How nerdy are you?

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    What's the nerdiest thing you've ever done? Come on, don't be shy, I know you have plenty of answers for this question. :P
     
    I don't actually know. I know I'm a nerd, but pinning the nerdy things that I've done is really hard for me to do. :( This is a hard question.
     
    This hasn't happened yet, but the second I start expressing my excitement for BW2 I'll know I've just made a new record.

    But to date is probably doing RH in the school library, I dunno
     
    Expressing my interest for Pokemon in front of my classmates is by far the nerdiest thing I've ever done. And they still like me for it.
     
    I've nerded out for things before like I used to really nerd out for Pokemon and I guess Harry Potter and Survivor, but idk how much the latter two would be that nerdish. Idk I don't really consider myself a nerd.
     
    Hardcore cosplaying.. working in the games industry.. marathoning Japanese Power Rangers.. anime conventions..
    At one point I could recognize pokemon by their 8-bit Gameboy cries.. : |..
    I've drawn fanart and done fanfiction before..

    I am a super-nerd
     
    Ummm I watch a lot of anime, like science and Maths (kinda maths). Play lots of video games and such.. I dunno I'm a pretty big nerd yet at the same time I do things that kinda cancel out my nerdiness haha. I have no shame in being a nerd though and admit to it. XD
     
    Kura said:
    Hardcore cosplaying.. working in the games industry.. marathoning Japanese Power Rangers.. anime conventions..
    At one point I could recognize pokemon by their 8-bit Gameboy cries.. : |..
    I've drawn fanart and done fanfiction before..

    I am a super-nerd
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    Bold are relevant to me.
    As well as:

    ~Playing Yugioh
    ~Gamer since I was a child
    ~Have a University degree in Games Technology
    ~Enjoy programming

    I could go on... XD​
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    A few things I consider to make me a nerd:

    -hardcore Pokemon playing
    -collecting and playing Yu-Gi-Oh! (and usually spelling it out)
    -going to GameStop to find old video games for my Gamecube and PS2
    -playing said games for several hours a day until I beat them
    -collecting Pokemon toys
    -wanting photoshop so hardcore
    -if not fashion, would go for video gaming SOMETHING

    But the nerdiest thing i've ever done was get a deep, huge satisfaction when I was going though a booster pack of Yu-Gi-Oh! cards I had gotten after a LONG, hard day, and I found my favorite monster card (Rainbow Dragon, WHO'D A THUNK?). I was like, almost crying. After buying so many packs of the set it originally came in, I got it from a special binder set. I was stoked. Like, didn't even cheer, just felt so warm and fuzzy inside.
     
    I had memorized the classic Star Wars movies before I was 10. I've watched 2 decades worth of classic Doctor Who. Seen every episode of Star Trek. I went to the midnight releases of the last 3 Harry Potter books. My shelves are full of sci-fi and fantasy books, those that aren't stuffed with manga, that is. In college some friends from my Japanese class and I all gave each other silly Japanese names that we still call each other whenever we talk. But maybe going to Japan and buying several maid and lolita costumes is nerdier than all of that.
     
    I have a $459 set of Harry Potter Blu-Ray/DVDs on order, despite already owning two copies of each movie.

    I got up at 6am and queued from 7am for the 9am releases of each new Harry Potter book at a bookstore, when Mum walked into the department store next to it and picked up a copy for my uncle from the huge pile, rendering the queuing totally unnecessary.

    I've been to midnight movie premieres for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I and Part II, as well as The Avengers and in two weeks The Dark Knight Rises.

    I saw Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II a total of five times in cinemas, only to be outdone recently by The Avengers, which I saw six times.

    I catalogued every Pokemon card I own on my computer so that I know exactly which ones from which sets I have. This took about four days to accomplish.

    I went to the crappy Australian version of Comic-Con last year, just so I could listen to Amy Acker speak for about an hour. Don't know who Amy Acker is? That's because you're not nerdy enough.

    I looked at the trailers for the Dragonball movie a few years back and saw how terrible it looked, then went to see it anyway out of franchise loyalty.

    I'm short-sighted and have worn glasses since the age of seven. I also have an inhaler that I took to school with me every single day until I outgrew my asthma.

    I consider JK Rowling and Joss Whedon my Gods, and freely admit this in public.
     
    What really counts as nerdy? I don't really know. I don't have an instance of immense nerdiness either. I just have a life that is saturated in it.

    The most obvious thing is probably Doctor Who... I own a substantial amount of Doctor Who both New and Classic, can name all the Doctors and most of the companions by actor, know all the NuWho episodes by name and where they fall in the series, I've watched all NuWho episodes at least three times each and/because of having got like eight of my offline friends into it. I've gotten quite a few others into DW as well. I have a tendency to go off on tangents about actors and factoids while watching with other people or when people mention something related to Who. I run a compilation tumblr for tweets from the cast and crew of DW, past and present.

    Other things what you probably don't care about...
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    So basically I'm really nerdy about lots of things. And everybody knows it. It's fab and has pretty much become expected of me. So I can't really pinpoint an event where I was at my nerdiest.
     
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    How nerdy am I? Put simply: VERY.

    Likely nerdiest moments include making maps and keeping statistics for my Sim City 4 cities. And roleplaying as a NATION representing my Sim City 4 cities back from 2007 to 2009 on some other forums.

    Also, I think my main media bookshelf contains $1400 worth of merchandise, mostly bought IN THE LAST 3 YEARS. Spoiler relevant, it contains a picture of said shelf.

    Spoiler:
     
    What make me really nerdy.
    - I write Fan Fiction for all my fandom.
    -I spend hours gaming not just Pokemon.
    - I have all the twilight books
    - I have a huge manga and anime collection.
    - All my books take up most of my bedroom.
    - Anime and Movie posters cover my wall.
    - Me and group of my friends went to the mall the other day and hung out at the Lego store.
    - My Biggest obsessions are Harry Potter, Pokemon, Victorious, Batman, Spiderman and Kim Possible.
    - I still have one of my original Nintedo 64s and play it.
    - Still very addicted to Pokemon Snap
    I Cosplayed at School all the so call normal people looked at me funny
     
    Well I mean I readily admit to anyone offline that I spend a ton of my time moderating/posting on a Pokemon forum, lol.

    I guess other than that, I've spent a week+ of 18-hour days playing an MMO every second I was awake. That's the nerdiest thing I can think of offhand.
     
    On a scale of 1 to Pierce? I'm about a 7 ;3 I openly admit to liking Pokemon and similar stuff, but my friends don't see it as nerdy or anything. That kind of mentality has never really happened where I live (at least not to me), but I've never really been the type that gets picked on so who knows what happens to other people lol. But yeah I love Pokemon, I spend most of my time on forums, I'm learning coding languages, I spend hours messing around on Fireworks and GIMP, I spend hours watching anime and barely sleep because of it, I'm half-way through building a massive portrait of Haruhi Suzumiya in Minecraft and previously worked on building the Johto region of Pokemon with a group of friends (which looked awesome till he LOST it. ;;), and the list continues lol. So yeah I'm pretty nerdy but no one seems to care, everyone's cool with it irl and online, so I'm happy with how I am c:
     
    I moderate a Pokemon forum. Even more specifically, I moderate 5 sections related to Pokemon on this forum. I've modded/admined other forums as well. I import Pokemon games despite not being able to read any Japanese text or speak a lick of it. I bought an original DS only because of Diamond and Pearl. I can recognize almost every Pokemon by their in-game cries. This is just Pokemon stuff though lol. There's tons more.

    Also when presenting a video game themed Power Point, I had a sprite of Link from A Link to the Past. When it showed up on screen, someone said "Ooh, 8 bit!" to which I responded, "Actually, it's 16 bit. A Link to the Past was on Super Nintendo." But if you're overlooking the fact I correct people like that, come on. Video game themed Power Point on special education, as well as my poster board for it. You wanna see it? Too bad, cause it's not with me.

    Ummm and I used to draw the Triforce on my hand everyday in 8th and 9th grade.
     
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