Geek Fued (with a Joker) [Game Complete]

The Game Room
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OS

Windows 19 votes Score 38
Windows XP 10 votes Score 20
Linux 7 votes Score 14
Unix 5 votes Score 10
MS-DOS 3 votes Score 6
Microsoft 1 vote Score 0
CP/M 1 vote Score 0
Leopard OS X 1 vote Score 0
Vista 1 vote Score 0

Computer Company

Commodore 19 votes Score 38
Amiga 5 votes Score 10
TRS/Tandy 5 votes Score 10
Wang 5 votes Score 10
DEC 2 votes Score 4
IBM 2 votes Score 4
Packard Bell 2 votes Score 4
Atari 1 vote Score 0
HP 1 vote Score 0
K-Pro 1 vote Score 0
NeXT 1 vote Score 0
Netscape 1 vote Score 0
Osborne 1 vote Score 0
TI 1 vote Score 0
(one blank vote)

Profession

Engineer 9 votes Score 18
Accountant 7 votes Score 14
Comic Book Shop Owner 3 votes Score 6
Mathematician 3 votes Score 6
Computer Sales 2 votes Score 4
Librarian 2 votes Score 4
Physicist 2 votes Score 4
Scientist 2 votes Score 4
Actuary 1 vote Score 0
Astronomer 1 vote Score 0
Circus Performer 1 vote Score 0
Copier Repair Tech 1 vote Score 0
Game Designer 1 vote Score 0
Game Store Sales Clerk 1 vote Score 0
Help Desk 1 vote Score 0
Laboratory Technician 1 vote Score 0
MIS 1 vote Score 0
Network Engineer 1 vote Score 0
Professional Blogger 1 vote Score 0
Ren Faire Performer 1 vote Score 0
SysAdmin 1 vote Score 0
System Analyst 1 vote Score 0
Technical Writer 1 vote Score 0
Video Store Clerk 1 vote Score 0
Web Designer 1 vote Score 0
WAN Administrator 1 vote Score 0

Famous Geek

Bill Gates 38 votes Score 76
Steve Jobs 3 votes Score 6
Albert Einstein 2 votes Score 4
Steve Wozniak 2 votes Score 4
Nolan Bushnell 1 vote Score 0
Wil Wheaton 1 vote Score 0
Stephen Hawking 1 vote Score 0

Geekwear

Glasses 24 votes Score 48
Pocket Protector 15 votes Score 30
T-shirt 3 votes Score 6
Cloak 1 vote Score 0
Jewelry Made From Electronic Components 1 vote/Score 0
Open Collar Shirt over T-shirt 1 vote Score 0
Personalized Underwear 1 vote Score 0
Vendorwear 1 vote Score 0
Visor Cap 1 vote Score 0
Geekyitem Note: Here is where I’ve used the greatest amount of personal liberty in interpreting the various answers given to me. For example, I will maintain that glasses, that anyone might wear are a different kettle of fish from what I’ve listed as BCD glasses. (For those of you who haven’t the benefit of military service, that’s what hornrims, the heavy duty plastic glasses, and glasses with tape around the middle all were classified as: Birth Control Device glasses.) Likewise, while I’m willing to lump graphing calculators with regular calculators, I have kept both RPN calculators and calculator watches as separate answers. Finally, while I’m aware that Blackberry is not equal to PDA, ISTM that it is only different as being a PDA with wireless internet access, something that’s harder to find a PDA today without than to find one with that feature.

I have used this same liberty with a number of groups of answers, esp. hobbies, crimes and OS, to keep things separate or group them in arbitrary manners. I can usually think of arguments for and against any grouping I make, so I do ask that people bear with my idiosyncrasies.

Pocket Protector votes 9 Score 18
Slide Rule votes 9 Score 18
Calculator votes 5 Score 10
PDA votes 4 Score 8
BCD Glasses votes 3 Score 6
Computer votes 3 Score 6
Polyhedron die votes 3 Score 6
Light Sabre votes 2 Score 4
RPN Calculator votes 2 Score 4
Calculator Watch votes 1 Score 0
Circuit Board/Breadboard votes 1 Score 0
Glasses votes 1 Score 0
iPhone votes 1 Score 0
Model Rocket votes 1 Score 0
Model of the ‘Enterprise’ votes 1 Score 0
Replica Star Trek Phaser votes 1 Score 0
A Toy (not used by, nor kept for, children) votes 1 Score 0
Vintage Synthesizer votes 1 Score 0
USB Christmas Tree votes 1 Score 0
Geekfilm

Revenge of the Nerds votes 14 Score 28
Star Wars votes 13 Score 26
Real Genius votes 4 Score 8
Lord of the Rings votes 3 Score 6
War Games votes 3 Score 6
Weird Science votes 3 Score 6
Hackers votes 1 Score 0
Monty Python and the Holy Grail votes 1 Score 0
Monty Python and the Meaning of Life votes 1 Score 0
Office Space votes 1 Score 0
Tron votes 1 Score 0
Star Trek votes 1 Score 0
Sneakers votes 1 Score 0
Stargate votes 1 Score 0
Hobby

RPG (inc. WoW, D&D, and LARP) votes 24 Score 48
Video Gaming votes 9 Score 18
Gaming and Wargaming votes 5 Score 10
Chess votes 1 Score 0
Fanfic votes 1 Score 0
Geocaching votes 1 Score 0
Hacking votes 1 Score 0
Ham Radio votes 1 Score 0
Model Building votes 1 Score 0
Posting on the Dope votes 1 Score 0
Stamp Collecting votes 1 Score 0
Train Spotting votes 1 Score 0
Webpage Design votes 1 Score 0

Crime

Hacking* votes 24 Score 48
Fraud ** votes 6 Score 12
Digital Piracy votes 5 Score 10
Embezzlement votes 5 Score 10
Identity Theft votes 4 Score 8
Corporate Espionage votes 1 Score 0
FTC Violations (HAM Radio) votes 1 Score 0
Indecent Exposure votes 1 Score 0
Possession of Light Sabre without Permit votes 1 Score 0

*This includes Unlawful Computer Access, and DOS Attack
**This includes Wire Fraud, Computer Fraud and Phone Phreaking (Sorry, Just Some Guy – I really see Phone Phreaking as either fitting here, or with Hacking, not in some unique niche of its own.)

Actor The least agreement happened in this category: 48 people chose to play, and we got 28 named actors and actresses. Plus one vote for whomever played the “Lone Gunman from X-Files.”

William Shatner votes 9 Score 18
Wil Wheaton votes 7 Score 14
Woody Allen votes 3 Score 6
Seth Rogen votes 3 Score 6
Harrison Ford votes 2 Score 4
Mark Hamill votes 2 Score 4
Rick Moranis votes 2 Score 4
Gillian Anderson votes 1 Score 0
Tom Baker votes 1 Score 0
Matthew Broderick votes 1 Score 0
Sandra Bullock votes 1 Score 0
Nicolas Cage votes 1 Score 0
Bruce Campbell votes 1 Score 0
Asia Carrera votes 1 Score 0
Jon Cryer votes 1 Score 0
Matt Damon votes 1 Score 0
Anthony Michael Hall votes 1 Score 0
Alison Hannigan votes 1 Score 0
Walter Koenig votes 1 Score 0
Lone Gunman from “X-Files” votes 1 Score 0
Ian McKellen votes 1 Score 0
Leonard Nimoy votes 1 Score 0
Paul Reubens votes 1 Score 0
Kevin Smith votes 1 Score 0
Patrick Stewart votes 1 Score 0
Jameel White votes 1 Score 0
Rainn Wilson votes 1 Score 0
I also find it interesting: If there was a winner for the geek movie category, Star Wars was a close second, but there were only four votes cast for cast members of those films. While Star Trek got only 1 vote for all its various incarnations, the two top actors in this category were both Star Trek stars.

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You are so getting midnight phone calls from Zambia for that.

63

Just so long as I’m not paying for them, I won’t care. :wink:

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Diogenes the Cynic 428
Omniscient 410
Beadalin 376
The Tof 376
Roland Orzabal 376
Wallflower 368
Happy Lendervedder 366
Wargamer 366
atomicbadgerrace 364
gonzomax 362
Green Bean 348
ShibbOleth 346
Queen Tonya 342
MadTheSwine 322
The Cocky Watchman 320
Really Not All That Bright 318
Asimovian 316
Sir Dirx 304
Justin_Bailey 302
Purgatory Creek 300
want2know 300
Gangster Octopus 294
bouv 292
5 time champ 292
Galena 284
pravnik 282
Zebra 270
MsWhatsit 266
Cosmic Relief 264
Koldanar 260
gardentraveler 256
Mullinator 250
sinjin 248
Illuminatiprimus 248
twickster 236
peekercpa 232
robardin 228
bmoak 224
El_Kabong 204
brujaja 194
tarragon918 192
SmartAleq 188
dbuzman 188
delphica 184
Zen Beam 150
meenie7 132
Bites When Provoked 124
Just Some Guy 38

Alphabetical order:

5 time champ 292
Asimovian 316
atomicbadgerrace 364
Beadalin 376
Bites When Provoked 124
bmoak 224
bouv 292
brujaja 194
Cosmic Relief 264
dbuzman 188
delphica 184
Diogenes the Cynic 428
El_Kabong 204
Galena 284
Gangster Octopus 294
gardentraveler 256
gonzomax 362
Green Bean 348
Happy Lendervedder 366
Illuminatiprimus 248
Just Some Guy 38
Justin_Bailey 302
Koldanar 260
MadTheSwine 322
meenie7 132
MsWhatsit 266
Mullinator 250
Omniscient 410
peekercpa 232
pravnik 282
Purgatory Creek 300
Queen Tonya 342
Really Not All That Bright 318
robardin 228
Roland Orzabal 376
ShibbOleth 346
sinjin 248
Sir Dirx 304
SmartAleq 188
tarragon918 192
The Cocky Watchman 320
The Tof 376
twickster 236
Wallflower 368
want2know 300
Wargamer 366
Zebra 270
Zen Beam 150
Congrats to Diogenes the Cynic, and thanks for all who played.

Now it’s someone else’s turn to run one of these monsters. Four hours collating all the data. Oy. :eek:

65

Woot… tied for 3rd! Figures it took a Feud devoted to Geeks to get my best score, haha

66

I find it interesting that you took the time to group and parse these similar items, yet you didn’t see any need to join “Windows” and “Windows XP” into one answer. They are at least as similar as Graphing Calculators and Calculators and perhaps moreso.

67

I always seem to get the same score in these games, even though I consistently get quite a few top answers. Hmmmm…

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  1. Windows Vista
  2. Commodore International
  3. Comic Bookshop Owner
  4. Bill Gates. (Joker)
  5. Glasses
  6. Personal Stormtrooper armor.
  7. Star Wars (series). If specific, Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back.
  8. Comic book collection.
  9. Hacking.
  10. Jaleel White.
69

Damn, I had Windows but changed it to Linux, as geekier … oh well.

Hey, wait, I was hoping to score badly on this one! :smiley:

(Yay me! I did have two zero-point answers!)

70

I am so pleased that the Feud I’ve done the best on was the geek one. I know my roots, people.

71

I’m fairly pleased with my nice round number. I was playing with a handicap, after all. Most of these geek things had not been invented when I first became a geek, yet I have maintained my geekdom for decades.

Thanks for the game, OtakuLoki.

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I know it can be argued that way.

But, if I did that, shouldn’t I have then grouped Vista with them, as well? And what about that lonely vote for Microsoft, which ended up being orphaned, when there were three other specific Microsoft OS mentioned?

In the end it came down to, for me, could the grouping work both ways? i.e. if I grouped Windows XP in with Windows, in my mind it would be saying that it would work just as well to group Windows with Windows XP? And I just couldn’t get the logic of that second grouping to work for me.

As for graphing calculators and regular calculators: Consider this, anyone can use a TI-83 as a regular calculator, there are no specific skill sets required to get it to parse out simple maths. Which is definately not true for an RPN calculator. So, the while the graphing calculator has some capabilities that are different from those of what I’d call a ‘regular’ calculator, I know too many college grads who use one as their regular calculator, because that’s what they got used to.

Similar decisions ended up with every question’s answers, except those dealing with specific names of people. Just for an example: several people mentioned scientist as a geek job, others listed physicist, or theoretical physicist, and one person listed astronomer. All of those could, in my mind, be grouped one way: An astronomer is pretty much a specific kind of physicist, as is the theoretical physicist, and all of them are scientists. But I couldn’t accept classing scientists as physicists, even though most science is applied physics, nor could I make physicist parse out as astronomer, either.

I’ve learned my lesson: If I can think of more than one possible (for me) answer to a question, it’s not a good Feud question.

73

Excellent job, thanks!

74

Yes, thanks. I did okay, considering I live under a rock.

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  1. Name a Computer OS. - Windows XP
  2. Name a defunct computer company. - Commodore (Joker)
  3. Name a profession associated with geeks. Other than computer programmer or technician. - Comic Book Store Shop Worker/Owner
  4. Name a famous geek. - Stephen Hawking
  5. Name something a geek might wear. - Star Wars paraphernalia
  6. Name an object that could be described as “geeky.” - A toy lightsaber
  7. Name a movie that is associated with geeks. - Star Wars
  8. Name a hobby that appeals to geeks. - Reading comic books
  9. Name a crime that might be committed by a geek. - Hacking
  10. Name an actor (or actress) associated with geeks. - Vin Diesel
76

I think I should have copyrighted the Joker for Family Feud games, if only I hadn’t purloined it myself.

I wonder if anyone can guess where from :wink:

77

Game’s over, people. Gukumatz and Crocodiles And Boulevards should each get -100 points for failing to note the time limit. :smiley:

78

Yeah, I’d say this is probably a important point.

It all comes down to hierarchies.

Windows, as a distinct item, doesn’t really exist. It is by definition the grouping of the series of Microsoft OSes bearing it’s name.



                | -->   Windows 3.1
                | -->   Windows 98 ( or 98 SE)
Windows ------> | -->   Windows NT
                | -->   Windows 2000
                | -->   Windows XP
                | -->   Windows Vista

I see this as an identical situation to the Calculator question.



                     | -->  Pocket Calculator
                     | -->  Scientific Calculator
Calculator ------->  | -->  Graphing Calculator
                     | -->  RPN Calculator
                     | -->  Calculator Watch

The Scientist Question gets a little more complicated, and might require a different rationale.



                                          | -->  Theoretical Physicist 
                 | -->  Physicist ------> | -->  Nuclear Physicist
                 |                        | -->  Applied Physicist 
                 |
Scientist -----> |                        | -->  Organic Chemist
                 | -->  Chemist ------->  | -->  Chemical Engineer
                 |                        | -->  Biological Chemist
                 |
                 | -->  Astronomer

I figure the game referee can make any rules or judgments he chooses, but I think some sort of consistency is expected.

79

Ooh, hierarchies! I wanna do one too!



          | --> board games -------\----> | --> Monopoly
          |                         \
          |                          >--> | --> Axis and Allies
          |                         /
          | --> war games ---------<----> | --> Warhammer 40,000
          |                         \
games --> |                          >--> | --> Nectaris/Military Madness
          |                         /
          | --> video games -------<----> | --> Super Mario Bros.
          |                         \
          |                          >--> | --> World of Warcraft
          |                         /
          | --> roleplaying games -/----> | --> Dungeons and Dragons

As you can see, the game hierarchy is very complicated, with lots of cross pollination. This is only a small part, of course…

80

You’re way off on Wargames, at least as I know the hobby. This would be things like the Avalon Hill and SPI hex and counter titles. Advanced Squad Leader is a good example of this kind of game. Warhammer is a minitures game and Military Madness is a video game.