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malachite · 14th Oct 2011, 10:52 AM

So, sometimes I think I'm the only gay nerd out there.

I love Chess, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, D&D, Board Games, and Comics.

So......

What is your nerdish joy?

kiersten · 14th Oct 2011, 12:14 PM

You're so not the only gay nerd out there! This gal was a bondafide band geek in high school, total music nerd now & quite a bit of a SW & BG fangirl to boot!

Rinamir Mortem · 14th Oct 2011, 12:44 PM

I'd call myself a nerd. I spend an ungodly amount of hours playing computer games. I too love chess and certainly a Risk lover if I could find anyone to withstand an entire game with me...

malevolentgrrl · 14th Oct 2011, 01:10 PM

I am a definite nerd - always have been, always will be. I love Babylon 5, trivia, and making fun of TV people who can't spell or understand the meanings of words. Nerd Power!!!

Allegro molto · 14th Oct 2011, 01:15 PM

Um, who has completed 136 anime series, most of which were completed during a period of SIX MONTHS?

This guy.

Who got all giggly and excited we he met a couple of his favorite voice actors at a COMIC CONVENTION he attended?

This guy.

Who still keeps his prized Yu-Gi-Oh! Spellcaster/Dark deck in his dresser drawer and his buttload of Pokemon cards in a shoe box under his bead?

This guy.

Who fanboygasmed and squaled like a little girl IN FRONT OF FAMILY when he learned that Street Fighter x Tekken, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, and Soul Calibur V are virtually coming out right after each other?

This guy.

And did I forget to mention my unhealthy and strange fascination with X-Men comic books?

This guy.

Yep, I'm a total nerd.

DarkClarity · 14th Oct 2011, 01:39 PM

Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh ftw. I like chess but I'm horribly

. I've never won a chess game before. I still not 100% sure how to checkmate.

I don't think your the only nerd on here. I'm follow politics alomst religously. I also like anime, secretly like Glee, and I spend a disturbing amount of time listening to game music.

Nerds FTW!

Yuya · 14th Oct 2011, 03:11 PM

you are not alone

malachite · 14th Oct 2011, 03:12 PM

YEA!!!! Nerds unite!!!!!

alex2020 · 14th Oct 2011, 03:16 PM

I love Pokemon. And I'm also a huge fan of Star Trek and Star Wars (hence my Anakin Skywalker avatar) - and basically all science fiction.

Oh and I play chess on my laptop during class!

Z3ni · 14th Oct 2011, 03:55 PM

solarcat · 14th Oct 2011, 04:36 PM

I think there's more than a few nerds here ^_^

I love video games, anime, manga... more influenced by Japan than Western nerdness, though. Still love Lord of the Rings, Hary Potter, Chronicles of Narnia, and D&D-inspired games, though.

I prefer fantasy to sci-fi, normally.

**Mogget** · 15th Oct 2011, 12:00 AM

We're out there, but since as a subculture, nerds tend not to be into the sort of socializing that's common in the gay subculture, it's easy to feel as if each subculture is exclusive of the other.

Rinto · 15th Oct 2011, 12:10 AM

I wouldn't really call myself a "nerd", but I'm pretty much like it if I say I'm an otaku.

Like everybody else, I enjoy watching anime, reading manga, playing computer games, has some taste when it comes to foreign languages but certainly not the chess person. I'm also the Japanese in spirit but foreign in body

.

I like reading unabridged dictionaries, the really really really thick ones ;DDDDD

**TheEdend** · 15th Oct 2011, 12:36 AM

Really? I always had the impression that A LOT of gay guys were nerdy. At least it seems like we have TONS on EC and around me.

Total nerd here, though. Only thing I was never able to really get into was reading comic books. The stories behind them, the characters and the worlds I'm into, but I just don't like to read them. Doesn't do much for me.

My "thing" would have to be RPG games and fantasy books. And documentaries <3

Chouchou · 15th Oct 2011, 03:36 AM

I play or have played many video games, including Final Fantasies 6 and 7, most of the earlier Super Mario titles (SNES, NES, and N64), Donkey Kong Country 1-3, a few Zelda games, and many others. I used to play DDR until I ran out of time and opportunities.

I play Sims games on the PC--first 2, now 3. They've consumed more time than I'd like to admit. I've played many indie and/or Flash games, including N and Knytt.

I'm a casual fan of anime and manga. I can't namedrop voice actors and don't follow release dates from Japan, but I appreciate a good series now and then. My avatar is the female main character of "Guardian of the Sacred Spirit".

I appreciate sci-fi, though as with anime and manga, it's more of a casual appreciation. This is one interest I intend to pursue much further in the future, though.

Lately, through some friends, I've come to enjoy playing tabletop games, including Doodle Dice, Set, Loot, Carcassonne, Dixit, Samarkand, Seven Wonders, etc.

Eh, I'm not the nerdiest of all the people I know, though my potential is great. One of my best friends is an anime, RPG, video game, fantasy, and board game geek of the highest order.

**Maddy** · 15th Oct 2011, 04:22 AM

I started playing Dungeons and Dragons when I was six. I don't think I had a hope of not turning out nerdy. It doesn't seem particularly common among the lesbian crowd though, a lot less so than in gay guys, from what I've seen.

malachite · 15th Oct 2011, 04:48 AM

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Originally Posted by TheEdend

Really? I always had the impression that A LOT of gay guys were nerdy. At least it seems like we have TONS on EC and around me.

Total nerd here, though. Only thing I was never able to really get into was reading comic books. The stories behind them, the characters and the worlds I'm into, but I just don't like to read them. Doesn't do much for me.

My "thing" would have to be RPG games and fantasy books. And documentaries <3

yea! I'm so happy I feel like I just rolled a nat 20!!!!!

Bi As A Kite · 15th Oct 2011, 12:07 PM

I'm into magic and trainspotting. Pretty much confirms me.

**Lexington** · 15th Oct 2011, 12:31 PM

Math, logic puzzles, D&D, sorting games, and I even worked in the chemistry stock room in college.

Lex

jayhad90 · 15th Oct 2011, 11:01 PM

Nerd alert!

I am a definate nerd when my most prized possesion is my book collection or the fact that i am lookin for new stuff every day for Skyrim! eek! I love to draw Sci-Fi charectors and stuff like that, I love X men, Stan Lee is a genius! but i never really can get into comics i just love the history of the characters. If you guys like comics and the super hero. Hero by Perry Moore is a good book its about a teen whofinds out he has powers and that he is gay, its really good! Love chess and definately played pokemon till high school

14th Oct 2011, 10:52 AM	#1
malachite EC's realist Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Orlando Posts: 6,480 Join Date: Apr 2009	Nerd Herd So, sometimes I think I'm the only gay nerd out there. I love Chess, Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, D&D, Board Games, and Comics. So...... What is your nerdish joy? __________________ It's the 21st century, your bigotry is outdated. Either upgrade or go away.

14th Oct 2011, 12:14 PM	#2
kiersten KierstenChromium, Mistress Of Metal Full Member Gender: Transgender - MtF Orientation: Lesbian Out Status: Out to 127 people & my parents & 1 cousin so far Location: Sarnia, ON Posts: 1,331 Join Date: Jun 2011	Re: Nerd Herd You're so not the only gay nerd out there! This gal was a bondafide band geek in high school, total music nerd now & quite a bit of a SW & BG fangirl to boot! __________________ Penny: What's Sheldon's deal? Leonard: What do you mean "deal"? Penny : You know, like, what's his deal? Is it girls? Guys? Sock puppets? Leonard: Honestly, we've been operating under the assumption that he has no deal.

14th Oct 2011, 12:44 PM	#3
Rinamir Mortem Brony in disguise Regular Member Gender: Gentleman Orientation: Me and my boyfriend are very happy Out Status: Ask and you shall find out Location: Worcester Age: 19 Posts: 205 Join Date: Oct 2011	Re: Nerd Herd I'd call myself a nerd. I spend an ungodly amount of hours playing computer games. I too love chess and certainly a Risk lover if I could find anyone to withstand an entire game with me...

14th Oct 2011, 01:10 PM	#4
malevolentgrrl Member Regular Member Gender: Genderqueer Orientation: Bisexual Out Status: A few people Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 13 Join Date: Oct 2011	Re: Nerd Herd I am a definite nerd - always have been, always will be. I love Babylon 5, trivia, and making fun of TV people who can't spell or understand the meanings of words. Nerd Power!!! __________________ T.

14th Oct 2011, 01:15 PM	#5
Allegro molto Kyoufu wo oshiete yarou. Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Kinsey 6 (100% Gay) Out Status: Officially told 1 person! Posts: 2,334 Join Date: Apr 2011	Re: Nerd Herd Um, who has completed 136 anime series, most of which were completed during a period of SIX MONTHS? This guy. Who got all giggly and excited we he met a couple of his favorite voice actors at a COMIC CONVENTION he attended? This guy. Who still keeps his prized Yu-Gi-Oh! Spellcaster/Dark deck in his dresser drawer and his buttload of Pokemon cards in a shoe box under his bead? This guy. Who fanboygasmed and squaled like a little girl IN FRONT OF FAMILY when he learned that Street Fighter x Tekken, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, and Soul Calibur V are virtually coming out right after each other? This guy. And did I forget to mention my unhealthy and strange fascination with X-Men comic books? This guy. Yep, I'm a total nerd. __________________ In the end, I always end up alone. Last edited by Allegro molto; 14th Oct 2011 at 01:18 PM..

14th Oct 2011, 01:39 PM	#6
DarkClarity Just a miserable pile of secrets. Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Kinsey 4 Bisexual. Out Status: Not out at all Location: England, UK Age: 17 Posts: 1,025 Join Date: May 2011	Re: Nerd Herd Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh ftw. I like chess but I'm horribly . I've never won a chess game before. I still not 100% sure how to checkmate. I don't think your the only nerd on here. I'm follow politics alomst religously. I also like anime, secretly like Glee, and I spend a disturbing amount of time listening to game music. Nerds FTW! __________________ I'm not a human being. I am merely a product of capital. I solely exist to carry out the will of capital. I will work, comsume and die all in order to preserve the status quo, to preserve inequality, famine, poverty and injustice, to preserve individualism and materialism, to preserve Capitalism.

14th Oct 2011, 03:11 PM	#7
Yuya Scout Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Friends Location: Melbourne Age: 27 Posts: 588 Join Date: Sep 2011	Re: Nerd Herd you are not alone

14th Oct 2011, 03:12 PM	#8
malachite EC's realist Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Orlando Posts: 6,480 Join Date: Apr 2009	Re: Nerd Herd YEA!!!! Nerds unite!!!!! __________________ It's the 21st century, your bigotry is outdated. Either upgrade or go away.

14th Oct 2011, 03:16 PM	#9
alex2020 EC Addict Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Everybody important, and anybody who asks. Location: Florida Age: 19 Posts: 1,437 Join Date: Aug 2011	Re: Nerd Herd I love Pokemon. And I'm also a huge fan of Star Trek and Star Wars (hence my Anakin Skywalker avatar) - and basically all science fiction. Oh and I play chess on my laptop during class! __________________ “Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe, shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.”

14th Oct 2011, 03:55 PM	#10
Z3ni Ec's ADD Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gayish Out Status: My Twin Location: England, Manchester Posts: 3,083 Join Date: Oct 2008	Re: Nerd Herd __________________ Through pain, lies success.

14th Oct 2011, 04:36 PM	#11
solarcat ducks all up! All up, I say! Regular Member Gender: Girlish? Orientation: Licks boys Out Status: Anyone that asks Location: CA Age: 23 Posts: 1,709 Join Date: Jun 2011	Re: Nerd Herd I think there's more than a few nerds here ^_^ I love video games, anime, manga... more influenced by Japan than Western nerdness, though. Still love Lord of the Rings, Hary Potter, Chronicles of Narnia, and D&D-inspired games, though. I prefer fantasy to sci-fi, normally.

15th Oct 2011, 12:00 AM	#12
Mogget Mad and dead as nails EC Advisor Gender: Male Orientation: Kinsey 5 or 6. It varies Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Alaska Age: 22 Posts: 2,024 Join Date: Mar 2010	Re: Nerd Herd We're out there, but since as a subculture, nerds tend not to be into the sort of socializing that's common in the gay subculture, it's easy to feel as if each subculture is exclusive of the other. __________________ "As to what I am, I once was many things but now I am only several." - Mogget in Sabriel by Garth Nix "The world is quiet here." - VFD

15th Oct 2011, 12:10 AM	#13
Rinto Balance Freak-ish Full Member Gender: Monsieur Orientation: Bisexual Out Status: My chosen people Location: Philippines Age: 16 Posts: 480 Join Date: Jul 2011	Re: Nerd Herd I wouldn't really call myself a "nerd", but I'm pretty much like it if I say I'm an otaku. Like everybody else, I enjoy watching anime, reading manga, playing computer games, has some taste when it comes to foreign languages but certainly not the chess person. I'm also the Japanese in spirit but foreign in body . I like reading unabridged dictionaries, the really really really thick ones ;DDDDD __________________ Be happy with who you are. When all else abandon you, at least, it's the being who'll love you the most more than yourself. So, never lose your smile.

15th Oct 2011, 12:36 AM	#14
TheEdend Hope will never be silent EC Moderator Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Extended family still doesn't know Location: Orlando, Florida Age: 21 Posts: 2,831 Join Date: Mar 2010	Re: Nerd Herd Really? I always had the impression that A LOT of gay guys were nerdy. At least it seems like we have TONS on EC and around me. Total nerd here, though. Only thing I was never able to really get into was reading comic books. The stories behind them, the characters and the worlds I'm into, but I just don't like to read them. Doesn't do much for me. My "thing" would have to be RPG games and fantasy books. And documentaries <3 __________________ “You may never know what results come of your action, but if you do nothing there will be no result” -Gandhi

15th Oct 2011, 03:36 AM	#15
Chouchou Warrior Goddess Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Homosexual (asexual?) and mostly homoromantic Out Status: To some friends, but not to family Location: Wisconsin, USA Age: 26 Posts: 1,109 Join Date: Oct 2011	Re: Nerd Herd I play or have played many video games, including Final Fantasies 6 and 7, most of the earlier Super Mario titles (SNES, NES, and N64), Donkey Kong Country 1-3, a few Zelda games, and many others. I used to play DDR until I ran out of time and opportunities. I play Sims games on the PC--first 2, now 3. They've consumed more time than I'd like to admit. I've played many indie and/or Flash games, including N and Knytt. I'm a casual fan of anime and manga. I can't namedrop voice actors and don't follow release dates from Japan, but I appreciate a good series now and then. My avatar is the female main character of "Guardian of the Sacred Spirit". I appreciate sci-fi, though as with anime and manga, it's more of a casual appreciation. This is one interest I intend to pursue much further in the future, though. Lately, through some friends, I've come to enjoy playing tabletop games, including Doodle Dice, Set, Loot, Carcassonne, Dixit, Samarkand, Seven Wonders, etc. Eh, I'm not the nerdiest of all the people I know, though my potential is great. One of my best friends is an anime, RPG, video game, fantasy, and board game geek of the highest order. Last edited by Chouchou; 15th Oct 2011 at 03:44 AM..

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15th Oct 2011, 04:22 AM	#16
Maddy Free Hugs EC Admin Gender: - Orientation: Into girls Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 21 Posts: 7,704 Join Date: Mar 2008	Re: Nerd Herd I started playing Dungeons and Dragons when I was six. I don't think I had a hope of not turning out nerdy. It doesn't seem particularly common among the lesbian crowd though, a lot less so than in gay guys, from what I've seen. __________________ how strange it is to be anything at all [Victor] 2:09 pm: and then halloween happened and I was outside in a skirt.

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Bi As A Kite EC Addict Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: The pendulum swings wildly Out Status: 1 friend + mom Age: 20 Posts: 299 Join Date: Jul 2011	Re: Nerd Herd I'm into magic and trainspotting. Pretty much confirms me. __________________ "You wanna get what you want, you gotta come out fighting...."

15th Oct 2011, 12:31 PM	#19
Lexington The gay gargoyle EC Advisor Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Colorado Age: 42 Posts: 12,372 Join Date: Dec 2007	Re: Nerd Herd Math, logic puzzles, D&D, sorting games, and I even worked in the chemistry stock room in college. Lex

15th Oct 2011, 11:01 PM	#20
jayhad90 Well Known Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Georgia Age: 21 Posts: 170 Join Date: Jul 2009	Re: Nerd Herd Nerd alert! I am a definate nerd when my most prized possesion is my book collection or the fact that i am lookin for new stuff every day for Skyrim! eek! I love to draw Sci-Fi charectors and stuff like that, I love X men, Stan Lee is a genius! but i never really can get into comics i just love the history of the characters. If you guys like comics and the super hero. Hero by Perry Moore is a good book its about a teen whofinds out he has powers and that he is gay, its really good! Love chess and definately played pokemon till high school __________________ “I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small boy in a big world trying to find someone to love.” M.M.