I was at that con (not in costume, however), actually. I wish I could watch the videos, but unfortunately, Viacom is racist to Canadians, so I can't watch. Even though we get MTV and all their crap on TV up here anyway.

Jerks.

--LBD "Nytetrayn"

i just died a bit inside...=(

Ok, I realize how horribly bad this is to watch, but I can't help but think it's awesome that these guys are getting that into their game. The dialog on those shows is atrocious, and they totally have the over the top deliveries perfected.

I say more power to them. I never got into fighting card games myself, but I think that if I ever had, I would totally talk like that when I played.

Let's all admit it people, talking in funny voices is fun, and we've all done it for something at some point in our lives. I can't think of a single person I know who has ever quoted a Monty Python film without subconsciously dropping into a really bad English accent while saying it.

I want to learn to play that game now just so I have an excuse to talk like that.

YOUR POWERS ARE WEAK...THEREFORE I MUST CALL FORTH THE ELEMENTAL SPIRIT OF WUSSY ASS KICKING TO FOREVER SHAME YOU AND EVERYONE YOU'VE EVER KNOWN!!!!!

Awesome!

That was painful.

MTV being harsh on nerds? Whats next E! talking about clothing or The Price is right getting a big wheel to spin?

That one homie needs a lotion spell for his ashy ass legs.

Their other video of the Link cosplayer made me want to cry...

:(

I was going to be sad for them but they look really happy.

So good for them.

I've been to the past 10 Otakons I think. I mostly go to watch movies that aren't available in the states yet but lately it's been kinda boring. The dealer room has nothing you can't buy on the web or in book stores. The anime they play is stuff you could have bought last year and watched. About the only thing worth doing now is see the special guests and hear what the industry panels have to say. I probably won't go this year.

When I first started going I remember they did a thing called Mystery Anime Theater which was awesome because they ripped on low budget anime just like Mystery Science Theater does with sci-fi. They stopped doing that and I miss it.

It's not a bad con to go to. It's just lost a little something it used to have for me. Those guys playing yu gi oh are all over the place if you look for them. I don't pay attention to them. It's probably because I've got some guy yelling "ICE COLD WATER 1.00$" at me every 2 feet though. They were a real problem this past con.

I used to play magic back in high school but we never used to talk like that or maybe we did and thats why the jocks always stared and made stupid comments, only to be later asking for help on there english homework.

MTV2 still plays music?!? Well, occasionally more then that MTV plays! Goddame, do anyone still watch MTV? I use to watch it a lot, but now I forget its still on-air.

*looks up what channel MTV is on*

*chick*

Wow, nothing but lame-ass wannabe ghetto shit! Why the fuck is this shit still on?

and just like that, I remembered why I don't tell people I meet that I watch anime

Any alternative links for us Eurofags?

They were "asking for help on there English homework," eh, Kinaj? /g

I agree with Patrick. I remember many a game of Magic played in a similar setting, with guys in their early 20s aboard a US Navy warship. You have to take your fun where you can get it. Watching the video I felt a little awkward for the guys, but then again, consider the environment. These guys are playing a game at a convention for same. The guy who strips to the waist and paints his team colors on his flabby chest at a football game would look pretty awkward doing so outside of that venue.

Having said that, I wager our Yuginauts in the video have done much the same in a Borders, or a Denny's, or their high school hallway. But even so: can't fault them for enjoying their hobby at a convention explicitly intended to celebrate it.

Naw, I'm not gonna rag on these kids. They're having a great time, and they're not hurting anybody. That's a plus in my book.

Yep. This is why I consider myself a geek, and not a nerd. The difference? A geek has some self-respect when it comes to his hobbies. A nerd has absolutely no social graces and lets his hobbies get in the way of his ability to relate to other human beings.

Geek: Likes reading about comic characters.
Nerd: Likes dressing up as comic characters.

Geek: Plays D&D with the guys.
Nerd: Play-Acts D&D in the mall with the guys.

Geek: Fantasizes about geek females.
Nerd: Fantasizes about animated cat-girls with Japanese names.

Geek: Wears a geeky 8-bit necktie or scifi T-shirt in daily life.
Nerd: Wears a Yu-Gi-Oh headband and Batman utility belt in daily life.

Geek: Has the ability to meet a girl outside of a convention.
Nerd: Can only meet girls if he's dressed as an effeminate anime character.

Geek: Understands a little Huttese and Klingon.
Nerd: Takes Japanese language classes JUST so he can watch anime without subtitles and say creepy things to Japanese girls.

Geek: Enjoys watching Klingons on Star Trek at conventions.
Nerd: Enjoys dressing up as Klingons outside of Star Trek conventions.

Geek: Pays $30 for a D&D core rulebook.
Nerd: Pays $130 for a Magic The Gathering card.

I'm a geek. Nerds kinda creep me out and make me embarrassed to be into the things I'm into. There's a level where you need to stop and look at yourself and say, "Does this scare away women?" and if the answer is "Yes!" or "I don't know!" then you need to go into nerd rehab.

I like some nerds, but I wouldn't move in with them.

It's amazing that ZeroCorpse was able to nail my own view on the matter so absolutely perfectly, we don't know each other and haven't talked, but bam, there it is.

One more, for the other types of geeks and nerds:

Sports Geek: Never misses a football game.
Sports Nerd: Never misses the opportunity to wear full-body paint in his team's colors.

Car Geek: Subscribes to Muscle Car magazines.
Car Nerd: Covers his car in neon lights and bad peel-off decals.

PC Geek: Can build a PC from parts.
PC Nerd: Can build a PC from parts, but puts it in a case with neon lights and bad peel-off decals, and then posts pictures of it on Flickr while bragging to his friends that it's got 81 MHz more CPU power than theirs.

Film Geek: Attends the opening of the new movie.
Film Nerd: Attends the opening of the new movie, but then scoffs at obscure names in the credits, and loudly compares the film to others while it's still screening.

In short, a Geek knows when to reel it in. A nerd doesn't seem to have that switch.

Both are my people (to a degree) but some of the more extreme nerds (bordering on "spazz") are very difficult to deal with, and take things that are rather silly to most people as very serious business.

When you've argued with a nerd over how unimportant it is that his Boba Fett costume is missing a Wookiee pelt, you know you've reached the edge of sanity.

i don't see how this is making fun of anyone. it's simply documenting something that happened. i personally think it's a nearly spiritual commitment to something, which is something most people can't even fathom.

Wow! I can't believe you guys are defending them.

Well.
I don't see how this is making fun of anyone either.
Otakon is amazing and there are people who are interested.
I was of course personally at Otakon 2008 [[ and at all past ones since 2005, started going to cons in '04 my first was comic con though. Now I go to Otakon and Katsucon every year. I'm 17 year old female]] and not exactly in cosplay but in Japanese street Fashion-ish.
ANYWAY.
I wish I could get that into playing Yu-Gi-Oh XD but I'm not very good at battle card games even though I collect Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Naruto, and I used to have Magic cards [dunno where they disappeared to ; ;]]
Commenting on ZeroCorpse's posts. I'd probably more easily throw myself in the nerd section because I do take it to extreme but that's because it's what I like and who I am and I don't care what anyone else thinks. I am not immature in anyway though.
Basically... People fear what they do not understand so they will make fun of it or just avoid it.
Oh well.
I think the Otaku week is neat.... even if I'm not really sure why it's happening in January xD when Otakon is in July or August [[July 17 - 19 this year

@ZeroCerpse-
geek: a carnival performer who performs sensationally morbid or disgusting acts, as biting off the head of a live chicken.
nerd: an intelligent but single-minded person obsessed with a nonsocial hobby or pursuit: a computer nerd.

now, which one did you say you were again?

Kudos to the Link cosplayer. His ocarina jam might be the most music I've heard on any MTV network in the last five years.

@VisforVice-

Your Naruto costume is at the cleaners, huh? ;)

YOU'VE TRIGGERED MY TRAP CARD

Holy cow... that was me 15 years ago. Spoooky.

Just cause they asked for help doesn't mean I was any good at it, assuming I was good in school cause I played a card game was their first mistake.

Oh, and Palehoof FTN.

...I wept, and lost faith in man