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[SalmonGod]

trivia nerd?

[Vector]

Haha, as in, the nuances of the language's ability to express emotions and moods were one of the things he most wanted to express.

The sound and grammar... those were just weird.  He has a thing for aboriginal languages.

Is there a specific label for a nerd who specializes in wanting to know all the random everythings?

Bumptious.

To be all-knowing is not a specialization, but a condition for godhood.  On the other hand, humility and modesty are no longer virtues, but pejorative words... particularly in the young.  Carry on, I guess.

[hector13]

I've been playing video games since I was three, and spend most of my waking time playing them or thinking about playing them. I actually lost friends because of them when I was a youngster  oh well heh. I do believe I have a working SNES somewhere, though probably at my mum's house. I also have an N-64, though I currently don't have any controllers for it. (again, mother's house... probably)

On another note, I have a box set of the original re-mastered Star Wars trilogy, complete with extras on a fourth DVD, and the new trilogy, along with the original-original trilogy, Han shot first style, on DVD. Mostly because I don't have a working VHS player. I also have a small library of Star Wars novels, to which I'm still adding, and a number of books based on video games, though not that many really.

Nerd pride, ftw! Well done to people creating their own language, though. That's cool shizzle 

[Bauglir]

I'm now working to analyze algorithms Facebook uses. So that's interesting.

[SalmonGod]

Ecco the Dolphin on Gamegear.  Got me through several day-long family visit car trips.

[hector13]

Ecco the Dolphin on Gamegear.  Got me through several day-long family visit car trips.

My brother borrowed a Gamegear from a friend of his, and I endlessly played a game called Slider (I think) on it.

I recall legitimately playing through 50+ levels of it, and the password system was one of those 4 letter doohickies, so I input a password from memory and ended up at level 93.

[Ehndras]

If anyone else has worked on their own words, languages or alphabets, I'd really enjoy speaking to you. Especially so, as it would help advance my knowledge of artificial languages. My friend actually takes a class on artificial languages in her all-girls college, which are mostly about languages like Klingon and such. Hardcore geek school with school-wide LARPS and such. Makes me wish I had a vagina >_>

[Vector]

You should PM Lysabild.  He did a lot of conlanging, I think, even if he hasn't been so active recently.

[Flying Dice]

21 hour marathon of Mario Party 3 (IIRC, the memories of that day, night, and day are a little hazy.) with some friends of mine. As in, we were parked in front of that N64 for nearly an entire day, barring bathroom trips, getting the door for the pizza guy, and scrambling around trying to find money to pay the pizza guy.


 

[SalmonGod]

Oh how I miss such gaming binges.....

[Ehndras]

I do so miss reading 1,400 page books like A Distant Mirror in one day... My 3 hours of sleep 21 hours online researching random shit binges in Brazil during 6th grade to freshman highschool year, as well. Since I now work from 10 AM to 6 PM, the most I'll do is my usual 7 PM to 7 AM Spacestation 13 binges that completely murder my workday lmao, I do that 2-3 times a week sadly.

[Heron TSG]

Is there a specific label for a nerd who specializes in wanting to know all the random everythings?

Bumptious.

To be all-knowing is not a specialization, but a condition for godhood.  On the other hand, humility and modesty are no longer virtues, but pejorative words... particularly in the young.  Carry on, I guess.

I think bumptious would be more applicable if I actually thought I would ever succeed in knowing everything. The passion is in the journey, not the destination.

[Vector]

Maybe so.  I'm sorry for my rudeness.

[Tack]

I re-designed Super Mario 64, to have the exact same Audio, converted to 5.1, and the exact same story-line, only with far, far updated graphics!
That was a lie.


And Barbarossa, I think I kind of get what you mean. Except I'm trying to become a Modern Renaissance man.

[Nospherat]

Let's see...
-I collect zombie movies. I've seen most of them over 100 times each, I never get enough of it.

-I'm a gun nut/gun lover/walking firearm encyclopedia in a country where owning a large picture of a gun could raise a few eyebrows from the local authorities. -> thus I play airsoft furiously as my only available substitute.

-I'm a tinkerer. I take things apart, try to learn their inner workings and in 99.9% of the cases I put them back together the right way. And amazingly, they still work. The 0.1% that fail, tend to do so in quite a spectacular way. I've also "saved the day" multiple times by fixing (read: patching) things in the middle of nowhere, with zip-ties, duct tape and spit. I never part with my EDC Kit which is filled with a load of "day-saving" crap.
 
-I'm also awesome with a sewing machine, a chainsaw, an angle grinder, I can use a lathe or a vertical milling machine, operate a bridge-crane or an excavator, pick simple locks, and all of this thanks to my Superhero Grandpa who insisted I should learn these things.

-I'm into geocaching, hiking, traveling, sight-seeing, as long as I do it on foot. I'm addicted to walking.

-I'm a gamer, and I've been playing computer games since 1985. Mostly I just waste my time in some open-ended sandbox game that people have stopped playing 10 years ago.


What kind of nerd does that make me?