What makes you geeky?

[Turanil]

He left her behind when he moved out of his parents' basement.

Nah, it would have been too tiresome to move out of the basement. Instead I did ask my parents to leave and find another place.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

I'm posting on this board, and I have an RPGA card in my wallet.

'Nuff said.

 

[Greylock]

My favorite actively recording musician is John Wesley Harding. I think that means I have a "Kick Me" sign taped to my back.

 

[RichCsigs]

I would consider myself a dork more than a geek (especially after reading this thread)

A Comic Book dork, specifically.

 

[James Heard]

I don't think I'm that much of a geek actually. I mean, I have some geeky moments but they're pretty much balanced by the other things I do and have done.

Edit: Of course right now I understand how stupid that looks considering what I'm allowing as my avatar right now.

 

[nerfherder]

15. I painstakingly taped Dr. Who episodes for 10 years on a local cable station, edited out the commercials, put the 25 minute episode breaks back in to assemble approximately 220 hours of tape comprising nearly every episode of the show ever aired in its 26 year history.

Have you seen the Dr Who Restoration site? They are looking for specific episodes for which no known colour copy exists. Follow the menu "Broadcast Restoration" and "Colour Restorations".

'The Mind of Evil' (episodes 1 - 6)
'Planet of the Daleks' (episode 3)
'Invasion of the Dinosaurs' (episode 1)
'The Ambassadors of Death' (episodes 2 - 7)

Cheers,
Liam

 

[nerfherder]

Oh, I almost forgot.

As a result of this job, I occasionally get to say, "We've lost the antimatter containment field!" ...and really mean it.

Now that is cool!

Cheers,
Liam

 

[Algolei]

Nah, it would have been too tiresome to move out of the basement. Instead I did ask my parents to leave and find another place.

I used to try that all the time but they would just change the locks and I would have to find a new way in.

...so many broken windows....

 

[Eldan Silverblade]

What makes me geeky? Many things - though most of them are from my past. The realities and responsibilities of adulthood tend to squash one's inner geek. That is why I am starting a foundation to preserve endangered geeks all across the world. I will post the address for where you can send your donations at a later date.

Back to the topic at hand...

1) I have played D&D for well over half of my life.
2) I attended D&D summer camp four years in a row in high school and finally made counselor in the last year.
3) I still reminisce about gazing longingly at the succubus entry in the original MM and thinking that the loss of a couple of levels would be worth it.
4) I own spherical six sided dice.
5) I use iChat AV so that I can videoconference in to my friends' monthly game 3000 miles away.
6) I recently had a 30-minute debate with a Dr.Who geek that Fantasy Geeks are not geekier than Sci Fi Geeks. (I was wrong, of course, but it was a matter of pride.)
7) A friend of mine can recite all of Greedo's dialogue from his encounter with Han in the Cantina in Ep IV - and I admire him for it.
8) I feel superior to my brother who is a Video Game Geek. (Ironically, he feels superior to me.)
9) No one will play Star Trek Trivia or Star Wars Trivial Pursuit with me because it is reminiscent of the Christians vs. the Lions in jolly old Rome.
10) On a trip to Austria, my buddy and I spent most of the time going from toy store to toy store looking for (and buying) the recently released medieval themed Lego sets.
11) My favorite thing about snow days back when I was in school - was that it allowed me more time to work on the maps for my campaign.
12) I have a solid oak Kendo Katana in my golf club bag - yet I don't study Kendo, nor do I play golf.

In comparison to some of you guys and girls, I’m an amateur, but I wanted to share…

 

[Turanil]

4) I own spherical six sided dice.

In comparison to some of you guys and girls, I’m an amateur, but I wanted to share…

How someone who owns a spherical d6 could be considered an amateur geek!! (By the way: I own one too )

8) I feel superior to my brother who is a Video Game Geek. (Ironically, he feels superior to me.)

[odiously pretentious tone] But you and me (and all of us on these boards) well know who really is superior for that matter!! [/odiously pretentious tone]