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Mannahnin wrote: Don't quote Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Just don't. You'll start someone off and then you'll hear all those once-funny-and-loved lines AGAIN, probably delivered badly, and your love and fond feelings for that fine film will further dissipate and diminish.
Well, you just pretty much summed up University years for me.
I wasnt' really a fan of Python before Uni (I'd seen Jabberwocky - that was about it) and after uni I was less of a fan. Comedy is something that relies a lot on delivery - and when it came to comic timing, let's just say that Dominos has better timing. Now the engineering faculty were funny. Probably because they didn't quote Python.
I'm OVER 50 (and so far over everyone's BS, too).
Old enough to know better, young enough to not give a ****.
That is not dead which can eternal lie ...
... and yet, with strange aeons, even death may die.
Troike wrote: "Call of Duty is the most innovative videogame series ever. It redefined the FPS."
If you're talking about the *original* Call of Duty (1999), this one is actually true, and some of 2's major changes were even bigger (no visible health percentage and it shared a regenerating health idea similar to Halo's shields, and did away with medpacks as a result).
Here's my offering: "why does Captain Picard never talk to Spork?"
"Hard pressed on my right. My centre is yielding. Impossible to manoeuvre. Situation excellent. I am attacking." - General Ferdinand Foch
2013/05/27 16:32:04
Subject: Re:What Not to say in a room full of nerds?
Mannahnin wrote:A lot of folks online (and in emails in other parts of life) use pretty mangled English. The idea is that it takes extra effort and time to write properly, and they’d rather save the time. If you can still be understood, what’s the harm? While most of the time a sloppy post CAN be understood, the use of proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling is generally seen as respectable and desirable on most forums. It demonstrates an effort made to be understood, and to make your post an easy and pleasant read. By making this effort, you can often elicit more positive responses from the community, and instantly mark yourself as someone worth talking to.
insaniak wrote: Every time someone threatens violence over the internet as a result of someone's hypothetical actions at the gaming table, the earth shakes infinitisemally in its orbit as millions of eyeballs behind millions of monitors all roll simultaneously.
theninjabadger wrote: What should you never say in a room full of nerds these are mine so far
Final Fantasy 7 sucks
Whats the point in Minecraft
Ive never played a valve game
The word cake
FIFA is the best game ever
What are yours?
But...Final Fantasy 7 does suck. Wouldn't you want the truth to get out?
(although apparently this thread is about what not to say in a room full of male nerds, so maybe this is off topic)
The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
-- Adam Serwer
My blog
Call of Duty is a good game
Consoles are better than PC Why would you want to play with toy soldiers?
What is the universe expanding into?
Anything that confuses Star Wars and Star Trek
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"Why do you listen to metal and not something good like Kylie Minogue or S Club 7?"
"Who cares if you scratched the paint off a shoulder pad? It's just a toy."
"My RP character isn't cliché; how many other skinny elven lesbian rangers with big boobs and a leather bikini have you seen?"
"Neckbeards suck."
Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation
(although apparently this thread is about what not to say in a room full of male nerds, so maybe this is off topic)
Counts when I'm involved. I don't like that expression. It is a silly term. And I'm a guy.
What does that term even mean? I really don't get it.
It is a term used by certain members of the geek/nerd subculture to exclude female geeks who are attractive.
No, I don't entirely know why they would do this, either. But there you go. There's an underlying problem with misogyny in geek culture, and it's sadly a fairly prevalent term.
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The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
-- Adam Serwer
My blog
Waiting for my shill money from Spiral Arm Studios
Lord of Timbraxia wrote: Hey, did you see that part on Lord of the Thrones, where Aslan says 'Use the Force?'
Weak, you only combined 4 separate things.
Watch the master...
Hey, did you see that part on Lord of the Thrones, where Aslan says to to the Doctor 'Use the Force to open the Stargate!'
Self-proclaimed evil Cat-person. Dues Ex Felines
Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
kronk wrote: Raise your hand if you've kissed a girl...
'"Raise your hand if you've kissed a guy!" *Raises hand*'
Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation
2013/05/27 20:33:13
Subject: Re:What Not to say in a room full of nerds?
(although apparently this thread is about what not to say in a room full of male nerds, so maybe this is off topic)
Counts when I'm involved. I don't like that expression. It is a silly term. And I'm a guy.
What does that term even mean? I really don't get it.
It is a term used by certain members of the geek/nerd subculture to exclude female geeks who are attractive.
No, I don't entirely know why they would do this, either. But there you go. There's an underlying problem with misogyny in geek culture, and it's sadly a fairly prevalent term.
Y'know, I have Seen Fake Gamer girls though, They talk about how much they love video games, how hard core they are. I then ask them about what games they play and how often. Most of the time it is nothing but mario and they play maybe 2 hours a week. Fake Geek girls do exist.
Oral hygiene? It has to be after all fellatio simply isn't on a geeks radar
RegalPhantom wrote: If your fluff doesn't fit, change your fluff until it does
The prefect example of someone missing the point.
Do not underestimate the Squats. They survived for millenia cut off from the Imperium and assailed on all sides. Their determination and resilience is an example to us all.
-Leman Russ, Meditations on Imperial Command book XVI (AKA the RT era White Dwarf Commpendium).
Its just a shame that they couldn't fight off Andy Chambers.
Warzone Plog
(although apparently this thread is about what not to say in a room full of male nerds, so maybe this is off topic)
Counts when I'm involved. I don't like that expression. It is a silly term. And I'm a guy.
What does that term even mean? I really don't get it.
It is a term used by certain members of the geek/nerd subculture to exclude female geeks who are attractive.
No, I don't entirely know why they would do this, either. But there you go. There's an underlying problem with misogyny in geek culture, and it's sadly a fairly prevalent term.
Y'know, I have Seen Fake Gamer girls though, They talk about how much they love video games, how hard core they are. I then ask them about what games they play and how often. Most of the time it is nothing but mario and they play maybe 2 hours a week. Fake Geek girls do exist.
"Fake" is a completely arbitrary designation when used in reference to just about any social grouping, be it gamers, geeks, golfers, or anything else. One individual's standards of what constitutes being "real" has no bearing on anyone else's. Knowing this, people who call other people "fake" anything should be laughed at and moved on. It's not really problem, per se, unless you consider losers being childish a problem.
The example you gave is rather lame and nonsensical. I have a preference towards specific genres myself. We all do.
Furthermore, not everyone has either the time or the money to invest in buying and consuming every single game or every single comic book or every single movie or what have you, so everyone has gaps in their enjoyment. How many people on this forum have an apocalypse-sized army for every single codex in 40k? If they don't, does that mean that they're fake?
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The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
-- Adam Serwer
My blog
The people in the past who convinced themselves to do unspeakable things were no less human than you or I. They made their decisions; the only thing that prevents history from repeating itself is making different ones.
-- Adam Serwer
My blog
2013/05/27 21:45:40
Subject: Re:What Not to say in a room full of nerds?
That happened to me once, Just sitting in a room listening to a video just loud enough that i can hear conversations.
Someone yelled out a Bioshock Infinite Spoiler
I was at Comicpalooza this weekend, manning the Gaming HQ table, and saw plenty of awesome costumed girls and even costumed gamers girls (they played Last Larp on Earth (last night on Earth board game with costumes) as well as Pathfinder and board games. They seemed to be up with the rules of the games they were playing, as well as some "neck beards" I know. They were cute, gamers, comic fans, and into CosPlay. I don't understand the hate.
"Hard pressed on my right. My centre is yielding. Impossible to manoeuvre. Situation excellent. I am attacking." - General Ferdinand Foch 
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Black Consuls 1750pts
High Elves 1500pts
Imperial Guard 1000pts
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