wrong. My husband is an electrician. If he gets shocked, that may or may not be his fault, but it is an assumed risk that he takes. And scares me half to death.
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