nerdvana

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Holy black lotus! I dropped my son off at an event last night at the local strategy game mecca, Dream Wizards. It was nerdvana. There were about 100 gamers from snoburbia and beyond. In the back you had your Magic: The Gathering game. Warhammer dark elves and undead battled in the center. To the right were your Dungeons and Dragons players (among which were the only females in the whole place). I've never seen so many neck beards* in one place.

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* A computer programmer I know assures me that you cannot be taken seriously as a programmer unless you have one.

Comments

[scottstev]

That place is an institution. I remember visiting there during my nerdling days. Then the games were Battletech and Car Wars.

[Queen of the Weezils]

People are still playing Magic? I figured that to be a passing fad back when I was a nerdling. Now that I'm a full fledged adult nerd right here in snoburbia, we stick to D&D and I still rock a mean magic missle.

[Justafed]

Ah, but remember that in snoburbia there are hierarchies in all things. Collectible Card Games are good, but German-style board games are obviously better. You mean to tell me you have not bought for your child Settlers of Catan and all of it's expansions? You may think you have seen Nerdvana, but there is a much better place.:-)

[Wendy]

hiLARious. I've never heard of neck beards, but of course, I know exactly what you're talking about.

[Just Some "Folks from NoKes" (Proud N. Kensington 'snoburban' exiles)]

"A computer programmer I know assures me that you cannot be taken seriously as a programmer unless you have [a neck beard]."
--snoburbia blogger lady

Hmmmmm. I'm surprised that any self-respecting techie would refer to himself/herself as a "computer programmer" nowadays.

That's waaaaaayyy retro, as in straight out of seventies/eighties Fortran/COBOL/assembly-language "hacker" lexicon.

"I'm a 'software engineer' or 'solutions architect,' hear me rawwwr!"

(Never *ever* an "IT specialist" -- bleccchhhhh.)