DDR'ing in Contacts

PoliceWrhythm · Basic Member Joined: 16 Sep 2003 Location: Lynchburg, Va

Does anyone else have trouble playing DDR with contacts in. For some reason my contacts get extremely dry when I play, so much so that my vision is blurry past the point of being able to see the screen. Sometimes they will get off-centered and will not move back because they are so dry.One reason may be because I hardly blink at all when I play. This is one thing that prevents me from finishing alot of songs( that, and i get so darn out of breath) I've even had my contacts just pop out while playing. It also doesnt help that the screen is always full of fingerprints to the point where the screen is hard to read anyway. Also there are these bright buttocks light right above the machine that glare on the screen.

what I think I may have to start doing is bringing eye drops with me or blink a whole lot.

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YmkFX · Trick Member Joined: 24 Jul 2003 Location: California

The only problem I ever have with my contacts is that sometimes they give me a blind spot making it incredibly difficult to see the screen, simply because most of my concentration is on impulse. I've never had my contacts "pop out", that only happens if I swim with my eyes open or something, and yes, blinking is a crucial part of being a human, so do it often.
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Citizen · Basic Member Joined: 26 Dec 2002

Well, you are jumping around so the contacts are moving alot more than normal. And when playing DDR ppl tend not to blink, which really dries out the contacts and sucks the moisture out of yours eyes. That is all I can think of really. I've never played with my contacts in tho

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Jekster · Trick Member Joined: 20 Dec 2002 Location: Bloomington, IN

Yeah, I used to play with contacts in and they would dry out since I don't blink when I play I guess. I've seen other players have contacts pop out after a song. I don't know if there is any real solution, other than getting a pair of glasses.

*has glasses now and doesn't even bother with contacts*

monochromaticrainbow · Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 12:30 pm Post subject:

I play in contacts all the time and i never have this problem. i donna maybe u just got to get used to blinking when u play. Jus do it at the right tiime so u don't miss any arrows
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altinure · Trick Member Joined: 29 Jun 2002 Location: wisconsin

I play with contacts, and mine occasionally fall out. You just have to learn to deal with it, or blink a ton.

Syxx · Trick Member Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Location: Chicagoland

This leads me to believe that I'm right. People don't blink while they play DDR.
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itzmax · Trick Member Joined: 12 Aug 2003 Location: olympia, wa

hm..i wear contacts and ive NEVER had any trouble w/ them..maybe its the kind of contact u use? i wear soft daily kind..id suggest bringing sum kind of eye drop wen u play? glasses mite b hard because of sweat and pushing them bak up..i use 2 wear glasses too

matt the notso bald asian · Trick Member Joined: 16 May 2003

i wear contacts, and they get very dry when i play. Which messes me up alot when iam trying to PA.

And when i mess up cause of my contacts, people never belive me hehehe

f train bang bang · Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2003 8:17 pm Post subject:

Hmm... I play in contacts whenever I can motivate myself enough to put them in, and apparently I get the opposite effect out of them... my eyes tend to water a lot more with contacts than without them, and sometimes they slip and make a big blurry blotch in my line of sight.

Either I blink a lot, or my eyes have become thoroughly adjusted to dry climates.
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Vietgurl · Trick Member Joined: 19 Apr 2002 Location: Berkeley, CA

my eyes are unnaturally dry anyway so my contacts fall out even when im not playing ddr, hehe. so dats why i dont take the risk of playing ddr with my contacts in.
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b0mb baby · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 11:56 am Post subject:

i never saw the problem of me wearing contacts when playing ddr. i actually prefer it to glasses. glasses suck when you're in anything physical.. like a sport because they fall off too easily... but yeah.. people get irritated when contacts dry up.. i know my friend doesn't like playing with contacts in because they don't blink, mine get a little irritated but i don't mind it.
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timor · Trick Member Joined: 18 Sep 2003

I have the exact same problem! I'll try actively to blink more often I suppose

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Zephyrus · Basic Member Joined: 30 Aug 2003

I've never had a problem with my contacts drying out, either in-game or out. Then again, my contacts seem to agree with me tremendously- I've never had them pop out or irritate me or sting me or anything, even if I'm too lazy to take them out for a week in a row.

The one problem I do have is, once I start to sweat, my hair (which is rather long) tends to bring my salty sweat into my eyes, and the salt stings my eyes like there's no tomorrow. If my face or my hair is covered with sweat, rubbing my eyes is not a good thing.

I've learned to avoid that, though, so it's not a problem.

thetaller1 · Trick Member Joined: 26 Jun 2003 Location: Ur Momma

i just read your the post and i'll answer it to my best. i have glasses just for long reading, not for ddr. I would say put in eye contact drops, between songs. That's all i can think of it.
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BTTB · Trick Member Joined: 10 Dec 2002 Location: Deep in you.

I have no problem whatsoever.
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StarmanDXE · Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 2:56 pm Post subject:

I used to wear glasses. But, whenever I'd play DDR, they'd slide down my face. Really annoying. Now I wear contacts (hard), and I haven't had a problem with them yet (DDR related). And, boy would I be pissed if one fell out. That's like $80, right there.

Cintifizzo · Trick Member Joined: 05 Mar 2003 Location: California

I think most people would imagine that glasses would just slide off or jump around and crap when your jumping... But, if it works for you do it.
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CelestialMortal · Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 12:20 pm Post subject:

I wear contacts and i know what you mean. Either you forget to blink cause your nervous of missing an arrow or you not blinking enough. What i do is either force myself to blink or put in eyedrops before i play so that it won't dry out and move around. thats wat i do but you can do it your own way
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