OMG, we are geeks.

[Ichneumon]

I just watched these interviews http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Article.a...4spot/20091222

and I thought the tips were really useful, and I recognised a lot of our own gaming sessions (I'm a DM), but OMG, I felt so enormously geeky.

[drengnikrafe]

Geek is in no way a negative term. It goes right next to nerd.

I embraced that side of my nature long ago, and never feel a burst of geekery as a bad thing, but rather as a thing to feel good about.

[Zom B]

You're posting on a forum dedicated to a webcomic, filled with a bunch of people who talk about D&D, play it over the internet, and argue about the finer points of kobold adventuring age, and you're just now realizing that we're geeks?

[Sinfire Titan]

Geek is in no way a negative term. It goes right next to nerd.

I embraced that side of my nature long ago, and never feel a burst of geekery as a bad thing, but rather as a thing to feel good about.

It stopped being a bad thing in 2000. Nerd, kinda. Dork is still bad.

[Gamerlord]

Dork= A idiot, not a smart person.
Nerd= The guy you will be working for in the future .

[Blas_de_Lezo]

It stopped being a bad thing in 2000.

What happened then?

[Mando Knight]

I looked at the first video, and as soon as I saw the Red Dragon mini at the beginning I thought "I've got that one."

[Sinfire Titan]

What happened then?

The Internet became a mainstream method of communication. Back in the day, having a Cell Phone was a sign of both geekdom and wealth. Now it's considered standard fare. 15 years ago, knowing your way around the internet made you a nerd. Now, knowing how to work Photoshop is practically being bred into the children and the Internet is akin to breathing for most of us.

[Delwugor]

What happened then?

People started using the internet and found out there where even geekier people than gamers.

[Sinfire Titan]

People started using the internet and found out there where even geekier people than gamers.

Then there's 4chan...

[Blas_de_Lezo]

The Internet became a mainstream method of communication. Back in the day, having a Cell Phone was a sign of both geekdom and wealth. Now it's considered standard fare. 15 years ago, knowing your way around the internet made you a nerd. Now, knowing how to work Photoshop is practically being bred into the children and the Internet is akin to breathing for most of us.

Oh, thanks. So the same happened here in Europe (or at least in Spain). Geeks were connected and rose as more-or-less standard people with different and funny hobbies (geeks finally entered into post-modernity!).

It also helped a lot the upcoming of the football ("soccer" I think you name it) videogames in PS1 and PS2, as it made videogames broadly popular (before that, owning a Super Nintendo was very nerdy).

Also, here in Spain, the geeks are called "frikis", and they plot every year a "Day of the friki proud".

[Ravens_cry]

*looks at title*
And this is a bad thing. . .why?
Been a geek is about passion, it is about self-determination. Been a geek is about being able to look the world in the eye and say 'I am me.' It doesn't matter if your saying this in your replica Captain Kirk uniform or from behind a GM screen, this is who you are. Your interests are your own, and you are not ashamed of your mint condition Night Rider lunch box, your comic collection or ANYTHING. You are you, and nothing and nobody has any right to call it wrong. You take the road less travelled, and that has made you you. Some turn out to be early adaptations and go mainstream. Others will garner a sideways glance as long as they are remembered by any. But that doesn't matter. When this dusty trail ends, you can look back and say with all the passion of a well lived life and roar into the face of eternity,
You Did it Your Way.

[randomhero00]

Turns out geeks/nerds are frontrunners. Everyone tends to end up following in our footsteps. It just tends to take a decade or two. Although its been speeding up recently. Be proud.

[Thajocoth]

Next you'll be trying to tell me that the Earth is round, or that February has fewer days than any other month...

[Voldecanter]

Well I'm proud to be a geek because unlike nerds , geeks have friends

[randomhero00]

Heh, what was that die with the shapes? He rolled it and said something about fire.

[Ravens_cry]

Turns out geeks/nerds are frontrunners. Everyone tends to end up following in our footsteps. It just tends to take a decade or two. Although its been speeding up recently. Be proud.

Not everything will be accepted. I doubt that parading around in star trek uniforms will ever be the fashion de rigueur, yet that's an incredibly geeky thing to do.

[randomhero00]

Not everything will be accepted. I doubt that parading around in star trek uniforms will ever be the fashion de rigueur, yet that's an incredibly geeky thing to do.

True, there is an exception to every rule. But star trek itself is pretty popular now. It has also inspired a lot of popular inventions.

[chiasaur11]

True, there is an exception to every rule. But star trek itself is pretty popular now. It has also inspired a lot of popular inventions.

And the new mov8ie was popular.

Also: It didn't suck, unlike, say, Voyager.

[Ichneumon]

I didn't want to imply being a geek is something bad. I like it, I just became very aware of it, watching those videos and recognising so much of it.

[valadil]

Not everything will be accepted. I doubt that parading around in star trek uniforms will ever be the fashion de rigueur, yet that's an incredibly geeky thing to do.

True, but it's not something that most geeks do. Only the geekiest.

[Ravens_cry]

True, but it's not something that most geeks do. Only the geekiest.

True, but that wasn't the point. The point is, when your a geek, your not even running. If you like soemthing, you like it. Whether it eventually becomes mainstream is beside the point. Star Trek is pretty popular with the new movie. Star Wars is another example. Something that has mainstream and geek appeal.

[randomhero00]

True, but that wasn't the point. The point is, when your a geek, your not even running. If you like soemthing, you like it. Whether it eventually becomes mainstream is beside the point. Star Trek is pretty popular with the new movie. Star Wars is another example. Something that has mainstream and geek appeal.

Sure you are, if I follow you. Geeks and nerds fund projects like those before the mainstream gets to them. We're what let them bloom in the first place. Kind of the definition of frontrunner, no?

[Eloel]

Been a geek is about passion, it is about self-determination. Been a geek is about being able to look the world in the eye and say 'I am me.' It doesn't matter if your saying this in your replica Captain Kirk uniform or from behind a GM screen, this is who you are. Your interests are your own, and you are not ashamed of your mint condition Night Rider lunch box, your comic collection or ANYTHING. You are you, and nothing and nobody has any right to call it wrong. You take the road less travelled, and that has made you you. Some turn out to be early adaptations and go mainstream. Others will garner a sideways glance as long as they are remembered by any. But that doesn't matter. When this dusty trail ends, you can look back and say with all the passion of a well lived life and roar into the face of eternity,

You win the game.

[Asbestos]

I looked at the first video, and as soon as I saw the Red Dragon mini at the beginning I thought "I've got that one."

The Colossal Red Dragon is more 'small statue' than 'mini'. But yeah... if you own that, you might be a geek.

[Optimystik]

You win the game.

Ironically, you made us all lose it.

[Ravens_cry]

You win the game.

Oh, I already knew that.

[Sinfire Titan]

Ironically, you made us all lose it.

GAAAAHH!

I lost again.

[shadow_archmagi]

Dork= A idiot, not a smart person.
Nerd= The guy you will be working for in the future .

In my experience, nerds do not generally have underlings. Nerds prefer to be underlings, but underneath someone who really doesn't have any idea what they do or how to go about replacing them. Or they're self-employed altogether.

In any event, they tend to either have a lot more free time than the average person, or a lot more money. In many cases both.

[Ravens_cry]

Sure you are, if I follow you. Geeks and nerds fund projects like those before the mainstream gets to them. We're what let them bloom in the first place. Kind of the definition of frontrunner, no?

Yes, but let's put it in reverse. Comics were once mainstream, if childish, in western culture. Now, they are almost exclusively the property of geeks and nerds.