SMG is giving me carpal tunnel

[ecurbj]

azrm2k said:

DMeisterJ said:

 

You can sit down, but it's a lot harder to do lots of movement with your arms how we play.

I play with ecurbj all the time over his house and whatnot, and we sit hunched forwared, resting our elbows on our knees, and I've played a little bit of Zelda on the Wii, and sitting how we sit when we play Halo is just not possible. And I don't think I could play SMG sitting down either, but that's just my $0.02

And Neos, don't call ecurbj ignorant, he's anything but.

I really don't understand that at all. The way that you play that you described is exactly how I play all the time. Hunched over, resting my hands/elbows on my knees.

People are getting way too confused, possibly when they see Nintendo's ads of people standing and playing. Like I said earlier I don't stand for anything but GH and Wii Sports. RE4, Trauma Center, SMG, SSBB, Zelda: TP, SvR, Madden, MoH:H2, and MP3 are all games i've played sitting down resting comfortably and i've never felt awkard or uncomfortable.

Edit: just saw the post about RE:UC, haven't played that myself but using the arcade mode in MOH:H2 I had no problem sitting down.  I'm guessing your sensor bar setup isn't ideal and is why you are thinking that standing is a neccessity.  Once you get it set up properly you can sit down and relax just like a "traditional" controller. 

I pretty sure you had to least pick your arm up off your knees just to point and click to get to somewhere else on the screen. It's rather tedious. And I watched my cousin play Zelda for a couple of minutes and noticed he had to move around alot just to get himself comfortable.

Just plain and simple your arms can get tired.