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CaucasianAsian
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
Korea (South)11599 Posts
December 20 2008 01:39 GMT
#21
fantasy is dungeons and dragons = nerdier
sci fi = starwars = nerdy but cool / accepted
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Orlandu
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
China2450 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-12-20 01:50:13
December 20 2008 01:47 GMT
#22
I don't think it's something that you can just generalize. Each situation needs to be judged separately, because there are some huge differences between a lot of the things that are being lumped together under the same category.

Basically what I mean is, some parts of Fantasy are definitely nerdier than parts of Sci-Fi and vice versa. It's very difficult to say which is nerdier overall though simply because of what all there is to consider, personal bias being one. Like others have said though, this being the holy worshipping grounds of StarCraft outside of Korea, this question is pretty much answered already.
We cant give up just because things arent the way we want them to be.
shavingcream66
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States1219 Posts
December 20 2008 01:50 GMT
#23
both
FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11567 Posts
December 20 2008 01:54 GMT
#24
I love both, but I like sci-fi better. Tolkien is good, but I prefer Haldemann!
*TL CJ Entusman #40* "like scissors does anything to paper except MAKE IT MORE NUMEROUS" -paper
parkin
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
1090 Posts
December 20 2008 02:05 GMT
#25
On December 20 2008 09:27 Nitrogen23 wrote:
well, this is a starcraft site, which is more of a futuristic sci-fi game. so... im going to say fantasy will be the worst.

mostly harmless
JaZz
Profile Joined December 2008
United States23 Posts
December 20 2008 02:14 GMT
#26
Braveheart is non-fiction ffs lol
Manit0u
Profile Blog Joined August 2004
Poland17829 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-12-20 02:23:04
December 20 2008 02:22 GMT
#27
PS - This just made me realize how few Sci-Fi RPGs their are.


Are you serious? There aren't many but there's quite a lot of them:

KotOR 1 & 2
Mass Effect
Systemshock
Bioshock (not really sure if it's more fps or more rpg)
FALLOUT series?!?!?!?!?!

And others like it:
Dead Space (can't really call it a shooter)
Metal Heart
etc. etc.

On December 20 2008 11:14 JaZz wrote:
Braveheart is non-fiction ffs lol


It's not very true to the facts too
Time is precious. Waste it wisely.
Dromar
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States2145 Posts
December 20 2008 02:51 GMT
#28
Sci-fi has Star Wars/ Star Trek, but Fantasy has WoW. Fantasy wins.
CharlieMurphy
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
United States22895 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-12-20 03:42:50
December 20 2008 03:34 GMT
#29
On December 20 2008 11:14 JaZz wrote:
Braveheart is non-fiction ffs lol

Well, its based on a true story. I just couldn't think of any medieval type movies off the top of my head except braveheart.




Are you serious? There aren't many but there's quite a lot of them:

KotOR 1 & 2
Mass Effect
Systemshock
Bioshock (not really sure if it's more fps or more rpg)
FALLOUT series?!?!?!?!?!

And others like it:
Dead Space (can't really call it a shooter)
Metal Heart
etc. etc.



Dead Space sucks, Bioshock sucks, And these are both TPS/FPS and Boishock is not really sci-fi. Its old 50s style with mutants and shit, that's more fantasy than anything.

Fallout 1 & 2 suck, the game system was just too terrible. I gave up after like 15 minutes.

Never heard of the other ones.
..and then I would, ya know, check em'. (Aka SpoR)
Cpt.Cocaine
Profile Joined June 2008
Canada299 Posts
December 20 2008 03:46 GMT
#30
Sci-fi has always seemed more innovative, more original and more interesting to me. Partly because every fantasy universe seems to be a carbon copy of the other; elves, goblins, magic. Not many have the guts to try anything completely original, and that's a shame because there's so much potential territory not being explored by writers. I'm sick of it to a point where I might dislike something on the only basis of including some of those very cliche elements. Warcraft, for example, had a great universe up until beyond the dark portal. It had alot of classic fantasy elements, but it differed in it's presentation; It was about HUMANS versus ORCS. No shitty pretentious subplots that sound like they were writted by 12 year olds, no big epic storytelling, just WAR - two factions ripping the crap out of eachother and you didn't know or care why. Then warcraft 3 and WoW came along and the story became all about immature crap.

Lately I've been feeling the same about a lot of sci-fi. For a genre that's supposed to be about imagination, it seems incredibly unimaginative. It's always about humanoid aliens who aren't really aliens at all because they have far more in common with humans than any of the millions of earth-dwelling species that live on earth do and their mighty plan to invade the earth and enslave the human race. In fact, for all the thousands if not millions of sci-fi plots created within the last century, I can't think of a single one that has credible aliens - that is, aliens that aren't very earth-like. Think of the vast diversity of life we have on earth; from us, to bacteria, plants, protists, fungi... and the best they can come up with are dudes with ridges on their foreheads who speak a fluent american english and adhere to western idustrialised ideals.

You want originality? Look at the universe from the Thief games. Now that is a pretty damn awesome universe.
AzureEye
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States1360 Posts
December 20 2008 03:47 GMT
#31
Sci Fi nerdier by farrrrrrrrr
Terrans who whine: http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=107788
GGQ
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Canada2653 Posts
December 20 2008 03:49 GMT
#32
scifi is much nerdier. also it seems like the OP has not read much good fantasy, or doesn't understand what it is about
Lemonwalrus
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States5465 Posts
December 20 2008 03:50 GMT
#33
Fantasy is nerdier imo, and I like sci-fi better, but I like both of them I guess.
Leath
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
Canada1724 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-12-20 04:12:05
December 20 2008 04:10 GMT
#34
I think Sci-Fi, Future is more nerdy.

I recall the crowd in the cinema when I went to watch Chronicles of Riddick
And I picture the big fans of Star Trek, Star Wars, Flash Gordon, etc as a bunch of nerds.
I guess part of it is because some of those individuals have a strong interest in future technology which is highly associated with computers and robotics. People with those interest are stereotyped to me to be nerdies.

Whereas, people who like medieval, fantasy, and magic are probably lovers of the arts. I picture them enjoying a good book, appreciating art works, and daydreaming. They may be weird, and some are nerdy, but I think most aren't.

in sum,
Sci-Fi = Likes computers, robots, technology = Nerd
Fantasy = Likes to daydream, art, read = Artist
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Moletrap
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
United States1297 Posts
December 20 2008 04:11 GMT
#35
I am nerdier.
aka Moletrap
Eldariel
Profile Joined February 2008
Finland42 Posts
December 20 2008 04:13 GMT
#36
I don't understand the question. What does "nerdier" mean?
Bub
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States3518 Posts
December 20 2008 04:15 GMT
#37
Fantasy hands down
XK ßubonic
Faronel
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States658 Posts
December 20 2008 05:48 GMT
#38
Isaac Asimov said something about how Sci-Fi is the future of mankind, the dream/vision that we all work for.
I say that's true, and that fantasy is just for little bitches who don't like the world.
C'est la vie...
IzzyCraft
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States4487 Posts
December 20 2008 05:50 GMT
#39
On December 20 2008 13:10 Leath wrote:
I think Sci-Fi, Future is more nerdy.

I recall the crowd in the cinema when I went to watch Chronicles of Riddick
And I picture the big fans of Star Trek, Star Wars, Flash Gordon, etc as a bunch of nerds.
I guess part of it is because some of those individuals have a strong interest in future technology which is highly associated with computers and robotics. People with those interest are stereotyped to me to be nerdies.

Whereas, people who like medieval, fantasy, and magic are probably lovers of the arts. I picture them enjoying a good book, appreciating art works, and daydreaming. They may be weird, and some are nerdy, but I think most aren't.

in sum,
Sci-Fi = Likes computers, robots, technology = Nerd
Fantasy = Likes to daydream, art, read = Girl traped in a Boys body.

fixed
I have ass for brains so,
even when I shit I'm droping knowledge.
Frits
Profile Joined March 2003
11782 Posts
December 20 2008 05:53 GMT
#40
Personally I can't stand fantasy and really love some sci fi stuff.

What's nerdier depends on the person you associate it with really.
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