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[Stefancos]

Soundtrack fans are generally thought of as a subculture of geeks. 99.9% male, and single.

Is this true?

[Charlie Brigden]

I think most of you have to be to afford all the CDs you buy.

It definitely has a stigma, at least a lot of it has, and it does stereotypically throw it into the single male geek market.

[Stefancos]

We are lumped together with Trekkies, star Wars and and LOTR geeks. And indeed there is a lot of cross breeding between these groups.

But if Sheldon can have a girlfriend.

[Chaac]

Somewhere between the first two options.

[Pasi Tiitinen]

Engaged 11.11.11.

To be married next month.

[Quint]

Congrats Hornist

Lee - who had no idea that score enthusiasts were "lumped in" with geeks and sees his fascination with the workings of the game industry as far more "unnaccepted".

[Stefancos]

Oh Gamers are the worst type of geeks!

[Maurizio]

In a (dead serious) relationship since 2008. Living together with her and her 8 years-old daughter.

I'm totally in love with both

[Quint]

Lord no, nothing beats Star Wars/Trek geeks. Nothing.

[king mark]

I'm single, by choice for now (sort of)

I 'm film score, RPG gaming, star wars (and other equally geeky franchises) geek. I also have an insect collection and movie figurines on my shelves. Kinda hopeless

My only salvage is that I'm not a Trekkie and go on quoting Star Trek in every conversation

[Chaac]

I'm kind of the typical geek except I'm not a Star Trek fan and I don't play much videogames.

[Trent Hoyt]

I broke up with my girlfriend of two years about a year ago. I havent really been looking since then.

[Charlie Brigden]

I also have an insect collection

Live or dead?

I think since the appearance of the PS2/3 and things like Modern Warfare, gamers are a lot more legitimate. Star Wars fans are about half an half, with a lot less leeway since the prequels. Trekkies are still looked down on despite the new film.

I think outside the world of film geeks, there's still this kind of thing:

"What are you listening to?"
"Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves"
"Oh, the Bryan Adams song?"
"No, the music from the film. You know, the orchestral stuff."
"Ugh, why would you want to listen to that?"

[Trent Hoyt]

Ya, I'd say that pretty much all young guys consider themselves gamers to some extent.

[Stefancos]

I also have an insect collection

Live or dead?

I'm now imagining King Mark as collection moth's in his basement like the serial killer in Silence Of The Lambs

[king mark]

I also have an insect collection

Live or dead?

Dead. Tropical butterflies. Don;t talk much about it here, but missing species are equivalent of JW holy grails

[Charlie Brigden]

That's pretty cool. I have a tarantula.

[king mark]

ok here's one. Just this one costs 250$ .I spread the wings myself

[Quint]

Ya, I'd say that pretty much all young guys consider themselves gamers to some extent.

The average age is 37

My generation is very much the gaming generation. And my family used to be very much in the industry, during the eightees boom.

[Trent Hoyt]

Thats not surprising at all. Every guy friend that I have will mention video games at least once when we hang out. I am taking graduate classes and I've become friends with several other guys and the starting conversation was video games. Being a gamer is definitely not seen as geeky/nerdy.

[Charlie Brigden]

ok here's one. Just this one costs 250$

That's awesome. Great colours.

[king mark]

Well if you play "Call of Duty" your probably a regular Joe that eats steak and potatoes , drives a pick-up truck and owns a small house with an American flag stuck in front of it.

If you play Skyrim it's another story

[Quint]

[Trent Hoyt]

Haha.

[Michael]

"Divorced" a couple of months ago...

(It was just a break-up, but for some reason I like to call 'em divorces)

[Stefancos]

There's a huge difference....financially.

[Michael]

Yeah, I know. It's just fun for me calling them divorces.

Yes, I have a very weird sense of humour.

[Datameister]

Single at the moment, sadly, but on the lookout for girlfriend material. The problem isn't so much that I'm constantly being turned down by women...it's more that I just have very particular tastes in terms of personality, so I don't end up meeting many girls who interest me. My track record with women, while exceedingly small, is actually quite good. I had one girlfriend for a year and a half but ended up breaking up with her because she was sometimes treating me badly. She spent 45 tearful minutes begging me to take her back. Then there was this girl I asked out last year who was SUPER cute, and I thought she was way out of my league, but I went for it anyway, and she said yes. We went on a couple of dates and I realized pretty quickly that it wasn't a match, but she seemed more into me toward the end than I was into her.

And yes, I'm DEFINITELY a nerd, although not so much a gamer.

[Koray Savas]

Stop being so picky then

[Drax]

Polygamist. I have 40 wives.

[Neimoidian]

Polygamist. I have 40 wives.

Single. I have five fingers.

[Trent Bennett]

Soundtrack fans are generally thought of as a subculture of geeks. 99.9% male, and single.

Is this true?

Judging by a lot of posters on FSM and some on here ya I'd say it's mostly true. However there are quite a few of us that are either taken, engaged, married or whatever.

I do have a gf but for the time being she's living in California and hopefully by February or so I can move her here to Utah and we can live in our own place together.

[indy4]

Single. I'm a Star Wars/Harry Potter/Indiana Jones geek. I'm a casual LotR geek. I like Star Trek the original series but not nearly enough to be geeky. Don't play videogames.

[Richard Penna]

Single, and not really looking tbh - it's not like I do anything that would find girls, like going to bars/clubs. One of life's great mysteries to me is how the hell everyone else finds it so easy.

And anyway, I spend so much time listening to film scores, I can't see a serious relationship working.

[Drax]

Polygamist. I have 40 wives.

Single. I have five fingers.

I really enjoyed my trip to Utah.

[king mark]

Single, and not really looking tbh - it's not like I do anything that would find girls, like going to bars/clubs. One of life's great mysteries to me is how the hell everyone else finds it so easy.

And anyway, I spend so much time listening to film scores, I can't see a serious relationship working.

I'm more or less the same .I stopped drinking so going to bars isn't my thing anymore .The girls I've dated were pretty cute but I find approaching women extremely difficult and it takes too much psychological effort out of me. And now I'm at that age where the women I'd be interested in (mid-late 20's) are a bit too young making things even more difficult.

There is this one girl living in the same appartment building I have a crush on, but she lives with her boyfriend. Thankfully, Dark Souls took my mind off that for a while and now I can handle it better.

[Trent Hoyt]

Single, and not really looking tbh - it's not like I do anything that would find girls, like going to bars/clubs. One of life's great mysteries to me is how the hell everyone else finds it so easy.

And anyway, I spend so much time listening to film scores, I can't see a serious relationship working.

I still go to bars/clubs but I dont try to meet anyone at those places. I have a job that is not conducive to meeting young woman my age so I have not really been actively searching. I'm with you Rich, I have some friends that are simply never single and I wonder how they do it.

[Drax]

Let a woman in your life and your serenity is through, she'll redecorate your home, from the cellar to the dome, and then go on to the enthralling fun of overhauling you...

Let a woman in your life, and you're up against a wall, make a plan and you will find, that she has something else in mind, and so rather than do either you do something else that neither likes at all.

[Jeff]

I'm married, soon-to-be father. My big obsessions are HP/Star Wars/Indiana Jones, but NOT Star Trek or LOTR. These days, I'm more likely to be listening to Glee music than film scores on my iPod, though I still listen to scores fairly often.

I was into video games in the 90s as a kid, but grew out of it. I'll play Wii from time to time, but not obsessively. I don't even own a system. And full-time gamers are nerds.

[Trent Bennett]

Let a woman in your life and your serenity is through, she'll redecorate your home, from the cellar to the dome, and then go on to the enthralling fun of overhauling you...

Let a woman in your life, and you're up against a wall, make a plan and you will find, that she has something else in mind, and so rather than do either you do something else that neither likes at all.

I hope that was sarcasm.

I'm glad Dawn said yes to dating me and actually meeting each other. I'm glad I found her and I wouldn't let her go at all if I can help it.