Are you a unique geek?

[KSarty]

Unlike all of my gamer friends, and actually a bunch of my non-gamer friends, I know what I'm doing under the hood of a car. Actually any form of mechanical knowledge at all seems to be beyond a lot of my friends, so that might not be just a gamer/nerd thing.

 

[teh_gunslinger]

I'm a nerd with no nerd friends and was forced to adapt and hide my nerddom bellow a thick layer of faked social skills

This.
At least to some degree.

I'm not as huge a nerd as I used to be. I don't really have the time these days, what with my university studies and borderline alcoholism. I'm a gamer mostly these days. Don't do a lot of the whole programming and scripting stuff. Used to, but no more. Time again.
I often go to concerts (mainly metal) and get shit faced. Again. Most of my friends aren't nerds, but they long ago realised that I have some interests that differ from theirs.
I mostly wear jeans and black t-shirts with varying metal motifs. (I love the new Slayer tee I bought at their last concert in Denmark)

Edit: I used to be in the army so I feel ever young male should be forced to like I were. Would do them a lot of good. In general I don't mind hard physical work.
I'm also very very left leaning which and rant about politics a lot.

 

[TheIceface]

I put people inferior to me in trashcans/lockers/portapotties, and always yell at people in public, yet I don't play halo or hang out with people from fraternities.

I don't take games seriously, and always put reality first, yet I still play games.

I detest mountain dew and flaming hot cheetos, and prefer taking the time to cook my packaged ramen on the stove; because it tastes better. (I also hate cup-o-noodle, because it is an abomination)

I am writing a novel that is almost completed, yet I detest poetry, feelings, and will not deign to include aliens, elves or orcs in my book.

I went to China, in an internet cafe (gaming lounge), and almost got slapped for hitting on the lady at the front desk (turns out she was married... whoops).

I prefer Counter Strike Source over 1.5/1.6 because it is better even though many of my friends insist on the older version, and only using one gun.

 

[hypothetical fact]

There are general mainstream classifications if you look at a person but judge them on one facet of their life. Yeah everyone here plays videogames but is there anyone here who is the sterotypical gamer. No, there aren't because even when you choose to stereotype a nerd or gamer you must put them into subset of sterotypes; is the nerd a tabletop playing DM in their basement, a LARPing knight fighting amongst friends where the realworld can't judge them, a WOW addicted junkie with every button hotkeyed and an encyclopedic knowledge of what every monster does and what loot they drop, a technophile that is always upgrading and customising their computer to play Crysis while downloading a movie with no lag, a tabletop gamer with a wall dedicated to miniatures and their own battlefields and strategies preplanned. Need I go on?

 

[TheXRatedDodo]

I'm a just a fairly normal guy that just HAPPENS to be into a lot of stuff that is classified as nerdy.

I have a huge penchant for Zombie movies.
Aside from Zombie movies, I'm just a fan of damn good movies, which aparrently makes me a nerd to a bunch of people I know.
Personally I'd rather watch 3 hours of well written dialogue (The Insider anyone?) over 90 minutes of low budget, generic action such as Transporter (as much as Jason Statham is a badass.)

Obviously I game. The amount of time I spend playing game varies from week to week. Not much of my money goes on games, as I'm just a poor music student who makes a bit of money Audio Engineering here and there (working towards getting a studio going in my 20's.)

If it's deemed weird by geek standards to drink, then I'm weird by geek standards.
I wouldn't say I'm a heavy drinker. I go out most weekends, get fairly drunk with friends (of which I have a fairly big group of, which seems odd by geek standards too, but whatever, I'm not tooting my own horn, I just happen to get along with a lot of people) and I enjoy a drink at home when I'm watching a movie or playing a game or whatever.
Definately a Guinness man, but I enjoy Sambuca, nice expensive Vodka, Baileys and other irish creams, Whiskey, etc.

I detest gamer humour, because it's no better than Little Britain's reliance on shoddy catchphrases.
I like to think I'm into damn good comedy and stand up, which is better than gamer humour any day.
Although, I'm very into Pure Pwnage, as too much of it comes as hugely satirical all while remaining in reverrance of the hobby, which I respect immensely.

I detest techno.
Watch any frag video on youtube and it seems like 99% of videos use Techno.

I detest superman and most superheroes, but I'm a HUGE fan of graphic novels, but they have to challenge my perception of superheroes and superhero stories in some way, which is why my favourite Graphic Novels are Batman: Arkham Asylum, Watchmen and V for Vendetta so far.

Hm, aside from that, I'm just an average guy that goes to college, has a bunch of close friends, a wonderful girlfriend, and no money. *Shrug.*

But I've lurked here for a long while. And it seems as though most people on here are much more interesting characters than your typical gamers (as seen on Gametrailers' forums. 13 year old animé fans that think BOOM! HEADSHOT! is the funniest thing ever invented,) and are general more regular people that just happen to have an interest in games and gaming, which is cool.
A whole forum that challenges society's perception of the gamer, I dig that.

 

[rokudan]

I am a nerd with a black belt in martial arts and do my own home repairs.

 

[Sketchy]

I am open about how nerdy I am to everyone, but most people don't even believe me. And I don't think being a nerd is as bad as everyone thinks, because I still have a good social life even though I consider myself to be a relatively serious gamer/nerd.

 

[Ace of Spades]

I am the only nerd amongst my group of nerd friends with a deep voice.

 

[Praelanthor]

I am a nerd that is an avid public speaker, which is apparently pretty rare amongst my other nerd friends.

me 2 dude

 

[AuntyEthel]

I listen to punk, play gigs, go to gigs, drink loads, smoke lots of weed, do the occasional narcotic, enjoy sports, am good at picking up girls and making friends, yet I am still a giant nerd. I've never been able to work it out.

 

[Mariena]

I'm a girl (uniqueness +0.5), I don't have anything related to anime or japanese culture (uniqueness +2), not lacking in social skills (uniqueness +3), not fat (uniqueness +1), and I have a girlfriend (uniqueness +10).

So, counting the numbers, I'd say I've got 16.5 unique geek points.

I know, none of this made sense, but I don't exactly fit the stereotype of "geek". I don't even have glasses, nor I play CS(S)! I am a geek, though. I guess. I'm not even sure now.

 

[beddo]

I'm a geek and I don't like gratuitous violence

I'm also married and work in games.

The second part isn't a non-geek thing but you'd be surprised how many people work in the industry and don't like games.

 

[burealis]

The definition of nerd to my friends is someone who basically can set up a wi-fi network in their homes.... i´ve got to get new friends!!!!!

 

[TheIceface]

The second part isn't a non-geek thing but you'd be surprised how many people work in the industry and don't like games.

Heh heh, you'd be surprised how un-surprised I was.
When I was working at Activision and 2k Games I detested everything I worked on, and I wasn't the only one.

A lot of the devs just wanted to quit the projects or move on, I wouldn't blame them.

 

[TheIceface]

I'm just an average flirty geek who knows far to many Simpsons quotes.

Creepy flirty, or successful flirty?