Would like to geek...

Chad_Fantastics

Righty,

Long term lurker/first time poster on this forum and I'm writing with an agenda, I need to find some of my tribe to hang with.

Ya see I married a Douglas princess and even though the job was in Limerick, this was grand, did hubby stuff here (eat, drink, dance, be merry) and geek stuff up there (drink, game, watch footie, shout abuse at each other). But then we had our own Douglas princess and I now work at home full time...

...which means the normal wrapping of geek stuff around those you meet at work isn't an option so now the evening are getting later, the girl is sleeping longer and the beers are getting colder the wife has informed me that I need to find a way to meet those of a similar mind to me and that's where the Cork boardies come in.

Any suggestion on how, what, where, who can let me run in circles where liking (chose any two) gaming, craft beer, indie music, shiny shiny gadgets, comedy, lego deathstars, footie, lego death stars, nice grub, can't wait for Knights of badassdom, fast cars, history channel, boards.ie, big TV's, Sci-fi/Fantasy, butter museum, mutton lane is appreicated, nah, celebrated?

And in return I'll inverse the lurk/post ratio and I'll be at the next meet up.

Thanks much,

Martin.

serjical_strike

i like to geek.!!!

mainly star wars, gaming, star wars.. and a splash of game of thrones.

also try www.reddit.com its pretty cool. search for your interests and subscribe to the pages you find.

edit: oh and beer, yes beer too.. im more discovery science with a sunday hangover.!!

kart

You have come to a right place here, hehe:)

I find that Boards Cork meetups are great cos they are a bit geekier (in a good way, lads) than any other in da world (not that i've been to wide range of them).
Great crowd here.

I'm suprised this thread hasn't yet had a huge geeky takeover.
List of geek activities is good. Gaming, star wars, more gaming, moviefreakz, collecting every kind of things, more gaming, reading cool books.
Ehhhh...at work for next so many hours...gotta wait til i can go and do my geek activities. Work is one of them too tho, isnt it?:)

Bottom line: Just turn up on some boardsies meetup. You won't regret. I havent been on one for a while myself, but i always recommend these to fellow geeks!

nursemar88

I just would like to second the cork meetups as a place to meet loads of people. Myself and the bf go along to a few of them and we are pure geeks! Himself is the geekier one and has many of them same interests as you, craft beer, star wars, comedy, shiny shiny gadgets and nice grub to name a few. I would definitely recommend going along to one of the meetups and seeing what you think

Chad_Fantastics

Oh, it's good know that my kind exist in Cork, really looking forward to the next meet up now and going to check out reddit too.

Has anybody here got into Community? Not on any station that I know of this side of the pond but it's the most gloriously geeky show I've ever seen, one I watched yesterday turned 'who's going to get the pizza' into a multi-timeline plot device and included Evil Timeline where they were issued Evil Goatees...

nursemar88

Chad_Fantastics wrote: »

Oh, it's good know that my kind exist in Cork, really looking forward to the next meet up now and going to check out reddit too.

Has anybody here got into Community? Not on any station that I know of this side of the pond but it's the most gloriously geeky show I've ever seen, one I watched yesterday turned 'who's going to get the pizza' into a multi-timeline plot device and included Evil Timeline where they were issued Evil Goatees...

Oh good lord myself and bf watched that episode yesterday! Community is one the of most underrated hilariously funny things I have watched in a long time. Troy and Abed are excellent characters! "Troy and abed in the moorrnninng"

serjical_strike

:O it shall be done.!!!

120_Minutes

Welcome Chad, I'm also a blow in to the true capital and share many of your interests, including community, sci-fi, a bit of gaming, star wars, fine beers, cars and history/discovery channell. also adding that i'm a musician and waccy baccy coinesseur.

i've been meaning to go to a meet myself, and it sounds like thats the place to find more of our ilk.

Blitzkrieger

serjical_strike wrote: »

:O it shall be done.!!!

Fook it!! I'm out of the country for those


.......and surely they should be a double-header......

serjical_strike

Blitzkrieger wrote: »

Fook it!! I'm out of the country for those


.......and surely they should be a double-header......

yea i wouldnt mind seeing them one after another but ill take what is given to me

Chad_Fantastics

(Wasn't there a way you could thank people for posts underneath the post? Thanks everybody for getting involved!!!)

So there certainly seems to be a subset to meet up at the next meet up, I'm not brave enough to organise my first meet up but there's deffo a list of things we could tie some cool meet ups around.

Saw the new Batman trailer yesterday, looks bloody brilliant and thank your prefered object of worship they've gone for a less than obvious villain(to the public) in this one.

And I'll throw in some controversial for free... Take Ledger's performance away from the last movie and it was very weak compared to the first. And while Bale is a good batman, I think he's pants as Bruce Wyane...

(runs and hides)

Chad_Fantastics

Oh look, a thanks button!!!!

I'll get my geek coat!!!!

Sarky

I recently found graffiti about Zalgo, He Who Waits Behind The Wall on the wall of an alley somewhere near Washington st. I don't think there's going to be any shortage of geeks in Cork for the foreseeable future.

54kroc

I'd say it would be easier to find people who don't share your interests.
Are we all geeks on boards?

120_Minutes

Chad_Fantastics wrote: »

(Wasn't there a way you could thank people for posts underneath the post? Thanks everybody for getting involved!!!)

So there certainly seems to be a subset to meet up at the next meet up, I'm not brave enough to organise my first meet up but there's deffo a list of things we could tie some cool meet ups around.

Saw the new Batman trailer yesterday, looks bloody brilliant and thank your prefered object of worship they've gone for a less than obvious villain(to the public) in this one.

And I'll throw in some controversial for free... Take Ledger's performance away from the last movie and it was very weak compared to the first. And while Bale is a good batman, I think he's pants as Bruce Wyane...

(runs and hides)

When ledger died i said that possibly the only other actor that could do the joker as well as heath was joseph gordon levitt.

....now i think he could manage the cowl and cape if bale is hanging it up...

Chad_Fantastics

Yeah, I've been a huge fan of him since Brick, great in Inception and seeing him in the trailer kicked it up for me.

As for Zalgo, I'll be running around Washinton street next time I'm in town looking for my new desktop wallpaper!

Buceph

Seeing as there are many self-professed geeks here. A new gaming club has opened up in Cork.

A couple of guys wanted to grow their gaming circle, and with a lack of space in their front room decided to open a club. They've rented a space on McCurtain St. and make the room available for gaming weekday evenings and weekends.

This week I was there last Sunday evening, Tuesday evening, Thursday evening and I'll be going again Sunday evening. The guys running it pay the rent out of their own pocket, and then charge €3 a night to play games in there. (Or €25 for three months if you're planning on a few trips.) There's a selection of games in there, or you can bring your own.

If you want to come along some night send me a PM and I'll arrange to get in contact and we can meet up some night I know there'll be people there.

serjical_strike

Buceph wrote: »

Seeing as there are many self-professed geeks here. A new gaming club has opened up in Cork.

A couple of guys wanted to grow their gaming circle, and with a lack of space in their front room decided to open a club. They've rented a space on McCurtain St. and make the room available for gaming weekday evenings and weekends.

This week I was there last Sunday evening, Tuesday evening, Thursday evening and I'll be going again Sunday evening. The guys running it pay the rent out of their own pocket, and then charge €3 a night to play games in there. (Or €25 for three months if you're planning on a few trips.) There's a selection of games in there, or you can bring your own.

If you want to come along some night send me a PM and I'll arrange to get in contact and we can meet up some night I know there'll be people there.

do these guys have a website/facebook page or anything..? would like to check it out.!!

Buceph

serjical_strike wrote: »

do these guys have a website/facebook page or anything..? would like to check it out.!!

I think there's a facebook alright. I don't use it but if you search for "Cork Games Guild."

Chad_Fantastics

So there's a possible meet up next Friday, anybody thinking of going?

In other geek news, saw the Avengers movie last night, best Hulk ever! Law needs to be passed that Whedon makes ALL superhero movies from now on...

stevexo

Chad_Fantastics wrote: »

So there's a possible meet up next Friday, anybody thinking of going?

In other geek news, saw the Avengers movie last night, best Hulk ever! Law needs to be passed that Whedon makes ALL superhero movies from now on...

i should be going. im going to try organise more meetups. havent been many in the past while, probably cos i moved away but im back now.
we had drinks, bbq, night at the dogs, bowling, table quiz all in the last month with boardies.
granted some of the stuff was organised off of boards due to the lack of actual interest on here.
most people moan about the meetups and never go to them so not much point really.
couple of us have been talking about some sort of adventure day away or something during the summer, like surfing lessons or sea kayaking or something like that. could do an over night thing if people wanted and get locked.
either way ill be trying to organise some mid week and weekend stuff like perhaps game night at mine in midleton, but only if i know you (and like you)

that games club sounds interesting.
and speaking of the death star, im listening to tenacious d's new song deth starr

havent been to the avengers yet, maybe this week. from what i hear its pretty good

Chad_Fantastics

Good plan!

Once I'm not a complete stranger I'll keen to do more than the odd meet up for drinkies and I'll help in organising stuff too.

Like the adventure day idea but my overnight ticket this summer is already booked for this airsoft experience in the UK, they drop you in a deserted shopping center and you've to survive the zombie hoards.

MMMMMMMMMM, zombie hoards...

stevexo

Chad_Fantastics wrote: »

Good plan!

Once I'm not a complete stranger I'll keen to do more than the odd meet up for drinkies and I'll help in organising stuff too.

Like the adventure day idea but my overnight ticket this summer is already booked for this airsoft experience in the UK, they drop you in a deserted shopping center and you've to survive the zombie hoards.

MMMMMMMMMM, zombie hoards...

like a day trip to the tramore or dunmore east direction shouldnt be too bad. they do that stuff out there.

serjical_strike

Chad_Fantastics wrote: »

Good plan!

Once I'm not a complete stranger I'll keen to do more than the odd meet up for drinkies and I'll help in organising stuff too.

Like the adventure day idea but my overnight ticket this summer is already booked for this airsoft experience in the UK, they drop you in a deserted shopping center and you've to survive the zombie hoards.

MMMMMMMMMM, zombie hoards...

I've heard about this zombie survival thing.. i love the dawn of the dead (old version) so this would be like living one of my favorite movies to google with me..

also on the organising front of things.. ive never gone to a meet up, im one of those socially awkward penguin types but ive always wanted a viking themed night, big plates piled with food eating with just hands (picture giant legs of chicken and the likes) while having huge jugs of beer to drink and just be messy.... oh and we all wear fake beards (or cultivate a real one) and horned helmets.. if only somewhere in cork had this

stevexo

There are some castles around that do it over in the kerry clare direction

serjical_strike

stevexo wrote: »

There are some castles around that do it over in the kerry clare direction

interesting.. i must check it out cheers

Doge

Buceph wrote: »

Seeing as there are many self-professed geeks here. A new gaming club has opened up in Cork.

A couple of guys wanted to grow their gaming circle, and with a lack of space in their front room decided to open a club. They've rented a space on McCurtain St. and make the room available for gaming weekday evenings and weekends.

This week I was there last Sunday evening, Tuesday evening, Thursday evening and I'll be going again Sunday evening. The guys running it pay the rent out of their own pocket, and then charge €3 a night to play games in there. (Or €25 for three months if you're planning on a few trips.) There's a selection of games in there, or you can bring your own.

If you want to come along some night send me a PM and I'll arrange to get in contact and we can meet up some night I know there'll be people there.

Now if only there was something like this for electronic games!

Great to see things like this going on around the city!

serjical_strike

waveform wrote: »

Now if only there was something like this for electronic games!

Great to see things like this going on around the city!

exactly what i thought as well, tournaments in BF:3, diablo III (soon), team fortress 2, street fighter, or just wander around skyrim like usual could be an idea i guess.!!

Buceph

serjical_strike wrote: »

exactly what i thought as well, tournaments in BF:3, diablo III (soon), team fortress 2, street fighter, or just wander around skyrim like usual could be an idea i guess.!!

Back when Diablo 2 and Unreal Tournament game out Web Workhouse was a hotspot for multiplayer gaming. I remember being in their saturday mornings as a teenager, fag hanging from my mouth, ash all down the front of my jumper, frantically trying not to be terrible at Unreal Tournament. And the balls of getting the computers in the sunlight so you had to tilt them and put them at an angle. I kind of regret never giving Diablo 2 a go though.

There's still always guys upstairs playing games so I'd say you could join in. There's just nothing official.

serjical_strike

Buceph wrote: »

Back when Diablo 2 and Unreal Tournament game out Web Workhouse was a hotspot for multiplayer gaming. I remember being in their saturday mornings as a teenager, fag hanging from my mouth, ash all down the front of my jumper, frantically trying not to be terrible at Unreal Tournament. And the balls of getting the computers in the sunlight so you had to tilt them and put them at an angle. I kind of regret never giving Diablo 2 a go though.

There's still always guys upstairs playing games so I'd say you could join in. There's just nothing official.

ah man i know it all too well, i used to go in there about 10 years ago playing battlefield 1942 from about 12am to 8am and the place would be packed up stairs. great times.

i went in there a few months ago on a long break from college and spent a few hours playing portal 2 and BF:3, just didnt feel the same anymore.

unreal tournament.. now theres an idea..!!!

has anyone given tribes: ascend a go yet.? its a free to play game that is just amazing i have to say...

gbee

You're a poet sir, I suspect your geek phase is behind you, though, they say boys never grow out of it, but we don't normally become geeks again until after out little princess and princes have grown up.

Whilst you were away, being a geek was perhaps a safeguard .... think of what I could say next!

nerwen

Buceph wrote: »

I kind of regret never giving Diablo 2 a go though.

And you should, was (and still is) an amazing game. Gives people the creeps to play something that graphicly old these days though. But there is D3 in just hours now! I am prepared for a massive session.

120_Minutes

@stevexo


You live in midleton? I live in midleton!

Chad_Fantastics

ive always wanted a viking themed night, big plates piled with food eating with just hands (picture giant legs of chicken and the likes) while having huge jugs of beer to drink and just be messy.... oh and we all wear fake beards (or cultivate a real one) and horned helmets

1) Do we have to sing the Spam song while doing this?
2) And I think even with beards cultivated we must wear the fake over them!!!!

Chad_Fantastics

exactly what i thought as well, tournaments in BF:3, diablo III (soon), team fortress 2, street fighter, or just wander around skyrim like usual could be an idea i guess.!!

Back when the day job was away, I used to have gaming nights with the guys from work, fecking epic they were. 3 teams of 4 playing halo all with separate HD projectors, two guys with a tv each playing the co-op gunship level from MW, the ex acid-head with eyes streaming playing wipeout, several people collapsed from kinetic dehydration despite beer hats...

...and a competition for the rudest profile name ever, good god it got graphic! If you didn't factory reset your xbox after you were at risk of divorce...

So yes, an idea!!!!!

Chad_Fantastics

You're a poet sir, I suspect your geek phase is behind you, though, they say boys never grow out of it, but we don't normally become geeks again until after out little princess and princes have grown up

.



Dude(ette?)!!!!! Don't harsh my buzz so soon!!!!



Guess I've two things on my side against losing my social geek; she'll be raised as a geek so lots of avenues to soothe my geekish brow

and its probably unhealthy to spend the next 18 years only knowing her and the missus in Cork.

gbee

Chad_Fantastics wrote: »

. and its probably unhealthy .

I've done 24 years, I think you worry in excess.

120_Minutes

Chad_Fantastics wrote: »

1) Do we have to sing the Spam song while doing this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8huXkSaL7o

serjical_strike

Chad_Fantastics wrote: »

Back when the day job was away, I used to have gaming nights with the guys from work, fecking epic they were. 3 teams of 4 playing halo all with separate HD projectors, two guys with a tv each playing the co-op gunship level from MW, the ex acid-head with eyes streaming playing wipeout, several people collapsed from kinetic dehydration despite beer hats...

...and a competition for the rudest profile name ever, good god it got graphic! If you didn't factory reset your xbox after you were at risk of divorce...

So yes, an idea!!!!!

this.. all this minus the acid :P it would be a great laugh. i remember when i was in the navy and we would be at sea for weeks on end, i brought an old router with me and down in the sleeping quarters which is like a long alley with lots doors/rooms on either side we would put the router on the floor in the alley and connect a **** load of xbox's playing MW and Halo 2/3, it was epic and a great way to pass time and relax when off duty with the lads. great memories

Sephiroth_dude

any of ye geeks get diablo 3 and fancy teaming up : )?

serjical_strike

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

any of ye geeks get diablo 3 and fancy teaming up : )?

just bought it for my brothers birthday, ill be getting it myself in about 2 weeks after i have my exhibition stuff ready, ill message you then.?

Coel

Just moved to Ireland recently and I guess I'm a bit too geeky for my new colleagues.

Therefore I hope to meet some nice fellow geeks here

Addiction to D3 started 2 days ago and otherwise I like gaming, Star Craft 2 and BarCrafts(there are some pretty awesome ones here in Cork at Captain Americas, anyone to join me and my bf? ;D) Star Wars Stuff, movies and tv series(recently Game of Thrones) useless but funny stuff, reading, drinking too much coffee and loads of stupid things.

Sephiroth_dude

serjical_strike wrote: »

just bought it for my brothers birthday, ill be getting it myself in about 2 weeks after i have my exhibition stuff ready, ill message you then.?

COOL!

Chad_Fantastics

this.. all this minus the acid it would be a great laugh. i remember when i was in the navy and we would be at sea for weeks on end, i brought an old router with me and down in the sleeping quarters which is like a long alley with lots doors/rooms on either side we would put the router on the floor in the alley and connect a **** load of xbox's playing MW and Halo 2/3, it was epic and a great way to pass time and relax when off duty with the lads. great memories

Well, the acid was the music but if I remember the 90/PS wipeout sessions, there was another drug of choice for them. Not mine which was Devils bit...

Well, all my toys fit in a bag, HD projector included so not beyond the realms of possibility that some similar could happen down here.

Chad_Fantastics

Just moved to Ireland recently and I guess I'm a bit too geeky for my new colleagues.

Therefore I hope to meet some nice fellow geeks here

Hey Coel, welcome to the bestest geek thread in Cork! There is a wider boards meet up in the Old Oak tomorrow, hoping some of those here will make it, you'll see the thread stickied at the top of the cork forum.

BarCrafts(there are some pretty awesome ones here in Cork at Captain Americas, anyone to join me and my bf?

Never heard of this, I'll deffo got to the next one, I'll go to pretty much anything that has any word in it's description substituted for beer...

Chad_Fantastics

any of ye geeks get diablo 3 and fancy teaming up : )?

Never played it, nearly always a console gamer apart from the odd RTS/Sim. Mainly because I've always had a work laptop and I feared upgraditis.

Do have a small form factor desktop, any idea of what card it would need to run? I can only get half hight in...

stevexo

i see sonic 4 spisode 2 just came out, 1200 xbox live points though...bit steep.
any one play episode 1?
it wasnt too bad, good nod at the classic sonic apart from the stupid homing attacks making it too easy to kill enemies

oeb

It's a pity we missed each other Chad, I was living in Douglas till September, and we used to have weekly board gaming nights in Shamrock Park.

serjical_strike

i've made a terrible mistake... i used one of the free codes that came with the diablo III copy i got my brother and IT IS AMAZING.. i can play to level 10 and defeat the skeleton king.. i cant get over how good it is. i did get a bit of lag in a public multiplayer game but thats just the servers being mental since launch!! cant wait to buy the full game. 2 weeks and it shall be mine.!! (if i can hold out)

serjical_strike

Chad_Fantastics wrote: »

Never played it, nearly always a console gamer apart from the odd RTS/Sim. Mainly because I've always had a work laptop and I feared upgraditis.

Do have a small form factor desktop, any idea of what card it would need to run? I can only get half hight in...

i highly recommend it

Sephiroth_dude

Chad_Fantastics wrote: »

Never played it, nearly always a console gamer apart from the odd RTS/Sim. Mainly because I've always had a work laptop and I feared upgraditis.

Do have a small form factor desktop, any idea of what card it would need to run? I can only get half hight in...

what rts games do you play?