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  • #1

    Until this weekend, I had no concept of true geekiness.

    And that would be because I went ot ComicCon today, yesterday, and Friday evening. My first comic book convention, besides Texas A&M's "AggieCon".

    I had fun. I was somewhat heartened to see I am nothing compared to some REAL geeks out there. Just today I saw a Dude in a WC3 Footman Armor getup. And it was a nnnnniiiiiiiicccceeee getup.

    Got my Alex Ross Captain Marvel # 1 signed by...Alex Ross. Brian Michael Bendis also signed my USM #1.

    Pickedup the 3.5 Players handbook and DM's guide.

    All in all, I had fun.

    Oh yeah, they also had a Trekships vs. SW ships roundtable on Friday. The Dummy who was up there explaining how the Federation would defeat the Galactic Empire (1) Began by saying the only thing that's canon was the movies and novelizations. and (2) The EU has no place in any such debate. Someone who was a lot more articulate than I called out to him in a strangely similiar scene to the "Bull****!" scene from Chasing Amy. Even after having it pointed out that Lucas sanctioned the EU has "Official" the nitwit shrugged it off.

    Oh yeah,and for Christ's shake comic geeks, bathe.
    Today, you are the waves of the Pacific, pushing ever eastward. You are the sequoias rising from the Sierra Nevada, defiant and enduring.
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    What's the EU?
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    • #3
      Re: Until this weekend, I had no concept of true geekiness.

      Originally posted by Lonestar

      Oh yeah,and for Christ's shake comic geeks, bathe.
      Ah, but to do that they have to lose contact for a few minutes with their comics.

      Maybe if comics were waterproof?
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      • #4
        Expanded universe, all the SW books that Lucasfilm considers :semi canon" because they,for themost part, don't contradict each other. UNlike ST novels where there's no coordination at all.
        Today, you are the waves of the Pacific, pushing ever eastward. You are the sequoias rising from the Sierra Nevada, defiant and enduring.

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        • #5
          I really like the star wars novels. Dark Force Rising and the correllia trilogy are awesome, as are those graphic novels.
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          Drake Tungsten
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          • #6
            Originally posted by Lonestar
            UNlike ST novels where there's no coordination at all.
            The last time I checked they were starting to do some coordination with the DS9 books.
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            • #7
              Happy Birthday Lonestar!
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              • #8
                Re: Until this weekend, I had no concept of true geekiness.

                Originally posted by Lonestar
                Got my Alex Ross Captain Marvel # 1 signed by...Alex Ross. Brian Michael Bendis also signed my USM #1.
                1) Lucky bastard.

                2) Did you try to get Alex Ross to do a quick sketch for you?
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                • #9
                  1) My inner geek is jealous, but my outer non-geek refuses to allow my inner geek fanboy status.
                  2) Outer non-geek is having a grand mal with jealousy. Alex Ross is like some kind of god, but the kind that Buddhist people can worship without making Buddah uncomfortable.
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                  • #10
                    Christ, for a second there I thought George Lucas had officially sanctioned the European Union.
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                    • #11
                      So did I.
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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Paul Hanson
                        Christ, for a second there I thought George Lucas had officially sanctioned the European Union.
                        Yes, it would have been quite a turn of events, wouldn't it?
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                        • #13
                          Bah, Dragon Con is where I can allow my true inner geekiness show.
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                          • #14
                            I almost got drafted into helping run a geek convention…

                            Just after grad school burned me out in '89, working at a Dominos (yeah, I'll catch hell for admitting that, more than for burning out in grad school) a fellow worker was running a minicon at the Virginia Tech Student Union. Can't remember if it was fantasy or scifi.

                            He had one very interesting story. The head honcho bought a private beeper setup at police auction. They are never seen these days except at resturants; a short range coded transmitter and a dozen dedicated beepers.

                            Being a good geek he had to open one up to see what's what, and inside was a wad of clay-like stuff. He took it back to the police department (I think it was Roanoke or Salem, VA) and they recognized the substance as plastic explosives!

                            The beeper set had been seized from drug dealers. Apparently one beeper was to be used to kill a suspected snitch, who snitched before the plot was carried out (hence the seizure and sale). Signal to beeper, boom, no more snitch.

                            The drug dealer and his cohorts got another charge added…

                            Imagine if he hadn't, or happened to open one of the ones that wasn't rigged! He probably would've been killed testing them one by one.
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                            • #15
                              I've been to two Geeky conventions in my life and both were when I was a teenager (so it was a while ago ). The first one was when I was 15 and I went with my friends to a D&D convention (Geekiness of 8/10) and then when I was 18 I went to the San Diego ComicCon just like Lonestar (Geekiness 9.5/10).

                              Thankfully I got help for this problem in the form of a girlfriend who taught me girls don't like guys who go to alot of geeky conventions. There has been no relapses since.
                              Last edited by Dinner; July 25, 2003, 17:59.
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