Nerds Unite!

I was just playing Asheron's Call a few months ago due to a friend talking me into going back for a bit. The game is still awesome!! Haven't got Elder Scrolls Online yet. Still caught in the Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls expansion.

I am loving all the memories coming back from some of my favorite shows/movies. I've been listening to 80s music all week. Call me crazy, but I feel happier when I do.

AWAY FROM THE GAMING:

I noticed there is a lot of talk about gaming on here so I am going to branch away from it now lol.
OTHER than gaming what do you like that is nerdy?

Cute art! I am seeing a lot of WoW in there :P I bookmarked to look at in-depth later.

My non-nerd (or nerdy in a different way) stuff is:

Aquariums (I have 4 in different sizes and they are awesome)
Disney (my two kids have a lot of influence on this)
Reading (fantasy, sci-fi, general fiction, YA)

My line of work is as a doll eye dealer. So if anyone on the thread happens to be a BJD collector we have probably encountered each other elsewhere. But I am not a doll collector myself.

Seen a few writers on here. I think that's sort of a trend (myself included) among introverts. We don't spend as much time socializing as some other folks and sort of live in our heads. I wrote for about 5 years straight once, came up with some insanely oddball stuff (a trilogy about mutant bunnies from outer space as an example and a half finished volume on Atlantis that I got way too into).

I wonder how many other folks like me just have a collection of writings that they sort of keep to themselves or very close friends?

I don't go out of my way to keep my writing to myself. If someone asks, I'll happily share. Or I randomly post a snippet for teasing.

Here's the prologue for the one I'm working on (as I'm inspired, not daily).

The room is small, hot, dark and carries the scent of unwashed bodies. Soft moaning can be heard punctuated with gentle whispers of encouragement. A midwife is kneeling between the knees of a laboring woman.

Tension is high in the air, not what one would expect at such a joyous occasion. There is fear, heavy on the tongue, pressing on the hearts of those present. They mustn't be caught. The penalties are too severe, too permanent.

The faded curtains rustle in the wind as one last grunt, a soft cry fill the room. The mother helps the midwife clean her new son, tears of joy streaming down her face. The new dad looks on in awe. He’s beautiful. A ray of hope in this desolate world. And worth every moment of pain it took to bring him into this world. The hardest part is over - the months of hiding her pregnancy, planning, whispered conversations in dark rooms. He’s here. Her little Hidden baby has safely arrived, and she starts to feel something she hasn't felt in too long: Hope.

She brings him to her breast, and he begins rooting, his tiny fists waving in the air. As she assists him, the front door of their small hideout crashes in. Men fill the room, shouting, guns drawn. There is no time to hide, so she grips him tightly, thinking that if she holds him tightly enough, they won’t take him. She’s wrong. Her last thoughts are of love, before her world goes dark.

Oh I love to cosplay also! I can't wait to drop more so I can do a lot more cosplay

I also am big into GoT, Stargate, Dr. Who, and Star Trek.

AC is going F2p! Im on the AC FB page for Morningthaw ( my old server)

Fond memories of spending a YEAR to get my matching white with gold vein celdon suit regardless how much it weighed lol

To find 6 mos later

dye is released lol

But not nearly as bad as Star Wars Galaxies grinding 22 skills to unlock the holocron and still not opened Jedi then boom Jedi is now a quest after spending weeks macroing in the cantina and lvling every weapon skill available