[General Discussion] Contra Effect

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Or MOST AGGRAVATING, you're playing Contra, and when you try to dodge an enemy bullet, you end up running toward it instead.

Okay, I think I understand exactly what this Contra Effect is; when the controller doesn't seem to want to respond exactly the way you want it to. I've had this happen many times playing all kinds of games, especially shoot-em-ups. However, I don't fully understand the Contra example given (usually if I don't understand, I'd wing it, but you seemed to have coined this term on the one thing that's confusing me here). In what manner are you dodging the enemy bullet? Jumping over it? You can run toward a bullet and still jump over it. Care to clarify for me?

EDIT: Okay, I forgot about ducking, in which case it makes a lot more sense.

Jam it back in, in the dark.