Geeky Things You Do

DOOManiacDOOManiac Worst. Critic. Ever. Join Date: 2002-04-17 Member: 462Members, NS1 Playtester
edited July 2004 in Off-Topic
<div class="IPBDescription">when no one is lookin</div>I was thinking...

Being geeks, we all got our quirks. But some of us are a bit more "out there" than others. So what sort of very geekish thing do you do when other people aren't around to laugh at you?


I find myself humming/whistling Mega Man 2 or Castlevania themes in the shower. :o
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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    I whistle video game/Star Wars music just about all the time, although that's not really secret. Uh, my room is stuffed full of Star Wars stuff like shampoo, but that's not secret either. I spend hours a day at the computer playing games, programming, and animating but that's in pubic, not private. I read science fiction... in public. I guess I don't conceal my geekiness much.
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  • AllUrHiveRblong2usAllUrHiveRblong2us By Your Powers Combined... Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11244Members
    I'd say I probly act a lot less geeky when there is noone around. When there is noone around I am very boring. But around people I am the biggest dweeb ever.
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  • ZigZig ...I am Captain Planet&#33; Join Date: 2002-10-23 Member: 1576Members
    i have almost every megaman X/X2/X3 theme memorized. i do a good mouth-guitar wail.

    hm.. let's see what else..
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  • UnCriticalUnCritical Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 73Members, Constellation
    When I'm in the shower I let the water run off my hands and think im shooting stuff with it.

    Tho thats more weird than geeky....
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  • FuryFury Silver Fish Hand Catch Join Date: 2003-08-14 Member: 19673Members, Constellation
    i think the geekiest thing ive done is when i was waiting for kylie to come home so i could surprise her, i started looking on the forums....

    i mean, i could have gotten a camera .. or made a caek .. but NOOOOOOO i had to look on forums.

    im boring when im alone, or with someone i dont like. but if im with my friends yea, slight change
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  • ScytheScythe Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 46NS1 Playtester, Forum Moderators, Constellation, Reinforced - Silver
    My beloved GF and I beat serious sam 2 co-op in three days.

    That and we play starcraft heaps.

    The geek shall inherit the earth!

    --Scythe--
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  • CabooseCaboose title = name(self, handle) Join Date: 2003-02-15 Member: 13597Members, Constellation
    I dream about Linux... nuff said.
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  • DragonMechDragonMech Join Date: 2003-09-19 Member: 21023Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    I don't hide my geekiness. I'm pretty good at fixing computers, so on my floor of the dorm I'm the guy you go to if you need emergency tech support, a cd burned, a new bit of hardware installed, etc.

    It's great because anytime I need help (Hey I've locked myself out...; Can I borrow some laundry soap...; Can I use your printer? etc.) I get said help at virtually any hour.
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  • Nil_IQNil_IQ Join Date: 2003-04-15 Member: 15520Members
    Well, I was always deprived of a toy lightsaber as a child, but as an (just) adult, I <i>do</i> have access to a broom with an extendable, detatchable handle. Nuff said.
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  • NumbersNotFoundNumbersNotFound Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7556Members
    I like to wear ThinkGeek shirts... i think that's geeky enough.
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  • QuaunautQuaunaut The longest seven days in history... Join Date: 2003-03-21 Member: 14759Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    Geekiest? Hmm...I'd say...sing Japanese anime music in the shower...um...shoot stuff...um...now that I notice, I'm a boring geek.
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  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    Watch Speed Runs. I think it's pretty geeky, I mean, you're watching someone else beat a video game as fast as possible... who cares other than Gamers?
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  • TequilaTequila Join Date: 2003-08-13 Member: 19660Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Liku+Jul 20 2004, 01:51 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Liku @ Jul 20 2004, 01:51 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> who cares other than Gamers? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Thought Police.
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  • usernameusername Join Date: 2004-06-22 Member: 29473Members
    i called in sick the 2 days following the release of 2.0 <!--emo&::nerdy::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/nerd.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd.gif' /><!--endemo-->.
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  • DragonMechDragonMech Join Date: 2003-09-19 Member: 21023Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--QuoteBegin-username+Jul 19 2004, 06:55 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (username @ Jul 19 2004, 06:55 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> i called in sick the 2 days following the release of 2.0 <!--emo&::nerdy::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/nerd.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd.gif' /><!--endemo-->. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Dude, that's normal behavior for an NS addict.
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  • usernameusername Join Date: 2004-06-22 Member: 29473Members
    doh. wish i was geekier. <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • douchebagatrondouchebagatron Custom member title Join Date: 2003-12-20 Member: 24581Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    ive taken part in multiple lightsaber battle films, complete with photoshopped in lightsabers. i always win. even mastered the art of the double bladed saber, and did it well. the hardest scene i ever did was me with double bladed, against 2 guys with single bladed. completely uncoreographed. and it looked damn good.
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  • FuryFury Silver Fish Hand Catch Join Date: 2003-08-14 Member: 19673Members, Constellation
    well im planning on taking my computer up next time i go visit kylie so we can play multiplayer games instead of one person at a time playing ns <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • DY357LXDY357LX Playing since day 1. Still can&#39;t Comm. England Join Date: 2002-10-27 Member: 1651Members, Constellation
    Whenever I player 2 player co-op on various games,
    I point out an errors/clipping etc I see and then describe
    how it could have been fixed.... in detail.
    I've just started character modeling so I tend to mumble
    about vertexes, points, render-passes, etc.

    I'm surprised I don't get slapped more often :-P

    As for humming video games tunes, i'm always humming
    tunes from Ocarina Of Time and Sons OF Liberty.
    Sometimes I quote a random line from Red Versus Blue and watch
    the confusion.
    Caboose: "I think it would be ironic if we all made out of iron."
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  • BurrBurr Join Date: 2002-11-19 Member: 9358Members
    Hmm... I fond myself saying Yarr alot when nobody is around....I tell myself that I need to conquer the world from the foul *enter disliked nationality here* before I start up a game of Civ3 or Rise of nations...when I take a shower I say out loud "I must clean the foul grime that hath infested my body..AWAY!" or something along those lines, oh, and I get drunk and play video games....

    I don't know if those are geeky/normal/just plain weird.
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  • DragonMechDragonMech Join Date: 2003-09-19 Member: 21023Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--QuoteBegin-Burr+Jul 19 2004, 07:20 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Burr @ Jul 19 2004, 07:20 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I don't know if those are geeky/normal/just plain weird. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Wierd. Just plain wierd.






    <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • Paranoia2MBParanoia2MB Join Date: 2002-11-09 Member: 7832Members
    Playing video games and posting on these forums. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • ShzarShzar Join Date: 2003-09-21 Member: 21098Members, Constellation
    edited July 2004
    I had a dream where I played DooM III. That in itself was unusual, since I'm not at all hyped up for it.

    I tend to very much get into character when playing a lot games. I'll say "Yes sir" and "Acknowledged" when playing NS, and I'll speak in various accents for many of the nationalities in Rise of Nations and such (even though I do it only to amuse myself). Think of the Russian tank mission in Call of Duty; those are some of the things you might here out of my mouth ("How do you like that, Franz?").
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  • FuryFury Silver Fish Hand Catch Join Date: 2003-08-14 Member: 19673Members, Constellation
    i think quite a lot of nerds would be walking around saying yarr <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    edited July 2004
    <!--QuoteBegin-Dragon_Mech+Jul 19 2004, 07:32 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Dragon_Mech @ Jul 19 2004, 07:32 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I don't hide my geekiness. I'm pretty good at fixing computers, so on my floor of the dorm I'm the guy you go to if you need emergency tech support, a cd burned, a new bit of hardware installed, etc.

    It's great because anytime I need help (Hey I've locked myself out...; Can I borrow some laundry soap...; Can I use your printer? etc.) I get said help at virtually any hour. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    hehe, I always just use that for candy and cookies (will network for food)

    yah, all of my geek factor comes out all the time...

    and my friends know the way to keep me happy is to feed me (I like food, nuff said) so inexchange for 24/7 tech help they all feed me

    As for geeky things I do:
    I am a gamer in both usses of the term (Video games and PnP RPGs)
    I make charachters for RPGs for fun (dear god I have so many I will never use <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->)

    Side note, if you think making a PnP RPG toon isn't that much, wait till you try and spend 100,000,000 cash(surprisingly hard to spend it all and get all the stuff you need at the same time <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->)


    oh, and the fact that Ikeep on chuckling evily every time I think the phrase:

    I LIVE....
    AGAIN!

    WEEEEEEE

    /me does happy donce for having a net connection again

    /me donces
    weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee


    /me donces more

    mkay, think I am done now <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->




    oh, and take your pick:

    YARRR, We be undead Pirates! (referance to Warlords, a table top strat game made by Reaper)

    or:
    Yarr, We are the pirate who don't do anything!

    /me whistles away
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  • DragonMechDragonMech Join Date: 2003-09-19 Member: 21023Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    <!--QuoteBegin-Thansal+Jul 19 2004, 07:37 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Thansal @ Jul 19 2004, 07:37 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I LIVE....
    AGAIN! <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Sky Captain from Future Cop LAPD?
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  • ThansalThansal The New Scum Join Date: 2002-08-22 Member: 1215Members, Constellation
    edited July 2004
    <!--QuoteBegin-Dragon_Mech+Jul 19 2004, 08:39 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Dragon_Mech @ Jul 19 2004, 08:39 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Thansal+Jul 19 2004, 07:37 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Thansal @ Jul 19 2004, 07:37 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I LIVE....
    AGAIN! <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Sky Captain from Future Cop LAPD? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    .....


    not sure actualy <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->

    I think it has been used in a few places.
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  • KungFuDiscoMonkeyKungFuDiscoMonkey Creator of ns_altair 日本福岡県 Join Date: 2003-03-15 Member: 14555Members, NS1 Playtester, Reinforced - Onos
    I have all the megaman music as midi files on my computer and I have some of the music from one of the anime's I like. I often listen to them when I'm mapping. Is that geeky enough?
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  • GeminosityGeminosity :3 Join Date: 2003-09-08 Member: 20667Members
    I'm supposed to be getting up in 3 hours to go to Alton Towers (huuuuge themepark) but instead of sleeping I'm browsing the net.... does that count? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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  • SirusSirus Join Date: 2002-11-13 Member: 8466Members, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    edited July 2004
    While I'm driving I try to read the License plates of the cars in front of me to see if they have any secret Leet meanings in their plates. My neighbors license plate is "4hax... something" Very amusing.
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