View Full Version : Woman uses Wii as a debit card machine
KingofOldSchool
12-31-2008, 04:33 PM
According to HUELEN10, some neighbors with whom he is casually acquainted informed him that they had just given their kids a Wii for Christmas, and then solicited game recommendations. HUELEN10 suggested a few retail games as well as the Sega Master System version of Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Unfamiliar with the Virtual Console, the mother asked for further explanation, which HUELEN10 offered, saying, among other things, that it requires the user to "put in her credit card when prompted on the Shop Channel, and get the amount of points she wanted."
Which she did, unfortunately. Some time later, the mother called her neighbor, furious that their new Wii had been broken by following his advice. She put the credit cards into the Wii, just like he said.
Right into the disc slot.
And when one didn't work, she went ahead and jammed two more credit cards in there. Now, with three unusable credit cards and one busted Wii, she has demanded that HUELEN10 pay for repairs.
Look forward to a new warning screen on Wii games, right after the Health and Safety screen and the wrist strap warning!
http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2008/12/29/psa-wii-slot-is-for-discs-only-not-credit-cards/
PapaGeorgio
12-31-2008, 04:39 PM
lol
The Franchise
12-31-2008, 04:55 PM
:rofl:
El Fangel
12-31-2008, 04:58 PM
I knew Wii owners were retarded, but wow.
Disturbed316
01-01-2009, 07:27 AM
hahaha
El Fangel
01-01-2009, 09:49 AM
Assman has a Wii I take it
This is what happens when gaming goes main stream.
Stupid people happen.
El Fangel
01-01-2009, 05:03 PM
This is what happens when people go main stream.
Stupid gaming happens.
DaveWadding
01-01-2009, 05:38 PM
Pretty sure this was Faggel's mom.
El Fangel
01-01-2009, 05:38 PM
If I had a nunchuk controlling I would hit you in the face with it Dave
Please tell me she doesn't live in America.
Requiem
01-01-2009, 06:17 PM
Assman has a Wii I take it
Yeah he negs anyone who talks bad about his pos machine.
Kane Knight
01-01-2009, 10:15 PM
Yeah he negs anyone who talks bad about his pos machine.
Really?
El Fangel
01-01-2009, 10:17 PM
<table class="tborder" width="100%" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"><tbody id="collapseobj_usercp_reputation" style=""><tr><td class="alt2">http://www.tpww.net/forums/images/reputation/reputation_neg.gif</td> <td class="alt1Active" id="p2382645921" width="50%"> Woman uses Wii as a... (http://www.tpww.net/forums/showthread.php?p=2382645#post2382645) </td> <td class="alt2" nowrap="nowrap">01-01-2009 07:31 AM</td> <td class="alt1" nowrap="nowrap"> AssMan (http://www.tpww.net/forums/member.php?u=921) </td> <td class="alt2" width="50%">l</td></tr></tbody></table>
Hmmm...
Wii is a terrible system.
LOL he had to of done a name search, its just a fucking video game system, pathetic.
El Fangel
01-01-2009, 10:21 PM
LOL he had to of done a name search, its just a fucking pathetic video game system
There was a period in the original post.
El Fangel
01-01-2009, 10:39 PM
The second comma cancelled it out.
Kane Knight
01-01-2009, 10:54 PM
He's insecure about his Wii. On a related note, I have to have gotten a large number of red reps from him.
Requiem
01-01-2009, 11:03 PM
<table class="tborder" width="100%" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1"><tbody id="collapseobj_usercp_reputation" style=""><tr><td class="alt2">http://www.tpww.net/forums/images/reputation/reputation_neg.gif</td> <td class="alt1Active" id="p2378536921" width="50%"> K got a WII for christmas (http://www.tpww.net/forums/showthread.php?p=2378536#post2378536) </td> <td class="alt2" nowrap="nowrap">12-28-2008 11:43 PM</td> <td class="alt1" nowrap="nowrap"> AssMan (http://www.tpww.net/forums/member.php?u=921) </td> <td class="alt2" width="50%">l</td></tr></tbody></table>
Savio
01-01-2009, 11:47 PM
I knew Wii owners were retarded, but wow.
No I've seen countless people do or try to do stupid shit EXACTLY like this to their computer.
Kane Knight
01-02-2009, 01:03 AM
No I've seen countless people do or try to do stupid shit EXACTLY like this to their computer.
Did you hear about the 360 class action lawsuit complaining that the 360 scratches discs if turned on its side while running?
I'd be to ashamed to admit I was stupid enough to move the console like that.
I'm betting you still get more of this with systems like the Wii, though, which pander to soccer moms and other people with the computer savvy of your average chimp.
I'm sure Assman's offended, but you know...He probably wouldn'ttake it so personally if he didn't think it applied to him.
You are all awful, I love Assman.
El Fangel
01-02-2009, 11:37 AM
No I've seen countless people do or try to do stupid shit EXACTLY like this to their computer.
Who is to say it isnt that same kind of people who buy Wii's
#BROKEN Hasney
01-02-2009, 11:42 AM
A mate called me to ask if he could get Microsoft Points at the currency exchange desk once.
Some poeple are retarded, it's not limited to which console they buy.
El Fangel
01-02-2009, 11:59 AM
A mate called me to ask if he could get Microsoft Points at the currency exchange desk once.
Some poeple are retarded, it's not limited to which console they buy.
Maybe he wanted to exchange them for a Wii?
Kane Knight
01-02-2009, 12:03 PM
You are all awful, I love Ass.
Adder
01-02-2009, 12:21 PM
so Wii is the new iPOD?
Cool to bash it becaue it's a popular electronic. I didn't know this.
Yeah, the constant flow of shitty games has nothing to do with it.
El Fangel
01-02-2009, 12:42 PM
so Wii is the new iPOD?
Cool to bash it becaue it's a popular electronic. I didn't know this.
Yeah, the constant flow of shitty games has nothing to do with it.
Shitty games and shitty software. And everyone and their grandma has one.
Adder
01-02-2009, 12:49 PM
So F/A, because everyone has one, it should be a reason to bash it. Thank you for clarifying.
El Fangel
01-02-2009, 12:50 PM
So F/A, because everyone has one, it should be a reason to bash it. Thank you for clarifying.
Its overrated, has shitty games and is made out to be the greatest thing since SNES
Kane Knight
01-02-2009, 12:55 PM
Adder, you're better than short bus statements like "it's cool to hate (noun)" or "People hate (noun) because it's popular."
Come now.
So F/A, because everyone has one, it should be a reason to bash it. Thank you for clarifying.
To be honest, the big reason why the Wii is saturated with shitty games and "games" which can hardly be described as a game is because everyone has it. Especially the non-gamers who go for the shit which isn't a game.
"Oh, this system has an exercise machine! I'm gonna get it!"
"Oh, this game will teach me how to cook! I can use that!"
You see what I'm getting at.
Not saying every Wii game is terrible, but there's a flood a beyond terrible "games".
Adder
01-02-2009, 01:08 PM
Does anyone feel forced to buy the shitty games?
Adder
01-02-2009, 01:09 PM
I remember when PS3 came out and the big complaint was not enough games
El Fangel
01-02-2009, 01:10 PM
Not enough action games to be honest. God of War would be amazing on that.
Adder
01-02-2009, 01:10 PM
Wii appeals to a larger cross section of users. Wii caters to a greater cross section by making games and programs for these consumers.
You guys complain about it.
I'm guessing you're not buying the games that don't cater to you. So why give a shit about them?
El Fangel
01-02-2009, 01:12 PM
Does anyone feel forced to buy the shitty games?
The point I (and Xero) are making is that if you have a Wii, you dont have a choice
I remember when PS3 came out and the big complaint was not enough games
GTA4, Resistance and Motorstorm are bad games?
Adder
01-02-2009, 01:20 PM
The point I (and Xero) are making is that if you have a Wii, you dont have a choice
GTA4, Resistance and Motorstorm are bad games?
So you feel forced to buy shitty games? Interesting.
I said, people complained there were not enough, I made no argument about their quality.
Wii appeals to a larger cross section of users. Wii caters to a greater cross section by making games and programs for these consumers.
You guys complain about it.
I'm guessing you're not buying the games that don't cater to you. So why give a shit about them?
When the MAJORITY of the games are shit (and I'm not talking 51% here, I'm talking more like 85%) it's a problem.
If I bought a Wii at launch I'd be thinking "Hmm, I bought this Wii on Nintendo's track record for good games. Why are all these shitty games coming out? They have clearly lowered the bar."
Which they have.
Again, I'm not saying they DON'T have good games, but I'm not going to buy into a game system that doesn't strive for quality software.
Nintendo is catering to the non-games, and it's an awesome strategy and the only reason they've been able to keep up with the other consoles. These people don't know what's "good", they just know what might be good because of the colorful box or a familiar topic. These are the same people who would buy a Wall-E game or a Madagascar game based solely on the fact that they liked the movie.
When you have so many uninformed people making uninformed purchasing decisions it's going to lead the developers into a false sense of security and cry fowl when these people stop caring when the 150th "Brain" game comes out.
El Fangel
01-02-2009, 01:27 PM
So you feel forced to buy shitty games? Interesting.
I said, people complained there were not enough, I made no argument about their quality.
Christ, I dont own a Wii. However if I did own one I would have no choice but to buy shitty games.
Not enough but 90% good ones > Too many and 10% good ones
#BROKEN Hasney
01-02-2009, 01:30 PM
Nintendo have gotten lazy, they have two machines that literally print money so it's not easy.
I kept my Wii during the mad prices they were getting on EBay because I owned a Gamecube so I'm used to droughts and Nintendo's games are always awesome for me, but what did we get for Christmas? Wii Music and Animal Crossing. I like Animal Crossing (I've been told it's due to my homosexuality :roll: ) but it was just a carbon copy of the DS one.
2008 was also the first year in 10 years that there was no Zelda game relased, and I've loved every one of them. Hell, I can't even think of a good DS game for Christmas and that thing has had a steady stream of quality since it's been out.
Wii Music bombed, so I hope Nintendo quickly see the error of their ways and that this Motion Plus thing is actually any good.
Adder
01-02-2009, 01:50 PM
Christ, I dont own a Wii. However if I did own one I would have no choice but to buy shitty games.
Not enough but 90% good ones > Too many and 10% good ones
So you don't own one but you think they are shitty because, lots of people have them and you'd feel forced to buy shitty games you wouldn't want if you did have it.
Kapoutman
01-02-2009, 02:02 PM
Christ, I dont own a Wii. However if I did own one I would have no choice but to buy shitty games.
Not enough but 90% good ones > Too many and 10% good ones
Of course you have a choice. Yes, there is an overwhelming majority of bad games, but there are still good games. I own about twenty Wii games, and the only one I would consider shitty is Red Steel. What you're saying is making you look like one of these spineless consumers.
"There are too much bad games on the Wii, so if I had one, I would have no choice but to buy them!" Why? I know for a fact that you listen to a lot of music. You will probably agree that a vast majority of music being produced could be considered "shitty". So just because the artists that are most talked about are crap like Miley Cyrus, the Jonas Brothers or Tokyo Hotel, do that mean you have no choice but to buy their CDs? No. You comb through the shitty releases and eventually find something that fits your taste.
Which is exactly what Wii owners like Hasney and myself do. Yes, Wii Music sucked, but on the opposite end of the spectrum, there was Mushroom Men, which is probably the most pleasant surprise I had in video games in a couple of years.
El Fangel
01-02-2009, 02:11 PM
So you don't own one but you think they are shitty because, lots of people have them and you'd feel forced to buy shitty games you wouldn't want if you did have it.
I have had a few friends buy them and complain of shitty games and no good ones. They both sold it for a 360 around Christmas. I tried it and hated every game I played.
Of course you have a choice. Yes, there is an overwhelming majority of bad games, but there are still good games. I own about twenty Wii games, and the only one I would consider shitty is Red Steel. What you're saying is making you look like one of these spineless consumers.
"There are too much bad games on the Wii, so if I had one, I would have no choice but to buy them!" Why? I know for a fact that you listen to a lot of music. You will probably agree that a vast majority of music being produced could be considered "shitty". So just because the artists that are most talked about are crap like Miley Cyrus, the Jonas Brothers or Tokyo Hotel, do that mean you have no choice but to buy their CDs? No. You comb through the shitty releases and eventually find something that fits your taste.
Which is exactly what Wii owners like Hasney and myself do. Yes, Wii Music sucked, but on the opposite end of the spectrum, there was Mushroom Men, which is probably the most pleasant surprise I had in video games in a couple of years.
Fair point, however shifting through all the crap to find the gem is not really that great. I prefer just to have alot of good games to choose from. Strangely enough, I dont have a PS3, Wii or 360
I did have a PS3, but sold it because GTA4 drove me nuts, I needed cash and I want an 80GB one anyways.
Kane Knight
01-02-2009, 02:22 PM
Does anyone feel forced to buy the shitty games?
So you've moved on from one cop-out to another?
Kane Knight
01-02-2009, 02:26 PM
Nintendo have gotten lazy, they have two machines that literally print money so it's not easy.
I kept my Wii during the mad prices they were getting on EBay because I owned a Gamecube so I'm used to droughts and Nintendo's games are always awesome for me, but what did we get for Christmas? Wii Music and Animal Crossing. I like Animal Crossing (I've been told it's due to my homosexuality :roll: ) but it was just a carbon copy of the DS one.
2008 was also the first year in 10 years that there was no Zelda game relased, and I've loved every one of them. Hell, I can't even think of a good DS game for Christmas and that thing has had a steady stream of quality since it's been out.
Wii Music bombed, so I hope Nintendo quickly see the error of their ways and that this Motion Plus thing is actually any good.
I'm still looking for that gem. No Mercy, Skies of Arcadia Legends (Technically a port), Rogue Squadron...Galaxy is the only Wii game I'm really wild about, and even that's not enough to make me love the system.
Kane Knight
01-02-2009, 02:26 PM
But as long as they can make money with faux fitness and cooking games, who's going to stop them?
OssMan
01-02-2009, 04:10 PM
Okami is "good," released on ps2 though so it doesn't count? I have 4 Wii games and I homebrewed the shit out of it and I am quite satisfied.
mitch_h
01-03-2009, 12:40 AM
This is what happens when gaming goes main stream.
Stupid people happen.
Yeah, it's a shame videogames are no longer played by a select group of intellectuals.
Tazz Dan
01-03-2009, 07:35 AM
My daughter got one for Christmas. Have to say it's been great playing bowling and stuff with her. So yeah, there are some advantages to the console.
#BROKEN Hasney
01-03-2009, 07:49 AM
I'm still looking for that gem. No Mercy, Skies of Arcadia Legends (Technically a port), Rogue Squadron...Galaxy is the only Wii game I'm really wild about, and even that's not enough to make me love the system.
That's the thing. Wario Ware, Wario Land, Mario Kart, Smash Brothers and Boom Blox are all fun games, but they in no way define the system like a lot of 360 and even now PS3 exclusives do.
If String Bad didn't come out on PC as well then my Wii would have gotten a lot more love recently.
Yeah, it's a shame videogames are no longer played by a select group of intellectuals.
Damn straight.
In fact, ALL games have been dumbed down over the past 10 years.
mitch_h
01-03-2009, 01:24 PM
Oh God.
Savio
01-03-2009, 03:50 PM
Damn straight.
In fact, ALL games have been dumbed down over the past 10 years.10? try 20 Games used to be impossible
Yeah, but within the last ten years or so "longer" has translated to "harder".
Nervous Ferret
01-03-2009, 10:30 PM
All of you are rubbish. I love Ass. And I enjoy my Wii.
Buzzkill
01-03-2009, 10:40 PM
Yo guys wii is the fucking shit
Yo guys wii is fucking shit
I agree.
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