You know you're a geek when...

[Dreamstalker]

...at pedestrian crossings, you cross not by the lights but by the sound of switches in the electrical box (I confess, I do this. Half the people I know wonder how I manage to figure that out, and the other half think I'm weird).

Next up...

[Der Cute]

You set up a router & 2 pc's ....and use Remote Desktop although you're sitting 2 foot away from the PC it's going into.

Cutenoob

[Seanette]

Your notion of an enjoyable way to spend a weekend involves reinstalling all your software and files onto a new hard drive. (To me, it was a great chance to get the hard drive a bit better organized.)

Did have trouble reinstalling MusicMatch, and updating to v.10 (I had v.8) will not work, because it demands XP and I have 2k. Oh well, turns out Windows Media Player works just fine for my needs so far (haven't tested putting files on my MP3 player yet).

Update on media player: turned out I really need volume leveling, which WMP doesn't have. Tried half a dozen other free ones, settled on i-Tunes (hope it'll transfer files to my non-i-Pod MP3 player OK).

[tacohuman]

when trying to explain pronunciations in another language, you find yourself slipping into linguistic technical speak, only to realize it when you see the look of utter confusion on the other persons face when you bust out such terms as "bilabial fricative," "velar fricative," and "back high tense vowel." then you get frustrated when they don't understand you.

[Geek King]

1) All your friends consult you before buying a game. Even Zelda.

2) Your friends call you over to play through a "tough bit" of a game so they can see the rest of the plot.

3) You have so many things pluged into your entertainment system that you have a switch box for your switch boxes.

4) You can yell, "This looks like a job for emergancy pants" and have people laugh.

5) You win a free dinner bet over an obscure rule in the first edition of Unearthed Arcana. In 2005. And you've never actually owned the book.

6) Four different MMO game accounts, plus involvement in 5 seperate pen-and-paper campaigns.

7) Your friends refuse to play fighting games anymore with you after the three second K.O. match. (Soul Calibur II, using Azteroth, batter up!:roll: )

8) People you have never met fear your Munchkin playing skills.

9) You keep an old video game system around just to play one game. (Radient Silvergun. Best. Overhead. Shooter. Ever.)

10) You have a Monty Python or Mel Brooks quote for all occasions.

11) You get more than half of the previous references.:D

[Drakstern]

...you hear a piece of music and go 'that'd be awesome background for my next RP session.'

...the mp3 CD in your car is composed of three game soundtracks, a J-rock CD, and a techno CD.

...you're rereading a Storyteller system core book, just in case.

...you spend a Sunday night discussing the finer points of Evangelion fanfiction.

[Dreamstalker]

...you have a friend staying for a week, and you start IM'ing each other...when you're in the same room, on 2 computers about a foot away. Bonus points if you know what you're doing and continue it anyway while talking (verbally) about something else.

...you have 4 email addresses, one GMail account attached to each, and every so often wonder if it's possible to daisy-chain gmail addresses (I have almost all my invites left for all 4 accounts).

...your motivation for finally learning how to drive is the prospect of starting a Ghostbusters LARP team with a few other area fans

[DarthRetard]

.....when you have 6 different copies of Diablo, Diablo II and LOD, and still play them

......you, your boss and your coworkers watch google video the entire workday

.....you're excited about the new Transformers movie

.....you almost cried when you saw the first Halo 3 trailer

.....you DID cry and have a moment of silence for E3 (may it Rest in peace.)

.....you have recorded episodes of Beakman (woo!)

.....you can find profound philosophical arguments between the lines of south park episodes (they're there, I swear!):lol:

[Seanette]

...you have a friend staying for a week, and you start IM'ing each other...when you're in the same room, on 2 computers about a foot away. Bonus points if you know what you're doing and continue it anyway while talking (verbally) about something else.
DH and I have been known to trade e-mail while in the same room (best way to get his attention :rolleyes: ).

[ArenaBoy]

You're a geek when:

1. You remember the exact year the Monty Python movies came out
2. You use Monty Python quotes as comebacks
3. You text message your friend sitting next to you
4. You have the entire Aphex Twin discography (*Grins*)
5. You went to the Harry Potter release parties more than once
6. 19 years old and still reading comic books
7. You own Japanese weaponary and know how to use it
8. You've played every Final Fantasy known to mankind
9. You watch Goldeneye just for Boris' quote

[Crosshair]

When someone says they have a 80 GB hard drive you ask, "Why so small."
You cringe when working on a friends computer and see that they have OS, programs, and data all on the same partition.
You flat out refuse to work on a friends computer that has windows ME unless you are paid. Alot.
You have a TRS-80 as your nightstand. (It has my alarm clock on it.)
You have 5 computers on your desk (Only 4 work right now though.)
You don't own a store built computer.
You have a copy of Stacker
You have an MS-DOS manual.
You measure your Music and Movie archive in terabytes.

[Fera Festiva]

Your favourite rapper is MC Frontalot and your second favourite is MC Hawking.

Whenever you hear anything funny, anything at all, your first thought is "can I make a Livejournal icon with that?"

You begin conversations in real life with "someone I know online told me something really funny the other day..." and then have to backtrack and explain what a message board is.

Your idea of a fun night is staying in and watching cult movies while working on your Legend of Zelda costume.

You've ever played video games for so long that the next time you leave the house you try to perform a special move of some kind and end up in the hospital with a broken ankle.

[stormtreader]

Youve ever played a computer game so much you play it in your sleep...and then play it when you wake up to try out your new sleep tactics.

Youve ever gone to do a big job like moving furniture, and thought 'right, ill make a save point NOW.....'

Youve ever looked up from your computer screen to look out the window, and thought 'wow, that resolution is great'.

I have actually done all these :o

[Geek King]

...the mp3 CD in your car is composed of three game soundtracks, a J-rock CD, and a techno CD.



Hmm...
<<checks CD holder in car>>

Lunar: Silver Star Story...check
Lunar: Enernal Blue...check
GTA:Vice City: VRock...check
The Slayers Vocal Collection...check
Coyboy Bebop: No Disc...check
Chobits Soundtrack...check
Daft Punk:Intersella 5555 (Or whatever that album was actually called)...check
Daft Punk:Homework...check

And, as a special bonus,

Wipout XL soundtrack, counts as game AND Techno! :lol:

[MystyGlyttyr]

If someone were to walk into your bedroom and find *ahem*...

...wrestling posters on the wall.
...a shelf with nothing but wrestling action figures.
...a replica title belt on the dresser.
...Sonic the Hedgehog and X-Men comic books.
...Sonic the Hedgehog, X-Men, and wrestling video games.
...fanfics combining some element of all of the above.
...fanarts combining some element of all of the above.
...an 8' x 12' bedroom containing a computer system, printer, scanner, copier, TV/VCR, and Playstation 2 carefully arranged, while the bed has to be pushed aside every day so the closet can be accessed.

Or, like now...

Someone at work, in nice work clothes and boots, wearing a Knuckles the Echidna wrist band.

[Drakstern]

Hmm...
<<checks CD holder in car>>

I want your CD! :p

I'm working up a new one at the moment that actually uses the whole CD, now that my computer's working... instead of just about a fourth of it(blah).

All I know is the Guilty Gear X2 OST's going on it!

More geekness...

...you've ever taken a d20 to work and rolled it upon running into others.

...you've quoted webcomics.

...you've ever gotten into an argument with someone over whether Ikaruga is better than Gradius.

...you've know about five japanese words, most of them from anime theme songs or anime itself(baka, kawaii, kowaii, tsubasa, and yume. Oh, and sore wa himitsu desu.)

...you have at least three bookshelves, one for D&D books, one for regular books, one for manga.

[Dreamstalker]

...You're actively debating the physics of fictional weaponry, as well as speculating on why certain aspects varied between films or even between scenes (currently involved in: what was the point of the extending proton gun barrel, besides fodder for more than a few bad jokes).

...you're building a 1:1 replica of said item (I'm doing it partly for the building experience, mom thinks I'm nuts, dad of course wants to know if he can help)

...you've microwaved CDs for tree ornaments/window hangings

[Mr. Rude]

When someone says they have a 80 GB hard drive you ask, "Why so small."
You cringe when working on a friends computer and see that they have OS, programs, and data all on the same partition.
You flat out refuse to work on a friends computer that has windows ME unless you are paid. Alot.
You have a TRS-80 as your nightstand. (It has my alarm clock on it.)
You have 5 computers on your desk (Only 4 work right now though.)
You don't own a store built computer.
You have a copy of Stacker
You have an MS-DOS manual.
You measure your Music and Movie archive in terabytes.


...What's a store built computer? Is that like an etch-a-sketch? :roll:

And ditto on the ME system *blech*

[cpux]

You've got the house to yourself, you invite a girl over, and spend the night watching Ronin Warriors together. (yeah, actually happened)

You know what KoF stands for.

You've followed the storyline for KoF for a while.

You've had a friend or relative get a new computer, and as he's throwing out all the parts of the old computer you yell "DON'T! I'll take them!"

You then proceed to find a practical use for most of the old parts. (actually happened, I converted the old tower into a hardend firewall, and wound up using the old keyboard after I accidentially spilled soda on mine)

Pork Chop Sandwiches!

You don't have stacks of manga, you have piles of manga.

You've fiddled around with your Starscream action figure so much you can transform him with one hand.

[Geek King]

...you have at least three bookshelves, one for D&D books, one for regular books, one for manga.

Um, how about a whole Library? My roommate and I specifically looked for a three-bedroom apartment so we could use one to set up all our bookshelves as a library. The really sad thing? We filled all the walls and closets in that room and we both still have bookshelves in our respective bedrooms and dining room and living room and hall closet and...:roll:

Moral of the story: 31-year-old geeks build up an amazing amount of gaming books/fiction/anime/manga/miniatures

[Drakstern]

Moral of the story: 31-year-old geeks build up an amazing amount of gaming books/fiction/anime/manga/miniatures

Gimme 6 years, I'll catch up! :lol:

My room in my apartment is already more bookshelf than bedroom.

Need more action figures though. Just have Kain from Soul Reaver, a 4 legged Wanzer from Front Mission, and Sachiel from Eva.

...you had a shirt made that says 'Aeris Dies' and still wear it sometimes.

[protege]

You've had a friend or relative get a new computer, and as he's throwing out all the parts of the old computer you yell "DON'T! I'll take them!"

You then proceed to find a practical use for most of the old parts. (actually happened, I converted the old tower into a hardend firewall, and wound up using the old keyboard after I accidentially spilled soda on mine)

Been there, done that. Quite a few of my machines were rebuilt with scavenged parts. I have 5 computers sitting in my house right now. The newest one, I built myself. The othere were "refugees" from work. I have a server (not running currently--the SCSI drives are shot), an old Compaq (solely for playing Wolfenstein), and a pair of parts supplies. Those last two no longer run--they've been stripped, except for the motherboards. Why buy new? :p

When they finally go though, I scrap them. I don't keep the cases, just the bolts and screws holding them together. Those self-tapping screws are great for securing buildings and other details on the model railroad. Plus, they're free :D

[Sientara]

... You are falling down the stairs while carrying a computer and your first thought is "Gotta protect the computer," and your second thought is "Gotta stop bleeding on the computer."

[stormtreader]

... You are falling down the stairs while carrying a computer and your first thought is "Gotta protect the computer," and your second thought is "Gotta stop bleeding on the computer."

Well, of course! People heal, do you know how long it took to put the drivers on that thing? ;)

[Dreamstalker]

Need more action figures though. Just have Kain from Soul Reaver, a 4 legged Wanzer from Front Mission, and Sachiel from Eva.

Let's see, I have:
--Sachiel
--special-edition FASTech (http://www.1999.co.jp/asp/link_e.asp?It_c=10047480&Typ1_c=101) figurine
--Lain (school uniform)
--Togusa and both Tachikomas from GiTS SAC collector sets
--lots of Real Ghostbusters toys
--Dark Chii from Chobits
--miscellaneous figures that I just thought were cool

[DesignFox]

When arranging the stock in the backroom at work, you think of it as a massive 3D game of Tetris...

Bonus points if your Boss tells you he always thought of it the same way... :lol:

[Dreamstalker]

I used to do that with the head receiver at the bookstore.

[MCSledgehammer]

-if your significant other ever accidentally calls you by your WoW character's name. Bonus points if it's in bed.
-You understand why the number 4 in binary is obscene
-Your parka is referred to as "Cloak of +5 Frost Protection"
-You've ever written a computer program to do your math homework for you. (Thereby demonstrating your understanding, by the way...)
-You've been known to mutter "Wingardium Leviosum" under your breath when helping friends move
-You've kept your calculus textbooks for reference
-You've ever used calculus. For anything. Ever.
-Your pets are named after video game characters, literary characters or Operating Systems
-Your computer puts out more heat than your furnace

[Crosshair]

I love the Front Mission series. But the structural impossibility of the Wanzer (and Mechs in general) always ruined it for me. It is just impossible to build a mech of that size and give it armor that will withstand anything larger than a 50 cal. An M1A1 would make swiss cheese out of any mech. Heck, a Bradley could do the job. Sad, because they would be cool.:(

[Geek King]

I love the Front Mission series. But the structural impossibility of the Wanzer (and Mechs in general) always ruined it for me. It is just impossible to build a mech of that size and give it armor that will withstand anything larger than a 50 cal. An M1A1 would make swiss cheese out of any mech. Heck, a Bradley could do the job. Sad, because they would be cool.:(

Two things to keep in mind:

1) Future tech. Technology almost always progresses in one of two ways: better or smaller. Superior metalurgy is perfectly believable.

2) Mobility. A mech usually has better turning speed and/or better terrain handling than a tracked or wheeled vehicle. A big gun is nice, but if you can't keep it on target it's just wieght.

Bonus #3) In the end, it is science-fantasy. Anytime you bring physics into anime gaming, a catgirl dies. Think of the poor catgirls! :p

[ArenaBoy]

You go to the computer store to look only to come out with $500 worth of stuff.
You use old Ipods for data storage
You've bought Ipods for data storage only
You used a GPS watch to find out where you parked your car
Preordered the most recent Final Fantasy and got the collector's edition
You know how to play a lute
You know how to play a bouzouki
You know what a bouzouki is

-if your significant other ever accidentally calls you by your WoW character's name. Bonus points if it's in bed.


Dear lord, cider through the nose and onto the screen makes this funnier.

[reformedwaitress]

-if your significant other ever accidentally calls you by your WoW character's name. Bonus points if it's in bed.

Done and done. And, I'll give you one better. Accidentally calls you by your WoW characters in-guild NICKNAME.

Yep. My boyfriend and I are uberdorks.

[dispatch]

....You have an SNES controller belt buckle that you paid $35 for

you wear said belt buckle proudly in public

your girlfriend calls in the middle of a boss fight and upon seeing her on the caller ID you immediately pause the game to silence the ringer and think "I'm fighting Thardus, she'll understand"

upon seeing a cop on the interstate you slow down and tell your buddy "put your seatbelt on, I don't want that cop to agro on us"

you see a small drainage tunnel and think "I bet I could get in there with the morph ball"

you speak leet in real life (this is how my brother and I get left alone at family gatherings)

you make it a point to toast giant fighting robots at every party you go to and have freinds that will drink to that

you go through all of the local pawn shops and used gaming stores at least once a month looking for old systems and games at least once a month

you have aspirations to open your own gaming store and look through the real-estate listings for something with an adress of 1337

all of the above are true

[Crosshair]

Geek King

The problem with point #1 is that any improvement in metalurgy will be used to make tanks better, making them more impervious to Mechs.

The problem with point #2 is that legged veicles have inferior ground pressure and slope specs, meaning they can go LESS places, not more. Tracked vehicles, with their large tracks, can easily go up slopes. The M1A1 can scale a 60% slope at 4.1 mph, you would have a hard time getting up a slope like that on your hands and knees. A Mech would simply not be able to climb a slope like that. The M1A1 has a ground pressure of about 13.8 psi, only slightly more than the average human foot (9-12 psi) A mech would have a ground pressure so high that it would be unable to traverse alot of terain, it would simply sink.

A mech would be an unstable gun platform compared to a tank, meaning a lower effective range. In the gulf war, a British Challenger tank killed a T-72 tank at 5,100 meters. A tall Mech would be taking fire as soon as it was seen. Tanks like to be stealthy, if they can't see you, they can't hit you. Even a MANPAT like the Javelin would destroy a mech. Even if you didn't kill it, the explosion would likely take out the fire control optics. Leaving a tall target that can't shoot and probably can't move because those same sensors are probably needed to help it walk.

Yea, you are right about #3 though.:D

[friendofjimmyk]

....You have an SNES controller belt buckle that you paid $35 for

you wear said belt buckle proudly in public

your girlfriend calls in the middle of a boss fight and upon seeing her on the caller ID you immediately pause the game to silence the ringer and think "I'm fighting Thardus, she'll understand"

upon seeing a cop on the interstate you slow down and tell your buddy "put your seatbelt on, I don't want that cop to agro on us"

you see a small drainage tunnel and think "I bet I could get in there with the morph ball"

you speak leet in real life (this is how my brother and I get left alone at family gatherings)

you make it a point to toast giant fighting robots at every party you go to and have freinds that will drink to that

you go through all of the local pawn shops and used gaming stores at least once a month looking for old systems and games at least once a month

you have aspirations to open your own gaming store and look through the real-estate listings for something with an adress of 1337

all of the above are true

OH. DEAR. LORD.

[Department stores *sigh*]

you see a list of acronyms such as :

VC BWL MC AQ40 AQ20 BFD DM LFG LFM G2G WTB WTS WTT PST

and you understand em perfectly

[dispatch]

yes FOJK, you know it to be true, come to the dork side!

[Joutei]

You have the comic book store, local video game shop, and local bookstore all on speed dial.

The aforementioned stores get worried and call you when you don't call on release day of some major book, comic book, and or video game.

Your family uses you as tech support.

You know where the phrase "wolfmans got nards" comes from.

[Geek King]

Remembered another one:

You still get a chuckle out of the %Liar listing.

[protege]

You have the comic book store, local video game shop, and local bookstore all on speed dial.

Does the hobby shop get included in that one? :p

Here are a few more:

...the hobby shop calls *you* with questions.
...you somehow get the new kits/books/tools before they do.
...they have *you* on speed dial
...you love the smell of raw plastic parts in the morning
...you've actually figured out horsepower ratings for anything you've customized

[Geek King]

And some more:

...You've ever subverted an entire country in Civilization IV with culture.
...You've won a large Civ IV game by culture on the hardest setting.
...You've said, "Just one more turn..." for more than three hours.
...You've left enemies alive just so you can see later tech developments.
...You recreated Hannable crossing the alps...with panzer tanks.
...You've won any Civilization game by building the spaceship, then played a game of Alpha Centari just to get a caveman-to-enlightenment experience.
...You wonder if you could zoom in far enough on a temple, would it contain an icon of Sid Meier? :lol:

[Drakstern]

...You have any single game that costs more than the system it's for.
...You consider selling textbooks back a blasphemy. Who knows when you might need them...
...you've ever read a manga simply for the costume design.
...you've actually gotten into arguments over the feasibility and uses of power armor.
...you've ever quoted your own D&D characters.

[SongsOfDragons]

...you think it's highly amusing to make lewd references to Space Marines. (What happens when one of them get's too excited? *claaannnnggg....owww!!*
...you think it's highly amusing to share said references with the workers of the store of the franchise.
...you are desperately awaiting the fourth book of the Horus Heresy series.
...you get Dawn of War for Christmas, spend time you should be writing your assignments playing it to the highest tech level just so you can see the biggest units in the game. And people back at uni have already booked to use it, since their computers aren't powerful enough.
...you have a whole Celebrations tin full of dice, of which about 10% are the normal six-sided ones.
...you find it highly amusing to talk for hours with similarly geeky friends about how kinetic powers can enhance one's sex life with regards to the characters in my book. (Hydrokinesis...latent power of breathing underwater...add much-loved lucky boyfriend and large bathtub...)
...your rating on The Geek Test has gone up from 32% to 45% in the space of a year.

[Crosshair]

...You consider selling textbooks back a blasphemy. Who knows when you might need them...
...you've actually gotten into arguments over the feasibility and uses of power armor.

Guilty on both counts. Power armor may have a future. Mechs will never be practical.

[Drakstern]

Guilty on both counts. Power armor may have a future. Mechs will never be practical.

Hear hear. I loves me some mecha(Mechwarrior and Gundam Wing are to blame for that... I've gotten worse since), but when it comes to actual *real world* use, I almost universally argue for power armor.

Then again, maybe it's just cuz I like Elemental suits so much...:lol:

[Crosshair]

Then again, maybe it's just cuz I like Elemental suits so much...:lol:
Get 7 people to be Elemental suits and have the other "team" be one guy in a Ymir. If you are good in the Elemental suits it is surprisingly easy to beat the Ymir. Just stay out of the firing arc and use jump jets when you are in the firing arc. Did that a few times, it was fun as heck.

[dispatch]

Mechs will never be practical.

neither are nukes, but that didn't stop the US of Soviet Union from manufacturing enough to kill the planet 50 times over. Last I knew the russians still had 8 planet-killer nukes in it's arsenal, so naturally the americans probably have at least 24.

nevertheless, I still want me a giant fighting robot

[Scottya21]

when trying to explain pronunciations in another language, you find yourself slipping into linguistic technical speak, only to realize it when you see the look of utter confusion on the other persons face when you bust out such terms as "bilabial fricative," "velar fricative," and "back high tense vowel." then you get frustrated when they don't understand you.

Or you try to explain the aspirated/unaspirated difference and have people hold their hands to their mouths, or explain the unvoiced vowels in japanese...

Yeah I'm a language geek. ^^;

[RogueOne]

nevertheless, I still want me a giant fighting robot



I want an AT-AT. Since there are no T-47 airspeeders around to trip it w/towcables, I should be okay.:D

[stormtreader]

Power armour always seemed risky to me - if the enemy have EMP grenades or equivalent, or hit the power pack, you are basically stuck in your own coffin until they can be bothered to finish you off.
At least with mechs, theres the chance to jump out.

[Drakstern]

The EMP thing is true. That's why all the electronics'd have to be hardened, and there'd have to at least be a manual escape process somewhere so you're not entirely dead in the water if there's a breakdown.

[Crosshair]

The thing with EMP is that most things that are "off grid" are generaly OK unless they are very sensitive to EMF. It is in the items that are on the power grid that can get fried. The EMP uses the long powerlines to induce a power surge that toasts anything plugged in. Things like cars are already well shielded and most will probably survive an EMP attack. You need an "antenna" of sorts to induce the power surge.

[reformedwaitress]

The one I was reminded of last night.

-- You've been playing WoW NON STOP for the past month because you just recently started playing and you HAVE to have all your characters to 60 before, oh........., tomorrow.
-- You've taken Wednesday through Friday off work so you can play with the new WoW content. (yep -- I have friends that did that)