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(Not to be confused with geek sex, which is too rare and weird to even discuss.)

There are a lot of different kinds of geek out there. Computer geeks are the most well-known, but some people prefer to specialize in comics, or sci-fi, or whatever else. Personally, I'm a roleplayer, which is one of the geekiest and least popular hobbies available. Considering that there aren't many of us, you might think that roleplayers would stick together. But if you think that, you don't know geeks.

I read a message board for my RPG system of choice, GURPS. The GURPS players there are constantly bashing DnD, the most well-known and most popular RPG system. (Mostly for being too unrealistic and juvenile.) Back when I read a DnD newsgroup, the people there would bash other systems; I particularly remember they'd call the World of Darkness games too pretentious and artsy. And I'm sure on WoD boards there are people complaining about GURPS, or Shadowrun, or something. Even within a single game system, people argue constantly about rules interpretations and playing styles.

But what these people forget is that roleplayers in general are a joke to the rest of society. Like I said, it's one of the geekiest hobbies out there. We've been mocked on every TV show from SNL to "The Simpsons". The tiny segment of the population who enjoys rolling dice to control made-up people in imaginary worlds shouldn't fight each other. We should agree that we're all geeks, that all variants of our hobby are equally lame, and that our real enemies play card games. Only then will there be geek unity.

(Edited because the ampersands got screwed up)