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Eruve Nandiriel
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www.innergeek.us/geek.html

Geekish Tendencies
Geek
Total Geek
Major Geek
Super Geek
Extreme Geek
Geek God
Dysfunctional Geek

I'm 28% total geek. [Cool]
(although I think there weren't enough LotR, SG:1, or gaming questions.)

[ June 30, 2004, 10:59 PM: Message edited by: Eruve Nandiriel ]

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rivka
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Yeah, I took this once. I seem to recall scoring as "total geek," but I'm too lazy to take the test again. [Wink]
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Little_Doctor
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28.79684% - Total Geek
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Teshi
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26.8 %

I did way better than I expected...

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Snarky
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28.59961% - Total Geek
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28.20513% - Total Geek
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Misha McBride
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54.43787% - Super Geek

w00t!

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Synesthesia
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28.20513% - Total Geek
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weezer
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Only 17.9% geek.

But how's this for geekiness: I made a replica of a Minith Tirith helmet from Return of the King. It's only paper mache, but it still turned out really well.

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26.0355% - Total Geek

[Hail] Misha McBride

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Mabus
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35.89744% - Major Geek

No surprise here.

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Bekenn
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41.22288% - Major Geek
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Suneun
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38.06706% - Major Geek

Highlights: said yes to...

-worn a costume other than for Halloween or a play
-they might be giants
-shirts that proclaim geekdom
-collect vintage computers
-collect neat looking rocks
-2+ Dragonlance characters

Heehee.

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HollowEarth
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I'm not even going to bother. I'm a geek, but normal enough to know it. Besides, if you ever used the internet the test will label you a geek. Triple if your a science/engineering major.
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Jalapenoman
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only 25.04% here. A lower score than expected. I guess the fact that I hate RPGs and am not a computer geek is responsible.
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Human
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23.86588% Geek...hmm. A lot lower than I expected, but then...most of my geekiness was in media and culture, not in actual computery stuff.
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10.45365% - Geekish Tendencies
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larisse
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I am 47.92899% - Super Geek. Personally, I think I should get extra points for not rounding that score off.
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29.5858% - Total Geek

Hmm...it seems that I'm on the edge of almost being a "Major Geek."

It was the Star Trek and the periodic table of elements that did it. [Wink]

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alath
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40.23669% - Major Geek.

Higher than I expected. Neat.

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Ralphie
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50.29586%. Super Geek. I scored higher because I'm a chick, but my score was lowered by my lack of desire to 'collect' things.

This made me literally lollerz: "I wear... my shirt tucked into my underwear."

Only today I took care of the pesky shirt riding up problem by securing it firmly within my undie's convenient elastic band.

Good times.

[ July 01, 2004, 02:36 AM: Message edited by: Ralphie ]

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fugu13
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I haven't taken it recently. Who thinks they can predict an interval my score will fall within? [Evil Laugh]
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Heather Laurae
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My score was a little below 9%, and they called me a "Poser"!
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Danzig
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17.75... I think it was higher at one point.
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Nick
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quote:
13.80671% - Geekish Tendencies
[Dont Know]
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Bekenn
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quote:
I haven't taken it recently. Who thinks they can predict an interval my score will fall within?
That's easy! Your score will be x where 0% <= x <= 100%
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rivka
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[Big Grin] Bekenn is my favorite newbie.
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22.68245% Geek
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Primal Curve
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41.61736% - Major Geek

The whole time I was hoping someone would just hunker down and create a "Geek test for those who don't read Dragonlance and LARP, or a test for those geeks with taste."

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quote:
"Geek test for those who don't read Dragonlance and LARP, or a test for those geeks with taste."
Congratulations, you get my first hatrack --|--.
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34.51677% - Total Geek. Sadly, most of my geekiness was accumulated in my childhood. My latter day geekiness really isn't up to snuff.

-Bok

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Ralphie
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Glynn - I hear ya, man.
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44.57594% - Major Geek

Edit: Although I think I'm in a similar boat to Bok. If I had taken this test 10 years ago I think I would have scored much higher.

[ July 01, 2004, 11:18 AM: Message edited by: saxon75 ]

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Hobbes
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46.9428% - Super Geek

Hobbes [Smile]

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57.59369% - Extreme Geek
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quote:
15.18738% - Geek
Hmm. The literature section killed me.

Is there no hope? [Dont Know]

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Erik Slaine
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Google will show us the way!
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katharina
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30.76923% - Total Geek
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28.00789% - Total Geek

I would have done a lot better, except that I don't know any computer languages or have any programming skills, and am not crazy about math.

If my brother and I took this test together, we would make one totally Uber geek.

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24... i suck
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I'm only 19.13215% - Geek.
That test helped because I thought that I was a tottaly geek throughout most of my life, but not anymore after seeing your scores. [Razz]

[ July 01, 2004, 12:54 PM: Message edited by: Mr.Gumby ]

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66.46943% - Geek God
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Lupus
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27.6

PS: some of the things on there were wrong...how can wanting buffy and/or willow be geeky...have you seen them? [Smile]

The have you watched and have you read sections really nailed me. I watch/read to much scifi and fantasy

[ July 01, 2004, 02:32 PM: Message edited by: Lupus ]

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46.35108% - Super Geek

That's gone up considerably since I've started roleplaying. And I don't like that they had band and show choir, but no orchestra! Come on, who's geekier than the people who play stringed instruments?

<--cello geek

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Hobbes
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Really? You play cello too? Sweetness, cello rocks!

Hobbes [Smile]

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Megan
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Yeah, though I don't have much opportunity or time to play anymore. I'm hoping to get back into it once coursework is done (and my frustration from undergrad wears off).
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15.77909% -- Geek

I like how they compute it to 5 decimal points... [Smile]

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I'm sorry, Sunen, it's just that my brand of geekiness also leans towards class and sophistication. I love nothing more than the idea of a bunch of old gentlemen sitting around a pub drinking scotch, smoking cigars and talking about literature and academics. I'm just not that into what most people think as "geeky" and I think of as a complete waste of time.
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60.94675% - Extreme Geek

I actually laughed out loud at least 10 times and beamed with pride on several of my answers, especially about playing Risk all the way to the end.

This was mucho fun! Thank You!

P.S. Pharmacists are required to carry pocket protectors...come on!

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