How nerdy are you?This week Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons, died. A whole generation of pasty dice-obsessed nerds owes him big time. Me included.
So, in his honour, how nerdy were you? Are you still sunlight-averse? What are the sad little things you do that nobody else understands?
As an example, a B3ta regular who shall remain nameless told us, "I spent an entire school summer holiday getting my BBC Model B computer to produce filthy stories from an extensive database of names, nouns, adjectives, stock phrases and deviant sexual practices. It revolutionised the porn magazine dirty letter writing industry for ever.
Revel in your own nerdiness.
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chthonic, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 10:32)
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Politics geeks are called wonksI count myself as a geek and a wonk.
On the politics side, I regularly stay up till... well, the next morning, just so I can watch election results and debates from the U.S. I can recite the names (and most the capitals) of all 50 states in alphabetical order, as well the number of congressmen most states have. Naturally, I own every episode of the West Wing.
Geekery: In the space of one month I bought (and read) 40 Star Wars books. I own 22 Magic: The Gathering books as well as all the Discworld books. I have Pokemon Season 1 on my computer. I have just spent $119 dollars on limited editions of the Superman Soundtracks.
Oh, and I collect comic books. And I'm learning the PokeRap.
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Pretender, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 14:55,
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MAgic the GatheringMy GF has thousands of dollars worth of cards. I think I spent $300 of my $1000 holiday money on cards for her.She claims to be a geek but I never let her call herself that in my hearing. BUt we both know its true. Luckily because of this she puts up with my star wars geekery (I have never owned a lightsaber or dressed up in a costume thankfully)
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