Nerds Unite!

Hi fellow nerds,

I'm 25, medical student, all-round nerd who loves getting obsessive about things and i have 100lbs to lose. Would love some buddies on MFP to help keep me motivated, feel free to add me

Samphire xx

Minecraft: however I dont like the regular mine craft anymore i'll play it with friends but I prefer to play Minecraft MadPack 1.4.7. Its got magic and harder monster and sooooo many different blocks I love it.

Minecraft unfortunately is also keeping me from working out like I should. So I'm trying to cut back!

I have a PS3 and XBOX360. I'm currently playing FFX in HD on ps3. Its very pretty.
I also play CoD games and have Titanfall, Terraria, DayZ and stuff on my computer. But all this health stuff is taking priority. I love watching PewDIePie on Youtube as well. I just found him on there believe it or not and he is hilarious.

Have you heard of Feed The Beast? They make lots of different sorts of modpacks for the masses. Lots of fun in there.

I watch YT, too. My favorite is Etho's Lab.

I don't think we're trying to outnerd each other..... I think we're reveling in our shared passions.

Why do some people have problems with that, anyway? Can't we just exuberantly enjoy the things that we like?

Wil Wheaton on being a nerd:

"So, there’s going to be a thing in your life that you love. I don’t know what that’s going to be … and it doesn’t matter what it is. The way you love that, and the way that you find other people who love it the way you do is what makes you a nerd. The defining characteristic of [being a nerd] is that we love things. Some of us love Firefly and some of us love Game of Thrones, or Star Trek, or Star Wars, or anime, or games, or fantasy, or science fiction. Some of us love completely different things. But we all love those things SO much that we travel for thousands of miles … we come from all over the world, so that we can be around people who love the things the way that we love them.

That’s why being a nerd is awesome. And don’t let anyone tell you that that thing that you love is a thing that you can’t love. Don’t anyone ever tell you that you can’t love that, that’s for boys … you find the things that you love, and you love them the most that you can."

eta: whole speech here:

http://uproxx.com/tv/2013/05/wil-wheaton-explains-to-a-newborn-what-it-means-to-be-a-nerd/

I'm a nerd, I don't really care if it fits anyone elses definition of "nerd" or not. I don't see any nerd one-upping in here. It's a label that people identify with - and a cool way to meet like-minded people without judgment. I don't get the umbrage from some in this thread. *shrug*

Things I love:

Anything to do with Harry Potter. ANYTHING.
Video games - I tend toward indie titles rather than mainstream, mostly because I prefer to game on my PC and they are cheap. Minecraft, Binding of Isaac, Cube World - to name a few.
Anything to do with Zombies (excepting love stories - can't go there).
Anything to do with GRRM.
The Goonies (a sequel coming out? YES, PLEASE).
Pitch Perfect - random I know, but deep, deep love for this movie.
Reading - ALL THE THINGS.
I recently started playing MTG, but I'm not very good at it yet.

I don't watch Dr. Who, but I do enjoy Sherlock (Benedict, nom). I enjoy shows like The Fringe, Warehouse 13 and stuff like that. Right now we're binge watching The Killing on Netflix.

So, that's me

You had me at umbrage. :laugh:

I also love to read.

You had me at umbrage. :laugh:

Oblig

At work, will add lots of people when I get home!

I don't think we're trying to outnerd each other..... I think we're reveling in our shared passions.

Why do some people have problems with that, anyway? Can't we just exuberantly enjoy the things that we like?

I love this.

I got to power up the tardis and test out the controls

Exactly my face everyday for nearly a year

I was playing ffxiv (on levi server) but seemed to have let that obsession go....I played ffxi for a looong time...5 years or so, maybe longer, I tend to lose count because it sounds better to do so! lol Thinking about going back tho....erm, updating atm actually lol

POSTING NERDY!
Hello fellow nerds
Feel free to add me to your friends list, I love having more friends!
I play World of Warcraft (since Vanilla). I also enjoy a good Dragon Age and Sims. I am also a board gamer too - Lords of Waterdeep, Cards Against Humanity, Game of Thrones...etc.

I watch The Big Bang Theory, Game of Thrones, Dr. Who...well I have easily over 400 dvds - so the list could go on and on and on!

I am also an avid reader. I have over 200 books, not counting my e-books. A good number of them are signed.

Yeah, I don't know what else to say. I collect dinosaurs?

Are you actually me? I snuck into a Paleontology convention to see Jack Horner speak once. I was in uniform, so they just sorta let me walk into it. Hehe.

POSTING NERDY!
Hello fellow nerds
Feel free to add me to your friends list, I love having more friends!
I play World of Warcraft (since Vanilla). I also enjoy a good Dragon Age and Sims. I am also a board gamer too - Lords of Waterdeep, Cards Against Humanity, Game of Thrones...etc.

I watch The Big Bang Theory, Game of Thrones, Dr. Who...well I have easily over 400 dvds - so the list could go on and on and on!

I am also an avid reader. I have over 200 books, not counting my e-books. A good number of them are signed.

Yeah, I don't know what else to say. I collect dinosaurs?

Are you actually me? I snuck into a Paleontology convention to see Jack Horner speak once. I was in uniform, so they just sorta let me walk into it. Hehe.

Oh my gosh! I am so jelly! lol
Sam Neill is my follower on twitter :P

I knit and watch Dr Who. I also love Star Trek. I'm a grammar Nazi. This all makes me awesome, right?!

Also a knitter here. I don't know when knitting became nerdy, but I've yet to meet a knitter who DOESN'T also engage in some sort of fandom!

So, anyone want to dress up in Ren Fest costumes, put on some Dr. Who, and read a few books while playing WoW? OH LOOK ROCK! *collects*

I knit and watch Dr Who. I also love Star Trek. I'm a grammar Nazi. This all makes me awesome, right?!

IM A CROCHETER! lol wait..I am already friends with you XOXO :P

Yay!

So, anyone want to dress up in Ren Fest costumes, put on some Dr. Who, and read a few books while playing WoW? OH LOOK ROCK! *collects*

Sounds like my kinda LAN party!

Hi everyone. Another Jen here.
The hubby and I are unabashed nerds. Unfortunately since we've had two kids my nerd time has become basically nil. We used to play WoW 5 days a week, but in the last couple years we gave it up.
My favorite shows are Buffy, BSG, Firefly, GoT (not really nerdy now), etc. We're working on Doctor Who, on Season 4.
I love video games, but no longer really have time to play them. If I can squeeze something in, I usually play Skyrim.
I love board games of the German style. We no longer have a game group though because we moved and have kids now, so only get to play them infrequently. I also love MTG although we don't keep up with new sets, so we just work from our existing collection (we've had a lot of fun with our Ravnica world draft cube using original and new Ravnica sets).
Last year we had a Ren Faire finally come to our area and I totally dressed up and it was awesome, I can't wait to go again

I love looking at pictures of cosplay and imagine when I could do that too...

In other hobbies I also love aquariums and keep 4 of them.

I wish I had more time to engage my inner nerd but the kids take a lot of the free time I used to have

As of writing I weigh 155 and am working towards 120. Only been at it for 3 weeks.

Add me! I would love nerd friends!