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Mate Sršen
Mate Sršen
Tue, Apr 16, 2013 10:00pm

Lots of videogame and comicbook characters. I did pretty good! True, ‘N’ gave me a bit of a hard time, but in the end I got them all! I think that makes me qualified enough to say the character selection is naff :-/ These are the ABCs for a specific nerd subtype, and I’d say a bit too specific.

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RogerBW
RogerBW
reply to  Mate Sršen
Wed, Apr 17, 2013 8:59am

Indeed – visual media of all kinds are a minor thing for me compared with books and non-passive activities like coding and role-playing games.

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Allari Ruiz
Allari Ruiz
reply to  Mate Sršen
Fri, Apr 19, 2013 10:33pm

Since when did being a nerd meant feeding from the pop culture trough.

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MC
MC
Wed, Apr 17, 2013 12:27am

I feel pretty good that I got 24 out of 26 on my first round through. Q and R stumped me. But I agree with Mate that it is a list for a few different sets of specific nerddom.

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JSW
JSW
Wed, Apr 17, 2013 2:33am

Ash, Batman, Cloud Strife, the Doctor, an Ewok, the Fantastic Four, Godzilla, Harry Potter, Inspector Gadget, Jack Skellington, Kickass, Legolas, Magneto, ???, Optimus Prime, Princess Leia, the Queen of Blades, Raiden, Spock, Thor, Ultramarine, Venom, Wolverine, Xena, Yoda, Zorro.

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MC
MC
reply to  JSW
Wed, Apr 17, 2013 3:10am

Napoleon Dynamite

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MarkyD
MarkyD
reply to  MC
Wed, Apr 17, 2013 4:09am

Talk about the odd man out. I never would have guess that!

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PJK
PJK
reply to  MC
Wed, Apr 17, 2013 5:59am

Could be, could be, but doesn’t Napoleon have curly hair?

Apart from N, Q and U I’m also not familiar with R. Anybody know what R represents?

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MC
MC
reply to  PJK
Wed, Apr 17, 2013 6:05am

R is Raiden from the Metal Gear Solid games.

and here is a picture of Napoleon Dynamite where that suit:

http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/napoleon-dynamite/images/81256/title/napoleon-sweet-suit-photo

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PJK
PJK
reply to  MC
Wed, Apr 17, 2013 9:41am

The picture would have been clearer if he had curly hair, the curly hair was really iconic for Napoleon

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Dr. Rocketscience
Dr. Rocketscience
Wed, Apr 17, 2013 3:57am

Lost me on N, Q, and U.

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MarkyD
MarkyD
reply to  Dr. Rocketscience
Wed, Apr 17, 2013 4:09am

Same here, plus X.

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Dr. Rocketscience
Dr. Rocketscience
reply to  MarkyD
Wed, Apr 17, 2013 5:04am

Clearly you don’t have the thing for Lucy Lawless that I have for Lucy Lawless. :-)

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Jacob Trahan
Jacob Trahan
reply to  Dr. Rocketscience
Wed, Apr 17, 2013 6:14pm

Q is the Queen of Blades (aka Kerrigan) from StarCraft. U is an Ultramarine from Warhammer 40k. No idea about N though…

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MarkyD
MarkyD
Wed, Apr 17, 2013 4:08am

Without looking at anyone elses post I got them all except for N,Q,U,and X.

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Jonathan Roth
Jonathan Roth
Wed, Apr 17, 2013 2:02pm

I got them all except “n” I guessed it was for “Nerd”

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dwa4
dwa4
Wed, Apr 17, 2013 6:38pm

N. Napolean Dynamite….googled famous nerds and there’s a pic of him in that exact pose

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