Actor/Actress with the Most Impeccable "Nerd" Credentials (1 Viewer)

[antipop]

she makes me want to try D&D

 

[DaveXA]

she makes me want to try D&D

Hell yeah! I enjoyed D&D back in the day. It was pretty fun.

 

[Optimus Prime]

There was an interview with someone with some sci fi cred, not a major player, back in the mid 90s so it's probably exponentially more true today now that nerd culture has gone mainstream

I don't remember who it was but I still remember the quote

Basically this:

"There is no love like geek love. If you are a panelist at any of these events you are getting laid as much as any athlete or rock star. And you may have an idea of what these nerd girls are like. You are wrong. There are a ton of drop dead gorgeous women who are into this nerd shirt"

The "contacts and makeup" trope exists for a reason.
Too many smart, gorgeous girls go out of their way to be invisible.
A sci/fi con is where that gets reversed. And it's glorious.

 

[Optimus Prime]

Now he needs to keep that same energy for the male convention attendees.

Why not? I'm sure that happens too

But like sports and music I expect it doesn't happen nearly as often the other way around

Who's to say that at a con Gillian Anderson, Sigourney Weaver or Marina Siritis didn't get really horny and hook up with a love and starstruck 20 year old?

 

[Optimus Prime]

Hell yeah! I enjoyed D&D back in the day. It was pretty fun.

I tried a couple times in grade school and a couple more times in high school

I never got D & D and just couldn't get into it

 

[Sun Wukong]

Why not? I'm sure that happens too

But like sports and music I expect it doesn't happen nearly as often the other way around

Who's to say that at a con Gillian Anderson, Sigourney Weaver or Marina Siritis didn't get really horny and hook up with a love and starstruck 20 year old?

I'm saying that. That is not happening.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

Who's to say that at a con Gillian Anderson, Sigourney Weaver or Marina Siritis didn't get really horny and hook up with a love and starstruck 20 year old?

It almost happened with me and Marina...

Then I woke up.

 

[zeetes]

I tried a couple times in grade school and a couple more times in high school

I never got D & D and just couldn't get into it

i like it, yet i also found it really boring. i don't know how i really feel about it.

 

[Sun Wukong]

i like it, yet i also found it really boring. i don't know how i really feel about it.

The key is whether your DM is worth a crap or not. There's lots of bad DMs running boring games out there.

 

[zeetes]

The key is whether your DM is worth a crap or not. There's lots of bad DMs running boring games out there.

totally agree. dm will make or break a game.

 

[Optimus Prime]

I'm saying that. That is not happening.

I'm not saying convention hanky panky happens anywhere near as much as for the male actors but I'd be stunned if it's never happened

Doesn't @GrandAdmiral go to a lot of cons?

I'd be interested to hear his opinion

 

[Optimus Prime]

The key is whether your DM is worth a crap or not. There's lots of bad DMs running boring games out there.

I remember being bored and confused both trying to watch and participate

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Who's to say that at a con Gillian Anderson, Sigourney Weaver or Marina Siritis didn't get really horny and hook up with a love and starstruck 20 year old?

dude would have to have +10 charisma AND roll a natural 20
not happening

 

[GrandAdmiral]

I'm not saying convention hanky panky happens anywhere near as much as for the male actors but I'd be stunned if it's never happened

Doesn't @GrandAdmiral go to a lot of cons?

I'd be interested to hear his opinion

I go to at least 5 or so each year (prepping for New York now).

"Hanky panky" has happened in the past, but since the days of #MeToo and increased attendance due to popularity of the various genres, that's been virtually eliminated. I would imagine it's still possible at the extremely large events like SDCC where they hold events off-site during the event, but yeah, no. Marina isn't inviting me to any empty room for fun. She'd do better just inviting me to her hotel room.

(On another note, Marina Sirtis looks so much better with age today than as Donna Troi on ST: TNG).

 

[Sun Wukong]

I go to at least 5 or so each year (prepping for New York now).

"Hanky panky" has happened in the past, but since the days of #MeToo and increased attendance due to popularity of the various genres, that's been virtually eliminated. I would imagine it's still possible at the extremely large events like SDCC where they hold events off-site during the event, but yeah, no. Marina isn't inviting me to any empty room for fun. She'd do better just inviting me to her hotel room.

(On another note, Marina Sirtis looks so much better with age today than as Donna Troi on ST: TNG).

As an example of this, Neil Gaiman was known by everybody to be banging anything that moved on the con circuit. It was not a secret. People talked about how he had "harems" in various cities. He had goth groupies throwing themselves at him.

Now he's essentially been cancelled because those sexcapades have been brought to light and several women have accused him of sexual assault. Also just really gross and creepy power dynamic stuff. The stories are unpleasant.

Those days of cons are over.