PlaneShift
Gameplay => Newbie Help (Start Here) => Topic started by: Bigrat on July 25, 2010, 03:00:53 am
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I HOPE IT IS!!!!
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for given values of geek and nerd.
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It is not specifically made to exclude technically less experienced players. But it has a certain demand on character and maturity, and - being in a still rather early development stage - probably can't keep players very long which are impatient and quickly annoyed by technical issues now and then: Our team is rather small and not paid for their work in their leisure time only, so fixes can not be guaranteed during 24h.
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Always been the "geek" of the town. The only real person in my town to not really want to be a part of sports, yet the entire town praises the school sports 100%. The definition of geek changes, but remember that the geeks will rule the world with technical prowess (>=3). Anyways, with that aside, you'll find a lot of PLAYERS being in character on the IC server, so you may never know if a player is a geek/need or not. Just because a person knows computer specs doesn't make them a geek or nerd. Roleplaying may be a "nerd" thing, but heck, some people just want to become a different person to escape it all.
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Roleplaying is not for geeks or nerds only... I have to say I'm a little geek myself (since I use linux) but I practice a lot of sports and have a good social life. Roleplaying is fun, PlaneShift is really different from the real world, so it's amusing to live in a world like that :p
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Even regarding roleplaying ... there might be "roleplaying geeks/nerds" too. But hardly the majority. There are just as many "casual roleplayers" and "roleplaying beginners".
Roleplaying is not enforced, it is encouraged - on one of the two servers. On this one server, behaviour breaking the in-character impression is "discouraged" up to "not allowed" (which is e.g. "leetspeak" in the main chat). But loose behaviour is still not impossible, there are guild, group, and gossip channels available too.
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I am not a real geek. I am a sports geek and a sports nerd but I also play a lot of sports. I just like rp too.
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Geeks may be called geeks by some, but one day they will have something better in front of their name like dr. or being called boss. Then those people will have to say dr. rather than geek.
Roleplaying in general isn't just for "geeks", but I'll keep it PG-13 and say no more. :-X
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remember geoni, pg-13 consists of the words, damn, ass, piss, penis, vagina, hell, crap, moron, and other very minor words as this :)
[yes, i like tv]
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Geoni might know what most of those words mean, but he sure doesn't know half of their functions.
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thats almost sig worthy.... you were so close
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Geoni might know what vagina means, but he sure doesn't know half of its functions.
Better?
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It's hard to rhyme a
word like "vagina"...
(Bloodhound Gang)
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Geoni might know what vagina means, but he sure doesn't know half of its functions.
Better?
no not better, the first one wasnt direct enough to get it, with it by itself, and the second one is to direct to be funny
and does vagina ryme with banana they both gots naaaaa
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No, not unless you're a lout. Which you are. So yes.
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damn, ass, piss, penis, vagina, hell, crap, moron, and other very minor words as this :)
:o naughty words!... :ban:
Geoni might know what vagina means, but he sure doesn't know half of its functions.
Better?
Sadly i'm a Wikipedia zombie and I can't resist clicking on blue words I don't know...blooded...you obviously haven't been in #planeshift enough. :whistling:
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yeah but anybody can change things on wikipedia, so sombody could easily change the bodily function of a vagina, and write that it works the same as a hand grenade
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yeah but anybody can change things on wikipedia, so sombody could easily change the bodily function of a vagina, and write that it works the same as a hand grenade
In its own bizarre way, this would actually be quite true.
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And the "o.b." tampon takes the menstruation where it happens... (points at closed hand wrapping the tampon) -- Comedy theme shown by Michael Mittermeier. :D
So that means you'll catch your girlfriend "red handed" each month?!
Although this is so completely :offtopic: -- good to see that we can talk about it so manneredly.
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yeah but anybody can change things on wikipedia, so sombody could easily change the bodily function of a vagina, and write that it works the same as a hand grenade
OK! That is the single most disturbing thing I have read on this forum in a while. I don't even want to know how the hell you choose your analogies.
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*A-hem* Regina. That is all I have to say about this thread.
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yeah but anybody can change things on wikipedia, so sombody could easily change the bodily function of a vagina, and write that it works the same as a hand grenade
OK! That is the single most disturbing thing I have read on this forum in a while. I don't even want to know how the hell you choose your analogies.
Maybe he watches a lot of porn?
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yeah but anybody can change things on wikipedia, so sombody could easily change the bodily function of a vagina, and write that it works the same as a hand grenade
Have you been through sex ed yet?
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@ Catlemur:
Or he watched "Monk" regularly.
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Do you mean that detective guy?
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Yes. I remember an episode where Adrian Monk was forced to walk through a huge educational vagina model - and sexual organs are one of his phobias...
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He is a real madman. ;D
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Yes. I remember an episode where Adrian Monk was forced to walk through a huge educational vagina model - and sexual organs are one of his phobias...
YESSSSSSSSSSS I LOVE THAT ONE!!!!!!
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that was a great show. Ill miss it
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This game is made for sophistocated gentlemen of discerning tastes. If you haven't a butler trained and proficent with computers you will have no time to play.
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@ bigrat
This game is not made for geeks and nerds. I'm not a nerd and i play this game, actually i was in most of my school sports team.
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Not a nerd yet you obviously spent time carefully crafting a picture of a pixelated cat woman filled with words from a made up language?
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Not a nerd yet you obviously spent time carefully crafting a picture of a pixelated cat woman filled with words from a made up language?
Yes I did because I was bored and i had nothing to do, it only took about an hour. It was just a shot in Ojaveda and put some texts saying my guild and such.
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What is "nerdy" is a personal opinion of individuals.
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zing
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It is not specifically made to exclude technically less experienced players.
I disagree, I'm having trouble with it since I'm not a tech-head.
From dictionary.com:
nerd
an intelligent but single-minded person obsessed with a nonsocial hobby or pursuit: a computer nerd.
PlaneShift's a pretty social hobby.
geek
1.
a computer expert or enthusiast (a term of pride as self-reference, but often considered offensive when used by outsiders.)
2.
a peculiar or otherwise dislikable person, esp. one who is perceived to be overly intellectual.
Not everyone's a computer expert, but PlaneShift players are certainly peculiar. However, I never found anyone to be "overly intellectual."
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Please try to tell apart "the current state" from "the intentions". ;)
Due to the recent switch to CrystalSpace 1.9, unfortunately, PlaneShift requires some more technical knowledge at the moment.
But PlaneShift was not made with the purpose to repel less technical educated people, at least originally. :-[
Our developers are trying hard to solve the problems and to optimize the playing experience even for technically less featured PCs; yet, CrystalSpace 1.9 has its demands. Especially about graphic hardware. It now belongs to the category of "the games which require dedicated gaming hardware"...
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Please try to tell apart "the current state" from "the intentions". ;)
Oh, my bad.
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@ bigrat
This game is not made for geeks and nerds. I'm not a nerd and i play this game, actually i was in most of my school sports team.
this arguement just made you a nerd in my eyes :D (just joking, Mais)
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It's hard to rhyme a
word like "vagina"...
(Bloodhound Gang)
After douching her vagina,
She travelled from Regina.
With Saskatchewan behind her,
And no prairie dust to bind her,
She looked forward to the future
With the hope that love would find her.
- Nova
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How does prairie dust bind somebody?
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To get back on topic again, I've always used 'geek' and 'nerd' as 'obsessed with something, anything, really'
For example you might have a sports nerd or a computer nerd or an airplane nerd or whatever else you want.
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So if I am obsessed with Wonka® products, then am I considered a Wonka Nerd™?
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I guess so. And that's kinda cool.
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http://xkcd.com/747/
Can't define geek or nerd without considering this as well. ;)
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i'm definitely not a nerd but i'm definitely sort of a geek. only because i'm a girl and i like gaming though. if i were a guy everyone would think i'm average.
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I think "geeks" are those who only believe to be "nerds". ;)
For those who know the german story: "bitchchecker" was a geek, "Elch" a nerd.
Brief summary: Network issues disconnect bitchchecker's IRC client. He accuses the mods of kicking him. Elch (mod of #stophiphop) tells him to get a life. bitchchecker gets a temper and challenges Elch - he wants to hack him ... in case Elch tells him his IP. Elch answers correctly, his IP is 127.0.0.1 - and bitchchecker starts his mighty hacking tool to remote-erase this IP ...
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Ligh, is this a book? It just a one line story? Sounds funny.
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I am really attracted to gamer girls. :innocent:
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I am really attracted to gamer girls. :innocent:
Unfortunately there's no such thing gamer/internet girls. Dude, how long have you been around the 7 internets?
http://xkcd.com/747/
Can't define geek or nerd without considering this as well. ;)
Good thing I let those dictionary.com suckers do all the dirty work. :P
Ligh... You're ruining this "we're not nerds/geeks" propaganda we're making about PlaneShift community.
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Sorry captain I just started my journey through the seven internets. :whistling:
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Sorry captain I just started my journey through the seven internets. :whistling:
No problem, me heartey. Arr... jus' as long ye don't fall fer them mermaids no marr.
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There are sirens in the seven internets. They may look like innocent girls, but wary yourself!
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@ Sillamon:
No - it is just a kind of explained IRC log of an event that shall really have happened once.
stophiphop.com - News article: "M4tr1x-Trilogie" (http://www.stophiphop.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=184)
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Cool website. ;D
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Great you two went and spoiled it all.
Mister Bigrat, it's out in the open now. It is indeed a game perfect for geeks and nerds.
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This game is not really for Nerds and geeks, but it is just full of it as it is only the Developers that play :P
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Really?! ... :o -- I always thought most of the developers don't play anymore. ;) ;)
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Okay...as I always go off topic I will use this to thank LigH, I didn't know that story and it's great..in fact too good to be true. But because Sillamon asked and I think he might have some problems with the German original here is a translation in the ubuntu forums (http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-825400.html).
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i'm definitely not a nerd but i'm definitely sort of a geek. only because i'm a girl and i like gaming though. if i were a guy everyone would think i'm average.
You're hardly average Sarras! <3
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More of those geeks! :thumbup:
(http://www.myconfinedspace.com/wp-content/uploads/tdomf/62063/hope-400x500.jpg) (http://www.jacobw.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/7f1a003b0ctaiwan.jpg.jpg)
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Those are my kind of geeks :)
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This thread needs to NOT be revived. X-/
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Ok, here's the nerd test.
http://quizilla.teennick.com/quizzes/17565074/are-you-a-nerd-dork-cool-popular
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That test was definitely made by some douchebag. I'll never be cool by its standards, because cool on that quiz = extreme idiot.
I was a nerd. Proudly.
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This thread needs to NOT be revived. X-/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kamuicosplay/sets/72157624671386432/
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4095/4867946283_7fc28d976a.jpg)
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That test was definitely made by some douchebag. I'll never be cool by its standards, because cool on that quiz = extreme idiot.
I was a nerd. Proudly.
Lol I was aiming for Popular, but i got "cool" instead :/ It said it was the best result out of them all. Hmmm
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....there are no pictures of sexy geek-men on the internet. not fair! >:(
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That's probably because being a geek does not require being a cosplayer; and male cosplayers hardly look sexy to women, I guess.
You should have looked for Sexy Nerd Boys (http://sexynerdboys.tumblr.com/) instead?! ;)
Feb. 2010: Zachary Quinto (Heroes: Sylar)
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My, aren't you lewd?
Disclaimer #2: This is a joke and not a personal insult, note the question tone and the disclaimer.
So, how else can we prove to the world we're geeky? We've gone through informatics, cosplay and roleplaying... We can't be missing much.
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sylar is not cute nor are any of those other guys.... i was thinking more along the lines of a tall, dark-haired, muscly man with a big ass fantasy sword of doom :(
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http://www.final-fantasy-cosplay.org/make-a-cosplay-sword.html
(http://www.final-fantasy-cosplay.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/cosplay-sword.jpg)
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Now that's a sword of doom! ^^^^^ ;D
- Nova
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Sarras, am I not sexy? :o Thanks >.>
*Mishka's player is now hurt and sheds a tiny tear*
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That's probably because being a geek does not require being a cosplayer; and male cosplayers hardly look sexy to women, I guess.
You should have looked for Sexy Nerd Boys (http://sexynerdboys.tumblr.com/) instead?! ;)
Feb. 2010: Zachary Quinto (Heroes: Sylar)
Sarras is right, none of those guys are sexy, and with those glasses, Zachary Quinto looks more like like a hipster of questionable sexuality than a nerd.
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Well, then ... find me even one who might count as "sexy" even though he looks like a typical nerd.
(http://www.jplegacy.org/encyc/novelette-database/11.jpg)
That way maybe even *I* would have chances... :P
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thats sombody we should get the auron to hit :)