# Star Wars geeks vs. Star Trek nerds **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 9, 2005, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-geeks-vs-star-trek-nerds/316329 "2005-08-09T20:27:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-geeks-vs-star-trek-nerds/316329/41 "2005-08-10T03:29:21Z")
> [@Snowboarder Bo](#): > > According to what I now think of as the authority on this kind of thing, the Star Wars geeks beat the Star Trek Nerds. [cite](http://www.se-fight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=Star+Wars+geeks&word2=Star+Trek+nerds) > > 😃 [Cool.](http://www.se-fight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=dancing+nude+bears&word2=Jalapeno+on+a+steek) ---
**Author:** ![Phnord\_Prephect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@Phnord\_Prephect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phnord_Prephect)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-geeks-vs-star-trek-nerds/316329/42 "2005-08-10T03:30:17Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > Who’d win? The Observers. ---
**Author:** ![BoringDad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ad7895/32.png) [@BoringDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoringDad)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-geeks-vs-star-trek-nerds/316329/43 "2005-08-10T03:43:07Z")
> [@Laughing Lagomorph](#): > > I think he meant droning BALD heads. To further clarify… Droning heads as in the Picard fans are talking and talking about peace and harmony like Picard, droning on and on, while the styrofoam crashes around their ears from the Kirk-o-philes practicing the punch first diplomacy of the only True Captain. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-geeks-vs-star-trek-nerds/316329/44 "2005-08-10T03:44:02Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I hesitate to even get into this…I’d have to say Trekkers due to that Jamacian voiced _thing_ with eyes on stalks. But then they’d raise the Trekkers a Wesly Crusher, and a Captain Janeway. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-geeks-vs-star-trek-nerds/316329/45 "2005-08-10T03:49:46Z")
A couple considerations. Both stormtroopers and Redshirts suck at anything, so sending them againest each other would be an exercise in hilarity. If Fleets are allowed, SW by far. Mostly because the Starfleet doesn’t seem to know how to actually fight battles. How many times has the Enterprise been Hijacked? And The Empire has far more ships then Starfleet does. And they’re bigger too. Oh, wait. Wrong subject. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-geeks-vs-star-trek-nerds/316329/46 "2005-08-10T04:11:09Z")
> [@Harmonix](#): > > Gotta go with star wars. You figure some of those people want to be a Jedi and are thus more likely to have taken martial arts. > > Some martial arts training \> Geek slapping You have seen the video of the Jedi kid, right? Sorry, but BOTH sides would lose. They’d fall down and skin their knees trying to take a swing at the other side. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-geeks-vs-star-trek-nerds/316329/47 "2005-08-10T04:52:08Z")
I know a guy who teaches European sword fighting, and is also fond of Klingons. He’s pretty big too. Me, I’m not so big or skilled as him, but I’d still be of some use in a fight. On the other hand, Star Wars video games are on average far superior to Star Trek games, and that is what really counts, yes? ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-geeks-vs-star-trek-nerds/316329/48 "2005-08-10T05:07:26Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > A grand piano would materialize out of the fabric of spacetime, and drop on both groups. In other words, the Hitchhikers win? ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-geeks-vs-star-trek-nerds/316329/49 "2005-08-10T05:27:59Z")
I’ve seen more hot chicks in golden bikinis among Star Wars fans then I have among Star Trek fans. This leads me to believe that Star Wars fans must be the superior race. After watching Trekkies 2 this might not apply to European Trekkies. 'Cause man they were hot. Especially the chicks from the eastern European nations. Marc ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-geeks-vs-star-trek-nerds/316329/50 "2005-08-10T05:50:20Z")
> [@Electronic Chaos](#): > > In other words, the Hitchhikers win? I think he was referring to the Toons. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-geeks-vs-star-trek-nerds/316329/51 "2005-08-10T12:29:56Z")
> [@HPL](#): > > But then they’d raise the Trekkers a Wesly Crusher, and a Captain Janeway. Those who don’t like Admiral Janeway have issues with their Mothers. ^ :dubious: ^ ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-geeks-vs-star-trek-nerds/316329/52 "2005-08-10T12:47:57Z")
It occurs to me that there were two \*Star Wars \* fans who lit themselves on fire trying to make a flaming lightsaber. On the one hand, it means SW fans will die by natural selection. On the other hand, if we could just get them to hold off on lighting things up until the war, then we could all go down in a fiery mess. Except for the Batman fans (if they were prepared) because their suits are flame-resistant. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-geeks-vs-star-trek-nerds/316329/53 "2005-08-10T12:56:31Z")
Are the Trekkies allowed to use the Vulcan Nerve Pinch? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-geeks-vs-star-trek-nerds/316329/54 "2005-08-10T12:57:14Z")
Jelly Baby? ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-geeks-vs-star-trek-nerds/316329/55 "2005-08-10T13:00:42Z")
Teh Red Dwarf fans would win because they have _Ace Rimmer_. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-geeks-vs-star-trek-nerds/316329/56 "2005-08-10T14:22:14Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Jelly Baby? Another “Whovian” here. And I have to ask, what about the civil war reenactors? Oh, and as a battle of pure physical strength, I have to point out the fact that British schools have much harsher sports programs than in America. As a matter of weapons, I have to point out who useful a scarf is as a noose. As a matter of the population of fans, I need to point out the new series is on the air, and is rapidly swelling the ranks of the fandom, unlike the new SW film, or the last ST series… ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-geeks-vs-star-trek-nerds/316329/57 "2005-08-10T14:31:03Z")
The Trekkies are older and although Trek has diminished in quality with the last few movies, it did not fall from grace nearly as far as Star Wars. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-geeks-vs-star-trek-nerds/316329/58 "2005-08-10T14:36:33Z")
> [@Scott Plaid](#): > > Another “Whovian” here. And I have to ask, what about the civil war reenactors? Not fair, a good chunk of Civvies would bring real weapons and they are crazier than the average Trekkie or worshiper of the golden bikini. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-geeks-vs-star-trek-nerds/316329/59 "2005-08-10T14:42:20Z")
> [@jrfranchi](#): > > Not fair, a good chunk of Civvies would bring real weapons and [QUOTE=THE MARIANNA, FLORIDA REENACTMENT Reenactor Regulations] 21. No projectiles, bullets, or musket balls are allowed on event grounds. [/QUOTE] So, let’s view. Real guns, without anyway of loading them, vs. phasers equals both sides using clubs. Sounds fair to me. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2005, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-geeks-vs-star-trek-nerds/316329/60 "2005-08-10T14:57:57Z")
> [@Scott Plaid](#): > > So, let’s view. Real guns, without anyway of loading them, vs. phasers equals both sides using clubs. Sounds fair to me. 😛 I’d imagine a Civil War era rifle would be a good bit heavier than a plastic phaser/blaster, thus, better club. Plus they have those bayonettes. And even a projectile-less cannon can have an effect when the damn thing goes off within a 100 yards of you (yay Aggie football games). As for plastic phasers vs. plastic light sabers, it’s worth noting that Trekkies of the Captain Kirk school of Trekking will be proficient in the Judo Chop. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-geeks-vs-star-trek-nerds/316329.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-geeks-vs-star-trek-nerds/316329.md?page=4)