# Not a game, but for fun: Who's in your "Doper Gang"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 2, 2011, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-game-but-for-fun-whos-in-your-doper-gang/587622 "2011-07-02T14:09:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2011, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-game-but-for-fun-whos-in-your-doper-gang/587622/21 "2011-07-04T03:40:22Z")
I used to be one of the Enterprise Dopers with NoClueBoy, vivalostwages, Cervaise, Tars Tarkas, carnivorousplant, tracer, carnivorousplant, Corner Case, Kn\*ckers, and a couple others I am surely forgetting. Those threads are responsible for me sticking around long enough to feel a sense of community so, in effect, are responsible for me being a Doper. I also used to also be a regular in the IRC chat, but am blanking on the regulars besides SilverFire and Smeghead. Now? I have no clue. There’s no real rhyme or reason to any thread I post in, and I am rarely replied to, so I don’t interact much. I doubt I really have a group or gang. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2011, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-game-but-for-fun-whos-in-your-doper-gang/587622/22 "2011-07-04T05:30:46Z")
To be honest, I’d be shocked if I am in anyone’s “gang”. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2011, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-game-but-for-fun-whos-in-your-doper-gang/587622/23 "2011-07-04T05:46:18Z")
I refuse to be part of any gang that would have someone like me as a member. 30,000. Woot! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2011, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-game-but-for-fun-whos-in-your-doper-gang/587622/24 "2011-07-04T06:22:01Z")
I can only presume that I have multiple mostly-distinct gangs. For instance, there’s the Tolkien gang, with **Skald the Rhymer** , **Qadgop the Mercotan** , and **Elendil’s Heir** , among others. And there’s the GQ Physics and Math gang, with **Stranger on a Train** , **CalMeacham** , **Indistinguishable** , and **ultrafilter** , and lately **These Are My Own Pants** and **iamnotbatman**. In the Game Room, there are the Feuders and the Mafiosos, whom I won’t endeavor to list because I’d be certain of leaving too many people off. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2011, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-game-but-for-fun-whos-in-your-doper-gang/587622/25 "2011-07-04T13:39:58Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Nobody - this Cat walks alone. 🙂 You are in my Doper Gang, but I too walk alone. So maybe we belong to a gang, but we hang back from one another so much that it just looks like we’re alone. See, that’s our secret strategy. When one of us gets in a scuffle, the others seem to come out of nowhere and give the enemy a good beat-down. And then we disperse back to our home positions, without even saying a word. Stealth, that’s the name of our gang. It’s a way of life. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2011, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-game-but-for-fun-whos-in-your-doper-gang/587622/26 "2011-07-04T15:52:45Z")
> [@Hades](#): > > I used to be one of the Enterprise Dopers with NoClueBoy, vivalostwages, Cervaise, Tars Tarkas, carnivorousplant, tracer, carnivorousplant, Corner Case, Kn\*ckers, and a couple others I am surely forgetting.\ {Blazing Saddles set-up} You said **carnivorousplant** twice. > [@monstro](#): > > You are in my Doper Gang, but I too walk alone. So maybe we belong to a gang, but we hang back from one another so much that it just looks like we’re alone. See, that’s our secret strategy. When one of us gets in a scuffle, the others seem to come out of nowhere and give the enemy a good beat-down. And then we disperse back to our home positions, without even saying a word. > Stealth, that’s the name of our gang. It’s a way of life. That sounds about right - we’re all walking alone, just in more-or-less the same direction. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2011, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-game-but-for-fun-whos-in-your-doper-gang/587622/27 "2011-07-04T21:36:32Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I was afraid that was going to be me in front. I just can’t take a good picture. But in person it’s all: Vavavavoom! > [@](#): > > (Who’s the guy in the death’s head mask? That’s pretty creepy.) Canonically, its Trevor Bruttenholm, Helboy and a bunch of random soldiers. I suspect the guy in the death’s head mask is just a crappy reproduction of the photo. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2011, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-game-but-for-fun-whos-in-your-doper-gang/587622/28 "2011-07-05T04:38:17Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > I can only presume that I have multiple mostly-distinct gangs. For instance, there’s the Tolkien gang, with **Skald the Rhymer** , **Qadgop the Mercotan** , and **Elendil’s Heir** , among others… Most notably **What Exit?** and **Malacandra** , I would hasten to add. ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2011, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-game-but-for-fun-whos-in-your-doper-gang/587622/29 "2011-07-05T11:00:28Z")
I’d be amazed if anyone was even aware of my existence! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-a-game-but-for-fun-whos-in-your-doper-gang/587622.md?page=1)