Do you use WiiConnect 24?

PostDo you use WiiConnect 24? by **Fishfingers** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 3:18 pm

I've turned this off on my Wii now. I realised it was causing my Wireless N network to slow down because it only operates on G. I also decided that it wasn't providing anything useful and the flashing drive tray got annoying as well.

Do you still have it turned on?

PostRe: Do you use WiiConnect 24? by **Peter Crisp** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 3:21 pm

I'm surprised the Daily Mail has not yet run a feature on how this aspect of the Wii is adding to greenhouse gas emissions and that as a result gamers are the sole people responsible for global warming.

PostRe: Do you use WiiConnect 24? by **RetroEd** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 3:29 pm

I used to use it, but then realised I wasn't really benefiting from leaving it connected. I don't even leave it on standby now, as it gets so little use. It's currently not plugged into the socket.

PostRe: Do you use WiiConnect 24? by **Orbital** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 3:39 pm

Peter Crisp wrote:I'm surprised the Daily Mail has not yet run a feature on how this aspect of the Wii is adding to greenhouse gas emissions and that as a result gamers are the sole people responsible for global warming.

total bollocks, even if you were joking. the wii uses less than 10W when its in connect 24 stand by. lets compare that to lamps, most lamps are 40W to 100W, and lets not talk about the fact most people always forget to turn them off, wouldnt that be much more of an issue than 10W ...

PostRe: Do you use WiiConnect 24? by **Madness** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 3:44 pm

KazemI wrote:
Peter Crisp wrote:I'm surprised the Daily Mail has not yet run a feature on how this aspect of the Wii is adding to greenhouse gas emissions and that as a result gamers are the sole people responsible for global warming.

total bollocks, even if you were joking. the wii uses less than 10W when its in connect 24 stand by. lets compare that to lamps, most lamps are 40W to 100W, and lets not talk about the fact most people always forget to turn them off, wouldnt that be much more of an issue than 10W ...

He was poking fun at the Daily Mail.

:fp:

PostRe: Do you use WiiConnect 24? by **Peter Crisp** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 3:45 pm

You are thinking far to sensibly for The Daily Mail my friend. I think you forget that this is a console device and thus the cause of all the evil in the world and any electricity they use is a huge drain on society. It would be hard to find an article in that paper that is anything other than 100% negative towards gaming and anything thats even slightly negative however small can be made into a big issue by them in the crusade they have against the hobby.

PostRe: Do you use WiiConnect 24? by **sw26** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 3:51 pm

No as I don't like leaving things plugged in and on 'standby' while I'm not around. I just unplug my Wii when I'm not playing it.

PostRe: Do you use WiiConnect 24? by **Orbital** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 3:54 pm

Peter Crisp wrote:You are thinking far to sensibly for The Daily Mail my friend. I think you forget that this is a console device and thus the cause of all the evil in the world and any electricity they use is a huge drain on society. It would be hard to find an article in that paper that is anything other than 100% negative towards gaming and anything thats even slightly negative however small can be made into a big issue by them in the crusade they have against the hobby.

you got me partner, and is that seriously what the tabloids moan about these days, how game consoles drain electricity (even though the owner pays the inflated price for it)

edit: and about what i said earlier, i was moaning with you against the the tabloids, not against you.

PostRe: Do you use WiiConnect 24? by **Peter Crisp** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 3:59 pm

No worries KazemI you had a good point.

PostRe: Do you use WiiConnect 24? by PJ » Sat Aug 30, 2008 4:56 pm

Nope, my Wii hasn't been switched on since about June.

Something Fishy

I unplug all my electricals now. It all adds up and fuel prices are so high I don't want to waste money.

PostRe: Do you use WiiConnect 24? by **Floex** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 5:19 pm

FishFingers wrote:I've turned this off on my Wii now. I realised it was causing my Wireless N network to slow down because it only operates on G. I also decided that it wasn't providing anything useful and the flashing drive tray got annoying as well.

Do you still have it turned on?

I don't even turn the Wii on anymore let alone Wiiconnect

Eh? Who's having that?

\o anyone? C'mon don't leave me hanging

YouTube · PostRe: Do you use WiiConnect 24? by **Jazzem** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 6:00 pm

I love the excitement of the Wii glowing blue but yeah this probably shouldn't be left on all the time. Heck thinking about it I don't think I should be leaving my router on overnight <_< >_>

PostRe: Do you use WiiConnect 24? by **Cuttooth** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 6:36 pm

I probably should turn it off actually, it's not like there's even a reason to have it on.

PostRe: Do you use WiiConnect 24? by **Zerudaaaaa!** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 7:17 pm

Yes, love that blue glow. I like to receive Wiimails from friends and dont want to miss any updates from Nintendo.

7256930752 · PostRe: Do you use WiiConnect 24? by **7256930752** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 8:50 pm

Not since it burned out my graphics card* and I had to get a replacement.

*This may not be technically accurate but it certainly did something that buggered up my wii.

PostRe: Do you use WiiConnect 24? by **Dante** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 9:42 pm

Nah, it actually takes some of my bandwidth up; an with the constant usage of utorent, I need as much as I can get 9espeically on the weekends). Plus Nintendo never send you anything of worth, and I only get spam from my Wiifriends - so I'm, not missing gooseberry fool all having i offf

PostRe: Do you use WiiConnect 24? by **Rik** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 12:30 pm

Hime123 wrote:Not since it burned out my graphics card* and I had to get a replacement.

Yeah I could do without my GPU getting borked. Plus I don't want to update my firmware so I can use freeloader so I keep it off.

Rik wrote:
Hime123 wrote:Not since it burned out my graphics card* and I had to get a replacement.

Yeah I could do without my GPU getting borked. Plus I don't want to update my firmware so I can use freeloader so I keep it off.

I've had mine on WiiConnect since the UK Launch day, and so far nothing has broken.

And it won't automatically update the firmware without your say so, so the Freeloader isn't a problem. (Since a Firmware update can hypothetically knacker your Wii, Nintendo probably want to make sure that people's Wii's don't mysteriously break in the middle of the night if there's a power-cut and no-one around to see it happen - would just get their machine a bad rep for reliability).

PostRe: Do you use WiiConnect 24? by **Neph** » Mon Sep 01, 2008 3:26 am

Jazzem wrote:I love the excitement of the Wii glowing blue but yeah this probably shouldn't be left on all the time. Heck thinking about it I don't think I should be leaving my router on overnight <_< >_>

I've left it on but i do have a later version of the Wii as now it doesnt get hot like my original did.

Plus leaving routers on all the time doesn't matter, thats what they are built for.

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