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[Kudo]

Yup, pretty much. In my case putting a pair of fingerless gloves fixes it so I don't really mind using them.

I just warm myself up by playing under the blanket.. with Controller under the blanket, I can imagine this would kill Joy-cons signal but all controllers have been fine so far.

 

[PantsuJo]

Just this glove

Perfection.

 

[PikkonX]

Only while playing Mario Party.

🤣 I was just asking my friend if he could imagine the outrage in today's world if there was a game causing all the children to have completely raw palms.

 

[Uiki]

lol

 

[VolticArchangel]

And here I thought "Gaming Glasses" was a stupid marketing gimmick. But, gamer gloves, WTF? If your palms/hands are sweaty to use your input devices, shave or wax them. It makes a world of a difference than these ripoffs.

The cherry on top is "GAM3R GLOV3S" though. Feels like 90's l33tspeak edgelords started a new business trend.

 

[shiyrley]

I've come to learn that many gaffers are still living in the dark ages. I don't understand it either. My house is the same temperature year round.

Do you really need to be such an elitist?

I live in the Canary Islands and the summer is fucking horrible here and we only got air conditioning in the living room. Do I live in the dark ages?

Anyway, on some cold days in winter I have played with fingerless gloves. These are fine. I don't do it for the sweat tho.

 

[Sargon]

The only time i see people wearing gloves is in japanese arcades.

That actually makes some sense. I wouldn't do it myself, but I can certainly understand not wanting the germs of the 50 people who came before you on the Street Fighter II machine.

 

[EBE]

Gamers, am I right?

 

[Strangelove77]

Isn't there a controller that blows air out of the handles or something like that?

 

[Jimx26]

No,

Sorry op but I lol'd at this line "My palms get sweaty which causes dirty controllers and me to make mistakes during intense situations"

 

[Rygar 8 Bit]

i need to look through my old game pros to find a old ad for gamer thumb it was a little thing you slipped onto your thumb this thread made me remeber that

edit: nm you found it

There were tons of ads for these in every 90s video game magazine

 

[Galang]

I make my guests wear the ones in the OP when they touch my controllers. I don't need people's nasty bare hands touching my stuff. Nobody's complained so far so i guess they can't be that bad. Never tried them myself but being more sanitary is always a good idea

 

[Fahzgoolin]

Your natural hands will give you far more dexterity and tactile feel over something like this. I don't get why anyone would want this besides keeping their hands warm.

 

[SatoAilDarko]

 

[Ban Puncher]

Love the Glove

 

[NoblesseOblige]

A love glove, yes.

 

[McStickenstein]

No...? Honestly it's never crossed my mind.

 

[jacobeid]

I had a friend do this with all of his fight sticks because of the sweat issue. It's not normal to use glove, but I can see why people would do it (especially in an arcade). No judgment here.

 

[TLS Lex]

Best strategy is just to scrub your hands clean then deoderise before playing. I wear surgical grade latex gloves for work and they become gross and uncomfortable really quickly, the idea of wearing something like that while gaming is horrible.

Fingerless winter/ hobo gloves as pictured earlier in the thread could work, but if you already have sweaty hands it's not going to be very comfortable, they'll get hot really quick.