Bragging Rights!
CarlZog
Explorer
Here's the rest of the magazine's accolade, and a few excerpts from the runners up
1 Gary Gygax Cocreator of Dungeons & Dragons and father of role-playing games. Defining nerd moment: With a last name that sounds like a barbarian warrior from space, is it any wonder this guy invented the 20-sided die? Between 1977 and 1979, Gygax released Advanced Dungeons & Dragons for advanced dorks, taking the cult phenomenon to new heights whilst giving himself a +5 salary of lordly might.
Sync: In the pantheon of nerds, you rule supreme. Long live the nerd king!
Gygax: "That's a pretty big honor! Actually, in my childhood, I had friends who walked around with slide rulers and pocket protectors, but I also had a friend who wore a motorcycle jacket that said, "Suicide Squad" on the back. I was happy in both camps—with the hoods or the nerds -- Quite Equally."
A few notable also-rans:
13 J.R.R. Tolkien Lord of the Rings author and instigator of Middle Earth mania. Defining nerd moment Star Trek fanboys may speak Klingon, but they've got nothing on cultured polyglot John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, who at the age of 19 had already mastered Latin, Greek, Old English, Welsh, Gothic and Finnish … and then began creating his own languages.
11 Japan An entire country with a compulsive obsession for gadgets, video games, porn, cartoons and cartoon porn. Defining nerd moment Take your pick: vending machines that sell used teenage girls' undies; hentai anime; bukkake; Hello Kitty; Pokemon; online pachinko. There's a lot to choose from.
7 Superman "Strange visitor from the planet Krypton, with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men!" Defining nerd moment Instead of conquering us like any self-respecting alien would, Supes makes nice and pretends to be a pussy-whipped copy monkey. Speaking of monkeys … although Batman was once saddled with a canine sidekick called Ace the Bathound, Superman had no less than four amazingly dorky super-pets: a dog, a cat, a horse and a monkey—named Krypto, Streaky, Comet and Beppo, in case you were wondering. Now go forth and impress your nerd friends with this newfound knowledge.
1 Gary Gygax Cocreator of Dungeons & Dragons and father of role-playing games. Defining nerd moment: With a last name that sounds like a barbarian warrior from space, is it any wonder this guy invented the 20-sided die? Between 1977 and 1979, Gygax released Advanced Dungeons & Dragons for advanced dorks, taking the cult phenomenon to new heights whilst giving himself a +5 salary of lordly might.
Sync: In the pantheon of nerds, you rule supreme. Long live the nerd king!
Gygax: "That's a pretty big honor! Actually, in my childhood, I had friends who walked around with slide rulers and pocket protectors, but I also had a friend who wore a motorcycle jacket that said, "Suicide Squad" on the back. I was happy in both camps—with the hoods or the nerds -- Quite Equally."
A few notable also-rans:
13 J.R.R. Tolkien Lord of the Rings author and instigator of Middle Earth mania. Defining nerd moment Star Trek fanboys may speak Klingon, but they've got nothing on cultured polyglot John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, who at the age of 19 had already mastered Latin, Greek, Old English, Welsh, Gothic and Finnish … and then began creating his own languages.
11 Japan An entire country with a compulsive obsession for gadgets, video games, porn, cartoons and cartoon porn. Defining nerd moment Take your pick: vending machines that sell used teenage girls' undies; hentai anime; bukkake; Hello Kitty; Pokemon; online pachinko. There's a lot to choose from.
7 Superman "Strange visitor from the planet Krypton, with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men!" Defining nerd moment Instead of conquering us like any self-respecting alien would, Supes makes nice and pretends to be a pussy-whipped copy monkey. Speaking of monkeys … although Batman was once saddled with a canine sidekick called Ace the Bathound, Superman had no less than four amazingly dorky super-pets: a dog, a cat, a horse and a monkey—named Krypto, Streaky, Comet and Beppo, in case you were wondering. Now go forth and impress your nerd friends with this newfound knowledge.
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