What's the nerdiest thing you've ever done?

When I was sixteen years old, I went alone to the movie theater on a Saturday at noontime for a showing of the Yu-Gi-Oh movie. Not only did I get a student discount for being in high school, but I also got a free promo "Pyramid of Light" Trap Card. To top it all off, I was by myself in the theater until these two moms, each with a son, walked in late during the movie.

I've done other things, but that story is a winner in my book.

How about you?

I once got my 2 baby mommas to take my stupid kids to this dumb anime movie.

Posting on a Video game forum is pretty much me surrendering to my nerdy fate.

I was seeing a girl a few years ago and I really liked her and I tried to get her to Watch Cowboy Bebop.... she got a "Real" Boyfriend soon after... She probably made a smart shoice

" When I was sixteen years old, I went alone to the movie theater on a Saturday at noontime for a showing of the Yu-Gi-Oh movie. Not only did I get a student discount for being in high school, but I also got a free promo "Pyramid of Light" Trap Card. To top it all off, I was by myself in the theater until these two moms, each with a son, walked in late during the movie."

Read novels based on super heroes for school book reports.

"Posting on a Video game forum is pretty much me surrendering to my nerdy fate.I was seeing a girl a few years ago and I really liked her and I tried to get her to Watch Cowboy Bebop.... she got a "Real" Boyfriend soon after... She probably made a smart shoice"

@PlasmaBeam44 said:

"Read novels based on super heroes for school book reports."

*Applause* That's awesome. Super, super nerdy, but so, so awesome.

Made out with a Neko Chick at an Anime event I was forced to go to with a friend.

Choosing computer science as a major.

Whenever I'm with my extended family, I end up arguing with my cousins over what MMO is best. I play WoW, he plays PSU, and she plays FFXI.

post on a video game forum :D

i have to say waited in line for GTA san andreas. really only thing i can think of that was nerdy.

your story is pretty badass. i went to see the movie with a friend of mine. i felt kind of weird seeing as there were a lot of kids in the theater. i use to watch that show all the time. i didn't get into the card game though. i don't get the newer episodes, that are on cartoon network. yogi isn't in the show. the other day i was watching it and they were dueling on like tron bikes.

The fact I have 800 posts here speaks volumes!

I have said 'lol" in real life.

Being myself.

I'll have to go with what Stang said.

Also this seems right for this forum.

Graduated high school and 2.5 years of college without getting laid.

Nerds are delicious! What do they put in those candies anyway?

" Choosing computer science as a major. "

I did my Senior Project in high school on developing video games. And fuck you, it was awesome.

" Graduated high school and 2.5 years of college without getting laid. "

I'm more of a weather nerd. I know the terms and even make hand gestures like a weatherman on a pretend map. I need Giant Bomb's green screen.

also referencing the endurance run, like in real life

I've been to an Anime convention. Also, I go to the renaissance faire every year. 

Well I errrr used to be into WoW pretty heavy and i used to go to sleep at 10pm set an alarm for 2am play till 4am then sleep till 6 when id wake up for school. I did this until I nearly passed out at school one day which was roughly 3 days after starting this ritual.

During lecture I got up and raised my hand and told my professor that his resolution was the reason why his power point presentation was malfunctioning, I then proceeded to get up and walk over to his computer and fix the problem.  This was General Chemistry lecture, there must of been 500 kids in the lecture hall all staring at me wondering why I invited myself upon stage to fix the lecture, mind you if I had not done that we all could of left like 20 min early.

While over 90% of my friends spend most of their day on Facebook I browse things like Giantbomb, Destructoid and Kotaku.

I did a report in the 8th grade on how to become a Super Saiyan.

...Yeah.  My girlfriend of five years (just a friend then) was in that class.  I'm surprised I still even know her, let alone the fact that I'm dating her.

So far, a tie between Kombat and auspiciousqueue.

I've relayed this elsewhere, but way back whenever I hooked a VCR up to my Commodore 64 so I could record an Impossible Mission speed run to show my mates... uh, who definitely weren't as into Impossible Mission as I was.

i decided to beat NWN 2 instead of going out with friends...

It was soooo worth it.

Define what aspect of nerdiness you're talking about, and I've probably done it.  Hah.  Let's see:

I was part of a Shakespearean acting troupe for about five years.  Due to time constraints, on more than one occasion, I drove from point to point in full costume, meaning I've been in public in attire meant to look roughly 400 years old, including museum replicas of swords, daggers, and the like.  I've even stopped at a mental institution in full dress looking for directions.  Now that got me some odd looks from the guards.

I was a full blown geeky DM for any number of pen & paper RPG's during my high school years, including Rifts, Heroes Unlimited, and even the TMNT game.  I still continue to read and collect the Rifts books when I have some extra money.  That's probably the nerdiest thing today that I do.  Oh, and if you even have a clue about what DM means in relation to RPG's, then you're definitely reading the right thread, aren't you?

I collect movie figurines.   Yep.  Action figures.  Or dolls, if you wanna be a dick about it.

I will walk into a Barnes and Noble and come out with stacks of books, almost all of which will generally be fantasy and sci-fi.  If it looks even mildly interesting, I'm at least browsing the jacket and probably buying it.  I'm also an aspiring sci-fi and fantasy novelist, so by now, I'm sure my score on the geek-o-meter is scaling into dangerous levels, and I'm gonna stop there.

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Define what aspect of nerdiness you're talking about, and I've probably done it.  Hah.  Let's see:

I was part of a Shakespearean acting troupe for about five years.  Due to time constraints, on more than one occasion, I drove from point to point in full costume, meaning I've been in public in attire meant to look roughly 400 years old, including museum replicas of swords, daggers, and the like.  I've even stopped at a mental institution in full dress looking for directions.  Now that got me some odd looks from the guards.

I was a full blown geeky DM for any number of pen & paper RPG's during my high school years, including Rifts, Heroes Unlimited, and even the TMNT game.  I still continue to read and collect the Rifts books when I have some extra money.  That's probably the nerdiest thing today that I do.  Oh, and if you even have a clue about what DM means in relation to RPG's, then you're definitely reading the right thread, aren't you?

I collect movie figurines.   Yep.  Action figures.  Or dolls, if you wanna be a dick about it.

I will walk into a Barnes and Noble and come out with stacks of books, almost all of which will generally be fantasy and sci-fi.  If it looks even mildly interesting, I'm at least browsing the jacket and probably buying it.  I'm also an aspiring sci-fi and fantasy novelist, so by now, I'm sure my score on the geek-o-meter is scaling into dangerous levels, and I'm gonna stop there.

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Well, EVO was going on until 5AM  yesterday morning, and you can bet I was still watching.

"Nerds are delicious! What do they put in those candies anyway?"

Generally talking about Rock Band to non- Rock Band people. I'm like of I FCed *insert song* with optimal squeezes and am now in the top 20. And people are like ehhh what.

" Choosing computer science as a major. "

Geekiest thing I've done was write a paper for English class on how Charles Bronson acted as a deus ex machina in Death Wish. However, the nerdiest thing I've done was beat Gears of War in one sitting with my friend in co-op.

Sat alone in my basement on friday night talking to multiple people about that day's Endurance Run on msn. While listening to music from Banjo Kazooie.

My very essence breathes of nerddom. I can't think of a moment in life where I never felt or displayed (willingly or not) my nerdosity. If I started listing specifics, I think it'd be a sad day.

" Graduated high school and 2.5 years of college without getting laid. "

i once trained to play company of heroes online.....i still get my ass kicked online

I went to a "revenge of the nerds" night at a local bar, dressed up as a box of Nerds candy.  Then I created a giantbomb.com account so I could type that here.

When I was 16, I was in Manhattan buying clothes, because I'm a whore like that.


Anyway, I discovered that Pokemon Diamond was launching with a party at NintendoWorld, and I almost considered going. I went to ToysRus instead, only to be greeted by a giant Pikachu costume wanting to take my picture and then sell it back to me...yeah. Another one would have to be when I bought a bouquet of white roses for a girl on our first date; that's not really nerdy, it's just lame.

"I did a report in the 8th grade on how to become a Super Saiyan....Yeah."