My question is a general one but I guess an easy way to think about it is if you were in high school (or if you are in high school like me) where would you sit in the lunchroom? I hate sterotypes and a human being is never as simple as a jock or a loner but it would be interesting to get an honest assessment from people. Most outsiders to the hobby (at least in my experience) view us as nerds, not to say that there's anything wrong with that but I've realized that it's not blanketly true. A guy in my GW in NYC spends his time when not kicking ass with his Eldar, pumping iron and running track (Dude is buff.) Most people would call me a stoner I guess, as I spend lots of my free time modeling my mind with green stuff (see what I did there).

Feel free to go in depth, I guess what I'm trying find out is the kind of people that play warhammer.

In High school I sat with the Jocks, I played football so it made sense.

Now my friends view me as the intelligent eccentric funny one.

I love the line "it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring." and live by it.

DeathReaper wrote:

I love the line "it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring." and live by it.

Truer words were never said.

As for me, people have tried to label me and consistently fail. I wear black and spikes and band-shirts, but I hang out with everyone and I'm fun to be around, so they can never pin me down as anything in particular. In regard to the nerd who plays 40k stereotype? I wouldn't say I fit in with that by a long shot.

My high school (in last year of collage right now to put it in perceptive) didn't have the stereotypical "Cliques" for some reason (probably because it was a small class, only 150 students).

I think I fit into the geek/nerd stereotype if a little more outgoing, I am after all a self-proclaimed Trekkie and proud of it!

I sat with the other nerds, geeks, artists and musicians in high school. I got harassed by some scrubs because I had long hair and wasn't part of their clique. That's just high school.

Honestly, there isn't one kind of person who plays any given game. All those labels and cliques you're dealing with in high school evaporate pretty quickly once you're out and into something resembling the real world. Sometimes they carry over into college, but people who care about that garbage drop out in the first year.

In other words, all kinds of folks play with tiny plastic spacemen, and while they do trend towards a nerdier type of person 99.9% of the population won't give a damn. As long as you don't run around screaming Warhammerisms and telling people on the bus how much you love gluing tiny guns to tiny hands you'll be fine. In other words, act like a human being and nobody will care.

I hang with the cool kids.

Well I am a complete mongrol.

Played football and tennis (some in college too) in high school, but spent more weekends doing DnD than anything else.

In college I hung with the preps and elitists but always found time to go home once a week to game.

Now I am a married prep school teacher working on a fairly sophisticated grad degree (and raising two wonderful daughters), but run a club for high school students during the school year, and run one of the 40k nights at our FLGS.

As to how people see me, I really don't give it much thought. I try to teach high principles and live by them. High school students love to call out hypocrisy when they see it, and so far, with the Lord's grace, I've been able to live by high but realistic standards and been humble enough to admit my failings and seek to erase them. I like to think people see in me what I want to project, but how can you ever truly know what others see?

In high school most of my friends (who were all gamers) turned out to be labeled ' gifted underachievers' and hung with the hessians. Nowdays I run a construction company, raise 3 great kids (who are occasional gamers), & game with a teacher, engineer, several students (college & HS), a few armed service members and various others. Like was said above, most labels evaporate after school.

I have no idea what people view me as.

I hope that they see me as smart, witty, funny and dead sexy.

Ma55ter_fett wrote:I have no idea what people view me as.

Basically this...
I've been told that I'm funny, smart, scary, interesting, demented, hot, boring,understanding, uninhibited, controlling, free spirited and the biggest A**hole walking the face of the planet, but as far as what others "really" view me as...?...I suppose only those people really know for sure.
...Personally...I see myself as sort of a clown...a very...very angry clown.

I sat with the teachers.... Does that make me weird?

First things first, holy crap its Fitzz!

Secondly, and back on topic, I have people who view me in different lights.

At work they see me as a mostly reliable fellow, I may show up five or so minutes late but I always show up and perform to the best of my abilities.

At school they see me as a creator of horrible puns and overall wise cracker. In fact I made a fellow student relatively upset when I asked him about his relationships in Mass Effect 3, he had given up porn for Lent, and everybody got a bit of a chuckle.

At home they see me as a great kid, I mess up, but overall they hold me in high regard. I've been told that I would be a great father because I'm a great babysitter and its not uncommon for me to take the kids I babysit fishing, teach them new boardgames (just taught them Risk the other day), cook, and in general be awesome.

So I guess I'm a mostly good, reliable, wise cracker who has a chance of being a good father.

Other people don't view me at all, so I don't have to worry about what they see me as.

Great White wrote:The cool kids hang with me.

Spotted a small error there.

People say I'm insane but I don't see it. All I do is talk to the voices in my head.

Blitza da warboy wrote:People say I'm insane but I don't see it. All I do is talk to the voices in my head.

7 out of the 5 voice in my head say I am sane, Majority rules. =o]

I think people view me as a spam bot, but in real life, annoying, confrontational, a jerk, oh wait just like on here =o]

PS I got the ability to hoard useless info, I kick ass on jeopardy ( and 40k fluff) but can't remember what I did yesterday. =o\

My mum thinks I'm awesome.

Barksdale wrote:My mum thinks I'm awesome.

Yeah but she has to say that

I've been called a goth, emo, nerd, stoner, loner etc etc some or all of these things actually apply lol. I tend not to waste time stereotyping peoplw but rather live by the idea of 'if you're good to me, I'll be good to you. If not jog on.'


Nom

I generally hung out with the muso kids at school. That's kind of carried on into later life, though I generally get on with everyone because I make the effort to be polite and friendly in real life.

I sit with eithers the nerd, the Metalheads or my best friend(would sit alone without me).

I was a band geek, and hung with the metal heads/punkers mostly. But I got around to other groups fairly often, I was ok in the jock groups because I power lifted in school, and always got along with the geeks/smart folk. I was that guy mostly.

Insane, mostly mental, lunatic fringe, well meaning even if wearing a boot for a hat, a pool float around my waist, and a bazooka crooked in my arm.

I like the boothat, its a good look for you. Is it a winter boot, or a hiking boot?

Errr, who did I sit with? I have no idea considering there was like 3 groups of friends I moved around to at lunch based on whoever I was in the mood of dealing with. One group was the hardcore handball players (the tennis version), the other was like a mix of hot punk rock girls and pea brained jocks, then there was the last group of tech heads and video game fanatics.

I don't know if any other highschool was like mine but everyone sort of got along unless you were a tosser, but eventually you were forgiven. So it wasn't too bad, if you thought you were better than anyone else then you were just up yourself. It was always funny watching the earlier grades trying too hard to make a name for themselves and just end up looking like little turds.

At highschool I was the quiet lad, and also the butt of some jokes until one day I snapped and beated the crap outta one of the jocks, then they left me alone in my quietness. I was "semi" """popular""" because I could draw somewht decently, but was mostly people around me wanting to get free drawings; not falling for that didn't helped there xD

Now, depends who you ask. To my family, I'm eccentric, at work they say I'm a crazy genius (not because I'm smart per se but because I learn somewhat fast and if I don't know how to do something, I don't fear the "trial and error" method. My friends will just say that I'm insane and was born a couple centuries late. Of course that's what they say in my face... sometimes I wonder what they really think, sometimes I wonder if I want to know ó.ò

I hung with a couple of other tech-minded guys in school.
I wasn't a gamer, or a Goth (but I did wear a lot of black - but that was a utilitarian choice - it showed less dirt) but listened to Goth, 'metal' and "Rock' music (it was the early-mid 80s, so metal was still Iron Maiden or Sabbath, Motorhead or Metallica (the good years). I didn't wear a trenchcoat. Or cargoes.

We hung out in the library or the 'shop (practising our electronics and soldering).
As to what others view me as or have viewed me as ...

Let me say that one of my essays would get me mandatory counselling these days (and the black clothing wouldn't have helped, or the interest in electronics AND chemistry/explosives).

I was shocked, shocked I tell you, when I opened this thread and did not find a link to an online quiz.

Basically people think I'm a fething arsehole.

The loner for the most part. i Preferred the computer lab aat school over social contact. Everyone at highschool was shallow and conceded. I hated hanging out with them because they knew nothing beyond those walls.

FITZZ wrote:

Ma55ter_fett wrote:I have no idea what people view me as.

Basically this...
I've been told that I'm funny, smart, scary, interesting, demented, hot, boring,understanding, uninhibited, controlling, free spirited and the biggest A**hole walking the face of the planet, but as far as what others "really" view me as...?...I suppose only those people really know for sure.
...Personally...I see myself as sort of a clown...a very...very angry clown.

FIIIIIIIIIIIIIITZZ! You're back!

Ahem, anyway, I don't know what people view me as either.

I could try and guess, and some of it could be bang on, but until people stop talking about me behind my back (what a stupid phrase, behind your back is your front, which would mean people are talking to your face, but I digress) and tell me, I have no idea.

I sat with the nerds, but made conversation with everyone.

Honestly, my high school persona is a crap ton more boring than my mid college and beyond one. In high school I had no direction, and couldn't apply myself to anything. I sat around with my mates making dirty jokes all the live long day with no skill or style to speak of, and I was perfectly content with it. While I'm not particularly happy it took as long as it did to get where I am now, I'm content with what I turned into, as well as knowing I've still got much to learn.

Not sure how others view me actually, kind of feels selfish to think about it in a way.

We didn't really have cliques at my secondary school.

corpsesarefun wrote:We didn't really have cliques at my secondary school.

We didn't either. It was just my friends and the people tough enough to beat them up.

Nom

Like other people that posted. I mostly sat with the nerds, but I had friends in most of the cliques. I played football, ran track, was in weight training 3/4 years of highschool, but I also had long hair, wore band shirts, and drove around blaring metal and punk rock. I also loved working on cars, and helped up parents remodel and landscape out house. Honestly, there were only a few people I didn't get along with or had anything in common with....and that's mostly because I grew up in a "upper middle class" town, and they were really high on their pedestal to talk to lowly little me.

Same went with college, and now even into work...but I no longer have the long hair

I've found most people who know me view me a cute, cuddly teddy bear, a veritable fountain of goodness to all those around me.

Frazzled wrote:I've found most people who know me view me a cute, cuddly teddy bear, a veritable fountain of goodness to all those around me.

Frazzled do you know how disappointed I am going to be if you are not a wiener dog who can some how type... =o\

See I am a little square robot and somehow my GF is also. =o]

FabricatorGeneralMike wrote:

Frazzled wrote:I've found most people who know me view me a cute, cuddly teddy bear, a veritable fountain of goodness to all those around me.

Frazzled do you know how disappointed I am going to be if you are not a wiener dog who can some how type... =o\

See I am a little square robot and somehow my GF is also. =o]

Why do you think people think I am a cute, cuddly teddy bear?

I'm 23 and therefore don't care.
I cared when I was like 16, though.

My avatar says it all

At school I would hang out with the Nerds/Social Outcasts.
I have the assumption that people think of me as the disturbingly quiet one.

I've been described as like Marmite, you love me or you hate me.

We didn't really have "cliques" at school, we were all nerds since I went to a grammar school... But some were more nerdy than others. I was deemed as being towards the "less nerdy" side of things there, and that's pretty much it.

Suppose they didn't know I played 40k then.

Joey wrote:I'm 23 and therefore don't care.
I cared when I was like 16, though.

Ooh, look at the big tough man! You are so mature, Joey.


The fact is, most people who want to get on in life do care about how they're viewed by other people, even if only for sexual purposes. I would have thought you'd have realised that, having reached the ripe old age of 23...

mattyrm wrote: Basically people think I'm a fething arsehole.

Get right out of town! You?

TBH I thought you were total dick when I first started seeing your posts, then one day I just kindda got you. Now you say dickish things, but I end up laughing at most of them

nomsheep wrote:

corpsesarefun wrote:We didn't really have cliques at my secondary school.

We didn't either. It was just my friends and the people tough enough to beat them up.

Nom

Just beat them back, it's all fun and games until the knives come out.

KingCracker wrote:

mattyrm wrote: Basically people think I'm a fething arsehole.

Get right out of town! You?

TBH I thought you were total dick when I first started seeing your posts, then one day I just kindda got you. Now you say dickish things, but I end up laughing at most of them

That's kind of how it goes in real life. He makes horrendously offensive and entertaining statements.

Most people usually describe me as a lady's man.

Cheesecat wrote:Most people usually describe me as a lady's man.

People call me a momma's boy.

The token jovial fat guy.

P.S, why was my other post in here deleted? Too hubris of a statement?

corpsesarefun wrote:

nomsheep wrote:

corpsesarefun wrote:We didn't really have cliques at my secondary school.

We didn't either. It was just my friends and the people tough enough to beat them up.

Nom

Just beat them back, it's all fun and games until the knives come out.

Then its happy fun time!

Cheesecat wrote:Most people usually describe me as a lady man.

Any particular reasons why? Maybe with pics?

Avatar 720 wrote:

Cheesecat wrote:Most people usually describe me as a lady man.

Any particular reasons why? Maybe with pics?

He has a working vagina.

My workers seem to think that I pretend to be incompetent.

Little do they know...

malfred wrote:My workers seem to think that I pretend to be incompetent.

Little do they know...

Heh, must be something to do with being born in the 70's (was born in 77) I feel really sorry for the people born in the 60's =o\

Albatross wrote:

Avatar 720 wrote:

Cheesecat wrote:Most people usually describe me as a lady man.

Any particular reasons why? Maybe with pics?

He has a working vagina.

Pics are required, of course.

EDIT: I wonder how some people would see me if they read my posting history here

Avatar 720 wrote:

Albatross wrote:

Avatar 720 wrote:

Cheesecat wrote:Most people usually describe me as a lady man.

Any particular reasons why? Maybe with pics?

He has a working vagina.

Pics are required, of course.

EDIT: I wonder how some people would see me if they read my posting history here

Umm just as twisted,bitter,jaded and fethed up as the rest of the OT regs?? >.> <.<

(To all mods, Dakka really needs a 'shifty eye' orkymotion.)

I was shooting for 'awesome', 'amazing', 'absolutely fabulous' and 'charmingly witty, handsome, and great in the sack', but bitter, twisted and jaded will do

As for being fethed up, looking at my Dakka posting history isn't necessary to see that.

Frazzled wrote:

corpsesarefun wrote:

nomsheep wrote:

corpsesarefun wrote:We didn't really have cliques at my secondary school.

We didn't either. It was just my friends and the people tough enough to beat them up.

Nom

Just beat them back, it's all fun and games until the knives come out.

Then its happy fun time!

They did in the end. It was funny lol.

Nom

Hopefully, something good.

Eh, different people see me differently. I have tendency to speak my mind, which isn't actually very good. I've been called a "sociopathic, manipulative son of a bitch" (something I disagree with) but I've also been called "smart" and "pretty cool". Eh.

ignore

Albatross wrote:

Joey wrote:I'm 23 and therefore don't care.
I cared when I was like 16, though.

Ooh, look at the big tough man! You are so mature, Joey.


The fact is, most people who want to get on in life do care about how they're viewed by other people, even if only for sexual purposes. I would have thought you'd have realised that, having reached the ripe old age of 23...

It helps with career advancement too.

I get by, and got by in high school, on being deliberately unusual. I've yet to meet anyone who expects "Dr." to be in front of my name based on appearance alone.

dogma wrote:

It helps with career advancement too.

I get by, and got by in high school, on being deliberately unusual. I've yet to meet anyone who expects "Dr." to be in front of my name based on appearance alone.

See, this is strange because I dont have a PHD, but people often think I am a doctor by appearance alone, I don't know why though.

Maybe because I have a moustache.. a little over weight, and balding?


......

Truly, you put the "master" in "master sergeant".

Or, you would, if the RM had that rank.

So, you got your doctorate, eh dogma? You kept THAT quiet.

Well done, mate! Big thumbs up!

Albatross wrote:So, you got your doctorate, eh dogma? You kept THAT quiet.

Well done, mate! Big thumbs up!

Thanks.

My defense was last week, got the thumbs up shortly thereafter, and I'll have the cat's skin at the end of May.

Oh, and the requisite business cards reading "Dr. Dogma IV" have been ordered.

Now, just to get knighted...

dogma wrote:

Albatross wrote:So, you got your doctorate, eh dogma? You kept THAT quiet.

Well done, mate! Big thumbs up!

Thanks.

My defense was last week, got the thumbs up shortly thereafter, and I'll have the cat's skin at the end of May.

Woo-hoo! Good for you, man.

I've managed to get my post-grad fees waived in return for doing some (awesome ) work on campus over the next year or two. Which is nice. So... good times all round!


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dogma wrote:

Now, just to get knighted...

Say no more, I'll put the word in.

I think we can sum this thread up by saying nobody likes you when you're 23, and you still act like you're in freshman year
(props if you get the reference)

DarkCorsair wrote:I think we can sum this thread up by saying nobody likes you when you're 23, and you still act like you're in freshman year
(props if you get the reference)

What the hell is wrong with you.

Act your age.

DarkCorsair wrote:I think we can sum this thread up by saying nobody likes you when you're 23, and you still act like you're in freshman year
(props if you get the reference)

What age are you again?

What if you're nineteen and you act as if you are in nursery?

Nom


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Also on topic how many of you get yelled at for being about as subtle as a train?

All shall love me and despair!







I'm guessing people see me as just another corporate wage slave.

We're all just corporate wage slaves :/ I was pretty disappointed when I finally realized that Darth Vader wasn't going to come and take me away when I was like 7. Still hoping Earth is just cut off by a warp storm though. Maybe the Imperium will come get us!

I think people view me with hatred, disgust and apathy.

hellspawn22 wrote:We're all just corporate wage slaves :/ I was pretty disappointed when I finally realized that Darth Vader wasn't going to come and take me away when I was like 7. Still hoping Earth is just cut off by a warp storm though. Maybe the Imperium will come get us!

We should become agents of the apocalypse. Come on people this world wont end itself.

Nom


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Surtur wrote:I think people view me with hatred, disgust and apathy.

It's okay man. i love you.

Nom

Hopefully as an donkey-cave.

Avatar 720 wrote:

DarkCorsair wrote:I think we can sum this thread up by saying nobody likes you when you're 23, and you still act like you're in freshman year
(props if you get the reference)

What the hell is wrong with you.

Act your age.

nomsheep wrote:

DarkCorsair wrote:I think we can sum this thread up by saying nobody likes you when you're 23, and you still act like you're in freshman year
(props if you get the reference)

What age are you again?

What if you're nineteen and you act as if you are in nursery?

Nom

Considering that has nothing to do with what I was referencing, not sure if joking or serious...

*disappears from thread*

An arrogant jackass who laughs at his own pain. That's how I like it!

*snip*

Considering that has nothing to do with what I was referencing, not sure if joking or serious...

*disappears from thread*

Bad joke and I'll depart this thread by saying blink 182 suck.


Nom out.

nomsheep wrote:

*snip*

Considering that has nothing to do with what I was referencing, not sure if joking or serious...

*disappears from thread*

Bad joke and I'll depart this thread by saying blink 182 suck.


Nom out.

I'll depart this thread by saying I respectfully disagree in a gentlemanly fashion, i.e. a gun duel to the death. With rubber chickens.

Back on topic: I care what people think about me and take criticism, but only up to a certain extent.

When I was in high school (I must qualify my answer by stating this was 1981-1984) I sat with a bunch of fellow outcasts. We got our pick of tables, because there was a lifelong martial arts student, a knife expert, a burgeoning Khorne Berserker (Me, back then, I've mellowed considerably since...) and two openly practicing satanists. (I didn't start until much later). We only got picked on by the stupidest of the stupid, and even they wised up after a while. We were the most angst-free bunch in the whole school.

warpcrafter wrote:When I was in high school (I must qualify my answer by stating this was 1981-1984) I sat with a bunch of fellow outcasts. We got our pick of tables, because there was a lifelong martial arts student, a knife expert, a burgeoning Khorne Berserker (Me, back then, I've mellowed considerably since...) and two openly practicing satanists. (I didn't start until much later). We only got picked on by the stupidest of the stupid, and even they wised up after a while. We were the most angst-free bunch in the whole school.

LaVeyan satanism?

Practicing atheo-satanist here too

What is this other people phenomenon that you refer to?

I jest, I was home schooled up until recently. My friends see me as the shy, quiet guy that doesn't speak unless he has something to say, except for one that is. She is the only reason I have friends because she literally grabbed my chair and drug me over to the group because I looked so pathetic. I don't know how strangers see me, possibly they see a scared, scrawny guy who looks like he is lost, or lost in thought.

Skycrawler wrote:What is this other people phenomenon that you refer to?

I jest, I was home schooled up until recently. My friends see me as the shy, quiet guy that doesn't speak unless he has something to say, except for one that is. She is the only reason I have friends because she literally grabbed my chair and drug dragged me over to the group because I looked so pathetic. I don't know how strangers see me, possibly they see a scared, scrawny guy who looks like he is lost, or lost in thought.

Sorry, it was annoying me

I don't care which sub-standard dictionaries allow this, Oxford, American Heritage and New World lexicographers do not recognise 'drug' in this context.

Probably as "that kid who wears camouflage all the time"
or "that dude who always walks really fast"

Samus_aran115 wrote:Probably as "that kid who wears camouflage all the time"
or "that dude who always walks really fast"

I once knew a guy like that, he was a bit of an donkey-cave.

I don't really know.
It's been 20 years since I was last at school, and we didn't have cliques as such.

Now?
As far as I can tell, At work I'm viewed as a reliable, competent tech, who can be left to get on with whatever job needs doing.
At play, A good outdoorsman and decent gamer.
At home, Apparently I'm a fantastic Husband, but my Wife may be slightly biased...

dogma wrote:Truly, you put the "master" in "master sergeant".

Or, you would, if the RM had that rank.

Oh yeah gratz on your doctorate Dogma, educational achievments are always something to be celebrated by people that are intelligent but didnt go to University. I sometimes wish I had spent more time on full time education and less time firing a big machine gun at people..

Anyway, good fething effort!

Have a beer on me.

mattyrm wrote:
Oh yeah gratz on your doctorate Dogma, educational achievments are always something to be celebrated by people that are intelligent but didnt go to University. I sometimes wish I had spent more time on full time education and less time firing a big machine gun at people..

I'm one of many people who often wishes he spent less time in dark research labs pining for the approval of the people at the top of the Ivory Tower.

The grass is always greener.

mattyrm wrote:
Anyway, good fething effort!

Have a beer on me.

Thanks man, I'll actually have to track that stuff down. I can open it with my F-S.

dogma wrote:
The grass is always greener.

Very true indeed old boy..

I try and think that whenever I get a "what if" moment. It's a part of being human I think.. After all, we have to pick between things each and every day. Sometimes I'm pissed that I got the chicken instead of the steak, or the bitter instead of the stout, so I guess I would probably wish I had joined the RM if I became a Graphic Designer or an Engineer.

......

Oh yeah, but If I'm pissed about getting the bitter instead of the stout, I always make sure I go back to the bar and get a stout as well.

Avatar 720 wrote:

Skycrawler wrote:What is this other people phenomenon that you refer to?

I jest, I was home schooled up until recently. My friends see me as the shy, quiet guy that doesn't speak unless he has something to say, except for one that is. She is the only reason I have friends because she literally grabbed my chair and drug dragged me over to the group because I looked so pathetic. I don't know how strangers see me, possibly they see a scared, scrawny guy who looks like he is lost, or lost in thought.

Sorry, it was annoying me

I don't care which sub-standard dictionaries allow this, Oxford, American Heritage and New World lexicographers do not recognise 'drug' in this context.

No need to apologize, I was unaware it was not a correct use of the word "drug".

Hopefully as a thoroughly nice chap since I went for a second interview for a better job today.

My friends know me for the pisstaking drunken layabout i am. So just a normal British bloke really.

Loner that mixed in somewhat with the art and music groups and was kinda like a honorary member of the valedictorian's circle. The most telling and common question though was people asking me to not blow up the place or reenact Columbine. Laughing was probably not the best reaction in the situation... I was always really shy and quiet, but was told later on that I looked like someone with a lot of pent up rage. Eh, nowadays I get mistaken as a stoner most commonly.