# The most geeky group activity, aside from RPGing? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 30, 2003, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-geeky-group-activity-aside-from-rpging/210410 "2003-10-30T08:38:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-geeky-group-activity-aside-from-rpging/210410/61 "2003-11-03T13:56:52Z")
I guess my geekiness doesn’t run in this direction. What’s (w+1) mean? ---
**Author:** ![Andros\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/49beb7/32.png) [@Andros\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andros_X)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-geeky-group-activity-aside-from-rpging/210410/62 "2003-11-03T14:49:08Z")
Clix gaming is, IMNSHO, one of the geekiest things to do here. Clix are little miniature figures with rotating bases that display the stats of the character. As your characters take damage, the base gets rotated, reducing the stats of the characters until they die. The bases make a click sound as you rotate them; hence, the name “Clix”. They come in two distinct varieties: HeroClix, which are basically comic book characters (Marvel, DC, and some of the independent stuff like Danger Girl); and MechWarrior, which are giant battle-mechs and tanks and stuff. I’ve only played the former. I wouldn’t compare it to role-playing since there is no real role-playing; it’s just fighting battles. But there ya go. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-geeky-group-activity-aside-from-rpging/210410/63 "2003-11-03T20:19:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Andros\_X \* > \*\*Clix gaming is, IMNSHO, one of the geekiest things to do here. \*\* Nah, Clix is just watered down miniature wargaming. It’s geeky, sure, but not on the level of pushing meticulously painted lead legions (or perhaps confetti-like cardboard counters) around a felt covered table with a fist full of dice and a rulebook that comes in a 4 inch three ring binder. As one heck of a geek, I have to throw in for some sort of con or other gathering, preferably with costumes. Being geeky at home is one thing. Being geeky in front of the world is different, and PLANNING on a whole weekend of being geeky is when you know you’ve left all care of being normal behind. ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-geeky-group-activity-aside-from-rpging/210410/64 "2003-11-03T20:30:33Z")
Hmmm… just thought of one that I actually did this weekend. Met someone who I’d only known previously on the internet at a store with the express purpose of trading Star Wars figures that we were missing. Then hung around in the parking lot discussing the latest rumors of upcoming figures and variations.\* Geeky on several levels. 1) collecting 2) internet 3) star wars 4) discussion of minutiae \*Variations are when for whatever reason a particular figure is made slightly differently and completest collectors feel the need to get both versions. (example: The jawa with a cloth cape vs. the jawa with a vinyl cape, or the various colors of clone troopers) ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-geeky-group-activity-aside-from-rpging/210410/65 "2003-11-03T20:37:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SanguineSpider \* > Like **OpalCat** says, “Day-am!”. I must be the geekiest girl on the planet! D&D, RHPS, Star Wars, Star Trek, MP, SNL, KITH, Xena, Highlander, GS, comics, LOTR… you name it, I probably enjoy it (even to a lesser degree). **rjung** watches **SanguineSpider** get hit on by every single male on the SDMB. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2003, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-geeky-group-activity-aside-from-rpging/210410/66 "2003-11-03T23:34:43Z")
Another suggestion: Sitting around not just nitpicking _Trek_ but laboriously rationalizing the inconsistencies. “No, dude, the Stardate _shifts_ because the _impulse_ drive is used in normal space which means it’s subject to _relativistic effects_ whereas _warp_ drive _doesn’t._ That’s why Tasha can appear in four episodes whose Stardate _follows_ the Stardate in ‘Skin of Evil.’” - “Okay, smart guy, then how come Chatokay says the year is 2371 in ‘Eye of the Needle’ but then it says in ‘Future’s End’ that _Voyager_ was _launched_ in 2371?” - “Obviously it’s a side effect of whatever the Caretaker used to send them to the other side of the Galaxy. If Janeway hadn’t destroyed it, they would have come back a couple more years before they left. _Duh._” - “Duh yourself.” - “Duh.” - “Look, I’m you. Duhhhhh.” - “Well, I’m you more. Duhhrrrrrr.” - “I’m you times a billion. Duhhhhhhhrrrrrrrruuhhh.” (Along the same lines: Anybody here have a recipe for plomeek?) (Never mind, I just [googled](http://www.recipesource.com/misc/weird/00/rec0009.html).) ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-geeky-group-activity-aside-from-rpging/210410/67 "2003-11-04T06:11:59Z")
Bah, I’ll be impressed (and probably revolted) when someone prepares and eats a full Klingon feast. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-geeky-group-activity-aside-from-rpging/210410/68 "2003-11-04T07:52:09Z")
[http://www.klingonfood.com](http://www.klingonfood.com) ---
**Author:** ![cletus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@cletus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cletus)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-geeky-group-activity-aside-from-rpging/210410/69 "2003-11-04T12:44:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by sturmhauke \* > \*\*I guess my geekiness doesn’t run in this direction. What’s (w+1) mean? \*\* Infinity plus one. As in… friend: “Your stupid times infinity!” young cletus: “Your stupid times infinity plus one!” friend: “Well, your stupid times infinity plus infinity!” young cletus: “What? You can’t do that! Mommmm!” Mathematicians are just 10 year olds at heart. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![LordVor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90ced4/32.png) [@LordVor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LordVor)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-geeky-group-activity-aside-from-rpging/210410/70 "2003-11-04T18:15:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DreadCthulhu \* > \*\*Oh, and \*\* N9IWP \*\*, I would kick that blond pansy’s butt from here to Valhalla and back again. \*\* But…but… **Thor** has a **hammer**! -lv ---
**Author:** ![Anonymous\_Coward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@Anonymous\_Coward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anonymous_Coward)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2003, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-geeky-group-activity-aside-from-rpging/210410/71 "2003-11-04T18:42:11Z")
I think a bunch of guys sitting around speed writing [Perl Haiku](http://heron.tc.clarkson.edu/~horn/perl/haiku/) would be pretty geeky. I wish I could do it. ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-geeky-group-activity-aside-from-rpging/210410/72 "2003-11-05T06:56:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cletus \* > \*\*Infinity plus one. > > As in… > friend: “Your stupid times infinity!” > young cletus: “Your stupid times infinity plus one!” > friend: “Well, your stupid times infinity plus infinity!” > young cletus: “What? You can’t do that! Mommmm!” > Mathematicians are just 10 year olds at heart. 🙂 \*\* What, did you lose the w key on your keyboard or something? Geez, you can’t express infinity with the letter w. Next you’ll be telling me to write (sum) instead of S or some other ridiculous nonsense. ---
**Author:** ![Shade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@Shade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shade)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-geeky-group-activity-aside-from-rpging/210410/73 "2003-11-05T09:24:21Z")
**cletus** : I’m sure this story should be told about the young Cantor. I wonder if we can get Russel in there too. **sturmhauke** : On my browser the symbol font didn’t show up. I thought for a while you’d gone mad 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![flonks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3ab097/32.png) [@flonks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flonks)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-geeky-group-activity-aside-from-rpging/210410/74 "2003-11-05T12:08:47Z")
Discussing episodes of “Married with children” ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-geeky-group-activity-aside-from-rpging/210410/75 "2003-11-05T13:34:56Z")
flonks: How does discussing a non-geeky show make one geeky? Shade: Well I have gone mad, actually. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-geeky-group-activity-aside-from-rpging/210410/76 "2003-11-05T19:47:21Z")
So where do historical re-enactors fit in to all of this? We’re far more meticulous about historical accuracy than Ren Faire folk, we don’t try to create an entire microcosmic society like the SCA folk, but we sit around in costumes all weekend, make various armaments go “boom”, and try to figure out what other details of life in whatever period we’re playing could be included. ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2003, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-geeky-group-activity-aside-from-rpging/210410/77 "2003-11-05T21:25:52Z")
I forget the name of the standup comedienne, but in one joke she declared: “You have to go pretty deep into the geek forest to find the Civil War Reenactment guys.” It was an awesome geek routine… I wish I had taped it. She described representative parts of the geek hierarchy: computer gamers, RPGers, etc., and she said she herself was an avid computer gamer. I actually didn’t see the routine… I was in the other room posting to usenet, as it was on NBC early in the AM, and I had just gotten home from a Dungeons and Dragons game. Yes, really. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-geeky-group-activity-aside-from-rpging/210410/78 "2003-11-06T01:12:24Z")
Checklist for self-geekiness: - MtG - D&D - Final Fantasy Getting close to: - buying expensive replicas of fantasy swords ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-geeky-group-activity-aside-from-rpging/210410/79 "2003-11-06T01:16:44Z")
The most geeky activity known to man (unknown to women, obviously) is impersonating airfix soldier poses. Great favourites being the stretcher barers, commando climbing ladder, German tank commander. I of course have never partaken of such activity, and indeed have never even heard of anyone doing such a thing. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-geeky-group-activity-aside-from-rpging/210410/80 "2003-11-06T13:08:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bippy the Beardless \* > \*\*The most geeky activity known to man (unknown to women, obviously) is impersonating airfix soldier poses. Great favourites being the stretcher barers, commando climbing ladder, German tank commander. > I of course have never partaken of such activity, and indeed have never even heard of anyone doing such a thing. \*\* 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-geeky-group-activity-aside-from-rpging/210410.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-most-geeky-group-activity-aside-from-rpging/210410.md?page=5)