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Very proud.

I am verry proud and ive met some great friends.... and enemy's at my FLGS

Proud proud proud!

I am proud. because I know a few geeks that are extremely attractive hell that is how I got one to become my friend
"So I heard you like fantasy, usually they are ugly and insane, thanks for proving me wrong "

I let my geek flag fly.

Regards,

V

Only when I'm on the internet.

Of course - it's not the only thing that I am, but is an aspect of myself. I'm never embarrassed to tell people that I play 40k or D&D, in the same way that I would not be embarrassed to tell them that I cycle to work or any number of other things.

It's great that most people think that gaming is really neat, especially after they see that there's a bunch of us (at work) who are normal, healthy, well-adjusted people who just happen to enjoy strategy/tactics etc.

Have met no one yet who thinks it's silly.

Not sure if I am a geek.
What are the defining characteristics?

I've got an extensive understanding of the warhammer fantasy world.

I know 90% of Boba Fetts story. I know a slowed amount of science and technology behind the Star Wars franchise as well as loads of information on the movies themselves and how they were made.

I played(and would still play if I had a DS) Pokemon the rpg on gameboy.

My Bejeweled high score is 812,000.

I've played World of Warcraft for almost 7 years now.

I've never been prouder.

SO proud. But it's not a problem when everyone I hang out with is one, too. Sometimes, I get along better with my wife's friends than my wife because of that(she's like an island lost in a tornado of geek).

Chibi Bodge-Battle wrote:Not sure if I am a geek.
What are the defining characteristics?

Having ANY involvement in a GW game(not counting video games) qualifies you as a geek.

This may come as a shocker to those in denial.

Blimey ! Don't tell me that they are claiming Geekdom as their own now?!

There has to be more to it than GW

My GW credentials are nominal
LoTR/Sci fi knowledge is minimal
Never owned a games console, though have played a few PC games

On the other hand am not one of the popular kids and I do wear glasses

No. Yes, I do partake in some nerdy hobbies and have plenty of geeky memorabilia, but that's not necessarily anything to be proud of. It's just an interest that I take part in.

Yes.

Out and proud.

Gamer.
Computer geek (have had a computer since I was 12).
Electronics geek (lighting up models is a piece of cake).

I try not to be proud of anything -pride makes you arrogant and weak. That said, I'm also all but shameless and fly my geek flag as high as I want with no apprehension.

Yup.

There are many forms of geek, you can geek out about almost anything.

Am proud that i am good at strategy and have fun playing these types of games. So Yes.

I think I have my dorky things, 40K mostly, but I am not dorky in all things. I guess I am a dork/geek in denial than and I must not be very proud of it...lol.

I will be honest, I do keep my gaming social circle and my "public" social circle separate from one another and neither really knows much about the other. It's always been a lot easier on me that way. I probably keep my 40k mistress a lot more quiet now than ever before considering that I'm part of a Southern fraternity and playing with toys at my age is typically a bit frowned upon. My gaming buddies always tell me how weird it is for a "party animal" (whatever that means to them) like myself to be a big time 40k geek. I was a geek long before I became a menace to my campus and I still know where I come from and who I am.

PS: WAAAAAGGHH!!!

As I've never been involved in a circus sideshow or bitten the head off a live chicken, I can't say I'm a geek, but whatever you guys want to do on your own time is cool w/ me, just don't try to get me involved. Richard Clarke can go on the Colbert Report all he wants and say that geeks are superior to nerds, but he don't know jack.

Nerd and proud, hell yeah for not being a circus freak!

it's pretty commonplace in my circles that being a geek is nothing to hide.

the fact is, a lot of geeks are smart, thoughtful, charismatic, intelligent, awesome people who are good to know and have in your life, and a lot of folks are starting to figure that gak out.

I'm a 'geek'. I played MtG in high school. I had 6 80s in WotLK. I have a khorne tattoo.

i'm very successful with attractive members of the opposite sex, people from all walks of life respect me, i have a pretty good job and i take good care of my body. the fact that i paint models or can dust up clay pigeons or paint bamboo or build a computer or write a dissertation on True at First Light or do 15 handstand pushups doesn't make me who I am (they're all islands to the main), so being a geek is kind of a silly pigeonhole to place yourself in. Most people are so much more than that.

People would never guess it by looking at me, but yeah, I'm a geek. It also makes warhammer appear to be not geeky to people because I like it

@OP

Sort of. I might be more comfortable with more like minded folk around me. Also I think I'm a lower grade of geek. I like some geek-type things but my knowledge in them isn't so deep.

Geek and proud! Nuff said...

Dais wrote:I try not to be proud of anything -pride makes you arrogant and weak. That said, I'm also all but shameless and fly my geek flag as high as I want with no apprehension.

+1 to this

Pride is fine.

Hubris goes before a fall.

I am proud. damn proud. when people use the term derisively, I laugh at them and tell them they're too cool to join my club.

I use antiquated words correctly in common speech all the time. "Salient" someone pointed out to me, without even my conscious knowledge of using it.

I adore being a nerd, a geek, an underdog, different, an outsider, an outcast. I think it binds us all together and makes us stronger in the end. I love it.

I like wargaming, I do not consider myself to be a geek.

I like football and play rugby, I do not consider myself to be a Jock (as in US reference not a ginger northerner).

While appreciate what the OP is getting at I do not agree with pigeon-holing myself or others to this extent. Geek/Nerd is a term of derision and should be met with a punch to the face to those trying to label you it. I'm quite sure I would have been worried about it when I was <16, but at 35 I do what I like unless the Mrs tells me otherwise.

For what its worth very few of the Dakknauts (30+) I have met would be considered Geeks in the stereotypical sense, just a bunch of normal blokes that like wargaming.

Be proud of yourself, not the label others would try to give you.

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