I'm a Level 5 Geek (Jedi Master)
Posted by Soara (Member # 6729) on :
40. go me. i was up to 185, but then in the anti-geek section i was down to -60. so i gave myself 100 more points for understanding the chart.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
820
Level 4 Geek (UberGeek)
*sigh*
I can't believe I got 60 points just because I met my husband online.
I'm not a Level 5 geek because of the anti-geek points-- country music, not a virgin, etc.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Um... I got a negative score.
I think maybe "geek" is different than "nerd."
Posted by Exploding Monkey (Member # 7612) on :
I scored a 450:
351-451 Level 2 geek (casual geek)
That's pretty accurate. I often describe myself as a little bit of a geek. Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
300-350 Level 1 geek (Urkel)
I got a 320.
Posted by Lady Eruve (Member # 6883) on :
Woot! I'm an uber-geek! I think that for me, any geekier than that would be slightly scary.
I worked in a gaming store for a year and a half, and do a lot of casual gaming. Plus I love science fiction. But some of those questions are really extreme.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Level 3 geek (true geek).
Those anti-geek questions lost me 180 points. Posted by Architraz Warden (Member # 4285) on :
1305... lost many points in the last non-geek section.
Aww, I wanted to be Mua'dib... but I'm only a Jedi Master.
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
-15
Hey! Not even on the chart. I'm geeky, I swear! They asked all the wrong questions. *pout*
Posted by Pixie (Member # 4043) on :
I had 390 geek points but then I had 265 anti-geek points so I'm officially a non-geek - unless you're being generous and add in the extra hundred, but even then I'm only a wannabe . I think casual geek definitely fits me better.
I think we should get points just for taking the quiz and then again for disappointed if we don't rate higher . Also for belonging to online forums .
Posted by Xavier (Member # 405) on :
EEK!
I was up to several hundred when I went to post this. Let me see:
Played miniature game 10 Bought miniatures 20 Own Monty Python 10 Quote Monty Python 30 Watched the Star Wars Movies 5 Quote Star Wars 15 Know Star Wars history 40 Fact checked about Star Wars 50 Watched Star Trek (occasionally) 10 Watched Star Trek (regularly) 20 Played RPG 25 Know what LARP or RPG means 5 Ever lost someone in gaming conversations 20 Played an all night gaming session 10 Spent four hours or more in a gaming store in one day 20 make gaming references to real life 25 Know someone only by their character/in-game name 20 Read Literature for fun (school doesn’t count) 5 Read Sci-Fi for fun 15 Prefer the full pronunciation of science fiction because it’s classier 30 Own or read a Star Wars/Trek book 20 Own or read the core Tolkein books 10 Own or read all the Dune books 20 Know what garb means 5 Attended a ren-fair 10 Member of local gaming club 30 Read Sandman 5 Collect comic books 20 Own a comic book teeshirt 10 Own a computer 5 Own a maxed out computer 20 Built your own computer 50 Play computer/console RPGs 10 Play computer/console Strategy games 5 Chat 20 Met significant other through internet 60 Know computer language 30 per language [I would say 2.5-3] Know assembly 50 Have played a video game for more than six hours in one sitting 25 Are a video game junkie (play video games for more than 20 hours a week) 75 Enjoy watching video games 50 Shower less than six times a week 10 [usually 4, geez is that so bad?]
Okay, so after the plus part, I have... 1025
Now for the subtraction...
Skating (in-line or skateboard) 35 Mountain biking 35 Play sports 50 Play popular sports (football, baseball, basketball) 150 Generally athletic 10 Drink (we’re talking party drinking here) 15 Not a virgin 10 Are popular with members of the opposite sex 80
-285
Which brings us to... 741!
653-1053 Level 4 geek (Uber Geek)
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Kat, you and I can write our own version. I think they left out a significant portion of geekdom. They should have questions like: Have you ever named a cat after a character in a Brontë novel?
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Exactly!
Do you own Star Trek books?
Does a discussion about cars bore you, but a discussion about chemistry capture your interest?
Have you ever skipped all your classes for a week to read a novel originally written in another language?
I would do much better on that test.
Posted by Stray (Member # 4056) on :
460, Level 3 geek. And only that high because of programming languages; I only lost 60 in the anti-geek cagegory. I = lame.
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
620, true geek. Never had much interest in the pen and paper RPG's, Magic, etc.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Do you know who Akira Kurosawa is?
Have you ever eaten cheese with a French name?
Have you ever told a joke in Latin?
Do you buy jewelry from Hot Topic not because it's trendy but because it makes you look like a Ubangi?
Do you own any t shirts from museum gift shops? Posted by Parsimony (Member # 8140) on :
I was looking pretty bad and hangin' around the level six geeks. Then the deductions started ringing in. Apparently I have plenty of non-geeky activities to even myself out.
Level 2 Geek.
--ApostleRadio
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
Do you plan vacations around people you've never met?
Do you keep track of the percentage of references you catch on Gilmore Girls? And compare your score? Online? Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :
Thw only non-geek thing I had going for me is that not being a virgin thing. And I'm married to a gamer, for that matter.
Who knew a complete collection of Dr. Who books would count for so much?
Posted by Vadon (Member # 4561) on :
510 - True Geek
Would you rather read your physics text book than go out and socialize with people?
Do you study pointless subjects for no reason other than for your entertainment?
Would you rather converse with robots or artificially intellegent machines than people of your own species? Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Do you ever surf the Wikipedia? Posted by Valentine014 (Member # 5981) on :
Played miniature game 10 Watched the Star Wars Movies 5 Quote Star Wars 15 Know Star Wars history 40 Fact checked about Star Wars 50 Watched Star Trek (occasionally) 10 Watched Star Trek (regularly) 20 Know the actors in Star Trek 20 Know the episodes of Star Trek (Plot and names) 45 Read Literature for fun (school doesn’t count) 5 Read Sci-Fi for fun 15 Prefer the full pronunciation of science fiction because it’s classier 30 Own or read a Star Wars/Trek book 20 Own or read the core Tolkein books 10 Read the other “Tolkein” books 20 Own or read all the Dune books 20 Own a trench coat 5 Know what garb means 5 Attended a ren-fair 10 Collect comic books 20 Own a computer 5 Play computer/console Strategy games 5 Chat 20 Met significant other through internet 60 Brush your teeth less than twice a day 5 Shower less than six times a week 10 Are or were in choir 10 Are or were in a theatre program 5
So before subtraction: 525
Play sports 50 Play popular sports (football, baseball, basketball) 150 Do drugs more than twice a year 35 Drink (we’re talking party drinking here) 15 Own higher end, name brand, trendy clothes 70 Not a virgin 10
-280
Net score: 245
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
Xavier
Posted by 0range7Penguin (Member # 7337) on :
575-160=415 Casual Geek.
Why did theater get such low geek points... We did some odd stuff *Shudder*
Also RTS's and Magic cards should have gotten way more geek points. This test had too much about RPGs. Like...
Ever stormed out of a card store becuase they told you they didn't have extended format tournaments
or
Spent hours straight crushing hapless opponents on the Starcraft battlenet into the wee hours of the morning Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
Run a LARP or RPG 30 per game
How in the bloody heck do I count this?! Per campaign? Per game? Per player group? There have bee more individual gaming sessions than I can count. I've run three different games in the past, Alternity, Star Wars D6 RPG and D&D and I've run somewhere between three and four different D&D campaigns and more Star Wars campaigns than I count!
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Have you hosted a murder mystery dinner party?
Can you identify Alistair Cooke?
Do you buy things at the grocery store just because they have British names? Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
Played miniature game 10 Bought miniatures 20 Own Monty Python 10 Quote Monty Python 30 Quote Mel Brooks 20 Watched the Star Wars Movies 5 Corrected the previous statement to “the first Star Wars movies” 10 Quote Star Wars 15 Know Star Wars history 40 Fact checked about Star Wars 50 Watched Star Trek (regularly) 20 Know the actors in Star Trek 20 Game system map on the wall 50 Played RPG 25 Own a RPG book 30 Own a library of RPG books (15 or more) 50 Quote from RPG books 100 Have a dice bag (doesn’t everyone?) 5 Ever lost someone in gaming conversations 20 On a daily basis 50 Fact checked a RPG or LARP outside of game 40 Played an all night gaming session 10 Spent four hours in a gaming store in one day 20 Run a LARP or RPG 90 make gaming references to real life 25 Know someone only by their character name 20 Read Literature for fun (school doesn’t count) 5 Read Sci-Fi for fun 15 Read literature based off of RPGs 35 Own or read a Star Wars/Trek book 20 Own or read the core Tolkein books 10 Read the other “Tolkein” books 20 Own or read all the Dune books 20 Own or read all the Star Wars books 75 Own a gaming teeshirt 30 Member of local gaming club 30 Read Douglas Adams books 5 Quote from a Douglas Adams book 10 Own a computer 5 Own a maxed out computer 20 Play computer/console RPGs 10 Play computer/console Strategy games 5 Chat 20 Know computer language 150 Own computer teeshirt 40 Have played a video game for six hours+ 25 Are a video game junkie 75 Own Tony Hawk Pro Skater 10 Have a comics/Anime/gaming poster 20 Have a station wagon or van 5 Brush your teeth less than twice a day 5 Brush your teeth less than twice a week 25 Shower less than six times a week 10 Wrote of helped write a geek test 100
And then from the malus secotion: Mountain biking 35 Treking (hiking, backpacking) 50 Generally athletic 10
Total: 1440 Level 5 geek (Jedi Master)
Personally, I'd hold the Treking and Mountain Biking should be plusses instead of maluses. The vast majority of trekkers and such that I've known were total geeks.
Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
[ June 10, 2005, 07:33 PM: Message edited by: Alcon ]
Posted by Sid Meier (Member # 6965) on :
Quote Monty Python 30 Watched the Star Wars Movies 5 Quote Star Wars 15 Watched Star Trek (occasionally) 10 Watched Star Trek (regularly) 20 Know the actors in Star Trek 20 Game system map on the wall 50 Played RPG 25 Own a RPG book 30 Play LARP 25 Play LARP weekly 50 Play LARP or RPG more than three times a week 120 Know what LARP or RPG means 5 Have a dice bag (doesn’t everyone?) 5 Fact checked a RPG or LARP outside of game 40 Played an all night gaming session 10 On New Years Eve 100 Spent four hours or more in a gaming store in one day 20 Run a LARP or RPG 30 per game **** Play rock, paper scissors a lot 10 make gaming references to real life 25 Play Magic 20 Have an extensive Magic card collection (1000 or more) 80 Read Literature for fun (school doesn’t count) 5 *** Read Sci-Fi for fun 15 Prefer the full pronunciation of science fiction because it’s classier 30 Read literature based off of RPGs 35 Favorite author is R.A Salvatore 70 Own or read a Star Wars/Trek book 20 Own or read the core Tolkein books 10 Read the other “Tolkein” books 20 Own or read all the Star Trek books 150~~~ Own a gaming teeshirt 30 Know what garbv means 5 Member of local gaming club 30 Own a Final Fantasy soundtrack 50 Own a computer 5 Own a maxed out computer 20 Play computer/console RPGs 10 Play computer/console Strategy games 5 Chat 20 Know computer language 30 per language (90) ** Own computer teeshirt 40 Have played a video game for more than six hours in one sitting 25 Are a video game junkie (play video games for more than 20 hours a week) 75 Enjoy watching video games 50* Own any Anime 15 Have extensive Anime collection 80 Have a comics/Anime/gaming poster 20 Brush your teeth less than twice a day 5 Having long hair if you’re a man 5 Shower less than six times a week 10 (I shower every two days) Have a distinctive unpleasant odor (ask a friend or co-worker) 15 (only because its summer time)
1855 Lvl 6 Leader of the Golden Crown and Rear Admiral of the Fleet
*This is iffy since I prefer playing to watching but I will watch to learn that person's skillz. **GW Basic, C++, Visual Basic *** finished reading Children of the Arbat but ya I read alot ~~~My friend dumped me alot of ebooks I believe its all of them. But I didn't add it to the score.
****I've cohosted larps with my friend so I added only half the score for each larp meeting. around 180ish score (6 or so larps)
Now I gave a rough geuss to my score being around Jedi Master I geussed wrong and got alot higher do I still get the 100? I made a rough geuss from adding up the numbers.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Level 2 geek if I deduct the "well-traveled" points. However, since that was due to my parents and isn't really true any more, I think I'm a level 3.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by katharina: Do you own Star Trek books?
Uh, Katie . . . they asked that question!
Posted by Sopwith (Member # 4640) on :
790... uber 1010 for 220 against
Posted by larisse (Member # 2221) on :
Apparently, I am a Level 5 Geek (Jedi Master). Oh well, not so sure I would want to be Maud'dib anyways. All that sand up my butt and sandworm rash wouldn't be that much fun. (And I hear drinking the Water of Life can kill you... or at least give you Montezuma's revenge.)
Btw, if these people were true geeks, they would have made this quiz interactive. Of course, if I was a bit geekier, I would have done it myself.
I like kat's and Annie's questions. I would get a lot more geek points with those included. Yay for geekiness. (Nerdiness is okay, too.)
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
After deductions....1085.
quote: How in the bloody heck do I count this?! Per campaign? Per game? Per player group?
Alcon, if you have to ask those questions then you don't need this test to tell you ....
[ June 10, 2005, 10:33 PM: Message edited by: Kwea ]
Posted by UofUlawguy (Member # 5492) on :
I saw that they wanted the questions answered on the basis of just the past two years or so. I haven't had time to be much of a geek in the past couple of years. If I could count my teen and college years, I would probably get a pretty high score.
Posted by ProverbialSunrise (Member # 7771) on :
My score was only 215. I don't play RPG's so that lowered it a lot. I also lost a lot of anti-geek points because I play many sports.
Posted by calaban (Member # 2516) on :
1315 I got quite a few deductions... Fortunately? erm.
Posted by Marek (Member # 5404) on :
quote:Originally posted by katharina: Do you own Star Trek books?
i think that was in the test
Posted by JaimeBenlevy (Member # 6222) on :
I did all the point totals in my head and was hoping it would give me points in the end. I got a 280, was at like 560 but lost alot in the non-geek section.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
1450. *shudder* And it would have been even higher five years ago.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Me too, Tom...almost as high as you are now.... Posted by Desdemona (Member # 7100) on :
-340. I don't even register.
I mean, does building a robot count for nothing?!
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
I count as a casual geek on this test (level 2), but I think I'm much geekier than that.
Have you ever told a joke with a punchline from a Shakespeare play?
Do you laugh hysterically when thinking of doing a Shankerian analysis of "Three Blind Mice?"
Do you dream of the kind of bookshelves you'll have one day?
I mean, I am a total geek.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
In all fairness, I think building a robot and quoting Shakespeare are very geek things. This is really a dork test.
Posted by Vadon (Member # 4561) on :
42.6% on that second one.
(Robotics is in the second one, is it at all sad that I didn't want any of the women suggested in the test, but did want ASIMO?)
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
1070 - Level 5 geek (Jedi Master)
Without the computer languages one, I'd be below 700.
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
400 - level 2 - on the first test 22.5% on the second test.
Nope, not much of a geek at all, despite what the jerks in school used to say LOL
Posted by TL (Member # 8124) on :
Ha. 175 : Non-geek.
(I was at 325 but lost 150 points for being in a rock band. Woot.)
Did I just write woot. Oh, crap. I AM a geek!
Posted by Danzig (Member # 4704) on :
190. They should change jail time to prison time though, or at least have a thirty-day minimum.
Posted by Desdemona (Member # 7100) on :
Second one, I got 13.4- Geekish Tendancies.
Getting better...
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Hm. I got a 28% on the other test, though the test itself is still lacking. But at least it admits that I'm a total geek and gives me points for being a geeky girl. Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :
I only got "major geek" on that one.
Posted by Danzig (Member # 4704) on :
30.57199% - Total Geek on the innergeek test. I think that one is more accurate.
Some additions to the first one:
Own or read PIHKAL. Own or read TIHKAL. Have never tried any of the chemicals in either. Not even the popular (illegal) ones. Can draw from memory at least five structures from each book. Have synthesized one or more of the chemicals from either book, just to see if you could do it.
Collect and read out of print books. Own (1, 5, 10) or more than were printed over a century ago. Own a first edition. Of an entire series. By an author who died before you were born. If you were obviously the first person to ever read one or more books in your collection.
quote:Would you rather read your physics text book than go out and socialize with people?
Does it have to be physics? I could see preferring a chemistry, biology, or even mathematics textbook over people I have and would willingly socialize with.
Posted by Arthur (Member # 4026) on :
120 for me
Posted by unicornwhisperer (Member # 294) on :
Level 4 geek (685 points)
Pretty sad that I had a Final Fantasy 3 soundtrack... or rather made my own by recording it with my karaoke machine (I should get lots of points for even just owning a karaoke machine)
ketchup.. I totally understand how you feel with the "meeting your significant other through internet" question... 60 points is too much. Posted by Sid Meier (Member # 6965) on :
has anyone goten higher then me?
Posted by Will B (Member # 7931) on :
Except for one question, I have -30!
That one question: 30 points for each computer language you know. I know at least 10. This only puts me in the wannabe range.
I'm a CS professor and I watch Star Trek way too much. I must have added wrong. OTOH, adding wrong is probably a very un-geek thing to do.
My self-image is shattered.
Posted by Sid Meier (Member # 6965) on :
its add 30 for each language not subtract it unless I misundertsand you.
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