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alfvaenI've finally gotten tagged with the "list five reasons you're a nerd" meme, by ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
inssnemesis. I've been watching half of my friends list do it, but this is the first chance I've gotten. No bastard subtrees for me this time, nosiree.
1. I owned most of the AD&D handbooks(1st edition)by my late teens. I lent them to my brother, who ended up lending them to his friends and losing them all. A few years ago, though, I've started to reacquire them. At least one of them, I think, from eBay. Not like I have much in the way of plans to play it...but Simon does enjoy looking at the Monster Manuals, and admittedly it was the last role-playing I did.
2. When playing some of the games of chance on Neopets(like the Fruit Machine, Tombola, Coltzan's Shrine, Lab Ray, etc.), I am maintaining meticulous records, so that I will eventually be able to determine the approximate frequency of the various results. I'm also recording the date and approximate time, so that I will be able to determine whether the results are time-related. I also have a list of the various games sorted by approximate Neopoints/minute rate of return. (Usuki Frenzy is at the top.)
3. I've got a wiki where I'm entering chapter-by-chapter synopsis, character, and glossary information from at least two series, and am considering about four or five others at this point. I know this would go a lot faster if I had people helping me, but quite frankly I'd almost rather do it all myself. In particular, I'm doing Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time" series; I had the first four books done(just in a Word document at the time), but in the hard disk woes I mention below, I lost all of the plot synopses and a large chunk of the character data. I'm working on doing it over again.
4. I like playing computer strategy games solo, so I can conquer the entire world/universe, cheating if necessary so nothing interferes with my rise to the top. It's not the challenge that motivates me, but the conquest, the spreading throughout the map. And, if possible, naming the things that are on the map--either during the game, or before the game.
5. My books(to the tune of the several thousand by this point)are all catalogued, except for the younger kids' books. Right now, they're in a Microsoft Access database, including the cover artist(if known/applicable), ISBN number(except for the first few hundred, before I thought of entering it), date purchased(if known), and dates read(if applicable). This started as an attempt to keep track of the short stories I'd read in a few magazines and anthologies about fifteen years ago. I am ever so grateful that this database file survived my hard disk traumas of last year, when I accidentally trashed half of my FAT. (Do not taunt the overlay, my children.)
I'm not sure if this is more evidence of my geekiness or my compulsive list-making/data-gathering tendencies, but whatever.
Who can I tag for this who hasn't done it already? Because I've lost track. Let's try:
senji
dawn_guy
anavolena
boutell
foomf
Frankly, if anyone else reading this wants to do it, pretend I tagged you. If I tagged you and you've done it already, let me know and I'll edit you off the list.
inssnemesis. I've been watching half of my friends list do it, but this is the first chance I've gotten. No bastard subtrees for me this time, nosiree.1. I owned most of the AD&D handbooks(1st edition)by my late teens. I lent them to my brother, who ended up lending them to his friends and losing them all. A few years ago, though, I've started to reacquire them. At least one of them, I think, from eBay. Not like I have much in the way of plans to play it...but Simon does enjoy looking at the Monster Manuals, and admittedly it was the last role-playing I did.
2. When playing some of the games of chance on Neopets(like the Fruit Machine, Tombola, Coltzan's Shrine, Lab Ray, etc.), I am maintaining meticulous records, so that I will eventually be able to determine the approximate frequency of the various results. I'm also recording the date and approximate time, so that I will be able to determine whether the results are time-related. I also have a list of the various games sorted by approximate Neopoints/minute rate of return. (Usuki Frenzy is at the top.)
3. I've got a wiki where I'm entering chapter-by-chapter synopsis, character, and glossary information from at least two series, and am considering about four or five others at this point. I know this would go a lot faster if I had people helping me, but quite frankly I'd almost rather do it all myself. In particular, I'm doing Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time" series; I had the first four books done(just in a Word document at the time), but in the hard disk woes I mention below, I lost all of the plot synopses and a large chunk of the character data. I'm working on doing it over again.
4. I like playing computer strategy games solo, so I can conquer the entire world/universe, cheating if necessary so nothing interferes with my rise to the top. It's not the challenge that motivates me, but the conquest, the spreading throughout the map. And, if possible, naming the things that are on the map--either during the game, or before the game.
5. My books(to the tune of the several thousand by this point)are all catalogued, except for the younger kids' books. Right now, they're in a Microsoft Access database, including the cover artist(if known/applicable), ISBN number(except for the first few hundred, before I thought of entering it), date purchased(if known), and dates read(if applicable). This started as an attempt to keep track of the short stories I'd read in a few magazines and anthologies about fifteen years ago. I am ever so grateful that this database file survived my hard disk traumas of last year, when I accidentally trashed half of my FAT. (Do not taunt the overlay, my children.)
I'm not sure if this is more evidence of my geekiness or my compulsive list-making/data-gathering tendencies, but whatever.
Who can I tag for this who hasn't done it already? Because I've lost track. Let's try:
senjidawn_guyanavolenaboutellfoomfFrankly, if anyone else reading this wants to do it, pretend I tagged you. If I tagged you and you've done it already, let me know and I'll edit you off the list.
