All gamers are nerds? or know alot about computers?
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ok in my computer class(which is an eleective) today i asked how many people considered themselves hardcore gamers. Over half said they were. but only a few could actually be described as nerd. i think this is just a broad generalization that really has no merit in society.
EDIT:i forgot
according to google a nerd is "A person with limited social, but advanced technological skills and interests."
Geek-Used in a nice way it is someone who seems to know everything there is to know about computers. Geeks tend to spend every possdible waking minute glued to their computer.
EDIT:i forgot
according to google a nerd is "A person with limited social, but advanced technological skills and interests."
Geek-Used in a nice way it is someone who seems to know everything there is to know about computers. Geeks tend to spend every possdible waking minute glued to their computer.
No, that's not my point at all. It didn't have anything to do with gender, I was just disapointed that she liked FF, when I could of had striked up a good conversation about Half Life, Bioshock or something. Again, not saying I was disapointed in her, just I have no care for FF and failed to make a conversation about it.tobyornottoby post=18.73363.794067 said:
You're making it sound like being a nerd is a bad thing. Geez, shouldn't we all be nerdfighters around here? Fight for the right to be a nerd without prejudice!
http://nerdfighters.ning.com/
The nerd/geek terminology argument becomes simple once you remove the usual stigma: geek implies skill, nerd implies passion. So I am a nerd about many things, but I can't be considered a gamer geek on account of while I enjoy many, I have little skill in any.
http://nerdfighters.ning.com/
The nerd/geek terminology argument becomes simple once you remove the usual stigma: geek implies skill, nerd implies passion. So I am a nerd about many things, but I can't be considered a gamer geek on account of while I enjoy many, I have little skill in any.
It's not a bad thing at all, but that doesn't stop most people from still perceiving it as such. Since I spend so much time online, sometimes I find that people in reality are much different (i.e. worse) than those I know over the Internet; sometimes it can be hard to remember that talking about your new CPU heatsink or your Aquamark score isn't cool. Yesterday, an acquaintance/friend of mine (not sure which it is, really) mentioned that she wanted to quit smoking, and needed motivation; my response was all the money that would be saved from quitting could be used to buy awesome new PC hardware. I'm pretty sure she didn't speak to me for the rest of the day after that.Faultty post=18.73363.796529 said:
I am an avid gamer and I know enough to get by with computers.
I'm not sure how but I'm getting married to a very hot girl later this year who has no interest in gaming or computers but loves fashion and clubbing.
Apparently I am what is called 'Geek-Chic'. For the first time in my life I'm actually trendy!
I'm not sure how but I'm getting married to a very hot girl later this year who has no interest in gaming or computers but loves fashion and clubbing.
Apparently I am what is called 'Geek-Chic'. For the first time in my life I'm actually trendy!
I'm an average gamer but since I got into gaming I discovered I love computers and as such I have learned a lot about how they work. I can fix a lot of computer problems and do some programming but I'm really better with networks. HeHe I guess I do fit that stereotype.
On a different note:
The_root_of_all_evil:
Dude, I've had to deal with places that run Win 95, FORTRAN and CLI interfaces. Pascal and Modula-2 are quite good for getting the basics before you upgrade to OOP.
You guys worked your way up to OOP? My school started with Java, all any of us knows is OOP.
On a different note:
The_root_of_all_evil:
Dude, I've had to deal with places that run Win 95, FORTRAN and CLI interfaces. Pascal and Modula-2 are quite good for getting the basics before you upgrade to OOP.
You guys worked your way up to OOP? My school started with Java, all any of us knows is OOP.
I'm a UI guy. If that doesn't make any sense to you, I can learn how to use almost any program, 20x faster then you can.
I can play, 20 games in a day, and switch between 20 different control schemes with out having to wrap my brain around how each of them work, or exam the 'manual' to remember. I can just load it up and play the game like I've been playing it all week.
Sometimes though, it may take me a few minutes (upwards of 5) to exactly remember every fine detail point of the control scheme, or how the UI works. Buts its like riding a biscycle. Even after 20 years of not riding a bike, once you hop on it, you remember the fundementals, and the first few pushes on the pedals will be a bit akward, but after, you'll ride like a pro again.
Then approximately 4 years ago, I installed my first Video Card.
Then my first Ram.
3 years ago, I desemebled my pc, to send my motherboard in for an RMA.
Had a friend who built the pc orginally come over and put it back together.
This summer I finally built my first computer.
To be technical, my first 'build' was just re-esembling a pc after replacing a bad mobo.
Then I technically assembled my first computer, the one I'm using now.
Q6600 2.4ghz
Geforce 9800 GTX
PC 6400 Memory
2 300 GB HDDs, and who gives a frag at what speed.
Crossair 750W PSU
And a bunch of other accessories.
Originally at $600 (Dell would have charged you somewhere around $2400 for this build at around June, I know, I tried building it through dell but my credit wasn't good enough!! So I put all the parts I needed on my credit card and paid it all off in under a month.
)
The price jumped from $600 though when I had to invest in a new PSU (Got a bad one, to tiny for the video card, EVERYONE missed that thing, cause you always, always ask around when its your 'first time' if 'this part' will work with 'that part', ect. Its called research people! If you don't know how to rebuild an engine, don't just start throwing pieces together and try to mash em together with ducttape if they dont' fit!)
AS for basic computer problems, 99% of all problems you have on your PC, are spyware related, and 99% of the time, someones already had the same problem you have had. A quick 'google' of your problem often yields a solution.
If more people would actually RESEARCH there problem before turning of there brain and hitting there pc with a wrench because its to powerful for there monkey brains to handle, We'd have sooo much less whining going on!
As for cars. I suck at cars. About all I can do is change tires, change oil, check oil, you know the basic fluids that are at the top of the engine unless you have one of those cars that hides all that shit in really wierd places, or like my parents car, where you have to take half of it apart to put new fluid in...
I can play, 20 games in a day, and switch between 20 different control schemes with out having to wrap my brain around how each of them work, or exam the 'manual' to remember. I can just load it up and play the game like I've been playing it all week.
Sometimes though, it may take me a few minutes (upwards of 5) to exactly remember every fine detail point of the control scheme, or how the UI works. Buts its like riding a biscycle. Even after 20 years of not riding a bike, once you hop on it, you remember the fundementals, and the first few pushes on the pedals will be a bit akward, but after, you'll ride like a pro again.
Then approximately 4 years ago, I installed my first Video Card.
Then my first Ram.
3 years ago, I desemebled my pc, to send my motherboard in for an RMA.
Had a friend who built the pc orginally come over and put it back together.
This summer I finally built my first computer.
To be technical, my first 'build' was just re-esembling a pc after replacing a bad mobo.
Then I technically assembled my first computer, the one I'm using now.
Q6600 2.4ghz
Geforce 9800 GTX
PC 6400 Memory
2 300 GB HDDs, and who gives a frag at what speed.
Crossair 750W PSU
And a bunch of other accessories.
Originally at $600 (Dell would have charged you somewhere around $2400 for this build at around June, I know, I tried building it through dell but my credit wasn't good enough!! So I put all the parts I needed on my credit card and paid it all off in under a month.
)The price jumped from $600 though when I had to invest in a new PSU (Got a bad one, to tiny for the video card, EVERYONE missed that thing, cause you always, always ask around when its your 'first time' if 'this part' will work with 'that part', ect. Its called research people! If you don't know how to rebuild an engine, don't just start throwing pieces together and try to mash em together with ducttape if they dont' fit!
)AS for basic computer problems, 99% of all problems you have on your PC, are spyware related, and 99% of the time, someones already had the same problem you have had. A quick 'google' of your problem often yields a solution.
If more people would actually RESEARCH there problem before turning of there brain and hitting there pc with a wrench because its to powerful for there monkey brains to handle, We'd have sooo much less whining going on!
As for cars. I suck at cars. About all I can do is change tires, change oil, check oil, you know the basic fluids that are at the top of the engine unless you have one of those cars that hides all that shit in really wierd places, or like my parents car, where you have to take half of it apart to put new fluid in...
Aaah alright, but I think the chance 'FF' is answered when you ask a newly met gamegirl is pretty high ^^;PurpleRain post=18.73363.796341 said:
I think it also depends on what kinds of games you've played for the majority of your life... Personally, I started a console only gamer, and then evolved to PC & console gaming... The more console gaming you do, the more you tend to learn about your computer system as a whole, its capabilities, and if it can run the games you want it to... No offense to anyone who does play PC games and isn't too knowledgable on PCs, but I really think it comes down to a passion thing...
Considering that I don't even know how to work Microsoft Excel or work a Linksys wireless network, no.
This is a classic error. Gamer geek and nerd are two completely different things. It is possible to be both (I actually happen to be, lol) but you can be one or the other. I have several "nerd" friends who wouldn't touch a game-pad with a ten-foot stick (not good friends, as you can imagine...)
That's just cruel. XD I play FF AND Halo 3...what does that say about me? XD There's nothing wrong with FF...really.PurpleRain post=18.73363.793304 said:
As a PC gamer, you'll end up with tweaking your system sooner or later. It starts off with patches, then drivers, then .ini file edits. Before you know it you're looking into videocards to put into your system to be able to play that next game.
2 years later you're building your own rig.
That's how it went with me, anyway. If your interest is more 'tech' then 'games' it's a natural progression.
2 years later you're building your own rig.
That's how it went with me, anyway. If your interest is more 'tech' then 'games' it's a natural progression.
This.Technomage333 post=18.73363.796590 said:
My big brother, who has been gaming for about 10 years longer than I am, doesn't share my passion for computers, though. He knows less about them my parents do these days, he's just that uninterested in the specifics.
Originally my motivation to figure out programming was to make games, but I found out that studying things like cryptography is just as interesting as interesting as gaming. Our university started us with C, then we went from there to C++ and Java. These days if I code for my leisure, I do it mostly in Python. I've also dabbled in CLisp and Haskell a bit.
I sort of embraced the fact that I was a nerd over 10 years ago, so yeah.
This is also very true.
Mmm i know a fair amount about computers and such, enough to get me by and troubleshoot if things go haywire.....and i LOVE gaming. Dunno if the two go hand in hand generally but i have a certain finesse with both.