What's the nerdiest thing you do?

[Raiders Army]

So my wife and I are watching Battlestar Galactica (we just watched the first season last Summer and are most of the way through season 3 right now) and I ask my wife if she really likes the show. She says she does, surprisingly enough since she doesn't like Star Wars (!). I asked her if she ever talks to her friends about it and she said no she hasn't.

That got me thinking about how you really like some stuff but don't discuss it with other people for fear of them thinking you're a nerd. On a message board dedicated to a text-sim, I can bet that there are some nerdy things that everyone does here...so what's the nerdiest thing that you do?

[Senator]

I am a recognized world champion on summer games for the Atari 2600 platform. My wife mocks me daily.

[Mustang]

I can't think of anything else that I haven't already brought up that would make me look nerdier. My likes and hobbies are mine, if someone wants to look down on them.. eh.

[Rizon]

I post here.

[BYU 14]

I emulate Rick Neilson from Cheaptrick when playing rock band 2. I even flick guitar picks at my wife while she just looks at me with that "I know I married this guy for a reason" look on her face :)

[Senator]

I emulate Rick Neilson from Cheaptrick when playing rock band 2. I even flick guitar picks at my wife while she just looks at me with that "I know I married this guy for a reason" look on her face :)

genius.

[FrogMan]

Not sure it's real nerdy, but I'm quite heavily into comic books nowadays. Knew next to nothing about them about 18 months ago but I keep digging and reading. My pull list has grown exponentially in the last year.

I don't collect simply to collect in pristine condition, I simply like reading the dang things and I always carry a trade paperback to work for during the lunch break. In fact, I have volume 1 of the Marvel Essential Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man in my desk drawer right next to me that I pull out in my lunch break to read an issue or so.

And no, I don't really admit to my coworkers that I read comic books, so I guess that makes it at least a bit nerdy. :)

Of course, I used to write a dynasty (as many of you do) about fictional soccer players, heh...

FM

edit to add that I keep track the the books I own with status (read/unread) and books I'd like to get (wishlist) in a big excel spreadsheet. yeah, that part is probably nerdier...

[-apoc-]

That got me thinking about how you really like some stuff but don't discuss it with other people for fear of them thinking you're a nerd.

In my household being a nerd is celebrated. I have my bookshelf of every Dragonlance book across the room from my Gf's shrine to Yoda/Star Wars. And that is just the tip of the iceberg.

[MikeVic]

I guess I rarely talk about text sims. Even with my other video game playing friends, it's kind of hard to describe how fun it is.

[Lathum]

I would say my recent WoW obsession. My wife enjoys mocking me as I do quests with Saldana and chat over my headset.

I tried to explain WoW to some of our friends while we were out Monday, and there really is no way to make it sound cool.

I would also put my Werewolf obsession up there.

[Bad-example]

I exclusively read Chess Life when I am on the crapper.

[Logan]

I post here.

+1

[Dr. Sak]

I understand and can relate to every nerd joke on The Big Bang Theory

[BrianD]

I understand and can relate to every nerd joke on The Big Bang Theory

Same here. I often get weird looks from my wife because I laugh and the science and nerd jokes before they get a chance to explain them.

[KWhit]

Not sure it's real nerdy, but I'm quite heavily into comic books nowadays.

Yes, it is nerdy.

[sterlingice]

I see a bunch of "trendy" nerd things here. Or at least with regards to the nerd hierarchy- things that are at least on the same level as text-based sports sim.

No, we need to know what you do that's really nerdy! ;)

SI

[RendeR]

I'm into Warhammer, nuff said.

[Icy]

I watch games and follow daily at their websites the NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL. I also play football, baseball and hockey videogames.

How is that nerdy would you ask, don't we all do that?

If you lived in Spain, where 99% of men only watch and talk about soccer and the only sport video games played are FIFA or Pro Evolution Socccer, that think that football is just rugby wearing an armor, baseball that sport where fat guys that do not look like sportmen hit a ball with a wood stick, and that hockey is about watching guys boxing over an iced pool, then you would know why i'm a really really nerd for most of the people around me.

You should see our friends faces when we tell them that we won't go on Sunday to have dinner and watch socccer at their house because I'm going to watch American football in my computer. My wife can't stop to ask herself why she had to marry the only Spanish into American Sports :)

[FrogMan]

Yes, it is nerdy.

yeah, I figured. But as sterlingice said, it's more trendy nerdy, not really big nerdy. ;)

Or maybe it's only the fact that I'm posting this on a sim text message board that make it sound less nerdy.

FM

[AgustusM]

I listen to TWIT, Security Now and Windows Weekly podcast religiously.

I read mostly on my Kindle

I mostly read books with titles like "where wizards stay up late" or "Active Directory Infrastructure"

come to think of it about the only thing I do that ISN'T geeky is coach and watch sports

[Maple Leafs]

I read articles about philosophy, math and psychology on Wikipedia, but only if they look short and simple and involve something with a catchy name that I can remember. Then I try to work them into conversations with my wife or friends so I'll seem smart. I usually fail at this.

[Dr. Sak]

I read articles about philosophy, math and psychology on Wikipedia, but only if they look short and simple and involve something with a catchy name that I can remember. Then I try to work them into conversations with my wife or friends so I'll seem smart. I usually fail at this.

You also still play with the rubber WWF Figures from the 1980s.

[jeff061]

I have Powershell, Perl and VMWare infrastructure books laid open on my desk now.
I have several psychology and philosophy books at home for fun reading.
I've recently built my own DVR.

This list goes on and on.

I look more jockish than bookish(from genetics, not activity). I confuse people of all types.

[Logan]

You also still play with the rubber WWF Figures from the 1980s.

Wow, major flashback. Rubber Hulk had almost a full head of hair.

[MikeVic]

You also still play with the rubber WWF Figures from the 1980s.

Wow, I have a bunch of these that I was collecting awhile ago and did actually have story lines set up and kept track of title histories. Made them belts and everything. It was one of the first things I ever put up on the internet as a kid too. Kind of like a dynasty. This was probably back in 1996 or so? I had so much fun with it.

[Maple Leafs]

You also still play with the rubber WWF Figures from the 1980s.
Technically speaking, they play with me.

[MikeVic]

http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h231/ruschmanna/LJN3.jpg

[Dr. Sak]

I have all of those. Plus about 50 more and the ring.

[johnnyshaka]

I've recently built my own DVR.


MythTV?

[jeff061]

Started briefly with Mythbuntu, but was having some issues with my video. Have it on Vista Media(decidedly un-nerdy) now cause it worked out the door.

But I plan on going back to Sage or Myth. I tried Sage as well but it seems they have some compatibility issues with my Hauppage model, so I'm going to wait for them to work it out.

[MikeVic]

I have the ring, but the ropes broke so I had to use some other rubbery rope stuff. I know I had a list somewhere of every LJN figure made, and was missing a few like Andre the Giantand King Harley Race... but had the majority of them. Doubles of some, like four of Dynamie Kid. I did also have that orange Ultimate Warrior.

[Dr. Sak]

I think I had the "steel cage" that went around the ring. Either that or I built one.

[PurdueBrad]

I've taken to trying to collect Lego Star Wars for my son who is set to be born in two months. They're expensive, which only helps with the wife's complaining about it, but I want it to be something cool and special for him to have. So yeah, I've spent about four or five hours a day for the last week or so trying to buy (reasonably) lego star wars sets on E-Bay and other places.

[Logan]

I had a steel cage and ring thing, but I'm pretty sure that was used with the smaller, plastic wrestling figures (6 inches tall or so)

I was talking about the rubber, maybe foot tall wrestlers.

[Subby]

I went to Vegas this past summer with Quik and Primelord. We lost about $1,000 betting sports and won it all back and then some at the tables.

[MikeVic]

I didn't have the cage.

I also had the smaller ring for the "newer" wrestlers, but I never got into those as much.

[Subby]

oh I thought that said "BALLER"

[Maple Leafs]

I went to Vegas this past summer with Quik and Primelord. We lost about $1,000 betting sports and won it all back and then some at the tables.
Quik recently posted about the time he let you roll the dice for him in a craps game, and you won a lot of money.

He didn't mention you by name, but it was pretty strongly implied.

[Dr. Sak]

Subby blew on Quik's cubes

[Subby]

We did sleep three men to a room. NOT A EUPHEMISM.

[kcchief19]

Quik recently posted about the time he let you roll the dice for him in a craps game, and you won a lot of money.

He didn't mention you by name, but it was pretty strongly implied.
Everything would have been fine if Subby's mom hadn't demanded Quik give him half the winnings.

[Honolulu_Blue]

I imagine the "nerdiest" (though I prefer the term "geekiest") thing I do is still play Dungeons & Dragons and, in particular, go to GenCon every year.

You have to add that onto playing computer games, reading comic books (though only trade paperbacks these days), and the fact that my "office" (or Duchy of Dork, as my wife calls it) is decked out with comic book art and a shelf proudly displaying (a subset) of my action figure collection (of which I still only sort of collect). I am pretty comfortable in my geekdom.

[Karlifornia]

Just to piggyback on all the wrestling action figure talk, I remember winning my stepdad's weekly office football pool when I was a kid. It netted me about $70, so what did I do? I bought a mini-wrestling ring and some action figures. I don't know how that added up to $70, especially considering I bought it all at a flea market...guess I got ripped off.

[Tigercat]

Anime/manga.

[ColtCrazy]

Wow, where to start.

1. I collect football cards and McFarlane figures
2. I play lots of strategy/text based video games
3. and put my son in them.
4. The last DVD I bought was the Coast series from Britain
5. Dr. Who is my idol.
6. On every flight I take, regardless of time, I have to have 3 items. Dice, paper, and pen. I can entertain myself for hours making up dice games. My dad said I've done it since I was 8. People always ask me what I'm doing.

pretty sure #6 seals the deal.

[Groundhog]

Hmmm...

Text sims maybe (though not as much any more as 12 months ago)? Reading Science fiction? Japanese history? Listening to prog rock?

I'd say those are the 4 biggies. Outside of that, I'm really not so nerdy. ;)

[Maple Leafs]

6. On every flight I take, regardless of time, I have to have 3 items. Dice, paper, and pen. I can entertain myself for hours making up dice games. My dad said I've done it since I was 8. People always ask me
Do you mumble somthing about Allah, roll the dice, and then smile at them and say "Hey, it's your lucky day!"

Because you should.

[ColtCrazy]

Do you mumble somthing about Allah, roll the dice, and then smile at them and say "Hey, it's your lucky day!"

Because you should.

:D Great Idea. Combine it with that laptop countdown and it's golden.

[rowech]

Sports replays with boardgames. While I'm sure some can appreciate it here, when I explain it to others, the looks I get tell me all I need to know.

[Raiders Army]

Not sure it's real nerdy, but I'm quite heavily into comic books nowadays. Knew next to nothing about them about 18 months ago but I keep digging and reading. My pull list has grown exponentially in the last year.

I don't collect simply to collect in pristine condition, I simply like reading the dang things and I always carry a trade paperback to work for during the lunch break. In fact, I have volume 1 of the Marvel Essential Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man in my desk drawer right next to me that I pull out in my lunch break to read an issue or so.

And no, I don't really admit to my coworkers that I read comic books, so I guess that makes it at least a bit nerdy. :)

Of course, I used to write a dynasty (as many of you do) about fictional soccer players, heh...

FM

edit to add that I keep track the the books I own with status (read/unread) and books I'd like to get (wishlist) in a big excel spreadsheet. yeah, that part is probably nerdier...

Okay, I don't do the spreadsheet but I have thought about it. I'm a lazy nerd. :)

Probably collecting comic books is the nerdiest thing I do. I don't wear gloves while reading them or anything, but I try to keep them in good condition....then again, I read em on the crapper.

[JediKooter]

I collect football and baseball cards

I like to quote Star Wars to my wife, which usually gets me the response of me being a nerd.

I like to quote movie lines in general conversations with people just see if they get it.

[Raiders Army]

I like to quote movie lines in general conversations with people just see if they get it.

I do that too, but I end up having to explain it which makes me look like a movie nerd.

[JediKooter]

I do that too, but I end up having to explain it which makes me look like a movie nerd.

Haha, yup, same here.

I like to do it in meetings too. The stares and answers I sometimes get are priceless.

[terpkristin]

I like to quote movie lines in general conversations with people just see if they get it.

There's an author, David Rosenfelt, one of whose main characters (Andy Carpenter) has a game of "song-talking" with one of his friends. Song-talking is trying to work song lyrics into normal everyday conversation without the other picking up on it. They do it with movie lines, too.

I think the nerdiest thing I do is surf the tech geek sites religiously. And I make really bad engineering-type jokes/puns (i.e. recently someone said their future was in flux and I commented that it wasn't the soldering type).

/tk

[cougarfreak]

Read on my kindle, teach an AP Class, and play text sims.

[JediKooter]

There's an author, David Rosenfelt, one of whose main characters (Andy Carpenter) has a game of "song-talking" with one of his friends. Song-talking is trying to work song lyrics into normal everyday conversation without the other picking up on it. They do it with movie lines, too.

I think the nerdiest thing I do is surf the tech geek sites religiously. And I make really bad engineering-type jokes/puns (i.e. recently someone said their future was in flux and I commented that it wasn't the soldering type).

/tk

It seems the movie/song line thing is much more widespread that I realized.

I can see Real Genius being used at your job frequently.

[remper]

It's hard for me to gauge this one, but when Madden first came out on the Genesis it didn't keep track of stats, and (I don't think there was a season option... and the game didn't have NFLPA license so they just used jersey numbers to identify them.) I created a season schedule, simmed the games and watched the computer play itself, and keep track of the stats in a notebook. I also had an almanac to look up players if I didn't know their jersey number.

Now that I write the description I'm pretty sure its obsessive and nerdy. :D I was 12 or 13 at the time.

[Buccaneer]

I built and maintain a huge Access database for my card collection, with many related queries, elaborate reports with nestings, and a couple large VBA programs to query and parse information from websites.

[Buccaneer]

I also have 18 three-ring binders full of detailed logs from various PC games I've played since 1990 (mostly Civ and OOTP, though).

[Marc Vaughan]

I work making sports sim computer games, I love star wars, fantasy and science fiction .....

I still have save games from PC strategy titles from years ago - just in case I want to continue them ever (mainly CM97-98 and CM01-02 but I've also a Master of Magic file around somewhere).

I also have a 3 foot tall R2D2 in pride of place in my office (it responds to voice commands :D) - bit late for me to worry about being considered a geek really ;)

[ice4277]

It's hard for me to gauge this one, but when Madden first came out on the Genesis it didn't keep track of stats, and (I don't think there was a season option... and the game didn't have NFLPA license so they just used jersey numbers to identify them.) I created a season schedule, simmed the games and watched the computer play itself, and keep track of the stats in a notebook. I also had an almanac to look up players if I didn't know their jersey number.

Now that I write the description I'm pretty sure its obsessive and nerdy. :D I was 12 or 13 at the time.

I didi the exact same thing with NHLPA Hockey '93 :eek: I think I still have all the stats somewhere.

[Tasan]

It's hard for me to gauge this one, but when Madden first came out on the Genesis it didn't keep track of stats, and (I don't think there was a season option... and the game didn't have NFLPA license so they just used jersey numbers to identify them.) I created a season schedule, simmed the games and watched the computer play itself, and keep track of the stats in a notebook. I also had an almanac to look up players if I didn't know their jersey number.

Now that I write the description I'm pretty sure its obsessive and nerdy. :D I was 12 or 13 at the time.

I did the same thing with XOR football. I even figured out how to hack the files to change stuff.

[Marc Vaughan]

6. On every flight I take, regardless of time, I have to have 3 items. Dice, paper, and pen. I can entertain myself for hours making up dice games. My dad said I've done it since I was 8. People always ask me what I'm doing.
pretty sure #6 seals the deal.

Glad to know I'm not the only one who didthat - that and playing out space battles between tie-fighters and x-wings animated using ad-hoc movement rules, straight line shooting and pen/paper/eraser (I've kinda grown out of them but only because I can do it for real on computer sims these days ;) ).

[Maple Leafs]

I didi the exact same thing with NHLPA Hockey '93 :eek: I think I still have all the stats somewhere.
The question was about the nerdiest thing that you do. If we're talking about things we did, then god help me.

[AZSpeechCoach]

Let's see...I:

-Have seen Weird Al in concert at least 5 times.
-Am planning the full 4 day ComicCon experience in July
-Have an animatronic Elvis head sitting in my dining room
-Run more speech and debate tournaments than anyone else in my state
-Have made websites dedicated to the travels of my stuffed bear
-Am married to an Asian

Let's see if I can think of anything else...

[JediKooter]

It's hard for me to gauge this one, but when Madden first came out on the Genesis it didn't keep track of stats, and (I don't think there was a season option... and the game didn't have NFLPA license so they just used jersey numbers to identify them.) I created a season schedule, simmed the games and watched the computer play itself, and keep track of the stats in a notebook. I also had an almanac to look up players if I didn't know their jersey number.

Now that I write the description I'm pretty sure its obsessive and nerdy. :D I was 12 or 13 at the time.

Used to do that with MicroLeague Baseball on the Commodore 64 until they came out with the Stat Compiler disk.

[JW]

Wear socks during sex when it is cold. Only my socks. My feet cramp easily. Is that nerdy or kinky or both? My wife just thinks it is funny.

[Maple Leafs]

My feet cramp easily.
You're doing it wrong.

[JediKooter]

You're doing it wrong.

That's what she said.

[Lathum]

-Am married to an Asian



nothing nerdy about that, Asian chicks are hot

[Critch]

I have read more than one Warhammer 40K novel. I'm not sure why, they're not very good.

I'm also hooked on Doctor Who.

[Young Drachma]

I invented a sport.

I come here.

Push.

[Danny]

Other than the things I do here (post, WW, text sims) not too much. I like to sing in my car, at home or even sometimes at work, but not It's generally not dorky songs.

[Raiders Army]

nothing nerdy about that, Asian chicks are hot

Aren't you making an assumption it's a chick?

[FrogMan]

Okay, I don't do the spreadsheet but I have thought about it. I'm a lazy nerd. :)


more I think about it, more I see that I use excel for way many things. That excel spreadsheet has graphs showing how many floppies and pages of trades are sitting unread in my collection. I update it every night with the click of a button linked to a tiny macro. I do have many unread floppies, something between 45 and 70 depending on the week. Been that way since I picked up some 40 or so for cheap.


Probably collecting comic books is the nerdiest thing I do. I don't wear gloves while reading them or anything, but I try to keep them in good condition....then again, I read em on the crapper.

I also am not really the glove wearing type, and I do read them on the crapper, although I pay attention not to leave them everywhere and especially not in the bathroom. I simply grab a book before going to the john.

FM

[Groundhog]

nothing nerdy about that, Asian chicks are hot

x2

[SFL Cat]

Let's see...I:

-Have seen Weird Al in concert at least 5 times.

You win.

[M GO BLUE!!!]

I collected the complete Three Stooges collection of shorts. Yes, including Joe. I recorded them all to DVD and made cases with cover art of the screen shots of the opening with their pictures, appropriate for each set of stooges.

I have now collected the complete Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies WB collection and am doing the same, taking time to record the audio balanced at about the same level.

[Danny]

Think that just means you're old.

[MrDNA]

I corrected grammar on bathroom grafitti today.

[JetsIn06]

I would say the nerdiest thing I do is write dynasties about fake sports.

Only one of my friends understand the allure of a text sim, but he doesn't play. My other friends have no idea what they are.

But no one I know other than my girlfriend would understand why anyone would write about their fake sports games. My girlfriend thinks its nerdy but she gets it. I never tell my friends about it because they simply would not understand.

[kingnebwsu]

I recently (read: last week) got back into the card game Magic after 12 years away. I've already spent $30 in person and $30 online thus far. I'm *hoping* that I can keep my spending under control, but we'll see...

I think the bottom line is that we're all nerds here :)

[Lathum]

Aren't you making an assumption it's a chick?

true.

I think pics are needed. ASAP.

[Groundhog]

I would say the nerdiest thing I do is write dynasties about fake sports.

Only one of my friends understand the allure of a text sim, but he doesn't play. My other friends have no idea what they are.

But no one I know other than my girlfriend would understand why anyone would write about their fake sports games. My girlfriend thinks its nerdy but she gets it. I never tell my friends about it because they simply would not understand.

Nobody I know IRL knows I do that. Nobody.

Perhaps even nerdier still, I write stuff about my dynasties that I don't even post online. Like, in FBCB for example, I type out writeups at the beginning of each season on the other teams in my conference. Sure, part of it is to familiarise myself with each team fully, but the other reason is that I get some kind of sick enjoyment out of it.

[Sgran]

Last year, during a flight from Budapest to Cologne, I pulled out my graph paper, dice and a pencil, unfolded the dining tray, and worked on my latest dungeon. I can't remember if I actually consulted the DMG, but it was definitely in my carry-on.

[Hammer]

I am a recognized world champion on summer games for the Atari 2600 platform. My wife mocks me daily.



Is that like the Daley Thompson's decathlon game?

[Dr. Sak]

I am a recognized world champion on summer games for the Atari 2600 platform. My wife mocks me daily.

For hours I would make up fake people with countries and have a Summer, Winter, and World Olympic games on my Commodore 64. I think EPIX made the games. I would have a medal count, keep track of world records, and stuff like that.

[Raiders Army]

I also am not really the glove wearing type, and I do read them on the crapper, although I pay attention not to leave them everywhere and especially not in the bathroom. I simply grab a book before going to the john.

FM

I annoy my wife because I usually wake up early in the morning and take a dump first thing. The sound of tape being pulled away when I open the bags wakes her up. Last year I made the move to the self-sealing bags and they're a lot better, but still make the noise to wake her up.

Going off on tangents, my wife will actually help me bag and board my comics. Usually I wait about 3-4 months and bag everything...it takes me about 2-3 hours on my own, but much less with her helping.

Also, I saw heavyink is going to start charging $.99 per shipment. I'm surprised it took them this long to start doing it.

[terpkristin]

-Have seen Weird Al in concert at least 5 times.

Which is nerdier, Weird Al or Jonathan Coulton?
JoCo is coming to my area in February, I'm bummed that I probably can't go see either show because of work. :(

/tk

[FrogMan]

I annoy my wife because I usually wake up early in the morning and take a dump first thing. The sound of tape being pulled away when I open the bags wakes her up. Last year I made the move to the self-sealing bags and they're a lot better, but still make the noise to wake her up.

Going off on tangents, my wife will actually help me bag and board my comics. Usually I wait about 3-4 months and bag everything...it takes me about 2-3 hours on my own, but much less with her helping.


I don't board anything when they are still unread, I simply leave them in one of the Heavy Ink box they came in, keeps 'em stacked nice. Then I do like you and keep evey read issues in one neat stack that I bag and board every 2-3 months while watching TV.


Also, I saw heavyink is going to start charging $.99 per shipment. I'm surprised it took them this long to start doing it.

yeah, and $2.49 for shipping to Canada (although they're offering some special deal for the stuff I do around the site, didn't even have to suck up for it ;)), which is still much better than having to drive to a LCBS if said LCBS is not within 15 minutes of your home. They will also give more control to the customer as to the frequency of shipment, like "ship when I have x books waiting" or a "ship now" button for when you just can't wait. Exact details have not been made public yet, but you can see this thread (http://heavyink.com/forum/forums/1/topics/728) for more information. Pete said he'd send an email in the next few days with the details too.

FM

[Raiders Army]

I don't board anything when they are still unread, I simply leave them in one of the Heavy Ink box they came in, keeps 'em stacked nice. Then I do like you and keep evey read issues in one neat stack that I bag and board every 2-3 months while watching TV.
Oh, I don't bag and board until after I read...in most cases. For example, I've barely read Trinity and I just got issues 31 and 32 yesterday. I think I have up to issue 18 bagged and boarded but I need to read 'em.


yeah, and $2.49 for shipping to Canada (although they're offering some special deal for the stuff I do around the site, didn't even have to suck up for it ;)),
Nice!

[FrogMan]

Anime/manga.

meant to ask about it yesterday, any good manga to recommend? Nothing too corny or cheesy though.

I'm a big fan of Naoki Urasawa. I've read up to volume 5 of Monster and will keep getting them until I get to the end and I'm eagerly awaiting the start of his next two translated series 20th Century Boys and Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka.

Among other, I've read a couple of Blade of the Immortal. I keep meaning to get more of it, but there's always something else I like more. I read a couple of Eyeshield 21 and have vol 3 & 4 in a pile somewhere. Really cheesy, yet kinda fun to see American Football described by a Japanese writer, for Japanese readers. :)

I absolutely love Usagi Yojimbo although even if it's a Samurai story, it's not really manga per se.

I bought the first Path of the Assassin during the Christmas break but I,ve yeat to sit down and read it.

Feel free to recommend some.

FM

[Marc Vaughan]

Nobody I know IRL knows I do that. Nobody.

Perhaps even nerdier still, I write stuff about my dynasties that I don't even post online. Like, in FBCB for example, I type out writeups at the beginning of each season on the other teams in my conference. Sure, part of it is to familiarise myself with each team fully, but the other reason is that I get some kind of sick enjoyment out of it.

There's a really cool book about someone playing a dice based baseball sim and documenting his seasons and talking about his players etc. ...

I never finished it and lost it during one of my flights back and forth - can't remember what its called now to get another copy, any clues chaps?

PS - If we're talking about 'past' nerd activities I can out nerd most people, I used to invest entire RPG systems (varying from being sports based to normal fantasy/sci-fi ones) then only play them solo with myself - creating entire scenarios, characters, timelines, histories - you name it I've done it .... just as well I got a job as a games designer really ;)

[MikeVic]

The question was about the nerdiest thing that you do. If we're talking about things we did, then god help me.

lol no kidding. I did the stat-tracking thing for the Blue Jays in Ken Griffey Baseball on the SNES, to simulate a career.

I'm not gonna write every nerdy thing I've done, but yeah there's more.

[Subby]

I also have 18 three-ring binders full of detailed logs from various PC games I've played since 1990 (mostly Civ and OOTP, though).
That's actually more of a sickness than anything. Up your meds.

[flere-imsaho]

I post here.

+2

Otherwise, WoW and a love for things sci-fi and fantasy, and an enjoyment of text sims, are probably it. However, since my brother-in-law is a nuclear physicist, I don't often feel like a nerd.

[FrogMan]

ahem...


The NFL in Cartoons: http://profootballcartoons.com/ (http://profootballcartoons.com/)



:D

[flere-imsaho]

:eek:

[Marc Vaughan]

However, since my brother-in-law is a nuclear physicist,

Probably the fact that my first thought at that statement was 'wow - that'd be a cool job to have' is one of my more nerdy moments ;)

[Butter]

I did the stat tracking thing on Hardball on my Atari 800XL. That's going a-waaaay back. I pretended the Red team (whichever one that was) was the Reds and assigned the fake players to their most closely related real-life counterpart. I always enjoyed the guys who could throw a good Fastball! as well as a decent Fastball.

[Maple Leafs]

lol no kidding. I did the stat-tracking thing for the Blue Jays in Ken Griffey Baseball on the SNES, to simulate a career.

I'm not gonna write every nerdy thing I've done, but yeah there's more.
I think I kept stats for just about every sports game I ever played, except for Earl Weaver since it actually stat tracking on it's own. But I did enter all the AL rosters into the game by hand, every season.

Just last week I found a notebook where I'd kept track of all my transactions form a Madden 99 or 00 dynasty. Then I spent a half hour reading through it and juding the moves I made, so I guess I'm still a nerd.

[Dr. Sak]

Let's not mention that Maple Leafs created a tournament based on the All-Time greats of the RWBL...an OOTP League.

[sterlingice]

Probably the fact that my first thought at that statement was 'wow - that'd be a cool job to have' is one of my more nerdy moments ;)

Hell, tk is rocket scientist in the truest sense of the word- that's gotta be nerdy, right?

SI

[Abe Sargent]

I have a massive DVD collection of Dr. Who stuff. That's about it.

[Ronnie Dobbs2]

Says the guy with the weekly Magic column. ;)

[SportsDino]

I work on artificial intelligence projects, nothing is nerdier than watching columns of numbers hoping for convergence towards the desired behavior. Oh wait, that is just like playing FOF (so it truly must be the perfect game).

[Abe Sargent]

Says the guy with the weekly Magic column. ;)

Magic is not nerdy, necessarily. Tons of the top Magic players play sports, poker, and so forth. Now, some nerd out on it, just like nerds can nerd out on football, but football is not necessarily nerdy as well.

[wade moore]

Magic is not nerdy, necessarily. Tons of the top Magic players play sports, poker, and so forth. Now, some nerd out on it, just like nerds can nerd out on football, but football is not necessarily nerdy as well.

Is the true definition of a nerd someone that doesn't realize they are a nerd?

Magic is most definitely a nerdy activity - there's absolutely no way around it.

[Lorena]

Playing werewolf and keeping my votes in a filtered list and color coordinate each person as "trusted" or "untrusted" and notes at the bottom.

[MikeVic]

Magic is very nerdy.

[cthomer5000]

Magic is not nerdy, necessarily. Tons of the top Magic players play sports, poker, and so forth. Now, some nerd out on it, just like nerds can nerd out on football, but football is not necessarily nerdy as well.

Lock the thread and give this guy the title belt.

[Lathum]

Magic is not nerdy, necessarily. Tons of the top Magic players play sports, poker, and so forth. Now, some nerd out on it, just like nerds can nerd out on football, but football is not necessarily nerdy as well.

denial is the first stage

[FrogMan]

Magic is very nerdy.

down that same path, my son is already reading comics, yeah kinda normal for an 11yo boy, but he also just started collecting and playing with Chaotic cards, which I understand are a type of cards similar to Magic. Nerdyness runs in the family. :)

FM

[DeToxRox]

My girlfriend has a 4.0 GPA .. that count?

[Bobble]

There's a really cool book about someone playing a dice based baseball sim and documenting his seasons and talking about his players etc. ...

I never finished it and lost it during one of my flights back and forth - can't remember what its called now to get another copy, any clues chaps?


The Universal Baseball Association by Robert Coover. The book really loses steam in the end, IMO.



PS - If we're talking about 'past' nerd activities I can out nerd most people, I used to invest entire RPG systems (varying from being sports based to normal fantasy/sci-fi ones) then only play them solo with myself - creating entire scenarios, characters, timelines, histories - you name it I've done it .... just as well I got a job as a games designer really ;)

The Mythic Game Master Emulator is meant to allow you to play your RPG's solo...not that I know anything about it. :cool:

[Warhammer]

Let's see, I've got Advanced Squad Leader, sports text sims, submarine sims, board games that I have no problem playing at a Mc Donald's, etc., etc.

[MJ4H]

Wait a minute, you play board games at McDonald's? That's probably up there, I guess.

[Desnudo]

My girlfriend has a 4.0 GPA .. that count?

That depends. Is it in Finance or Folklore?

[DeToxRox]

That depends. Is it in Finance or Folklore?

Nursing.

God damn nursing students are hot.

[sterlingice]

I can't believe we haven't seen this yet in the thread:

http://www.brunching.com/images/geekchartbig.gif

SI

[TCY Junkie]

For fun I usually get a girls number. Later, I multiple the last four by the previous three in my head. If the total is 376037 were a match. I'm still single.

I also try to multiply in the shower by myself. I guess that is why the I like recruiting in the college years. I like numbers. This is the only thing I do nerdy, but I think it should be more than enough.

[jeff061]

I like to spell random words backwards in my head. Especially when I'm trying to sleep.

[Sgran]

Probably the fact that my first thought at that statement was 'wow - that'd be a cool job to have' is one of my more nerdy moments ;)

clearly you've never been to a nuclear power plant. I'm pretty sure they paint the walls frequently just to watch it dry.

[Dr. Sak]

I like to spell random words backwards in my head. Especially when I'm trying to sleep.

My friend has this weird obsession when he can't fall asleep. He has a printout of everyone's ratings for Tecmo Super Bowl and a breakdown of the strength's and weaknesses and he reads this until he falls asleep. I only know this because that's the only thing he brought on the plane to CA.

[flere-imsaho]

clearly you've never been to a nuclear power plant. I'm pretty sure they paint the walls frequently just to watch it dry.

Ah, but my brother-in-law works at a particle accelerator, smashing atoms and analyzing the data. So if you're nerdy, that's cool.

It sounds too much like math to me, to be honest.

[Marc Vaughan]

It sounds too much like math to me, to be honest.

Ok you've got me down pat - I ENJOY maths myself ... scarey but true, nothing like solving a complicated maths puzzle, just like Soduko to me - but more challenging :D

[flere-imsaho]

No offense Marc, but as a key contributor to CM/FM, that's the LEAST SURPRISING ADMISSION EVER!!!!ONEONEONE1ONEONEEN

:D

[MIJB#19]

Does playing FOF in multiplayer and then writing playoffs scenarios for the rest of the league count?

[lordscarlet]

Does playing FOF in multiplayer and then writing playoffs scenarios for the rest of the league count?

I think playing FOF in multiplayer counts. :)

[Warhammer]

Wait a minute, you play board games at McDonald's? That's probably up there, I guess.

It was a one time thing, but yes, I have. And it was my idea.

[path12]

(mainly CM97-98 and CM01-02 but I've also a Master of Magic file around somewhere).

Dosbox and that baby can LIVE AGAIN!!!!


EDIT: Oh, and I also have the official strategy guides to both Master of Orion and Master of Magic, pretty much every Computer Gaming World magazine from 1987-2005 and seven or eight boxes filled with old AH and SPI games for my nerdiness.

[AgustusM]

This thread is really putting this entire board into context.

It is funny to read how many other people kept statistics from old school games that didn't track them. I have always done this, but by far the worst was when I did it for a mini pinball baseball game I had when I was about 10. I then use to pester my parents with stories about the outcome and always got pissed when they weren't interested. I receive my payback daily from my four kids.

[DanGarion]

Let's not mention that Maple Leafs created a tournament based on the All-Time greats of the RWBL...an OOTP League.

Yeah but that was just plain AWESOME!

[Marc Vaughan]

Dosbox and that baby can LIVE AGAIN!!!!

Sad thing is I've got it running under XP no problem, but once I had I remembered the flaws in the AI which made me retire it first time around (the AI doesn't 'connect' the two different worlds properly making it unbalanced).

Sad to say that many years ago I did actually try and contact Microprose offering to make a patch for the AI for free if only they'd let me ... unsurprisingly I never heard back ;)

[DanGarion]

My friend and I used to play this play by mail wrestling game and write articles and everything about our wrestlers. They went out of business when the internet started to get big. My friend and I used to play Fantasy baseball in the early 90's. We used to play a version of whiffleball in my parents front yard (till we were in our early 20s even).

I played DnD up till last year.

I write restaurant reviews and created my own website to share them.

I am starting to take pictures of signs with my camera (just any sign I like, especially neon business signs).

[sterlingice]

Hm, of the sports related genre:

-A friend of mine had a baseball game where you rolled two dice and there were 4 different cards based on, I think, average and home runs from the previous year. That didn't satisfy me, so I made one based on the average for a couple of years with many different possible cards based on how the player was and rolling 5 dice to make the percentages more accurate.

-I played through an entire season of Tecmo Super Bowl on the SNES with 5 teams

SI

[kingnebwsu]

To restate what has been said by some...Magic IS nerdy. And I'm a nerd. If Magic is nerdy and I'm a nerd, then I play Magic. Did I mention I took two "logic" classes in college as electives? They went well with my bachelor's in music ;)

[Pyser]

I also try to multiply in the shower by myself.

that is, hands down, the best euphemism ive ever read for jerking off in the shower ive ever seen. in my life.

[Buccaneer]

It unfortunate that nerds are being grouped with geeks, as evident in this thread. I may be a bookworm and an anal retentive gamer but in no way would I want to associate myself in the same group as scifi/fantasy/comic geeks. :p

[mrsimperless]

For the past couple of years I have started becoming interested in books about science history and biographies of scientists to the point where it is nearing obsession. Physicists and mathematicians have topped the list so far. I have no friends or family with even a slight similar interest. I fear it may be the onset of something more serious.

[thesloppy]

I had to re-activate my dreaded Facebook account in order to contact old high-school friends (class of '89) to set up my newest, secondary D&D group. Everybody else is leaving messages like "Your kids look lovely", and updates about their most recent business venture, while I'm leaving posts like "No dwarves in this campaign, as I'm trying to keep the setting focused within the elven woods". Everybody seems suitably impressed/horrified.

[MrBug708]

I participated in the Renaissance Faire for two years. I also go every year, but dont dress up anymore

[Raiders Army]

I can't remember if it's Comic Geek Speak or iFanboy or Around Comics (I think it's CGS), but the guys on there are total nerds. One guy works at Toys R Us. I think one out of four are married. If you ever heard these guys discuss which color Lantern they'd be...

I don't know which is worse though. Them talking about it or me listening to them talk about it. Then again, I find them quite entertaining (in an unintentional way) much like I do listening to Joel Osteen.

[Buccaneer]

but the guys on there are total nerds.

Geeks, dammit, geeks.

[DanGarion]

I participated in the Renaissance Faire for two years. I also go every year, but dont dress up anymore

Dude let me know when you are going and we can try to meet up.

[condors]

Eve Online (I am in a role playing alliance) and when i am wearing my headset and talking "in character" my wife thinks i should seek professional help. I am probally to "into" it tbh. It is a great escape. I also limit my playtime and seek to maximise my fun during play.

I also try to play warhammer although lately we have been unable to all get together. We usually play 5 way 3000 point army which is basically everyone gang up the guy winning, we used to play risk and then axis and allies so we have evolved.

[Sgran]

I was thinking about calling for a vote to decide who was most nerdy, but somehow democracy just doesn't seem to be a nerdy enough method. so will someone please write a formula to decide who is King Nerd of FOFC? Maybe we could use the song White and Nerdy to help weight the criteria, although I still dispute the claim that mayonaise belongs in nerdy criteria.

[sterlingice]

I had to re-activate my dreaded Facebook account in order to contact old high-school friends (class of '89) to set up my newest, secondary D&D group. Everybody else is leaving messages like "Your kids look lovely", and updates about their most recent business venture, while I'm leaving posts like "No dwarves in this campaign, as I'm trying to keep the setting focused within the elven woods". Everybody seems suitably impressed/horrified.

I found this quite funny :D

SI

[Lathum]

I found this quite funny :D

SI

:+1:

[Honolulu_Blue]

Geeks, dammit, geeks.

Yes, this distinction is being horribly blurred here. I am a geek, my wife is a nerd. They are very different things.

I posted this internet quiz last year. It will help you all sort out the difference.

OkCupid.com: Take The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test (http://www.okcupid.com/tests/9935030990046738815/Nerd-Geek-or-Dork)-

[Ronnie Dobbs2]

Trying to parse the difference between nerd, geek, or dork is nerdy.

[Abe Sargent]

Yes, this distinction is being horribly blurred here. I am a geek, my wife is a nerd. They are very different things.

I posted this internet quiz last year. It will help you all sort out the difference.

OkCupid.com: Take The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test (http://www.okcupid.com/tests/9935030990046738815/Nerd-Geek-or-Dork)-

Yeah, well........I don't beleive that test is right.

[Honolulu_Blue]

Yeah, well........I don't beleive that test is right.

You also don't think playing Magic is geeky, so...

[sterlingice]

Yes, this distinction is being horribly blurred here. I am a geek, my wife is a nerd. They are very different things.

I posted this internet quiz last year. It will help you all sort out the difference.

OkCupid.com: Take The Nerd? Geek? or Dork? Test (http://www.okcupid.com/tests/9935030990046738815/Nerd-Geek-or-Dork)-


If only we had a thread where such a thing was possible... hmm...

Nerd, Geek, or Dork? Take the Test and Find out! - Front Office Football Central (http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=61693) ;)

SI

[Honolulu_Blue]

If only we had a thread where such a thing was possible... hmm...

Nerd, Geek, or Dork? Take the Test and Find out! - Front Office Football Central (http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=61693) ;)

SI

Uhh... What part of


I posted this internet quiz last year..

wasn't clear exactly?

:confused:

[sterlingice]

The reading comprehension part clearly. D'oh :D

SI

[MJ4H]

Probably hosting an FOFC version of The Mole.

[primelord]

I went to Vegas this past summer with Quik and Primelord. We lost about $1,000 betting sports and won it all back and then some at the tables.

That fucking soccer game.....

[AZSpeechCoach]

I combined my nerdiness this weekend. I took my animatronic Elvis into the tabulation room of the tournament I hosted. He sang to the other coaches.