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   From: bel@whipassgaming.com   
      
   > A friend of mine had the same problem on his Dreamcast. Static   
   > electricity blew out his controller port. He sold me 30 games for  I   
   > believe around $30.00 . His loss my gain. Whats funny is that before   
   > he sold the games to me I found a Dreamcast in the wild for $5.00. It   
   > worked perfectly. I already had 3 Dreamcast so Isold it to hom for the   
   > same $5.00. explicitly told him to ground himself before he plugged it   
   > in. But alas to no avail.   
      
   It really sucks, because even outside of the apartment I shock the fuck   
   out of anything I touch. It hurts me too, which is the part I don't   
   like. Just, say, getting out of my car and then closing the door   
   produces are HUGE pop and quite a bit of pain.   
      
   I am noticing that after getting out of the shower I don't shock shit,   
   so Ted's thoughts of the humidifier may just be spot-on. Perhaps I   
   should take to slightly wetting my hands before picking up any sort of   
   controller...   
      
   Bel   
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