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Is there a nerdier Off Topic board then ATOT or is ATOT the pinnacle of OT nerdiness?

miri

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Is there another offtopic site that surpasses this one in nerdiness or is this the peak?
 

l0cke

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Hardocp might be worse, but I wouldn't know because you have to pay to get in.

 

Crono

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Originally posted by: l0cke
Hardocp might be worse, but I wouldn't know because you have to pay to get in.

Pfft, real nerds don't pay for forums.
 

miri

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Originally posted by: l0cke
Hardocp might be worse, but I wouldn't know because you have to pay to get in.

I dont see an off topic category on their forums.
 

jlee

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Originally posted by: miri
Originally posted by: l0cke
Hardocp might be worse, but I wouldn't know because you have to pay to get in.

I dont see an off topic category on their forums.

maybe you have to pay to see it. :p

I'm pretty sure they used to have an open OT, back in the day..
 

AstroManLuca

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I'd say SomethingAwful is nerdier, or at the very least more socially inept. But again it requires 10 bux.
 

grrl

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Originally posted by: AstroManLuca
I'd say SomethingAwful is nerdier, or at the very least more socially inept. But again it requires 10 bux.

A semi-serious question: Does paying for a forum automatically qualify as nerdy?
 

Perknose

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Originally posted by: miri
Is there another offtopic site that surpasses this one in nerdiness or is this the peak?

Not really an offtopic site, but http://www.pocketprotectors.com/

You're bold, practical, self-confident, and you don't give a hoot what other people think about you... you wear a pocket protector! We're not trying to win new converts to the joys of pocket protectors--it's probably too late to reach you if you don't! You already know whether you've got the necessary self-esteem.



 

AstroManLuca

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Originally posted by: grrl
Originally posted by: AstroManLuca
I'd say SomethingAwful is nerdier, or at the very least more socially inept. But again it requires 10 bux.

A semi-serious question: Does paying for a forum automatically qualify as nerdy?

Possibly. You have to be incredibly nerdy to love a forum so much to want to pay for it.

On the other hand, nerds are notorious for not wanting to pay for anything. Sure, $300 for a video card is fine, but charge $10 or $20 for something like a small game or access to a website and they get all tight-assed.
 

dighn

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ATOT is not really that nerdy, whatever your definition of "nerdy" is. For the good kind of nerdy, you have science forums, programming forums etc. For the bad kind, you got D&D, star wars and what have you.
 

Greenman

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Geeky, and getting worse every day.

The good news is that there are forums filled with people that go out of doors, that will actually go and speak to their their neighbor if they have a problem with them, and don't call 911 if they smell printer ink. It's refreshing.

On the other hand, if I ever have a computer problem, or need hardware advice, you guys are heroes.