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being a Geek is the new cool, lol you only have to look at popular culture to realise that.
Justin Timberlake just brought Myspace for gods sake, it is just the new In thing.
technology and the si-fi and fantasy genres have become steadily more expansive. including an expodentially increasing tide of novels, movies and games.

if you also look at mainstream geek intrests in the movies for example, you see that most of the highest grossing "sagas" are all si-fi or fantasy. for example; Starwars, Twilight, Harry Potter, The Matrix and even to a certian extent back to the future.

the old steriotype and connotations of the word Geek are long gone.

Geek is sexy now.

Oh yeah......I am a geek also.

you know that you are a geek when your 28 year old ass has to censor every thing you say to your parents as they just qurie the meaning of all the odd slang you use.

I am proud.

The Monk wrote:Geek is sexy now.

Yep, that fact got me on the cover of the local Arts and Entertainment magazine, so I'm even more out of the closet then most:


Jack

Geek and proud. Geeks are a lot more interesting than "normal" people. Ever noticed the narrow band of conversation a lot of non-geeks seem to have?

I embrace my inner-geek, woe is the foe who underestimates it.

When I was in highschool, I kept my wargaming to myself. Which is something I dont really regret as dumb HS girls are superficial and put off by things like that/usually dont let folks who paint miniature space men and early 19th century line infantry touch their boobies.

Dont give a feth now, people have matured.

I like being a nerd but I think we need Nerd right group.

On topic:

Yes. I've tried to move beyond labels.

I like lots of 'geeky' stuff...I also get bombed on weekends, paintball, like sports, etc etc. I've never been afraid to admit to people I enjoy things like WH, D&D, MTG, and computer games. It aids in defining me but doesn't wholly define me. Like what you like and if you're a decent and well-rounded human it doesn't matter. I usually take it as a matter of pride that I enjoy nerdy stuff.

Im a well rounded dude. Wargaming is just one of the things I like, like oranges, black flag, the 19th century, rugby and beer.

I'd imagine this has been said many times before.

I'm not so much proud as content.

It might not be the sexiest hobby in the world but it's fun, social and creative. That ticks alot of boxes for me.

Lp


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Las wrote:Im a well rounded dude. Wargaming is just one of the things I like, like oranges, black flag, the 19th century, rugby and beer.

Slightly off topic. RWC starts in NZ this weekend. Should be a very interesting competition.

Lp

Exceedingly. I broadcast it. If you don't like it. Bugger off.

The OC-D

legopirate wrote:

Slightly off topic. RWC starts in NZ this weekend. Should be a very interesting competition.

Lp

Indeed, though I live in Canada and its a b to find live games on cable that arent shown at 4 am :(

Looks like its highlights again for me haha.

I have geek like tendencies, but I am not a geek, nor do I look like one... I am not 'proud' or unproud of liking sci-fi and painting minis or playing videogames.

One thing I hate about 'proud geeks', or anyone overly into their own habits is that many of them seem to stop filtering or taking into consideration that another person may not care to hear about certain topics or be interested.

For me, I don't bring up minis or sci-fi tv shows all that often not because I am ashamed of it, it is because frankly most people wouldn't give a gak or want to hear about it lol. Just like I wouldn't be interested in hearing about Justin Bieber or Harlequin Romance novels. It is a niche thing, I acknowledge that, and I don't need it to help define myself. If something comes up that naturally segways to it, or the person I am talking to expresses interest in it, then I will be happy to 'geek out' with them.

In short, it is super cool to be happy and confident with yourself, and also to enjoy your hobbies. But be diverse I say, don't leave yourself without much to say that isn't 'geeky', not because you may be picked on, but because it makes you a bit one-dimensional and boring.

Note - my 'you' in the above is not addressed to anyone in particular.

I'm loving it!

notprop wrote: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.

This, especially the bit about the Mrs. I stopped caring what others might label me as when I was in high school. Now that I'm in my thirties, I play my "geek-games" whenever I want. People ask me about the hobby constantly. It's a rare pleasure to be able to explain it to them in adult terms rather than labels. However, to answer the OP.. Yes, I am proud of everything I am.

I am both a nerd (So many get the definition wrong; a nerd is involved in intellectual/academia pursuits. Mine is mainly in Physics. A geek has an intense interest in any subject, albeit the stereotype says it's mainly in technology) and a geek.

I'm not shunned by my friend for being a wargamer, I got my group of friends to BECOME wargamers. Granted, they're all geeks anyway.

These are my highlights (pulled this from another forum, so some claims may not be as powerful as they were when first written):

- PC Gamer for 16 years

- Active Amateur Astronomer

- Absolutely dig ST: TOS and TNG; I have the blueprints of the Enterprise D and the Technical Manual explaining how the ship works.

- I was an active player of MTG; quit to go for wargaming and prefer it.

- I was active player of DnD 3.5, Pathfinder, and Dark Heresy (Pen and Paper RPGs)

- I own the entire series of Monty Python's Flying Circus

- I have a 14+ novel collection in the Black Library

- I own copies of Isaac Newton's The Principia and Albert Einstein's Papers of Relativity

- I read Physics books written by Michio Kaku and Neil deGrasse Tyson

- I read The Punisher and The Darkness comics

- I'm a walking encyclopedia on PC hardware and troubleshooting

- I'm known in my group of friends as "The tech guy"

- I perform my own Physics experiments (I'm currently investigating how surface friction affects how dice roll, unfortunately my math skill is barely on the level of Calculus 2 so I can't really write out formulas to explain said behavior)

- I often wear this shirt in public often, not giving a damn about any looks I receive.

Granted, I lean more towards nerd rather than geek as I find the sciences absolutely fascinating.

vrey proud.. makes me feel different..

supremeoverlordVECT wrote:vrey proud.. makes me feel different..

So thats why you arent communist!

The Monk wrote: Geek is sexy now.

Why with people like this running round, I already guessed.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=hVC&rls=org.mozilla:en-USfficial&q=gadget+show&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1002&bih=605&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi#um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=kVC&rls=org.mozilla:en-USfficial&tbm=isch&q=gadget+show+presenters&revid=708454515&sa=X&ei=UddlTvLiJsyy8QPSnK2dCg&ved=0CDkQ1QIoAA&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&fp=a0c8440f769a1232&biw=1002&bih=605

Links like this make the acronym decoder on the forum go into overdrive.

I only just noticed the orkmoticons in my link.

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supremeoverlordVECT wrote:vrey proud.. makes me feel different..

Give that man a coconut, as Andy Hamilton might say. I know whatcha mean. I mean I am the one with the top hat.

I...don't particularly care.

I play wargames and TT RPGs, I study computing, I read sci-fi novels.

It's just hobbies, not a way of life.

Two things have happened to me recently that bear comment:

The Mrs no longer bats a eyelid when I buy lots of models/books - meaning that I have worn her down with my constant wargaming financial misdemeaners. Of this I am proud

One of the blokes at Wayland commented that there are not allot of people like "us" in the hobby. We had been talking about our active participation in sports. I'm not sure how to take this, his comment would indicate that I am now considered a subset of a niche. Weird.

Cerebrium wrote:I...don't particularly care.

I play wargames and TT RPGs, I study computing, I read sci-fi novels.

It's just hobbies, not a way of life.

He don't care, I don't care, nobody cares