Nerd Awards 2003
- Thread starter Maxx77
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Hexidecimal
Emutalk Bounty Hunter.
Nerdiest Chunk of Meat, I suppose I shall submit my resume:
Been using PCs since i was about 12.
Spent 3 years on 56k collecting ROMS. Only USA set.
Got on Cable, now have full sets for all major consoles. (see below screenshot.)
Custom rebuilt my PC.
Spend 98.4% of my time on the computer
Play AD&D
RP online
Am a faithful member of at least 5 forums
My AIM buddylist contains more people i only know through online aliases then people I actually know in real life.
Taught myself HTML.
Managed a website for over a year.
Know computer hardware pretty well, know windows inside and out, (3.1 3.11 95 98 2000 XP)
Spent more then 3 hours at a computer show, twice.
Have more game controllers then people who actually can play the games.
Have more game controllers then available USB slots on my PC.
Spent more then 8 hours continously playing ONE game.
There ya go! All true!
if the image doesnt show up
http://www.freewebs.com/hexnews/ROMSets.jpg
Been using PCs since i was about 12.
Spent 3 years on 56k collecting ROMS. Only USA set.
Got on Cable, now have full sets for all major consoles. (see below screenshot.)
Custom rebuilt my PC.
Spend 98.4% of my time on the computer
Play AD&D
RP online
Am a faithful member of at least 5 forums
My AIM buddylist contains more people i only know through online aliases then people I actually know in real life.
Taught myself HTML.
Managed a website for over a year.
Know computer hardware pretty well, know windows inside and out, (3.1 3.11 95 98 2000 XP)
Spent more then 3 hours at a computer show, twice.
Have more game controllers then people who actually can play the games.
Have more game controllers then available USB slots on my PC.
Spent more then 8 hours continously playing ONE game.
There ya go! All true!
if the image doesnt show up
http://www.freewebs.com/hexnews/ROMSets.jpg
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Had both the Commadore 64 and ZX Spectrum at around age 5, and I was about 6-7 when BBC Basic computers first introduced me, then I became 'serious' when I hacked into the Teachers login in my primary school computers at age 10. Fun times indeed. Got my first actual desktop PC for my own in 1999, learning new stuff everyday.
started using keyboards at age of 3 on a weak 386 33mhz 4mb of ram...and was a very fast typer for the age of 5...
knew about hardware and software a lot since i was about 9
started emulation when i was 12, started doing overall piracy (though not much) when i was 13
taught html to myself and created 8 websites and managed 3 forums.
knew about hardware and software a lot since i was about 9
started emulation when i was 12, started doing overall piracy (though not much) when i was 13
taught html to myself and created 8 websites and managed 3 forums.
pandamoan
Banned
guess i'm older:
i had wierd advanced versions of speak and spell i used to try and mess with, they had no real software or hardware that was configurable....
i mainly just broke them. LOL (don't remember what age)
age 7: i got the SINCLAIR. this crappy little plastic keyboard (membrane style! yeah early 80's!) i wrote games where you had to run from the asterisk and saved them on AUDIO CASSETTE through an analog signal. This was the only disk drive for that system!
age 9: i got a tandy TRS-80. now i could save more complicated asterisk dodging games on 7 1/2" floppies! w00t! learned the ANSI key #'s by memory during this time... (since forgotten, thankfully).
age 11: i got a 386sx, logged on to BBSes, downloaded porn pics, SIRD (stereograms), bad text based adventure games.
age 13: wrote cheesy arcade games (bust a move clones) upgraded my 386sx (extra memory! scary stuff!). wrote ansi stereogram generation programs, long bad pornographic text based adventures.
age 14: gave up computers completely for rock and roll as the "benefits" were unmistakable.
age 22: dot boom, worked for web dev company, started doing perl (badly) and lots of crap html database stuff, installed networks built quake levels, discovered emulation, napster, divx, IM, became a photoshop/gimp MASTER. (lots of it ON the clock!)
age 25: started a (since failed) computer reselling business. too much work for one guy.
age 26: got a regular (good job) teaching, trolled emutalk.
i had wierd advanced versions of speak and spell i used to try and mess with, they had no real software or hardware that was configurable....
i mainly just broke them. LOL (don't remember what age)age 7: i got the SINCLAIR. this crappy little plastic keyboard (membrane style! yeah early 80's!) i wrote games where you had to run from the asterisk and saved them on AUDIO CASSETTE through an analog signal. This was the only disk drive for that system!
age 9: i got a tandy TRS-80. now i could save more complicated asterisk dodging games on 7 1/2" floppies! w00t! learned the ANSI key #'s by memory during this time... (since forgotten, thankfully).
age 11: i got a 386sx, logged on to BBSes, downloaded porn pics, SIRD (stereograms), bad text based adventure games.
age 13: wrote cheesy arcade games (bust a move clones) upgraded my 386sx (extra memory! scary stuff!). wrote ansi stereogram generation programs, long bad pornographic text based adventures.
age 14: gave up computers completely for rock and roll as the "benefits" were unmistakable.
age 22: dot boom, worked for web dev company, started doing perl (badly) and lots of crap html database stuff, installed networks built quake levels, discovered emulation, napster, divx, IM, became a photoshop/gimp MASTER. (lots of it ON the clock!)
age 25: started a (since failed) computer reselling business. too much work for one guy.
age 26: got a regular (good job) teaching, trolled emutalk.
Hexidecimal
Emutalk Bounty Hunter.
I'd like to thank the academy.... I really just don't know what to say. *holds up the golden mouse award and runs off the stage in tears*
I got my first computer at the age of 4. An old IBM PC Jr.
I've played an RPG for more than 14 hours (yes i was practically dead the day after)
I have 4 CDs FULL of ROMs.
I have 112 people who I only know via the internet. (via msn, aim, and yim)
Taught myself a bit of C# .NET.
Taught myself a bit about HTML.
I own 13 gaming systems.
I live on my computer practically.
I was always the smart one people came to.
I have 5 PCs in my house.
I own 3 old computers. The Atari Laptop thingy (forgot the model name), Comodore64, and a Comodore VIC-20.
I created my own game (yes it sucked and no i wont give it out)
I practically live on 6 different forums.
I have quite a few websites. (most of them i stopped)
I spend most of my time working on my computer.
I always spend my time looking at tech stuff.
I read the product manuals.
I also have wanted to go to college for computers (won't be starting for a few years)
And I'm only 13 and know all this.
Downloaded tons of stuff on 56k.
Got DSL on one of the first days it came out and continued my ROM collecting.
I play D&D and tons of other MMORPGs.
I beta-test tons of things.
More games than I'll ever need my entire life.
Built my own computer.
I know my way around computers, even macs, linux, and the old OSs.
I could continue with a few things more, but i dont wanna type any more.
And yes, this is ALL true.
I've played an RPG for more than 14 hours (yes i was practically dead the day after)
I have 4 CDs FULL of ROMs.
I have 112 people who I only know via the internet. (via msn, aim, and yim)
Taught myself a bit of C# .NET.
Taught myself a bit about HTML.
I own 13 gaming systems.
I live on my computer practically.
I was always the smart one people came to.
I have 5 PCs in my house.
I own 3 old computers. The Atari Laptop thingy (forgot the model name), Comodore64, and a Comodore VIC-20.
I created my own game (yes it sucked and no i wont give it out)
I practically live on 6 different forums.
I have quite a few websites. (most of them i stopped)
I spend most of my time working on my computer.
I always spend my time looking at tech stuff.
I read the product manuals.
I also have wanted to go to college for computers (won't be starting for a few years)
And I'm only 13 and know all this
.Downloaded tons of stuff on 56k.
Got DSL on one of the first days it came out and continued my ROM collecting.
I play D&D and tons of other MMORPGs.
I beta-test tons of things.
More games than I'll ever need my entire life.
Built my own computer.
I know my way around computers, even macs, linux, and the old OSs.
I could continue with a few things more, but i dont wanna type any more.
And yes, this is ALL true.
Hexidecimal
Emutalk Bounty Hunter.
Hrmm, I've done the game making too, I have 33 gigs of roms stuff though, yeah people come to me all the time, most of my friends call me guru, MMORPGs, meh, paying to play a game monthly, that isnt nerdy, just dumb, im an offical beta tester for a couple programs, (AIMutation namely) More games then I will ever need, yup, got that too, i need to learn linux a bit better, but macs yeah... (sadly), hrmmm, finally, someone as nerdy as me!
- Thread Starter
- #13
Hey posty_2k3... you know no limits being such a fine class of nerd...
You are the most fat and slimy chunk of meat i know, and of course the nerdiest for now... the academy rewards you posty_2k3 with such amazing trophy.
Perhaps we should make a complete list about nerd behaviors---
and of course, Hexidecimal, you can help too in the making... ;-!
You are the most fat and slimy chunk of meat i know, and of course the nerdiest for now... the academy rewards you posty_2k3 with such amazing trophy.
Perhaps we should make a complete list about nerd behaviors---
and of course, Hexidecimal, you can help too in the making... ;-!
- Thread Starter
- #14
=The Sublime Guide of a Nerd=
1) Play 15+ hours "Baldur's Gate ii"
2) Try every emulator out there (even emerson arcadia's...)
3) Download calculator emulators
4) Obtain only "A+" in Maths...
5) Sleep with a teddy bear
6) Talk to a rubber duck while in bathroom
7) Eat lot of tacos
8) Talk 5+ languages (including spanish...)
9) Only "virtual" girlfriends
10) Believe that the ginger bread man exists ;-(
1) Play 15+ hours "Baldur's Gate ii"
2) Try every emulator out there (even emerson arcadia's...)
3) Download calculator emulators
4) Obtain only "A+" in Maths...
5) Sleep with a teddy bear
6) Talk to a rubber duck while in bathroom
7) Eat lot of tacos
8) Talk 5+ languages (including spanish...)
9) Only "virtual" girlfriends
10) Believe that the ginger bread man exists ;-(
scotty
The Great One
I rememeber when i was 3 years old, with the commodore 64, and wrecking the disks so that they were unplayable it, my dad got really pissed that it was Jumpman and Frogger as well that were on top of the 4 or 5 I wrecked. I cant beleive how much of a pain I actually was back then
YAY! I'd like to thank the academy, the world, my brain, and um.... Just anyone who helped me get there! :bye3: I'm so proud! *sniff* And I have downloaded every emulator out there I've come across that's not fake. Yes, I even downloaded calculator emulators. And no to the rest of the stuff.
1. I hate that game
2. I said I'd tried all the ones I've come sccross.
3. I answered this.
4. I got a B+ this year
5. NO!
6. NO!
7. I like tacos, but eating too much is wrong.
8. I know a bit of French, a bit of Spanish, a bit of German, and of course, I know English
9. I have a REAL girlfriend.
10. Gingerbreadman was Kindergarten crap!
1. I hate that game
2. I said I'd tried all the ones I've come sccross.
3. I answered this.
4. I got a B+ this year
5. NO!
6. NO!
7. I like tacos, but eating too much is wrong.
8. I know a bit of French, a bit of Spanish, a bit of German, and of course, I know English
9. I have a REAL girlfriend.
10. Gingerbreadman was Kindergarten crap!
- Thread Starter
- #17
Hexidecimal... don't feel sad, you were the nerdiest ball of cheese for a day...
but you must agree that posty_2k3's log record of nerdity surpasses even your one... he devoted his life to obtain the academy's nomination.
In any case, you can retain your trophy Hexidecimal, you deserve it too!
but you must agree that posty_2k3's log record of nerdity surpasses even your one... he devoted his life to obtain the academy's nomination.
In any case, you can retain your trophy Hexidecimal, you deserve it too!
Hexidecimal
Emutalk Bounty Hunter.
Maxx77 said:
I'm going to have to disaree with some of those, for one, Only A+'s in math makes you beyond nerdy it, it makes you a geek, and that, is not what you want. Teddy Bear would be for pussy, not nerd, TACOS! YES! 5 languages, only if you want to include C++ VB HTML CSS AND PEARL, virtual girl friends, no, just, no, ok, theres a limit to even nerdiness, and um? Gingerbread? That's more like Delusional. Soin conclusion:
-=THE STEADFAST RULES TO NERDINESS=-
1)Know your hardware, have only top of the line in all computer parts
2)Pimp out the PC case, because honestly, everything looks cooler when it glows in the dark.
3)Emulation is your friend, even though nintendo doesn't want you to think so.
4)Fanboyism is not an art, it's a pain, be open minded
5) DOWNLOAD DOWNLOAD DOWNLOAD
6)Know your software too, learn how to properly edit a photo, and how to debug the problem yourself.
7)Windows isn't the only thing out there, look into Linux.
8)One can never have to many games, regardless of what your parents think.
9)Kazaa should only be used for MP3's and pr0n, any real nerd/pirate knows this.
10)TACOS!
11)ASCII is cool, regardless of what your friends think.
12)There is no rule twelve, never, we don't like you twelve.
13)Support your release groups.
14)Belong to at least 3 forums, remember, the more people you can insult and piss off the better.
14)One of said forums should be namely a FLAME THE TROLL forum.
15)Anything you have ever seen on the internet has probably passed though the Something awful forums, and if you MADE it, then uber nerd-dom to you.
16)You must have at least once watched a block of anime more then 4 hours long.
17)You must have played one single game for more then 8 hours (video or otherwise)
18)You can properly execute a 'saving throw'
19)You've argued yourself out of death (AD&D Players will laugh at this one)
20)MORE TACOS!
Add to this, I'm sure I missed something.
Hexidecimal
Emutalk Bounty Hunter.
I bow to your superior nerdiness and take my place as 2nd nerdiest chunk of meat, and then plot your impending doom so I may reign supreme *sinister laugh*
- Thread Starter
- #20
lol Well Spoken Hexidecimal, but I think you missed something:
21) Trow dirty papers into the W.C and have your house full o' stinkin water
22) Create a swamp with slimy frogs in your garden
23) Say pretty things to a chubby chick only to eat her TACOS
24) Buy at least 7 posters of dragon ball gt
25) Eat even more tacos, spicy tacos, red hot chili tacos...
26) Believe that there are PS3 emulators that run commercial games flawlessly and on a 486dx (and 10mb roms for it)
27) Accidentally burned your hair somewhere
Hexidecimal, what do you think about this?
21) Trow dirty papers into the W.C and have your house full o' stinkin water
22) Create a swamp with slimy frogs in your garden
23) Say pretty things to a chubby chick only to eat her TACOS
24) Buy at least 7 posters of dragon ball gt
25) Eat even more tacos, spicy tacos, red hot chili tacos...
26) Believe that there are PS3 emulators that run commercial games flawlessly and on a 486dx (and 10mb roms for it)
27) Accidentally burned your hair somewhere
Hexidecimal, what do you think about this?