With a small degree of shame and a great deal of nostalgia do I remember the first Tony Hawk's Pro Skater for PSX and how I played it 'til I had blisters on both my thumbs. I tend to push buttons too hard in such games. They make me tense up.

As per usual, whenever I become engrossed in a funsport game, my thumbs take some 'Battle Damage'. They are slightly sore and callused after 2 days of play, though I'm far from blistering. I'm not that tense anymore, nor do I play as much as way back when.

How about your thumbs? Y'all taking some SSX-related battle damage?

D.

Index finger hurts from pushing RT too hard and too much.

Right thumb is getting to the same stage from pressing the face buttons more than is physically recommended.

Worst though, is the inside of my middle finger where the back of the controller digs in. Like, it aches, and is actually red.

My thumbs are fine, I use the right stick for tricks. So comfy.

They're just kind of sore after playing for a while.

@PeasantAbuse said:

My thumbs are fine, I use the right stick for tricks. So comfy.

Not just thumbs, I also find I have sore patches on the palms of my hands where the bottom of the controller digs in when I grip it too hard.

@Scinbed said:

Index finger hurts from pushing RT too hard and too much.

This. I mash down the RT like crazy. its worse than an FPS.

@PeasantAbuse said:

My thumbs are fine, I use the right stick for tricks. So comfy.

I use the sticks and I've noticed my right thumb becoming sore.

@EmuLeader said:

@Scinbed said:

Index finger hurts from pushing RT too hard and too much.

This. I mash down the RT like crazy. its worse than an FPS.

My only problem as well.

My thumbs are fine, it's my thumbsticks that are the problem. I use convex thumbsticks because I think the 360 ones are trash. Of course the duder who sells the only actual good convex sticks that are designed for a 360 controller hasn't stocked them in over a year.

@WilltheMagicAsian: Well, i guess opinions are bitch, because i think that convex sticks are the most illogical piece of crap ever made.

Played with the dualshock for years, and i can't count how many times i'd get sweatty hands, and had to fucking stop teh game, to wipe down the controller, cos my fingers would just slide off.

Funny thing is, the first Dual Shock ever made (it wasn't actually called Dual Shock, but it was the first PS controller with 2 sticks) had concave sticks, and then when they released the Dual Shock, they just decided it was fun going backwards.

The spot on my thumb I use tp press A is pretty sore but no blisters or anything crazy.

I'm peeling the rubber off of the left stick on my 360 controller because when I hold backflips, my fingernail digs into the lip. No soft tissue, or musculo-skeletal injuries yet though.

My thumbs are fine, it's my thumbsticks that are the problem. I use convex thumbsticks because I think the 360 ones are trash. Of course the duder who sells the only actual good convex sticks that are designed for a 360 controller hasn't stocked them in over a year.

@BPRJCTX said:

@WilltheMagicAsian: Well, i guess opinions are bitch, because i think that convex sticks are the most illogical piece of crap ever made.

Played with the dualshock for years, and i can't count how many times i'd get sweatty hands, and had to fucking stop teh game, to wipe down the controller, cos my fingers would just slide off.

Funny thing is, the first Dual Shock ever made (it wasn't actually called Dual Shock, but it was the first PS controller with 2 sticks) had concave sticks, and then when they released the Dual Shock, they just decided it was fun going backwards.

I don't use them because I'm used to a dualshock, I use them because I use the middle of my thumbs to move the analog sticks, which just doesn't fly on a concave thumbstick. I never had a problem with my fingers slipping even with sweaty hands on a convex thumbstick, only on concave thumbsticks.

@WilltheMagicAsian: Well, that's why i said that opinions are a bitch, because, i can't for the love of me play well with convex sticks, i mean i can play a game on a dulshock no problem, but if i want to get serious or do somehing more difficult on it, and it uses the sticks...

Let's just say you don't want to walk up on me when that happens, cos there will be wet tissues on the floor, and i'll be sweating my ass off, and it'll just look bad...

I've been destroying my wrists playing with classic control on a 360, but my thumbs are good. These are pro skater thumbs. Strong like bull thumbs.

Ironically I've had severe hand problems over the winter, I have rheumatoid arthritis and my doc reckons I might have osteroarthritis in my hands. So it's been painful, but it goes to show how much I've been enjoying the game that I've ignored it for the most part.

Have to say, the classic controls don't suit the 360 controller for me, much prefer the new system.

For me it's my left finger that's forming a slight callus. Somehow I think the harder I hold the left trigger, the less likely I'd be to fly off a rail. :D

It's my index finger that starts hurting, from too much boosting.

It's my index finger that starts hurting, from too much boosting.