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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pretty nerdy really!Lets get the obligatory Warhammer, Magic the gathering, around a thousand books (not as highbrow as some here, mostly moorcock, barker, pratchett, banks, gaiman, fighting fantasy and tons of sci-fi) Manga & graphic novels out of the way and settle down for some nerdiness of sad proportions
From the ages of 12 to 15 summer holidays were a tour de force of watching airplane & robocop, three day games of risk total domination, and 2 stratego boards knocked together for epic sessions.
A 24 hour warhammer game arranged at the local recreation ground was cancelled by the local vicar because of concerns over satanism!
My summer holiday every year since 1995 has been the Cambridge Real Ale festival (one week, one tent, over one hundred beers, winner!)
I do own Bizarre magazine 8 onwards, although its getting a bit same old same old lately, don't like the new layout either.
I spend a frankly anal amount of time playikng LMA manager on the playstation.
Im sure there is more, ill edit as i go i guess.
edit 1. Oh yes, i have said it before and i will say it again, I have worked with the European Dungeons and Dragons champion!
Edit 2. I have scored over 2billion points on an Indiani Jones pinball machine
Edit 3. I have worked in Cambridge University Library for a year, mainly for renting tons of books (its a copyright library so you get one of everything published, the porn mags were under lock and key but the erotic fiction lived in the towers and could be found easily)
edit 4. I joined myfootballclub and own a small piece of a football club, that is fucking geek.
sigh
(, Thu 6 Mar 2008, 19:58, 1 reply)
The TowerSo they really do keep (sort-of) porn in the tower? It would be a waste if they didn't.
(, Fri 7 Mar 2008, 0:44, closed)
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