How geeky are you?

[Battle Accountant]

www.msnbc.msn.com/id/1197.../newsweek/

I scored 25!

HUZZAH!

:D
BA

[KingOfDoma]

Your score is 38
30 to 60: Heading to Geekdom

Someone beat my score. <p><hr />
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[PriamNevhausten]

No problem. 46.

I do say their logic is a little faulty, though. The questions about text messaging and such are somewhat counter-geeky, because it implies an extensive social life, which I had thought to be ungeeklike. <p><span style="font-size:xx-small;">"It's in the air, in the headlines in the newspapers, in the blurry images on television. It is a secret you have yet to grasp, although the first syllable has been spoken in a dream you cannot quite recall." --Unknown Armies</span></p>

[Archmage144]

I don't have to take any surveys. I spent over six hours playing NetHack yesterday. <p><hr /><div style="text-align:center">

RPGWW Wiki!</div></p>

[Capntastic]

It doesn't matter unless you ascended.

[NebulaQueen]

According to their cell phone and text messaging questions, Japanese schoolgirls must be some of the geekiest people on the planet. <p><hr />
"My naturally quivering state makes any display of fear deliciously arbitrary" - Manowar Leader, Scary-Go-Round</p>

[Battle Accountant]

Yeah...I thought the text messaging/phone pictures questions were a bit excessive. I think that screwed up my score quite a bit.

[Shiranai]

26. I don't use a cell phone at all, though. I'm determined to be the last person alive to own one. <p><div style="text-align:center"><hr /></div></p>

[Idran1701]

Sean: Why? <p><hr />
"Never let your morals get in the way of doing what is right" - Salvor Hardin
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[Archmage144]

Some people play NetHack for years and never ascend. What's your point? <p><hr /><div style="text-align:center">

RPGWW Wiki!</div></p>

[PriamNevhausten]

Some people also shoot crack directly into their eyeballs. <p><span style="font-size:xx-small;">"It's in the air, in the headlines in the newspapers, in the blurry images on television. It is a secret you have yet to grasp, although the first syllable has been spoken in a dream you cannot quite recall." --Unknown Armies</span></p>Edited by: [url=http://p068.ezboard.com/brpgww60462.showUserPublicProfile?gid=priamnevhausten>PriamNevhausten</A]&nbsp; at: 4/3/06 2:00

[Idran1701]

Honestly, if someone's spent years playing Nethack without ascending, either they've just been poking around at it without making a solid run (perfectly reasonable as that can be fun as well in a sandboxy game such as Nethack!), they've had one of the worst strings of bad luck I've ever encountered, or they are masochistically adamant on avoiding spoilers.

...says the person that's never ascended. With Zero, Pervy, and now Brian I am really tempted to get back into it myself. <p><hr />
"Never let your morals get in the way of doing what is right" - Salvor Hardin
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[Jak Snide]

Only 30 here. Blah.

[LadyDragonClawsEDW]

...I got a 47, what the hell.

I am also saddened by the lack of 'GBA/DS' as one of the choices for the game systems for the desert island question. <p>--------------------

"If I have to grab a man's ass, you can smile." -Tolaris</p>

[PriamNevhausten]

That reminds me.

TV? What the hell? <p><span style="font-size:xx-small;">"It's in the air, in the headlines in the newspapers, in the blurry images on television. It is a secret you have yet to grasp, although the first syllable has been spoken in a dream you cannot quite recall." --Unknown Armies</span></p>

[Besyanteo]

Aparently you're not a geek if you don't use your cellphone for the internet religously, wasting money that could be used on valuable ramen and videogames. Furthermore, aparently you're not a geek unless you use the most current, mainstream technology as advertised on your idiot box, which most geeks stopped watching years ago.

Conclusion: MSNBC is the dumb. ... Wait, we know that already.

also: 47

Edit: There, about time.

Edited by: [url=http://p068.ezboard.com/brpgww60462.showUserPublicProfile?gid=besyanteo@rpgww60462>Besyanteo</A]&nbsp; at: 4/3/06 15:54

[Deeum]

28

We all know deserted islands have cable internet access!
So WoW is the most logical choice, you know.

So some of the choices were "mmmmeh" at best.


I should play Nethack again. I recall enjoying it when PErvy showed me... It's just the commands confuse me sometimes. <p><div style="text-align:center"><hr />
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[Endesu]

25.

Same boat as Sean, no real interest in cell phones. <p><hr />
<div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:xx-small;">Curtis: Dannyboy, look at you. You've changed considerably, into a badass, if I may.
Dan: Yeah, you've changed a lot too, into an old man! I went to see the devil, now it's your turn!
Curtis: Oh, my pupil, so tenacious of life, guess I have to kill you again.
Dan: Shut up, before you run out of breath!
Curtis: I got rid of those smiles, there's no one left to disturb our game. Just you, and me.
Dan: Sounds fair, 'cuz I hate holding back, even for an old fart like yourself.
Curtis: Talk all you want, I won't need six bullets for you.
Dan: Or four for you.</span>
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[Zemyla]

I got a 62.

Raise your hand if you're surprised! <p>-----
Do not taunt Happy Fun Zemyla.

<span style="font-size:xx-small;">I think boobs are the lesser of two evils. - Inverse (Pervy)
Dammit, Dan, I'm not dating a damn NPC! - OOC Will (Will Baseton)
Of course! Anything worth doing is worth doing completely wrong! - Travis English
Ultimately, wizards and clerics don't say, "Gee, I want to become a lich because weapons hurt less and I don't have to worry about being backstabbed; that whole 'eternal life' thing is just a fringe benefit."-Darklion
But this one time I killed a walrus with my bare hands, and I suddenly understood spherical coordinates. - KnightsofSquare
Also, when you've worked a 36-hour shift as an intern you too just might pour yourself a catful of coffee and sit down to cuddle with your travel mug. -eirehound
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Adventurers! | RPG World World | The Phantom Lord's OT Board mkII | Indie Madnesse | Brotherhood of Elitist Bastards</p>

[Endesu]

*Raises a duck.* <p><hr />
<div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:xx-small;">Curtis: Dannyboy, look at you. You've changed considerably, into a badass, if I may.
Dan: Yeah, you've changed a lot too, into an old man! I went to see the devil, now it's your turn!
Curtis: Oh, my pupil, so tenacious of life, guess I have to kill you again.
Dan: Shut up, before you run out of breath!
Curtis: I got rid of those smiles, there's no one left to disturb our game. Just you, and me.
Dan: Sounds fair, 'cuz I hate holding back, even for an old fart like yourself.
Curtis: Talk all you want, I won't need six bullets for you.
Dan: Or four for you.</span>
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[E Mouse]

Now End, do we REALLY need to see your duck's ass? <p><hr />

<span style="font-size:xx-small;">"Their rhetoric... You didn't put communists in his bed did you!" came Amber's indignant reply.

"Why not? All I had to do was open a gate to his bed and stick up a sign saying 'Hot virgin willing to make the ultimate sacrifice in the name of international socialist fraternity.'"</span>

<span style="color:blue;font-size:xx-small;">Excaliburned:</span> <span style="font-size:xx-small;">Ah yes, I'm thinking of having the USS Bob be preserved outside the Arena as a monument of sorts</span></p>

[Endesu]

I would like to note to the court that it was Mister Mouse, not myself, who in fact stated the words 'duck's ass'. <p><hr />
<div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:xx-small;">Curtis: Dannyboy, look at you. You've changed considerably, into a badass, if I may.
Dan: Yeah, you've changed a lot too, into an old man! I went to see the devil, now it's your turn!
Curtis: Oh, my pupil, so tenacious of life, guess I have to kill you again.
Dan: Shut up, before you run out of breath!
Curtis: I got rid of those smiles, there's no one left to disturb our game. Just you, and me.
Dan: Sounds fair, 'cuz I hate holding back, even for an old fart like yourself.
Curtis: Talk all you want, I won't need six bullets for you.
Dan: Or four for you.</span>
</div></p>Edited by: [url=http://p068.ezboard.com/brpgww60462.showUserPublicProfile?gid=crawlingreshiki>Crawling] at: 4/3/06 16:37

[Idran1701]

Quote:

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which most geeks stopped watching years ago.

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You mean in favor of downloading, I assume, Bes? Because if you mean eschewing TV altogether, I can name 5 or 6 shows offhand that I would claim as definitely geeky, or at the least geek-alluring. <p><hr />
"Never let your morals get in the way of doing what is right" - Salvor Hardin
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[KingOfDoma]

*notes that he chose WoW cuz he could use it to get some damn help* <p><hr />
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[Deeum]

This is assuming you can ever get a connection out in the middle of nowhere. Let alone a computer!

*nitpicknitpick* <p><div style="text-align:center"><hr />
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[Battle Accountant]

You could be like the professor on Gilligan's Island and make one out of coconuts and twigs!

:D
BA

[Spleen]

I got a 40.

The funny part is, my decidedly un-geeky sister would get a higher rating than me, probably, because of her constant hip electronics use, as would the girl in my D&D group who pretends that she doesn't even know what D&D is until she's at the gaming table, because she thinks it'll make her look like a geek. <p>-_-___-___-___-_-

"The universe is all in the mind that perceives it, and sensation is the first and only reality. If a tree falls in the forest with no creature to hear it, then there is no tree."
-Dungeons and Dragons: Complete Arcane, page 167

Arch mage144: Spleen doesn't bother with penis size contests; instead, he goes straight to penis number.</p>

[GroxleyGrunk]

So... I'm imagining the gist of what people are saying here is that an online poll sucks?

I am truly shocked at this.

[Idran1701]

Technically, but I'm pretty sure the gist of this thread is that people are humorously commenting that the poll sucks rather than acting like it's some big surprise. So I'm not sure what you mean. <p><hr />
"Never let your morals get in the way of doing what is right" - Salvor Hardin
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[E Mouse]

Meanwhile, I'm just kinda standing around making unfunny snide remarks.

There's gotta be a way to get paid for that. <p><hr />

<span style="font-size:xx-small;">"Their rhetoric... You didn't put communists in his bed did you!" came Amber's indignant reply.

"Why not? All I had to do was open a gate to his bed and stick up a sign saying 'Hot virgin willing to make the ultimate sacrifice in the name of international socialist fraternity.'"</span>

<span style="color:blue;font-size:xx-small;">Excaliburned:</span> <span style="font-size:xx-small;">Ah yes, I'm thinking of having the USS Bob be preserved outside the Arena as a monument of sorts</span></p>