Geek2geek - Page 6

reality_deviant · 01-28-2004, 09:30 PM

Aww, c'mon, what's wrong with a little hentai now and then? Naughty tentacles are our friends.....uh, I mean, no, BAD tentacles! Leave that cat-girl alone! Shoo, shoo!

natowarhead · 02-04-2004, 08:04 AM

<natowarhead pulls out his hammer and makes a full-round attack against said monster and cat-girl. doen't stop until they are bloddy, pulpy stains on the carpet.>

Okay, new topic.

i recently attended a movie convention and noticed something unusual.
There was more animosity between the star wars fanatics and the Trekkies. i'm talking more contention than if you put eight M:TG players in an arena with eight yugi-FRIGGIN'-oh... and they all had swords... and pikes... long pikes.

any thoughts on this.

EDIT- i'm only talking about the die-hard, all-my-movies-or-nothing fans. anyone can reply though.

Kenryoku_Maxis · 02-04-2004, 02:14 PM

Funny, I don't find the viewing of Anime as being a Geek pastime. Nor playing Magic, nor watching Sci-Fi. These are all pastimes that millions upon millions enjoy and a large amount of them watch and play them in moderation.

Now I'm a geek and I'm not going to say I'm not. But just because I watch a ton of Anime, play a ton of games, make multiple Magic Decks and enjoy Star Trek doesn't mean everyone who likes one of these things is a Geek because I am. -_-

reality_deviant · 02-04-2004, 08:03 PM

When the average geek calls himself a geek, he is absolutely not trying to insult those more casual fans of nerdy pastimes. It is more of a symbol of pride, like embracing one's ethnicity. It is my personal conviction that almost everybody has a "geeky" obsession about something, whether it's being able to identify the make and model of every pickup truck ever manufactured, knowing what some pop idol eats for breakfast on Thursdays, or having the fabulous ability to list every D&D sorceror/wizard spell, from 0th to 9th level, sorted by school of magic. This is why it is important to be tolerant to other social groups; it's all the same.

Lycanthrope · 02-04-2004, 08:42 PM

Damn. Even I can't do that. My thing is a kinda general knowledge about everything, a random encyclopedic knowledge in quantom physics that I don't know how I know, and a greater-than-average knowledge of Tolkien's writings.

Edit: Oh, and the ability to descern the era, and often the composer of any classical piece I hear.

Jack of Spades · 02-05-2004, 01:45 PM

My geek skills?
Pl-l34R MY L337 Dl\lD 5l<lLLZ!! 3y3 7l/\lNl< MY PC 2 d4 M4X!!
I also read lots of webcomics, and can read LeetSpeak

AnonCastillo · 02-05-2004, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Lycanthrope

too true. We lack a political message other than "ban spam" and "no online censorship" though.

Well, it ain't for lack of tryin' on my part.

Anyway, judging from the posts here, I think I'm only about a level 3-4 geek, with plenty of points into my video game skills but only the basics in anime, sci-fi, comics (specialty in web-based) and pen & paper/collectible card games. I need to put together another magic deck and get those episodes of RahXephon that someone recommended so I can level up!

Although, those 2 years of computer programming classes did give me a few levels to my nerd class. Dual class 4eva!

natowarhead · 02-06-2004, 09:21 PM

all this talk brings back a nagging question in mind.

what is the actual definition of a geek or nerd? no, demon with a glass hand, not the dictionary's rodent eater, but the social definition. if you read back on nerd2nerd and here, we have mainly given discriptions and "sub-classes" of them. we have never really defined them.

as for my idea... i find it impossible to define what i and most of my friends are. it just "is". can anyone else take a crack at the definition?

Lycanthrope · 02-06-2004, 09:34 PM

Ask 1000 people, get 1000 answers.

02-07-2004, 11:34 PM

so very true. how can you ask for us to put a definition to something that is so widely applied? it's like asking a person to write a book about life. where the "friggin heck" do you start?

EDIT-- aren't most definitions descriptions anyway?

01-28-2004, 09:30 PM	#51
reality_deviant Unlikely Hero Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Beautiful Southern Illinois Posts: 747	Aww, c'mon, what's wrong with a little hentai now and then? Naughty tentacles are our friends.....uh, I mean, no, BAD tentacles! Leave that cat-girl alone! Shoo, shoo! __________________ "Being a mage is about giving a damn."~2nd Ed. M:tA Handbook "Hope is the bravest rebellion."~Phil Brucato "this is clearly the fault of those wacky money-hating environmentalists, with their tye-dyed t-shirts and their total lack of political power, making life miserable for those poor oppressed three-hundred-billion-dollar-market-cap oil companies."~fifthfiend

02-04-2004, 02:14 PM	#53
Kenryoku_Maxis 87% Pokemon Master Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: California, Somewhere Therin Posts: 2,405	Funny, I don't find the viewing of Anime as being a Geek pastime. Nor playing Magic, nor watching Sci-Fi. These are all pastimes that millions upon millions enjoy and a large amount of them watch and play them in moderation. Now I'm a geek and I'm not going to say I'm not. But just because I watch a ton of Anime, play a ton of games, make multiple Magic Decks and enjoy Star Trek doesn't mean everyone who likes one of these things is a Geek because I am. -_- __________________ "You fight pretty tough for someone without Health Insurance." -Homer Simpson Star Trek > Star Wars. But both are irreversibly off-track. Just realize we can always trust in the sanctity of Indiana Jones and the Simpsons! Oh wait...

02-04-2004, 08:03 PM	#54
reality_deviant Unlikely Hero Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Beautiful Southern Illinois Posts: 747	When the average geek calls himself a geek, he is absolutely not trying to insult those more casual fans of nerdy pastimes. It is more of a symbol of pride, like embracing one's ethnicity. It is my personal conviction that almost everybody has a "geeky" obsession about something, whether it's being able to identify the make and model of every pickup truck ever manufactured, knowing what some pop idol eats for breakfast on Thursdays, or having the fabulous ability to list every D&D sorceror/wizard spell, from 0th to 9th level, sorted by school of magic. This is why it is important to be tolerant to other social groups; it's all the same. __________________ "Being a mage is about giving a damn."~2nd Ed. M:tA Handbook "Hope is the bravest rebellion."~Phil Brucato "this is clearly the fault of those wacky money-hating environmentalists, with their tye-dyed t-shirts and their total lack of political power, making life miserable for those poor oppressed three-hundred-billion-dollar-market-cap oil companies."~fifthfiend

02-04-2004, 08:42 PM	#55
Lycanthrope Deus Lupus Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The City of Angels Posts: 2,925	Damn. Even I can't do that. My thing is a kinda general knowledge about everything, a random encyclopedic knowledge in quantom physics that I don't know how I know, and a greater-than-average knowledge of Tolkien's writings. Edit: Oh, and the ability to descern the era, and often the composer of any classical piece I hear. __________________ "With these seven easy steps, you, too, can be the authoritarian despot of your own principality. Machiavelli, your road to happiness" "I shoot Flying Monkies!" "Christmas had it coming its what it gets for taking over thanksgiving and threatening halloween with its weapons of mass consumerism" "Death to All Fanatics!" Official RP Action God Lycanthropic Poem "FOR YOU THE CAKE IS OVER. YOU HAVE REACHED THE END OF CAKE." -Death Krylo and BMG are apparently my bitches.

02-05-2004, 01:45 PM	#56
Jack of Spades Lady Luck is on my side. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The winning hand. Posts: 818	My geek skills? Pl-l34R MY L337 Dl\lD 5l<lLLZ!! 3y3 7l/\lNl< MY PC 2 d4 M4X!! I also read lots of webcomics, and can read LeetSpeak __________________ Imagine...In a world with no stupid people you would never hear: "I wanna see some noise!" "How do I call the cops?" "What die do I use again?"

02-04-2004, 08:04 AM	#52
natowarhead Lurker Extraordinaire Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Krynn Posts: 175	<natowarhead pulls out his hammer and makes a full-round attack against said monster and cat-girl. doen't stop until they are bloddy, pulpy stains on the carpet.> Okay, new topic. i recently attended a movie convention and noticed something unusual. There was more animosity between the star wars fanatics and the Trekkies. i'm talking more contention than if you put eight M:TG players in an arena with eight yugi-FRIGGIN'-oh... and they all had swords... and pikes... long pikes. any thoughts on this. EDIT- i'm only talking about the die-hard, all-my-movies-or-nothing fans. anyone can reply though.

02-06-2004, 09:21 PM	#58
natowarhead Lurker Extraordinaire Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Krynn Posts: 175	all this talk brings back a nagging question in mind. what is the actual definition of a geek or nerd? no, demon with a glass hand, not the dictionary's rodent eater, but the social definition. if you read back on nerd2nerd and here, we have mainly given discriptions and "sub-classes" of them. we have never really defined them. as for my idea... i find it impossible to define what i and most of my friends are. it just "is". can anyone else take a crack at the definition?

02-06-2004, 09:34 PM	#59
Lycanthrope Deus Lupus Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The City of Angels Posts: 2,925	Ask 1000 people, get 1000 answers. __________________ "With these seven easy steps, you, too, can be the authoritarian despot of your own principality. Machiavelli, your road to happiness" "I shoot Flying Monkies!" "Christmas had it coming its what it gets for taking over thanksgiving and threatening halloween with its weapons of mass consumerism" "Death to All Fanatics!" Official RP Action God Lycanthropic Poem "FOR YOU THE CAKE IS OVER. YOU HAVE REACHED THE END OF CAKE." -Death Krylo and BMG are apparently my bitches.

02-07-2004, 11:34 PM	#60
Multani Guest Posts: n/a	so very true. how can you ask for us to put a definition to something that is so widely applied? it's like asking a person to write a book about life. where the "friggin heck" do you start? EDIT-- aren't most definitions descriptions anyway?