So I was playing Mortal Kombat with the PS3 D-PAD for not even that long (30mins - 1 hour if even that) and now my thumb is starting to form a blister type mark. It's not there yet but It looks like it's forming. Have games ever hurt you, even if its something really small?

You serious?  MK9 doesn't even need the same smooth movements that MvC3 and SSFIV needs...it's just buttons by theme selves.

You playing wrong, young Keyblade master.

MK9 told me "I suck" via Shao Kahn ): ): ): ): ): ): ): ): ):

Use spit.
It helps reduce friction until your skin hardens.

" So I was playing Mortal Kombat with the PS3 D-PAD for not even that long (30mins - 1 hour if even that) and now my thumb is starting to form a blister type mark. It's not there yet but It looks like it's forming. Have games ever hurt you, even if its something really small?

Thanks.

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My index finger was ready to fall off by the end of Super Meat Boy.

Mario Party... That is all.

The only problem i have with my thumbs is when i'm doing the Test Your Might crap...those are so dumb and malicious to do lol

Arcade version of 1942 gave me a huge blister.

Rock Band 3. For regular games Mario Party and any game where you have to REALLY button mash to win.

weak

man up

Everyone is being mean to me!!! :( Anyone know why it even happened? 

Hey my whole hand has Calais from playing el fuerte in ssf4. You know how hard it is to do rsf.

my finger is swollen from mk, but thats nothing compared to guitarherothritis :P

" Mario Party... That is all. "

SF4 hurt my thumb pretty bad

Use the analogue stick, it's quite responsive even if you miss an input it kinda does it anyway.

I actually had the same problem with this game after first day of getting it. My thumb was sore a few days after :-)

Mario Party on the N64. Shy-Guy. Bicycle mini-game. You know what I'm talking about.

The NES dpad used to kill my left thumb after long sessions.

I'll admit though my left thumb hurt a bit after beating the campaign in MK in two sittings. I felt fine in a hour though.

Nah, I used to play with the thumbstick or 360 d-pad, which are both pretty smooth. Now I play with a fightstick and that's even smoother.

You are weak! You must now sacrifice a goat to the gods and ask for there forgiveness and promise you will not shame them next time you play video games.

" Mario Party... That is all. "

" Mario Party on the N64. Shy-Guy. Bicycle mini-game. You know what I'm talking about. "

 MGS4 Microwave Tunnel

I've been finding the D-pad on that Silver 360 controller Microsoft released last year feels pretty good. No Street Fighter thumb as of yet.

I got a blister from my PS3's D-pad after my first half hour playing MvC3. It was pretty ridiculous, but it hasn't happened since.

" MK9 told me "I suck" via Shao Kahn ): ): ): ): ): ): ): ): ):

Then I landed an X-Ray on him :D :D :D

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Get some thicker skin on those thumbs man, ASAP, and thats an order!

Dj Hero 2 made me develop some weird callouses.

You just gotta stay loose. If you're already blistering then you're getting way too intense and mashing your thumb into the D-Pad. Pressing it harder does not make you better. I have the same problem when I've been playing for a really long time and start getting mentally fatigued. I forget to relax and end up with sore fingers and thumbs.

I had that problem, but just barely, and it had to do with the fact that I played it over 10 hours straight in one sitting.

" Mario Party... That is all. "

Had the same for the first few days too, but starting to develop a good NES thumb now =D

Ease off on the d-pad. All you have to do is tap it.

" @AnimZero said:

" MK9 told me "I suck" via Shao Kahn ): ): ): ): ): ): ): ): ):

Then I landed an X-Ray on him :D :D :D

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And then he landed his X-Ray and you died for the 40th time right? ;) "

Everyboday hurtsssssss.

I dont think I've ever had blisters from playing, I used to get them from riding BMX so I already had callouses from that so theres no room for anything else :)

After playing SSFIV pretty much non-stop for a fortnight after its release, my left thumb was a disaster. Too much mashing I suppose.

That shouldn't be happening with MK motions though.    

playing the drums in the first Rock Band for about 10 hours... soar arms..

SSFIV gave me a pretty serious right thumb blister until I bought a fightstick. Can't say if MK would've, because I bought the MK:TE, and have only ever used the stick it came with to play MK.

@xhavoc86: Regarding the Test Your Might, this is an old trick dating back to the first Mortal Kombat game for home systems.  Just make a fist and use the 2nd joint part of your hand (not your knuckles) to rapidly rub across the buttons.  It works like a charm and does not hurt nearly as much as the old days. 

@Bocam said:

" Mario Party... That is all. "

Yep. There were some mini games where you just gotta spin the analog stick around really quick.

Ripped the skin off my palm and fucked my N64 controller real quick...  Good times.

I remember a half-assed Superman game on the PS2 that really required some impossible button mashing/analog rotating, my cousin's thumb was left a bloody mess, skin was ripped off and blood was just everywhere.
 
Seriously, MK9 isn't really rough, it just takes some getting used to.

MK9 isn't nearly as bad as the Street Fighters. My worse was when I rented Super SFII on the SNES I got hand cramps and thumb blisters.

Second worse was DOA:Xtreme Beach Volleyball where I got other cramps and blisters.