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This is a question 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.

(I helped save b3ta! chthonic, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 10:32)
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I'm using an open-source rebuild of Transport Tycoon to build an accurate recreation of the railways of the South-East of England, with all the right timetables and everything, when I should be building an SQL database.

I win.
(Axeman Jim, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:44, 7 replies)
heh
"right timetables"

*snort!*
(I helped save b3ta! crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:46, closed)
Being a resident
Of the South East on England, mark my words, it'll be wrong.

You need bus replacements, and frequent suicides of people escaping from the "secure" mental hospital at Harlow Town to balls the whole thing up...
(I helped save b3ta! Cawl, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:51, closed)
I'd
actually love to see this when you're done. Good work!
(Roopy all is not what it seams, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:57, closed)
also
I'm listening to Tool while I do it
(Axeman Jim, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 16:58, closed)
I'm actually quite a fan of Transport Tycoon
There's certainly something pleasant about old DOS games.
I too would be interested in seeing your finished project!

EDIT: I assume it's OpenTTD You're using, right?
(I helped save b3ta! Logiconor ) (, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 17:01, closed)
Yep
One of the nightly builds. I'm doing the North Kent line right now

*cries now that this knowledge is out*
(Axeman Jim, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 17:07, closed)
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My name's misanthrope, and I'm an OTTDoholic too. It has been about a year since my last 'perfect station'.
(misanthrope is so adjective he's verbing nouns!, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 2:20, closed)

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