Nerd Power!

[CuVallen]

"You. Quickly. Tell me something that isn't imbecilic."
"...Planck's constant?"
"Stay of execution for being aware of basic physical concepts. Now assist in creating a plan."
"Well, he's jumping between dimensions. Maybe we should, too."
"An intriguing concept, indeed."

So... being new to the thread, what kind of nerdly pursuits (other than hentai, which we already know about...) does everyone enjoy?

Currently, I am a sci-fi/fantasy geek, with a love of RPG's and strategy gaming in general. I also have a fascination with a gaming system called Alternity (much like D&D, but deadlier and more sci-fi oriented) which was the precursor to D20 and which the people who know about it think is much better than its spawn.

I am also into anime, as mentioned just a short while ago, and G1 Transformers. I also love comedies; Monty Python, Mel Brooks, Minister Faust (who wraps comedy around a very serious core), and much other humour of charm and wit. And then the vulgar humour as well. I guess I just love comedy.

How about everyone else?

I tried to play Alternity and thought it was terrible, but to each their own, oh and once they released 3.5 I think the d20 system got better. I really do like the true d20 games like mutants and masterminds. I want to like rifts but the whole mdc/sdc thing drives me crazy.. i prefer their all sdc systems like heros unlimited better. I enjoy the whitewolf/blackdog games as well but play them rarely. I play warhammer 40k and paint fantasy and sci-fi figures. blarg i ramble on and on.. it'll post more later if people are interested/care.

 

[rhyst_hatchyk]

Now why did you not like Alternity? Heh.

Personally, I prefer it because it's closer to reality, in a way, and it's so modifiable and fluid you can practically do anything with it. I mean, I could run an entire capaign based on politics, if I wanted to. Also, I like the four damage tracks better than just simple HP; it allows a greater degree of flexibility; incapacitating someone versus killing them, wounding them so they collapse versus mortally wounding them... it just seems so much more interesting to me.

Although so far the best compromise is the Saga edition of Star Wars D20, it looks like.

 

[snake0067]

Just watched 2001: A Space Odyssey for the first time.

Good stuff.

 

[SpeX125]

Just watched 2001: A Space Odyssey for the first time.

Good stuff.

Better late than never. Classic movie.

 

[rhyst_hatchyk]

'Tis. I have been enjoying fare like Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society and What The Bleep Do We Know lately. Movies that really make me think. And then I relax by watching shows like Space: Above and Beyond and Clone High. Heh.

 

[snake0067]

Better late than never. Classic movie.

Beautiful really.

 

[Trombonus]

Awesomeness. I love the av, BTW, but I can't remember their names! I think the yellow one is... Sunstreaker?

Yep, and the red one is his brother Sideswipe, and one of my favorite Transformers.

 

[Green_Machine]

Clone High rocks. So very much.

Since me, Chronicle, and Reiha are all friends and live in the Edmonton area, we are making plans to go as Clone high characters for Halloween. Chron is JFK, Reiha is Cleo, we have friends who might be Scudworth and Joan, and yours truly is either going as Abe or the Shadowy Board Leader. Its a tough choice.

We need a Gandhi though. Its amazingly hard to find <5' Indian guys who party and shove stuff up their noses. Who woulda thought?

 

[Trombonus]

Clone High rocks. So very much.

Since me, Chronicle, and Reiha are all friends and live in the Edmonton area, we are making plans to go as Clone high characters for Halloween. Chron is JFK, Reiha is Cleo, we have friends who might be Scudworth and Joan, and yours truly is either going as Abe or the Shadowy Board Leader. Its a tough choice.

We need a Gandhi though. Its amazingly hard to find <5' Indian guys who party and shove stuff up their noses. Who woulda thought?

"G Spot rocks the G Spot" So awesome! I'd be a little too tall and a little too white for Gandhi though.

 

[rhyst_hatchyk]

Yeah, I'm 5'8 and pretty white, so I couldn't do it. Unfortunately. I would stick things up my nose and be like Gandhi myself if I was a short Indian guy!

Edit: Can I be Genghis Khan?

 

[snake0067]

If I could be any fictional character it'd be The Dude from The Big Lebowski.

 

[VandalHeart]

Our Vandie as a lil baby demon b'fore he learned to look how he wants.

http://www.acc.umu.se/~zqad/cats/1185211632-HeRu-s.jpg

Dammit...I wish you were wrong....

 

[VandalHeart]

I thought I asked mom to get rid of these...that bitch.

Demons are known to be able to teleport. Here are a few of Vandies first attempts.

http://www.acc.umu.se/~zqad/cats/1185211633-catinbag.jpg

Another.

http://www.acc.umu.se/~zqad/cats/1185211630-1176057543897.jpg

And the last one.

http://www.acc.umu.se/~zqad/cats/1185211630-1175968335979.jpg

 

[papillon24]

I thought I asked mom to get rid of these...that bitch.

Those pics never die

 

[rhyst_hatchyk]

She keeps them around to show everybody that comes in the house, just to embarrass you as payback for all the times you embarrassed her in public

 

[SexyCleric]

Just watched 2001: A Space Odyssey for the first time.

Good stuff.

Plus, now you'll catch all sorts of pop culture references.
So, so, very many of them go unnoticed by the common man.

Also, go watch 2010. Then read the books; 2001, 2010, 2061 (My favorite), and then 3001 (Ifen you're in the mood).

Clark is my hero, and I go drinking with Bowman every other Tuesday.

Rhyst, I liked Alternity.
Turns my natural habit of rolling ones at inoppurtune times from disaster to game saving moment.
But the realism kinda hurts some times.

I got stabbed. Once.
And died.
That's a bit too realistic for me.

 

[snake0067]

Plus, now you'll catch all sorts of pop culture references.
So, so, very many of them go unnoticed by the common man.

Also, go watch 2010. Then read the books; 2001, 2010, 2061 (My favorite), and then 3001 (Ifen you're in the mood).

Clark is my hero, and I go drinking with Bowman every other Tuesday.

Rhyst, I liked Alternity.
Turns my natural habit of rolling ones at inoppurtune times from disaster to game saving moment.
But the realism kinda hurts some times.

I got stabbed. Once.
And died.
That's a bit too realistic for me.

I heard 2010 wasn't as good.

 

[rhyst_hatchyk]

Plus, now you'll catch all sorts of pop culture references.
So, so, very many of them go unnoticed by the common man.

Also, go watch 2010. Then read the books; 2001, 2010, 2061 (My favorite), and then 3001 (Ifen you're in the mood).

Clark is my hero, and I go drinking with Bowman every other Tuesday.

Rhyst, I liked Alternity.
Turns my natural habit of rolling ones at inoppurtune times from disaster to game saving moment.
But the realism kinda hurts some times.

I got stabbed. Once.
And died.
That's a bit too realistic for me.

Ah, but if you didn't have the chance of dying... what thrill would there be in a fight?

Besides, that's what Last Resort points are for

 

[VandalHeart]

I heard 2010 wasn't as good.

Oh, I sincerely disagree. I thought 2010 was even better than 2001.

 

[SexyCleric]

I heard 2010 wasn't as good.

Lies/heresy/blah blah blah.

I agree with the Demon on this one.
After seeing 2010, 2001 felt like nothing more than a prequel.

Rhyst; I get the thrill of battle and all, but I died an ignoble death that game.
I got stabbed. Once. And perished.
Plus, my GM didn't allow LRs.

 

[rhyst_hatchyk]

Lies/heresy/blah blah blah.

I agree with the Demon on this one.
After seeing 2010, 2001 felt like nothing more than a prequel.

Rhyst; I get the thrill of battle and all, but I died an ignoble death that game.
I got stabbed. Once. And perished.
Plus, my GM didn't allow LRs.

Ah, so your GM was evil.

 

[VandalHeart]

Plus, my GM didn't allow LRs.

OH WHAT THE HELL?!?

 

[SexyCleric]

OH WHAT THE HELL?!?

Hey. My group? We play a bit rough.
Mostly my fault though...

Somewhere between a teleporting sniper, a 14th level kobold cleric, and a bit too much illusion manipulation, my group developed a... Healthy paranoia.
Though, to be fair, each challenge could be overcome if they would just frelling think before they acted.

 

[VandalHeart]

Hey. My group? We play a bit rough.
Mostly my fault though...

Somewhere between a teleporting sniper, a 14th level kobold cleric, and a bit too much illusion manipulation, my group developed a... Healthy paranoia.
Though, to be fair, each challenge could be overcome if they would just frelling think before they acted.

PREACH it, brother, PREACH IT!!!

 

[rhyst_hatchyk]

Ah, thought... I play many games like that on Alternityrpg.net... so much thought required sometimes, heh.