Another thing I like about my guild..
Jul. 26th, 2008 01:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alpharaposaThe Unbroken requires that all members be at least 21 years old in real life. I'm of two minds on that. The person who was once a very mature teenager chafes at the idea that people get locked out just because of age.
On the other hand, it means that we have conversations like the one last night.
A Canadian member, referring to a shaman wearing Gladiator gear: "It looks like an Orange Crush machine."
Me: "It reminds me of Tron, actually."
Followed by general agreement as well as comments on how badly I'd just dated myself. Only one guy (poor guy) didn't get the reference.
We are a band of geeks and nerds. Most of us have seen all the classic 70s and 80s nerd movies. We can quote Ghostbusters at each other. We've seen Tron. Heck, I've even managed to reference Sneakers and get away with it. Our guild master is a self-styled Lord of Nerds.
It's not a requirement to be a geek to belong, but it's a very comfy group to be a geek around.
On the other hand, it means that we have conversations like the one last night.
A Canadian member, referring to a shaman wearing Gladiator gear: "It looks like an Orange Crush machine."
Me: "It reminds me of Tron, actually."
Followed by general agreement as well as comments on how badly I'd just dated myself. Only one guy (poor guy) didn't get the reference.
We are a band of geeks and nerds. Most of us have seen all the classic 70s and 80s nerd movies. We can quote Ghostbusters at each other. We've seen Tron. Heck, I've even managed to reference Sneakers and get away with it. Our guild master is a self-styled Lord of Nerds.
It's not a requirement to be a geek to belong, but it's a very comfy group to be a geek around.
