the whole "geek chick" thing....

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Bara_no_Hime

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Wicky_42 said:
If a girl knows what she's talking about, knows technical terms, doesn't get 'gig' and 'meg' confused, has a few favourite games, knows the difference between Radeon and GeForce etc etc and is genuinely interested, she can comfortably call herself a geek. At least, that's the qualifications I'd expect of anyone who considers themselves as such.

Edit, that's just for techie geeks, I guess - but the 'basics' principle would apply to any geek-worthy subject, I'd expect.
Yeah, I have no idea what the difference between a Radeon and a GeForce is. I'm a PS3 female gamer, so all your PC gaming stuff is unknown to me.

I can, however, talk extensively about the original Doctor Who - preferably Peter David or Tom Baker (my two favs).

And yes, I saw your edit, but I found your comment about video cards to be rather antagonistic. I took a couple of computer science classes, and I can write HTML code pretty well (in notepad even) and I know that Radeon and GeForce are both graphics cards, and I know that the important number in a graphics card is actually the second one (a 4100 is weaker than a 3900 for instance) but that's about the extent of it.
 
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To be honest, it depends on what the girl thinks makes her a geek. But everyone else has already discussed this point so I'm going to take it in a different direction. Note that I'm really only going to be talking about gamers right now, I'm too pressed for time to consider the entire wonderful spectrum of nerd culture:-

These 'poser' geek girls are not alone. I've come across plenty of guys (probably more of them than the girls actually) who have only a very casual interest in say..Mario Kart, or an equally widespread game, yet call themselves a geek or a nerd. These guys and girls perhaps only really play one or two games with their friends, and sure, they may know all the catchphrases, but that's only because they're so embedded in pop culture at the moment. The 'posers' have the capacity to become real geeks if their interest becomes deeper but usually they stay shallow and label themselves 'geek' to seem quirky and interesting. There's no point taking offense at it, they're only human after all and every single one of us has tried at one point or another to make ourselves seem intriguing. Just ignore them or expose the depths of your own geekiness, they'll soon realise they're out of their depth and 'nerd up' or just leave, either way it'll solve your problem.

Back to my point about guys being just as bad. In my experience it tends to be guys who're more guilty of this. Sure, there are the girls who're God-awful at gaming and think they're all that, but you just ignore them. It's harder though with the guys who spend their evenings playing exclusively mainstream games (maybe even just the one), such as COD, and think this constitutes nerdiness. Whenever I've got into a conversation with one of these guys who's been trying to impress me with his gaming I find that they genuinely believe having seen Star Wars once or twice and invested in an EcksBawks makes them unusual.

In short, posers suck, geeks rule.
 

Wicky_42

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Bara_no_Hime said:
Wicky_42 said:
If a girl knows what she's talking about, knows technical terms, doesn't get 'gig' and 'meg' confused, has a few favourite games, knows the difference between Radeon and GeForce etc etc and is genuinely interested, she can comfortably call herself a geek. At least, that's the qualifications I'd expect of anyone who considers themselves as such.

Edit, that's just for techie geeks, I guess - but the 'basics' principle would apply to any geek-worthy subject, I'd expect.
Yeah, I have no idea what the difference between a Radeon and a GeForce is. I'm a PS3 female gamer, so all your PC gaming stuff is unknown to me.

I can, however, talk extensively about the original Doctor Who - preferably Peter David or Tom Baker (my two favs).

And yes, I saw your edit, but I found your comment about video cards to be rather antagonistic. I took a couple of computer science classes, and I can write HTML code pretty well (in notepad even) and I know that Radeon and GeForce are both graphics cards, and I know that the important number in a graphics card is actually the second one (a 4100 is weaker than a 3900 for instance) but that's about the extent of it.
Apologies if it came off antagonistic - I wasn't concentrating much when I posted (hence not even considering geekage in any context other than in PC terms ><), but really all I meant by the graphics cards thing was merely that there are two main brands, not any sort of technical specs, heh - I was kinda being a bit too precise, and not thinking things through enough (doh)...
 

similar.squirrel

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Still haven't learned about proper capitalization, have we?

Calling yourself a geek usually means you're trying to be one, which implies that you aren't one.
I don't know. The standards are very nebulous in the first place, and social cliques are f-ing stupid anyway. Why does everybody have this urge to be something, instead of just..liking stuff?
 

Vault101

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Kukakkau said:
Vault101 said:
so my question to you is, what are the main differences between a "poser" and the "real deal"?
Since you said that you yourself are a geek chick, compare yourself to this



THAT is someone doing it for attention
"eyeball-person?" I learned all I needed to know right there...*facepalm*
 

Vault101

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similar.squirrel said:
Still haven't learned about proper capitalization, have we?

Calling yourself a geek usually means you're trying to be one, which implies that you aren't one.
I don't know. The standards are very nebulous in the first place, and social cliques are f-ing stupid anyway. Why does everybody have this urge to be something, instead of just..liking stuff?
Good point, anyway I wouldnt criticize somone for now knowing enough about my favorite game or movie, but as Ive said before I think its about the usuing it to get attention in an annoying way
 

NomNom The World

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Sometimes the line blurrs, depends on you definitional of 'geek' really.

1.Is it someone who play VGs?

2.Someone who doesn't conform to social norms?

3.An intelligent woman in the field of game design?

say:

1.http://www.weirdlyodd.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/halo_tattoo.jpg
2.http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llow1pZyZr1qbxi01o1_500.jpg
3.http://www.next-gen.biz/features/game-industrys-100-most-influential-women?page=0%2C1

Just putting it out there yo.