So what's YOUR geek thing?

[Yotsuya-san]

I remember I used to have a major hard on for Lt. Gay Ellis, from UFO.

 

[I-am-someone]

I spent an entire year playing a computer game called "SubSpace" for 9 hours a day when I was 17. I still play it every now and then, owning the hell out of everybody.

I'm a graphics designer, I've been doing that since I was 12 (started with PSP4, yeah baby! ). Right now I'm actually making a living doing that. Not really geeky, but still.

I've had a computer in my house since I was about 5. I've been raised with computers, I've had my own since I was 14 and know all the ins and outs.

I listen to online radio almost all the time, varying from the 80's channel, to Smoothjazz to classical music. I always listen to classical music while studying, turning up the volume as loud as I can.

I can type at 480 characters per minute.

I spend several hours a day chatting on MSN.

I record the amount of keypresses I make each day with
www.project-dolphin.nl. I average about 20 000 a day.

I sometimes practice my keyboard skills for fun, just because I like doing it.

I'm part of a real-life social group which consists 100% of geeks. I've become an outsider to the group (which is somewhat funny, seeing as they're all outsiders as well ) since I got into being a DJ. Don't worry, I have other social groups as well .

Getting the vector source files of often used logo's gives me a hard-on.


Wow, talk about going to the roots of my geekiness... But I'm proud of it all nevertheless!

 

[DrMetallica]

i love history.
i play chess.
i love reading.
i like reading about countries.
i like looking at maps and atlases.
i also like urban planning
i don't watch tv.
i drink tea.
i also used to love strategy games like starcraft, sid meier's gettysburg!, age of empires, etc. but I stopped playing them when i got to university.

 

[skinnydart]

Getting the vector source files of often used logo's gives me a hard-on

rofl, no kidding! I finally found the vector (swf) source files for all the Windows XP icons/logos, I was so pumped!

- I wear flannel shirts (hey they're warm)
- I've never had a TV (every show I've watched has been on my computer in divx format)
- I watch Friends (I know)
- I drive at 55 MPH when I'm by myself (I have an old escort that can't go very fast, hey, u get better MPG too, and I'm really cheap, it's sad having to remember you should go 70 in a 55 when you're on a date just so the girl in the passenger seat doesn't think your crazy)
- I get pumped when a new version of a software title is released, even when all my friends can't tell a difference. (or course I have to get the alpha and the beta too). P.S. Longhorn sucks right now, when is Dell going to release drivers for it to work with my laptop?
- I asked one girl "out" one time... to sit in a cisco switchroom surounded by servers and network cables (and switches) while we watched pirated divX movies on my laptop. (She never went out with me again)

 

[Phantasmal]

Originally posted by I-am-someone
I spent an entire year playing a computer game called "SubSpace" for 9 hours a day when I was 17. I still play it every now and then, owning the hell out of everybody.

Subspace is awesome. I suffered in High School (mostly 97-98) because of it; stayed up late into the night playing it with friends. I even switched ISPs a few times so I could get better ping times for the game.

I recently had a nostalgia trip for a month or so and played a bunch of Trench Wars, which I don't think existed in my day.

Currently, I play World of Warcraft mostly. That'll be my geek thing for this thread.

 

[Disconnect]

- I produce trance with Propellerhead Reason, Native Instruments Reaktor 4, Ableton 4.0, Steinberg Wavelab, and Absynth 2.

- I am a major Unreal Trournament 2004 geek.

- I play chess every now and then.

- I listen to electronica - wait, that's not geeky! Thats cool!

- I go to this site.

Thats about it.

 

[Zaine]

Thank the lord no one has said that they have cyber-sex...I was looking through to see if there was anyone who should be killed...

 

[WesCottII]

I watch wrestling sometimes. *cries*

 

[I-am-someone]

Originally posted by skinnydart
rofl, no kidding! I finally found the vector (swf) source files for all the Windows XP icons/logos, I was so pumped!

Haha, send them to me!!

Originally posted by Phantasmal
Subspace is awesome. I suffered in High School (mostly 97-98) because of it; stayed up late into the night playing it with friends. I even switched ISPs a few times so I could get better ping times for the game.

I recently had a nostalgia trip for a month or so and played a bunch of Trench Wars, which I don't think existed in my day.

Currently, I play World of Warcraft mostly. That'll be my geek thing for this thread.

Yeah, I've been playing it for 5 years now. I used to play in TW as a Terrier, getting 2:1 w/l (Geeky thread, right? )
I played and owned in OKBL, TW, EG, Survivor and MGCTF. It's fun to learn how to play certain zones and become a top player.

 

[stickboy]

My fav. band is Barenaked Ladies. But I let everyone know that.

 

[Kerensky]

I play Starcraft, Counter-strike (in a clan), and Gunbound. I also visit a forum dedicated to picking up women once a day or more.

 

[Climax]

My only "geeky" thing is my computer which i spend too much time on, but seeing as though i do all my work (essays etc), internet "business" , its my T.V, I Play a game or 2 here and there if I'm bored (Counter Strike, Need For Speed Underground 2, GTA Vice City, HL2, WOW, and Wolfenstein Enemy Territory (online)... I dont play them often, just when there is nothing better to do.... The last time i played a game on my computer was a few weeks ago Well thats the only "geeky" thing that i do that i can think of.

This Subspace game... can i download it from anywhere? Or do i have to BUY it? .... Anyone got an ftp?


Laterz...

 

[Centaurion]

I've suddenly had a relaps into geekness. For the last week I've been playing Star Wars:Knights of the Old Republic I and II. Hooking up with Bastilla kinda makes me pop a boner.

 

[diplomatic_lie]

Originally posted by Centaurion
For the last week I've been playing Star Wars:Knights of the Old Republic I and II. Hooking up with Bastilla kinda makes me pop a boner.

Dude...

 

[I-am-someone]

Originally posted by ~ªêQµïTª$~
This Subspace game... can i download it from anywhere? Or do i have to BUY it? .... Anyone got an ftp?

It's free, don't worry
It used to be called SubSpace when it was still owned by VIE (Virgin Entertainment). It got renamed to Continuum a few years ago when VIE gave it up.

You can download the game from http://sshq.forumhq.net/ .
It may look simple, but mind you, it's a challenging game. There are so many different kinds of games that can be played in this game, it's almost unbelievable. You can play defending and attacking enemy bases, you can rec (kill as many people as possible w/o getting killed yourself), you can play capture the flag, you can play elimination matches, you can play american football, and there are hundreds of other unique events to choose from. The game is so simple that it can be made truly complex at the same time as well. If you get into it a little deeper, you'll realize that this is a game that can be played in thousands and thousands of different ways and they are almost all fun to do.

As of late, I have been reccing most of the time. I can get an easy 20 kills for each deaths without really trying, because of my superb aim and technique .

 

[Climax]

Kewlies...

I-am-someone: Thanx man.. looks... interesting sh0t!


Laterz...

 

[Mystic]

Spend a lot of time on comp

play a decent amount of video games

I like history

 

[Mojo604]

Im a boxing nerd, and like playing computer games...andd...thats it. You guys are Total nerds though .

 

[idiot_boyfriend]

I'm a history buff.

I also play and watch A LOT of golf. Is that geeky or not?

 

[HHloser2]

^Hey Im a History buff too.