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OK... so which is truly the geekiest/nerdiest thing of them all?

Writing fanfiction (http://fanfiction.net) crossing over a bajillion (http://www.geocities.com/garnet_tm/contents/) games, movies, and?
Arguing (http://www.starfleetjedi.net/forum) whether Star Trek or Star Wars would win in a fight (http://www.st-v-sw.net)?
Spending all your time on online forums (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=1227)?
Collecting Transformers (http://www.transformersclub.com/) at an adult age?
Constantly playing MMORPG (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com)s for months on end?
Analyzing (http://www.thudfactor.com/geekquiz.php) just what geekdom is endlessly (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=503491)?

Fan fiction is probably the "nerdiest", though some of it is actually quite good and very literate... Depending on the source material, anyway.

Though the saddest is definitely playing MMORPGs for months on end. Don't even get me started on how strange that is.

Fan fiction is probably the "nerdiest", though some of it is actually quite good and very literate... Depending on the source material, anyway.


Some of it is also absolutely terrifying. *shudders*

Some of it is also absolutely terrifying. *shudders*
But I thought Kirk/Spock slashfics were a well established tradition by now!

:=P

Some of it is pretty scary. IMO, the most interesting thing about fan fiction is how Eric Flint is blurring the line between fan fiction and "real" published fiction in his 1632 series.

Some of it is also absolutely terrifying. *shudders*

Yeah. I know all about that, sadly...

But I thought Kirk/Spock slashfics were a well established tradition by now!

:=P

Some of it is pretty scary. IMO, the most interesting thing about fan fiction is how Eric Flint is blurring the line between fan fiction and "real" published fiction in his 1632 series.

Neville-Snape...ugh...Harry Potter Slash Fic...ugh....

*kills self with a MIRADO BLACK WARRIOR pencil*

I used to enjoy fan fic. Until I came upon some unlabeled slash in which a strung out Harry was abused and violated by a Snape with "rippling" abs.

As if I hadn't learned my lesson from the Sam getting raped to death by orcs story.

Fanfiction, while a wee bit nerdy, is something that has gone on forever, and always will. It's great writing practice, and you'd be surprised the kind of amazing gems one can find out there. Even with mega-uber-crossovers.

Arguing various series vs movie/whatever is nerdy, yes, but it also stimulates the mind. The kind of sheer detail some of these discussions get into can cause one to develop all sorts of useful habits, when it comes to finding information, presenting arguments, and all that jazz. Really, any sufficiently detailed debate can do that. The subject matter, however, should differ depending on your interests.

Collecting Transformers is just fine with me. It's not unlike collecting stamps or bottle caps; the only thing that differs is the item being collected. If you like collecting things, there's nothing wrong with it, and most collecters don't allow their habit to go out of proportion.

Analysis of geekdom is, much like the other forms of debate, intellectually stimulating, and thus quite a worthwhile activity, if you have fun doing it.

All of those are quite easily positive to merely neutral. However,
spending all of ones free time on forums--even debate forums--is a bad idea, as it prevents you from developing a healthy social life in real life, and can often degrade what social life you had previously.

Similarly, playing MMORPGS, while useful for developing a healthy fantasy life(you know, the kind you think about every so often to help relieve stress, usually while you're having to wait somewhere, like at the bloody DMV) is all too easily turned into an obsession that can isolate you and destroy you emotionally when it comes to social interaction.

Of course, you all realize that I never did answer the question proposed. My answer: analyzing geekdom, if only because I find it somewhat tedious.

OK... so which is truly the geekiest/nerdiest thing of them all?

Writing fanfiction (http://fanfiction.net) crossing over a bajillion (http://www.geocities.com/garnet_tm/contents/) games, movies, and?
Arguing (http://www.starfleetjedi.net/forum) whether Star Trek or Star Wars would win in a fight (http://www.st-v-sw.net)?
Spending all your time on online forums (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=1227)?
Collecting Transformers (http://www.transformersclub.com/) at an adult age?
Constantly playing MMORPG (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com)s for months on end?
Analyzing (http://www.thudfactor.com/geekquiz.php) just what geekdom is endlessly (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=503491)?


It's funny 'cause it's us. To a "T".

The last one...

Probably cross-over fan fiction.

Some people have way too much time on their hands.

Fanfiction, while a wee bit nerdy, is something that has gone on forever, and always will. It's great writing practice, and you'd be surprised the kind of amazing gems one can find out there. Even with mega-uber-crossovers.

All of that is true.

People make fun of the weird slash pairings, but some of them are very well-done; fairly decent entertainment for a few hours, completely free.

But the cross-over stuff... I think that crosses a line.

Edit: No pun intended.

http://s4.invisionfree.com/Time_for_Nintendo/index.php?act=idx

Heres the nerdiest site ever, it has all of those things :(

OK... so which is truly the geekiest/nerdiest thing of them all?

Writing fanfiction (http://fanfiction.net) crossing over a bajillion (http://www.geocities.com/garnet_tm/contents/) games, movies, and?
Arguing (http://www.starfleetjedi.net/forum) whether Star Trek or Star Wars would win in a fight (http://www.st-v-sw.net)?
Spending all your time on online forums (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=1227)?
Collecting Transformers (http://www.transformersclub.com/) at an adult age?
Constantly playing MMORPG (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com)s for months on end?
Analyzing (http://www.thudfactor.com/geekquiz.php) just what geekdom is endlessly (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=503491)?

How about using 1337speak IRL?

So... um... should I ask where Frodo was when the orcs descended on Samwise? Or am I better off not knowing?
How about using 1337speak IRL?
Been there, done that...

Translating a Klingon sonnet into Elvish.

All of that is true.

People make fun of the weird slash pairings, but some of them are very well-done; fairly decent entertainment for a few hours, completely free.

But the cross-over stuff... I think that crosses a line.

Edit: No pun intended.

You'd be surprised: gems exist even in such a realm. Of course, they can be more difficult to find in said realm than in any other, but with the advent of the Ultimate Crossover Universe, Kingdom Hearts, it's a lot easier. (Of course, you also have a lot more crap to wade through, but then, isn't the same true for the published works?)

Translating a Klingon sonnet into Elvish.

...well, there is that, admittedly...

(Of course, you also have a lot more crap to wade through, but then, isn't the same true for the published works?)

Well, yes and no - the "gems" of published works are much better than the gems of fan fiction. Very few fan fiction authors can compare to Robert Jordan or J. K. Rowling, or even merely decent writers like Mercedes Lackey.

As for the crap - at least when you buy a published work you can expect it to have a coherent plot and mostly correct grammar. The same, unfortunately, is not true for fan fiction.

Yo. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWs1FF-BS7c)

Well, yes and no - the "gems" of published works are much better than the gems of fan fiction. Very few fan fiction authors can compare to Robert Jordan or J. K. Rowling, or even merely decent writers like Mercedes Lackey.

As for the crap - at least when you buy a published work you can expect it to have a coherent plot and mostly correct grammar. The same, unfortunately, is not true for fan fiction.

Alright, I'll admit, the scale works a wee bit differently. But it does still apply.

Once, I did find a fanfic I thought worthy of someone approaching Harry Turtledove, or even Terry Brooks(!). I don't remember anything about it now, though.

I still think that most gems can match up to merely decent writers. In my opinion, they still do, though not as much as I used to think they did.

Once, I did find a fanfic I thought worthy of someone approaching Harry Turtledove, or even Terry Brooks(!). I don't remember anything about it now, though.

Harry Turtledove, yes; I've found a few like that too.

I never liked Terry Brooks.

...well, there is that, admittedly...

*cough*guilty*cough*

Damned cold.

*cough*guilty*cough*

Damned cold.

I did once know a few words of Elvish, but I'll maintain my dignity by pointing out that I do not, nor have I ever, known a single word of Klingon.

In fact, I've never watched Star Trek.

Harry Turtledove, yes; I've found a few like that too.

I never liked Terry Brooks.

I'd say that's because you have no taste(the standard response to such things, as stupid as it is), but in truth, it's probably because you don't like fantasy novels. And neither do I, mostly. It's his style of writing that I enjoy.

And now that I finally know that three of his four series(The only one not is the Magic Kingdom of Landover) are actually connected and give me so much more insight into everything, I'm going to go back and read every single Shannara book I've got. In addition, I'll take out the Void books AND this new book and read them as well.

Posi: Hah, but nyet. I can barely learn parts of Spanish, let alone Klingon and Elvish. I wouldn't want to know Elvish anyway. Tolkien's universe is absolutely mind-bogglingly BORING.

I did once know a few words of Elvish, but I'll maintain my dignity by pointing out that I do not, nor have I ever, known a single word of Klingon.

In fact, I've never watched Star Trek.

See, you got Smunkeeville to translate the Klingon into English, which you translated into Elvish.

Well, yes and no - the "gems" of published works are much better than the gems of fan fiction. Very few fan fiction authors can compare to Robert Jordan or J. K. Rowling, or even merely decent writers like Mercedes Lackey.

As for the crap - at least when you buy a published work you can expect it to have a coherent plot and mostly correct grammar. The same, unfortunately, is not true for fan fiction.

robert jordan? surely you jest.

120000 pages and nothing happens.

if i wanna read about people who cant relate to the opposite sex ill read cosmo or some other supermarket rag

I'd say that's because you have no taste(the standard response to such things, as stupid as it is), but in truth, it's probably because you don't like fantasy novels.

No. I love fantasy novels.

I read Brooks years ago, and just couldn't get past the middle of the book.

And now that I finally know that three of his four series(The only one not is the Magic Kingdom of Landover) are actually connected and give me so much more insight into everything, I'm going to go back and read every single Shannara book I've got. In addition, I'll take out the Void books AND this new book and read them as well.

You've made me consider giving him another try; he does seem to attract a lot of fans with decent taste.

robert jordan? surely you jest.

120000 pages and nothing happens.

Eh? Lots of things happen. You just have to be patient.

Okay, Crossroads of Twilight wasn't as good as, say, The Eye of the World, but it was hardly boring (to me, anyway.)

if i wanna read about people who cant relate to the opposite sex ill read cosmo or some other supermarket rag

A bit of humor never hurt anyone.

OK... so which is truly the geekiest/nerdiest thing of them all?

Writing fanfiction (http://fanfiction.net) crossing over a bajillion (http://www.geocities.com/garnet_tm/contents/) games, movies, and?
Arguing (http://www.starfleetjedi.net/forum) whether Star Trek or Star Wars would win in a fight (http://www.st-v-sw.net)?
Spending all your time on online forums (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=1227)?
Collecting Transformers (http://www.transformersclub.com/) at an adult age?
Constantly playing MMORPG (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com)s for months on end?
Analyzing (http://www.thudfactor.com/geekquiz.php) just what geekdom is endlessly (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=503491)?



So how bored are you today?

you are right it was pretty funny

for the first fifty chapters devoted to it.

face it the man is turning a trilogy into the encyclopedia britanica.

you are right it was pretty funny

for the first fifty chapters devoted to it.

face it the man is turning a trilogy into the encyclopedia britanica.

He's nearly finished.

No. I love fantasy novels.

I read Brooks years ago, and just couldn't get past the middle of the book.



You've made me consider giving him another try; he does seem to attract a lot of fans with decent taste.

Well, what lead me to finally look it up was trying to remember his name. I finally just google'd up Shannara, which brought up the Wikipedia article on the Shannara series, and by looking through it, I learned what I learned. Don't know why I never bothered to do so before.

He's nearly finished.

he was "nearly finished" in 1996

fie on him

ill dance on his grave before he finishes

How about using 1337speak IRL?

I did that in church the other day, writing a note to a non-geeky friend. *evil laugh* It was funny how she picked on it being in church more than being in pencil on paper. Probably the first time I'd done it though, and it was just to annoy her.

This.
http://www.grimcity.com/gc/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/reps.jpg

Depends. Is the fanfiction slash or not?

Depends. Is the fanfiction slash or not?

Is slash nerdier than non-slash?

http://s4.invisionfree.com/Time_for_Nintendo/index.php?act=idx

Heres the nerdiest site ever, it has all of those things :(
It has no Star Trek vs Star Wars. (http://www.starfleetjedi.net/forum) But very close otherwise.

Is slash nerdier than non-slash?

Much, much nerdier. Or, at least, much, much creepier.

Crossover fanfic? Pretty geeky, I will admit...
Star Wars vs. Star Trek? Yep, that's geeky.
Spending all your time on Internet forums? That's called "no social life", not "geeky". Even geeks are known to have social lives.
Collecting Transformers? To me, that's more "lame" than "geeky". (Legos, on the other hand, are awesome.)
Playing MMO's constantly? That falls in the "pretty damn geeky" category. (Playing FPS's constantly, however... ok, that's GEEKY.)
Discussing geekiness? That's geeky, but it's the intellectual kind of geeky, so it fails.

Well, yes and no - the "gems" of published works are much better than the gems of fan fiction. Very few fan fiction authors can compare to Robert Jordan or J. K. Rowling, or even merely decent writers like Mercedes Lackey.

As for the crap - at least when you buy a published work you can expect it to have a coherent plot and mostly correct grammar. The same, unfortunately, is not true for fan fiction.

Speaking of that... TJ missed two possible entries for "geekiest": actively discussing Harry Potter and reading Robert Jordan's books.

Translating a Klingon sonnet into Elvish.

I believe you may have just won the thread, good sir.

How about using 1337speak IRL?

At my school, that's called "talking normally". :p

Ok, now to fill in some gaps in the "geeky" record:
- Playing Magic:the Gathering and collecting the cards guilty
- Playing Warhammer 40K and collecting the figures
- A tendency to use Douglas Adams references in excess Guilty!
- Playing in a Dungeons and Dragons campaign Guilty!
- Playing, say, UT2k4 or DotA:Allstars at every LAN party your school has...
yep, guilty again!
(Actually, for that matter, add "attending my school" to the geeky list.)

Speaking of that... TJ missed two possible entries for "geekiest": actively discussing Harry Potter and reading Robert Jordan's books.

Guilty of both.

- Playing Magic:the Gathering and collecting the cards

Formerly guilty.

- Playing in a Dungeons and Dragons campaign

Formerly guilty (though I'd love to make that merely "guilty")

Ok, now to fill in some gaps in the "geeky" record:
- Playing Magic:the Gathering and collecting the cards guilty
- Playing Warhammer 40K and collecting the figures
- A tendency to use Douglas Adams references in excess Guilty!
- Playing in a Dungeons and Dragons campaign Guilty!
- Playing, say, UT2k4 or DotA:Allstars at every LAN party your school has...
yep, guilty again!
(Actually, for that matter, add "attending my school" to the geeky list.)
Hm...
-Used to play Magic:The Gathering. Have been known to moan about how the game has been "dumbed down." I miss banding.
-Play Battletech. Not Clickytech Mechwarrior, the old-school dice-and-recordsheets Battletech you can spend six hours on.
-Douglas Adams ... check.
-D&D... check. Old school AD&D 2nd edition, although I've also played 3rd.
-Dota, dota, how shall I name thee... burner of lots of time.
-Came up with the original list from experience.

I have to say - from the poll, gaming is apparently nowhere near nerdy enough.

Hm...
-Used to play Magic:The Gathering. Have been known to moan about how the game has been "dumbed down." I miss banding.
-Play Battletech. Not Clickytech Mechwarrior, the old-school dice-and-recordsheets Battletech you can spend six hours on.
-Douglas Adams ... check.
-D&D... check. Old school AD&D 2nd edition, although I've also played 3rd.
-Dota, dota, how shall I name thee... burner of lots of time.
-Came up with the original list from experience.

It's most amusing - the local entertainment club tries to run a 2nd edition AD&D campaign, and they have to close entries for lack of space after making 3 8-player campaigns. They then hold an MTG draft tournament, and the sixteen available slots fill up within the day the sign-up sheet is posted. Oh, and let's not even mention how crowded the LAN parties get with DDR addicts and DotA and FPS gamers showing up...

Yep, my school is geek central and I'm firmly entrenched in the culture.

I have to say - from the poll, gaming is apparently nowhere near nerdy enough.

Heh, I missed that the endless gaming option can refer to FPS. Now that I've noticed that...

I never played Magic The Gathering. I played Yu-Gi-Oh.

*watches everyone back away slowly*

The nerdiest thing on the Internet is, without a doubt, This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6Zc9NyYH-k).

The nerdiest thing on the Internet is, without a doubt, This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6Zc9NyYH-k).
Yes, but what about him makes him nerdy? Everything?

Teh Star Wars vs Star Trek argument ahnds down.

Bab 5 pwns them both:p

Banding was the shizzle!

Um, oh, someone else wrote that >.>

There are some websites out there where trekkies design, plan and render designs for star fleet starships, in FULL technical detail.

I think that wins.

RML, the anti-banding cabal at WOTC will have already recorded down your name and address... you should be hearing from them soon.
There are some websites out there where trekkies design, plan and render designs for star fleet starships, in FULL technical detail.

I think that wins.
Eh. To each his own.

None of those are the geekiest things you can do. I mean, they certainly are geeky, but supremely geeky. I think the geekiest thing on the internet are those websites that are all about ninjas. That shit's pretty nerdy. Oh, and the 1337 is pretty fucking nerdy too.

But I thought Kirk/Spock slashfics were a well established tradition by now!

:=P

Some of it is pretty scary. IMO, the most interesting thing about fan fiction is how Eric Flint is blurring the line between fan fiction and "real" published fiction in his 1632 series.old.... even Mulder/Skinner slashfics are old.

tho the Potter/Snape slashfics are still popping up...































or so I hear...

None of those are the geekiest things you can do. I mean, they certainly are geeky, but supremely geeky. I think the geekiest thing on the internet are those websites that are all about ninjas. That shit's pretty nerdy. Oh, and the 1337 is pretty fucking nerdy too.
Oh, man, I missed a really good one there, the whole pirate/ninja thing. Should I add it late?

The nerdiest thing on the Internet is, without a doubt, This (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6Zc9NyYH-k).

Correction. He is inherrantly cool as he describes himself as nerdy. Also, pretty damn funny for the same old "look at me I'm white and pretending to be black and from the hood...hahahaha" joke.

I laughed anyway

Oh, man, I missed a really good one there, the whole pirate/ninja thing. Should I add it late?

Totally!

OK... so which is truly the geekiest/nerdiest thing of them all?
well considering...
Writing fanfiction (http://fanfiction.net) crossing over a bajillion (http://www.geocities.com/garnet_tm/contents/) games, movies, and?technically, all the starwars, star trek, Battletech, bablyon 5... etc books out there is just professional and licenced fanfics... can't consider that nerdy/geeky...
Arguing (http://www.starfleetjedi.net/forum) whether Star Trek or Star Wars would win in a fight (http://www.st-v-sw.net)?people will argue their favorites... let em.
Spending all your time on online forums (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=1227)?they just have alot of time on their hands.
Collecting Transformers (http://www.transformersclub.com/) at an adult age?considering the price of toys and other collectables? it's an investment.
Constantly playing MMORPG (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com)s for months on end?again, people with alot of time on their hands.
Analyzing (http://www.thudfactor.com/geekquiz.php) just what geekdom is endlessly (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=503491)?some, and I do mean Some of those things are fun.


to me, a true Geek and Nerd is someone who takes it to the extreme!

Totally!
Done!

to me, a true Geek and Nerd is someone who takes it to the extreme!
This is true... extremity is a key feature of nerditude.

This is true... extremity is a key feature of nerditude.

I have a friend... he's always complaining about not finding a job and always low on funds.... then immediatly afterwards, he pulls out the latest PS2 game that he got, or model he just finished, or CD for an anime soundtrack that he just bought...

*sigh*

Nerdcore hip-hop is right up there in my book..

OK... so which is truly the geekiest/nerdiest thing of them all?

Writing fanfiction (http://fanfiction.net) crossing over a bajillion (http://www.geocities.com/garnet_tm/contents/) games, movies, and?
Arguing (http://www.starfleetjedi.net/forum) whether Star Trek or Star Wars would win in a fight (http://www.st-v-sw.net)?
Spending all your time on online forums (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=1227)?
Collecting Transformers (http://www.transformersclub.com/) at an adult age?
Constantly playing MMORPG (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com)s for months on end?
Analyzing (http://www.thudfactor.com/geekquiz.php) just what geekdom is endlessly (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=503491)?

I have seen the nerd, TJ, and he is us. ;)

OK... so which is truly the geekiest/nerdiest thing of them all?
Writing fanfiction (http://fanfiction.net) crossing over a bajillion (http://www.geocities.com/garnet_tm/contents/) games, movies, and?
Arguing (http://www.starfleetjedi.net/forum) whether Star Trek or Star Wars would win in a fight (http://www.st-v-sw.net)?
Spending all your time on online forums (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=1227)?
Collecting Transformers (http://www.transformersclub.com/) at an adult age?
Constantly playing MMORPG (http://www.worldofwarcraft.com)s for months on end?
Analyzing (http://www.thudfactor.com/geekquiz.php) just what geekdom is endlessly (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=503491)?


The nerdiest thing of all on the net is this thread. *runs away*

Teh nurdz are taking over the wurld!!!!!1111 :eek:

I have seen the nerd, TJ, and he is us. ;)
But of course... yet that doesn't help us narrow it down much, now, does it? ;)
The nerdiest thing of all on the net is this thread. *runs away*
I sense that you have selected the sixth poll option.

Was that your card? Thank you... now, for my next trick, I shall explain how dancing incredibly well is, in fact, one of the nerdiest things you can do.

It has to be:

Talking about what makes one a nerd?

Seriously. Only nerds discuss the degrees of nerditude. Nobody else cares or makes any distinction. To them, a nerd is a nerd and that's us.

OK... so which is truly the geekiest/nerdiest thing of them all?



You're posting on it.

It has to be:

Talking about what makes one a nerd?

Seriously. Only nerds discuss the degrees of nerditude. Nobody else cares or makes any distinction. To them, a nerd is a nerd and that's us.
But... but... according to the poll, crossover fanfiction has a solid lead! Still! ^_^

Nerdiest? The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins, as sung by Leonard Nimoy.

Fan fiction is probably the "nerdiest", though some of it is actually quite good and very literate... Depending on the source material, anyway.
fanfic where they revive dead characters.....or where they give characters new personalities (making them gay, making them furrys, etc.) is by far the creepiest thing on the net, and when it gets into crossover fanfic where they bring back a dead character only to make them into a gay furrry fetish cat who only speaks backwards? then it's just nerdy.

Though the saddest is definitely playing MMORPGs for months on end. Don't even get me started on how strange that is.
:( you hate me.
Translating a Klingon sonnet into Elvish.
good idea!

See, you got Smunkeeville to translate the Klingon into English, which you translated into Elvish.
yep, that was my plan.

pwned (http://you.justgotowned.com/)

Nerdiest? The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins, as sung by Leonard Nimoy.

Eeech, I remember that. 0.o

fanfic where they revive dead characters.....or where they give characters new personalities (making them gay, making them furrys, etc.) is by far the creepiest thing on the net, and when it gets into crossover fanfic where they bring back a dead character only to make them into a gay furrry fetish cat who only speaks backwards? then it's just nerdy.
So to you, nerdy means creepy?

I am the sadness... set me up the bomb.

So to you, nerdy means creepy?

I am the sadness... set me up the bomb.

no, not at all, nerdy denotes a certain obsession with something....if you are that obsessed with The Little Mermaid that you have to bring back the prince as a gay cat with a costume animal fetish, to live out your fantasy of what happens after the movie........it's just that you are way way to into it.

I happen to be quite nerdy and geeky, and stuff.

But... but... according to the poll, crossover fanfiction has a solid lead! Still! ^_^

Only nerds pay attention to the poll! :p

.... *watches the results*

Only nerds pay attention to the poll! :p

.... *watches the results*
The thing that gets me about the poll is the persistent tie for last place. Holy wars about Star Trek/Wars, Bilbo/Kirk slash crossover fanfiction, and talking about what's nerdy are apparently in a league apart from mere gaming and such.

The thing that gets me about the poll is the persistent tie for last place. Holy wars about Star Trek/Wars, Bilbo/Kirk slash crossover fanfiction, and talking about what's nerdy are apparently in a league apart from mere gaming and such.

a lot of people don't realize how nerdy us gamers can be though.

I have been playing the same MMORPG since 98........and.....nevermind. I am a nerd.

The thing that gets me about the poll is the persistent tie for last place. Holy wars about Star Trek/Wars, Bilbo/Kirk slash crossover fanfiction, and talking about what's nerdy are apparently in a league apart from mere gaming and such.

I guess so.

I dunno, I actually do collect Transformers, and it's pretty bloody nerdy, let me tell you.

I guess so.

I dunno, I actually do collect Transformers, and it's pretty bloody nerdy, let me tell you.
I learned about that from reading Shortpacked (http://www.shortpacked.com/) and similar webcomics.

However, maybe toy collectors are too obscure for most people.

I learned about that from reading Shortpacked (http://www.shortpacked.com/) and similar webcomics.

However, maybe toy collectors are too obscure for most people.

Like I said earlier: to them, details don't matter. A nerd is a nerd. :D

Like I said earlier: to them, details don't matter. A nerd is a nerd. :D
So what you're saying is that if you think of transformers when you think about nerdiness, you must be a nerd. ^_^