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I am sort of a nerd, I don't really get into things to much, I don't watch any Sci-Fi shows but I do Play DnD (And know WAY to mcuh about it) and the occasional Videogame.
But my biggest claim to Nerdom is that me and my Band (Plan B, look out for us in the near future!) are working on a Rock version of Go K.K. Rider!! From Animal Crossing.
But my biggest claim to Nerdom is that me and my Band (Plan B, look out for us in the near future!) are working on a Rock version of Go K.K. Rider!! From Animal Crossing.
I accept the term nerd ironically. In other words, I agree with others when they call me a nerd so it no longer becomes an insult but actually makes me somewhat better than them.
Ways in which I am nerdy include:
1. I make obscure referances that only myself and a select few find funny.
2. I once adorned a body warmer while playing Quake 2 so I could pretend it was body armor (I was young then so don't give me too much grief).
3. I have written game reviews in the past without payment (have a look at BG planet...BG doesn't stand for Baulders Gate by the way)
4. I have a map of Cyrodil on my bedroom wall.
5. I am genuinely interested in the back story and minor details of most games (I actually went through and read all the codex entries in Mass Effect).
Ways in which I am nerdy include:
1. I make obscure referances that only myself and a select few find funny.
2. I once adorned a body warmer while playing Quake 2 so I could pretend it was body armor (I was young then so don't give me too much grief).
3. I have written game reviews in the past without payment (have a look at BG planet...BG doesn't stand for Baulders Gate by the way)
4. I have a map of Cyrodil on my bedroom wall.
5. I am genuinely interested in the back story and minor details of most games (I actually went through and read all the codex entries in Mass Effect).
Oh... I can make people laugh so hard they can't get off the floor with a single word. That speaks as much of their nerddom as mine, but still.
I own a leather armour.
I own at least 10 swords.
I have 20+ maps in my room, perhaps one is of a real place.
I spent a number of hours yesterday reading up on the story of Command and Conquer because I had forgotten much of it from when I played it myself. (If that's not nerdy I don't know what is. Playing games for the story, that I can take. Reading the story of the game without playing it, that's pushing it)
I own a leather armour.
I own at least 10 swords.
I have 20+ maps in my room, perhaps one is of a real place.
I spent a number of hours yesterday reading up on the story of Command and Conquer because I had forgotten much of it from when I played it myself. (If that's not nerdy I don't know what is. Playing games for the story, that I can take. Reading the story of the game without playing it, that's pushing it)
Yea some of the time must admit I'm a pretty huge nerd, especially when it comes to games and films. I'd give myself about 6/10 on the nerd-o-meter because I do tend to balance the nerdy stuff with a fair bit of non-nerdy stuff, like football and clubbing etc.
Shadowrun is really worth playing, I'm in the middle of GMing a campaign at the minute and it is very time consuming but very rewarding with its versatility.PurpleRain said:
Well, I do roleplaying, not this tabletop stuff though, it all confuses me.
Also I do play a lot of games, but I also work out and play sports and have a girlfriend, so does that cancel out all other nerdiness?
Also I do play a lot of games, but I also work out and play sports and have a girlfriend, so does that cancel out all other nerdiness?
Too much time on the computer- nerd.
Don't do homework, ever. It's against my values.- not nerd
Had a stint on second life- super-screwed-up-social reject.
Have got more 'action' then most of my friends- not nerd.
I put woot and other internet speak into irl sentences- super nerd.
Have so many games I don't even have the boxes, just a pile of CDs- nerd.
Train in TKD for 4 hours a week, and kickboxing for 2 hours a week- not nerd, but not cool either. Either way I'm proud ^.^
Do gymnastics for an hour a week- Social suicide.
Train with two UK Bo staff champoins, and the world champion every now and again- awesome.
I know how some bits of a computer work- hah, guess.
I do IT for my GCSE- yeah.
I win tech arguments with a PS3 fanboy- muahahaha.
The list goes on. Oh, one more.
I don't have an Ipod= nerd.
Don't do homework, ever. It's against my values.- not nerd
Had a stint on second life- super-screwed-up-social reject.
Have got more 'action' then most of my friends- not nerd.
I put woot and other internet speak into irl sentences- super nerd.
Have so many games I don't even have the boxes, just a pile of CDs- nerd.
Train in TKD for 4 hours a week, and kickboxing for 2 hours a week- not nerd, but not cool either. Either way I'm proud ^.^
Do gymnastics for an hour a week- Social suicide.
Train with two UK Bo staff champoins, and the world champion every now and again- awesome.
I know how some bits of a computer work- hah, guess.
I do IT for my GCSE- yeah.
I win tech arguments with a PS3 fanboy- muahahaha.
The list goes on. Oh, one more.
I don't have an Ipod= nerd.
That does cover it.nilcypher said:
But I also do a host of nerdy things. The obvious ones that other people haven't said so far: my username is taken from a well rating but obscure Australian radioshow that i have listened EVERY podcast of (all 162, sadly it was cancelled last year and yes I signed the petition) more than once, I have every Nine Inch Nails album LEGALLY (not sure if thats fan-nerdy or just a stupid consumerism), go to extreme effort for fancy dress parties, get annoyed by stupid movie mistakes (Resident Evil 3, how did so many damn zombies fit in that shipping container?) and I have a Starwars posted signed by Ewan McGregor.
I don't think doing nerdy stuff automatically makes you a social reject though, It just depends on wether you do other non-nerdy things as well. Its all about balance.
Oh and did I mention the WoW addiction?
It's also the name of the company that makes the majority of the porcelain sinks and toilet bowls in our house.Armitage Shanks said:
I think that you can probably consider yourself a nerd (or a nerd in denial) if you have ever signed up for a website so you can voice your opinion on a subject that is considered 'frivolous' (games, movies, tv, Star Wars, etc.)
Hang on, that means that I......
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
Hang on, that means that I......
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
Yeah that was kinda the joke in the show.HBrutusH said:
The fact that I almost considered trying to explain it all definitely qualifies me as a nerd
One of us CatmanStu, one of us...CatmanStu said:
A nerd:
an intelligent but single-minded person obsessed with a nonsocial hobby or pursuit
fun fact: The word was originally coined by Dr. Seuss's If I Ran the Zoo: "And then, just to show them, I'll sail to Ka-Troo And Bring Back an It-Kutch a Preep and a Proo A Nerkle a Nerd and a Seersucker, too!
The more you know
an intelligent but single-minded person obsessed with a nonsocial hobby or pursuit
fun fact: The word was originally coined by Dr. Seuss's If I Ran the Zoo: "And then, just to show them, I'll sail to Ka-Troo And Bring Back an It-Kutch a Preep and a Proo A Nerkle a Nerd and a Seersucker, too!
The more you know
I write C++, HTML, and BASIC
I have played multiple editions of D&D (prefer 2ed)
I formulate strange cosmic theories as to how the universe exists (is it possible that matter is light condensed by a black hole so tightly that weaker light bounces off? Black holes have to do something with the light if it manages to suck it in as if it were matter.)
I scrutinize movie scenes involving computers to see if they make sense. (I once saw a scene where a person shot a computer, to destroy what memory it had, but the way he shot it, he wouldn't have hit anything but a few wires in the computer)
I have played multiple editions of D&D (prefer 2ed)
I formulate strange cosmic theories as to how the universe exists (is it possible that matter is light condensed by a black hole so tightly that weaker light bounces off? Black holes have to do something with the light if it manages to suck it in as if it were matter.)
I scrutinize movie scenes involving computers to see if they make sense. (I once saw a scene where a person shot a computer, to destroy what memory it had, but the way he shot it, he wouldn't have hit anything but a few wires in the computer)