Oblong buttons on the original XBox controller?

[iamaelephant]

So I'm reading the GameSpy Top 25 Dumbest Moments in Gaming History and I come to the page about the exceedingly huge XBox controller. Thing is, they keep talking about the oblong buttons. WTF?! There were no oblong buttons, they were round-ish.


http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/june03/dumbestmoments/index9.shtml

 

[jagec]

How are those not oblong?

I don't see what the big deal was about that controller, but then again I have big hands, so yeah.

 

[iamaelephant]

WTF are you talking about? Do you even know what an oblong is? It's a friggen rectangle! Those buttons are round!

 

[darkswordsman17]

Originally posted by: iamaelephant
WTF are you talking about? Do you even know what an oblong is? It's a friggen rectangle! Those buttons are round!

Uh, not its not. Oblong means misshapenly stretched, it doesn't have to be a specific shape, although its most commonly used when talking about an ovalish shaped object.

 

[iamaelephant]

Originally posted by: darkswordsman17

Originally posted by: iamaelephant
WTF are you talking about? Do you even know what an oblong is? It's a friggen rectangle! Those buttons are round!

Uh, not its not. Oblong means misshapenly stretched, it doesn't have to be a specific shape, although its most commonly used when talking about an ovalish shaped object.

You people are insane.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblong

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: iamaelephant

Originally posted by: darkswordsman17

Originally posted by: iamaelephant
WTF are you talking about? Do you even know what an oblong is? It's a friggen rectangle! Those buttons are round!

Uh, not its not. Oblong means misshapenly stretched, it doesn't have to be a specific shape, although its most commonly used when talking about an ovalish shaped object.

You people are insane.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblong

lmao you are using the meaning of the word as a mathematical term.

http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/oblong

 

[darkswordsman17]

Originally posted by: iamaelephant

Originally posted by: darkswordsman17

Originally posted by: iamaelephant
WTF are you talking about? Do you even know what an oblong is? It's a friggen rectangle! Those buttons are round!

Uh, not its not. Oblong means misshapenly stretched, it doesn't have to be a specific shape, although its most commonly used when talking about an ovalish shaped object.

You people are insane.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblong

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[iamaelephant]

Originally posted by: dighn

Originally posted by: iamaelephant

Originally posted by: darkswordsman17

Originally posted by: iamaelephant
WTF are you talking about? Do you even know what an oblong is? It's a friggen rectangle! Those buttons are round!

Uh, not its not. Oblong means misshapenly stretched, it doesn't have to be a specific shape, although its most commonly used when talking about an ovalish shaped object.

You people are insane.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblong

lmao you are using the meaning of the word as a mathematical term.

http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/oblong

I have never in my life come across the word used in that sense.

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: iamaelephant
I have never in my life come across the word used in that sense.

now you have!

 

[JujuFish]

Originally posted by: iamaelephant
I have never in my life come across the word used in that sense.

That's quite a poor vocabulary you have, then.

 

[iamaelephant]

Originally posted by: JujuFish

Originally posted by: iamaelephant
I have never in my life come across the word used in that sense.

That's quite a poor vocabulary you have, then.

I assure you Mister Fish, my vocabulary is fine. You think you know every word (and every alternative usage) in the English language?

 

[HermDogg]

He's right dude. It's really not an alternative usage. It is rather surprising you've never come across it except in reference to rectangles. In fact, I don't think I've ever come across it in reference to rectangles, but I quit math at pre-calc so there's that...

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: JujuFish

Originally posted by: iamaelephant
I have never in my life come across the word used in that sense.

That's quite a poor vocabulary you have, then.

JujuFish you have Poor IQ.....

 

[TheoPetro]

Originally posted by: HermDogg
He's right dude. It's really not an alternative usage. It is rather surprising you've never come across it except in reference to rectangles. In fact, I don't think I've ever come across it in reference to rectangles, but I quit math at pre-calc so there's that...

im still in math (partial diff. equations next semester) and ive never heard of it used in reference to rectangles

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: TheoPetro

Originally posted by: HermDogg
He's right dude. It's really not an alternative usage. It is rather surprising you've never come across it except in reference to rectangles. In fact, I don't think I've ever come across it in reference to rectangles, but I quit math at pre-calc so there's that...

im still in math (partial diff. equations next semester) and ive never heard of it used in reference to rectangles

like the wikipedia article says, this term is no longer commonly used to refer to rectangles. I've never heard of it used like that either.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: iamaelephant
WTF are you talking about? Do you even know what an oblong is? It's a friggen rectangle! Those buttons are round!

LOL:laugh:

 

[wazzledoozle]

I have always thought of oblong as a stretched shape, oblong box anyone?

Anyways I love my controller duke, put on a usb plug and it makes a great pc controller. It fits my hands nicely and has a good weight to it.