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What's the nerdiest thing you have/do?

Started by Plu, January 31, 2019, 03:53:12 PM

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Blackleaf

Probably the nerdiest thing I do is study Elder Scrolls lore, which goes a lot deeper than you might think. I also like to roleplay, and would like to join a game of D&D after a get a job with a more consistent schedule. I've learned how to use a few game creator engines, and I've made some sprites to work with. I haven't heard about this Star Wars: Armada game, but I have tried Heroscape recently, and it seems similar in concept with its expensive figurines used as game pieces.
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Born under one law, to another bound;
Vainly begot, and yet forbidden vanity,
Created sick, commanded to be sound."
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Hydra009

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Quote from: Blackleaf on February 01, 2019, 05:22:33 PM
Probably the nerdiest thing I do is study Elder Scrolls lore, which goes a lot deeper than you might think.
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Also, Lorkhan did nothing wrong.

trdsf

Oh, holy Bob.  How much space does this board have?

Let's see... just on top of the hutch on my computer desk is a LEGO Companion Cube (from the Portal games), a stick-and-ball model of a caffeine molecule, my COSWN ID tag, a wrist-worn compass of the type issued to Soviet cosmonauts in the 60s and early 70s, and a custom action figure of the character I wrote in our APA in the early 90s.  On the dresser next to me, my coin folders, most of my fountain pen inks, a lava lamp, my amateur radio license, and a can of Jolt Cola.

Glancing to my left are on display three Illuminati: New World Order cards autographed by designer Steve Jackson, my shortwave receiver, copies of the two APAs I belonged to, a test tube rack holding about 30 ink samples, and the base of a desk pen set (the pen is out for repairs) commemorating the Luna 2 mission.

Over my left shoulder, the 2' plush Dalek I crocheted a couple years ago (the plush Cthulhu is in the living room), the Pop! figures of Tom Servo and Crow T Robot, a Dilbert lunchbox, and a microVAX 3000.  Directly behind, a Dalek pencil case repurposed to hold my gaming dice, on the nightstand.  Nothing but bed and wall to the right.  Except for the vintage PC-XT and Terak systems in the corner.

And that's without leaving my bedroom, and leaves out several areas of interest, and doesn't get anywhere near my library.

I know, I'm hopeless.  XD
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Mike Cl

Quote from: Baruch on January 31, 2019, 09:26:29 PM
What, no Jar Jar Binks in-action figurine? ;-))
No. That's only on my desk--right next to my Taz bobble head.
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Hydra009

Quote from: trdsf on February 01, 2019, 09:00:52 PMthe plush Cthulhu is in the living room
I have one of those, too.  My nightstand has a nice little cubbyhole for it.  I enjoy the contrast of cute and scary.

trdsf

Quote from: Hydra009 on February 01, 2019, 11:20:14 PM
I have one of those, too.  My nightstand has a nice little cubbyhole for it.  I enjoy the contrast of cute and scary.
I crocheted mine out of rainbow yarn so I could have a sort of tie-dye Cthulhu.



My Dalek is made from the same yarn.  :)
"My faith in the Constitution is whole, it is complete, it is total, and I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the Constitution." -- Barbara Jordan

PickelledEggs

Quote from: Blackleaf on February 01, 2019, 05:22:33 PM
Probably the nerdiest thing I do is study Elder Scrolls lore, which goes a lot deeper than you might think. I also like to roleplay, and would like to join a game of D&D after a get a job with a more consistent schedule. I've learned how to use a few game creator engines, and I've made some sprites to work with. I haven't heard about this Star Wars: Armada game, but I have tried Heroscape recently, and it seems similar in concept with its expensive figurines used as game pieces.
I do the same with Warhammer 40k lore
I binge youtube videos on it

Unbeliever

I guess about the nerdiest thing I do is play with a Rubik's cube. Can't do all the other nerdy stuff I'd enjoy without money.
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Cavebear

Ever try Avalon Hill games?  I'm getting ready to play Gettysburg.  Just need to build a table cover so the cats won't "play" the game while I sleep...  LOL!
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Baruch

Quote from: Cavebear on February 03, 2019, 02:29:11 AM
Ever try Avalon Hill games?  I'm getting ready to play Gettysburg.  Just need to build a table cover so the cats won't "play" the game while I sleep...  LOL!

Good luck ignoring your masters.
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Don't do that.

Cavebear

Quote from: Baruch on February 03, 2019, 04:03:43 AM
Good luck ignoring your masters.

Gluing a plastic table cover box 3" high to protect the pieces...

They love me, but they can't open food cans.  I and they all know which species runs this place...
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Munch

I've got a large poster of jason momoa as aquaman on my wall. could call it nerdy, but could just as much say its an appreciation of the male form.

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Cavebear

Atheist born, atheist bred.  And when I die, atheist dead!

Munch

'Political correctness is fascism pretending to be manners' - George Carlin

Baruch

Yeah!  Bet the girls can't do that either ;-)
Ha’át’íísh baa naniná?
Azee’ Å,a’ish nanídį́į́h?
Táadoo ánít’iní.
What are you doing?
Are you taking any medications?
Don't do that.