I've never really cared either way, I've been to a convention or two, own almost all media ever relaesed, etc. All in all I'd just say I'm a huge fan of Star Trek whether that makes me a trekkie or trekker I really don't care either way.
After reading a flaming post about Trekkie carebears, I figured I would set the record stright. lol
So what do you cal yourself when it comes to Trek? BTW I said I was a trekker in the other post, but I am really a Trekkie. lol
1. Trekkie - Are often fans of the show but tend not to too heavily engage in the geekyer aspects of it such as conventions or creating their own uniform, righting fan scripts. Still likely to own plenty of DVD/PC Games on the subject buts thats about it.
2. Trekkers - Tend to be much more devoted/fanatical and noticeably geekier, oftern sporting uniforms from the show in public with out much reason. Speaking Klingon to their friends (though most Treckies know the odd phrase her or there) and having hundreds of pounds (yes, not dollars) worth of Star Trek memorabilia.
Does that sound about right? Got this off the UD. lol
Again so what are you?
Well, according to your definition, I'm a Trekkie who wants to be a Trekker.
By my own reckoning, I'm also a Trekkie. The word Trekker has had rather snotty conotations for me ever since somebody linked that article on the term (I can't remember what it was called. I'll post it if I find it).
I would consider myself a Trekkie in the original sense of the word. I am old enough to have watched the original series first run. I also remember the Trekkie Vs Trekker battle when the second term originally came up, and how the two terms have changed meanings over the years.
I do however own Captain's Bars, an Insignia Badge, a Mirror, Mirror Patch, and a Klingon Pin.
I used to wear them while playing the old Star Trek FASA role playing game.:D:cool:
I don't think the problem is whether to call people either Trekkies or Trekkers, but rather with those people who are CLEARLY fans but refuse to accept either. I work at a Blockbuster, and I had a conversation with a customer who cringed when I said the word Trekkie and she said:
"Well, I've seen all the movies and episodes and read all the books, but I wouldn't call myself a Trekkie..."
This, my friends, is what I like to call a "Trekkie-in-denial", and they're kinda worse than anyone who claims to be either a Trekkie OR Trekker, since they're CLEARLY nerdy enough to like Star Trek, yet they think somehow that embracing one of these two titles will hoplessly increase their nerd level more than it already is. YOU ALREADY PRETTY MUCH ARE A TREKKIE/ER...DON'T DENY IT!!!
I've always considered myself a Trekkie. I've seen every episode of TNG, DS9, VOY, and ENT, and I'm actually working on TOS right now. I also own all 11 movies. I've been to several conventions, and I even converted my wife into a Trekkie! (Though I haven't gotten her into STO, yet!)
Like the others, I always thought that Trekker had a snootier feel to it then Trekkie.
No costumes
Went to 1 small con 20 years ago
All seasons TOS on blue ray only Season 1 TNG on dvd
Used to debate on alt.tech.startrekvstarwars and associated news groups
Once said "Saying the yield of a photon torpedo is only equivalent to 64 megatons is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Not because your math is bad, but you actually put the word ONLY if front of 64 megatons"
Subscribed to the Timo Salimi theories of Warp Currents.
Have un opened Galaxy, Neg'Var, Romulan De'derdix, Connie, NX01 and phaser kits in a closet.
Read most of the books before 2001 and several since.
Played every Trek game at least an hour (to my dismay sometimes)
Post here.
After reading a flaming post about Trekkie carebears, I figured I would set the record stright. lol
So what do you cal yourself when it comes to Trek? BTW I said I was a trekker in the other post, but I am really a Trekkie. lol
1. Trekkie - Are often fans of the show but tend not to too heavily engage in the geekyer aspects of it such as conventions or creating their own uniform, righting fan scripts. Still likely to own plenty of DVD/PC Games on the subject buts thats about it.
2. Trekkers - Tend to be much more devoted/fanatical and noticeably geekier, oftern sporting uniforms from the show in public with out much reason. Speaking Klingon to their friends (though most Treckies know the odd phrase her or there) and having hundreds of pounds (yes, not dollars) worth of Star Trek memorabilia.
Does that sound about right? Got this off the UD. lol
Again so what are you?
Interesting. I've always read that the meanings were pretty much the opposite of what you said. In the early days of the forum, there was a huge thread discussing this, and as I read it, the main difference seemed to become apparent: Trekkies don't much care about titles and Trekkers do.
In the other thread, it began to look like the Trekkers were just concerned about having a name that looked much cooler and less nerdy. Trekkies usually didin't care. My stance was it didn't much matter. You can't give yourself a name based on your fandom of star trek and not come across as nerdy to some folks.
Personally, I think Trekkies and Trekkers should stand together against the greatest evil known to fandom: Twihards.
I personally prior to this game, have been an avid fan of ST but not obessesively so, I'm highly obsessed with Star Wars though, this game is rapidly turning me into the OP's definition of a Trekker.
I am a fan not a trekkie or trekker, damn it. (Shout out to DeForest Kelly, RIP)
One may find that there is far more to fandom than simple labels and some people dont do well with stereotyping. Not that the OP is in error, rather that there is so much cross over for some fans between the two definitions that many people will fall in both or neither category.
Yes, I have a uniform, have attended private Star Trek events in costume, attended conventions in costume, paid to be on the set during Star Trek filming, and yet STO is the first Star Trek thing I have done since 2006 and I havent a clue or care what the combination is to Kirks safe in episode 29.
I am very much a fan of the show and will love to argue canon at times, but its all a lark nevertheless. Its some writers concepts (some might fine writing in a lot of cases) for entertainment. Entertainment that I happen to thoroughly enjoy.
Trekkie,
Been a fan since watching re-runs of TOS since the early 70's.
I think the 'Trekkers' give Trek fans a bad name, Its FUN for ***ake!
maybe 'Worshiping at the alter of Rodenberry' is a little sad guys?
Although I do like to make Bat'leths in my spare time
I've called myself both over the years. I certainly identify with both terms, though I don't speak Klingon. In high school I wore a button on my hooded sweatshirt (long before the term 'hoodie' was coined) that said, "I'm a Trekker, not a Trekkie" but even then I disliked the 'er' term.
Nowadays I simply call myself a Star Trek fan. Others around me call me a Trekkie.
I've been to many conventions, but it was at Comic Con 2009 that I finally met my lifelong idol, Leonard Nimoy, and spoke to him and shook his hand. I then found a quiet spot at the San Diego Convention Center and silently wept tears of joy to myself.
With regards to the original post, I would say I am almost getting to be a Trekkie; I love it. I was always under the impression that you were EITHER a Star Wars OR Star Trek fan, that has blurred for me now.
I like the sound better than "Trekker". "Trekker" always sounded a bit pretentious, like someone who "didn't want to be called a Trekkie".
For the record. I've owned half a dozen uniforms, collected resin castings off studio props, made my own props, modified toys, built models, customized models, written fan fiction, made drawings, blueprints, comic strips, and even a flash cartoon. I've held the position of the president of a fan club, vice president of two clubs, founding member of three.. I've held office on the regional level of an international fan club, I've edited newsletters, planned social events, and run and played hundreds of role-playing games. And in highschool, I made my own tribbles. In the years following I made my own commbadges, and latex appliances, and more. I've attended countless conventions, and worked staff on many of them.
The problem with the terms "Trekker" vs "Trekkie" isn't what one group does, and what one group doesn't do.. it's people who try to arbitrarily pigeonhole people based on whichever of the two terms they like.
Wow, impressive list, I bet you are popular with the opposite sex
Wow, impressive list, I bet you are popular with the opposite sex
I just want to throw this out there, to ease the hearts of many Trekkeries out there. When you get to your mid to late twenties, and you start to drift away from the mentality that dominated your psyche from age 13 onward... you discover that the grownup world is actually a much easier place to be a nerd AND be a cool motor scooter, Sam Jackson style. That's when life starts to get very grand.
nxdeathtoall, that wasn't a dig toward you, by the way. I know you were just kidding around. I just used the comment as a springboard to offer comfort to any young nerds out there that worries the stigma they have now will follow them to adulthood.
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Well, according to your definition, I'm a Trekkie who wants to be a Trekker.
By my own reckoning, I'm also a Trekkie. The word Trekker has had rather snotty conotations for me ever since somebody linked that article on the term (I can't remember what it was called. I'll post it if I find it).
I do however own Captain's Bars, an Insignia Badge, a Mirror, Mirror Patch, and a Klingon Pin.
I used to wear them while playing the old Star Trek FASA role playing game.:D:cool:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v211/ramplate/Mirror.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v211/ramplate/113824.jpg
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I'm a Romulan...
ok where is my Chlorpromazine, i think I am believing impossible things again:p
(actually I have always called myself a closet Trekkie, or I will say I am a Goth who loves Trek)
"Well, I've seen all the movies and episodes and read all the books, but I wouldn't call myself a Trekkie..."
This, my friends, is what I like to call a "Trekkie-in-denial", and they're kinda worse than anyone who claims to be either a Trekkie OR Trekker, since they're CLEARLY nerdy enough to like Star Trek, yet they think somehow that embracing one of these two titles will hoplessly increase their nerd level more than it already is. YOU ALREADY PRETTY MUCH ARE A TREKKIE/ER...DON'T DENY IT!!!
...gah...sorry...kinda frustrating :P
Like the others, I always thought that Trekker had a snootier feel to it then Trekkie.
No costumes
Went to 1 small con 20 years ago
All seasons TOS on blue ray only Season 1 TNG on dvd
Used to debate on alt.tech.startrekvstarwars and associated news groups
Once said "Saying the yield of a photon torpedo is only equivalent to 64 megatons is the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Not because your math is bad, but you actually put the word ONLY if front of 64 megatons"
Subscribed to the Timo Salimi theories of Warp Currents.
Have un opened Galaxy, Neg'Var, Romulan De'derdix, Connie, NX01 and phaser kits in a closet.
Read most of the books before 2001 and several since.
Played every Trek game at least an hour (to my dismay sometimes)
Post here.
Interesting. I've always read that the meanings were pretty much the opposite of what you said. In the early days of the forum, there was a huge thread discussing this, and as I read it, the main difference seemed to become apparent: Trekkies don't much care about titles and Trekkers do.
In the other thread, it began to look like the Trekkers were just concerned about having a name that looked much cooler and less nerdy. Trekkies usually didin't care. My stance was it didn't much matter. You can't give yourself a name based on your fandom of star trek and not come across as nerdy to some folks.
Personally, I think Trekkies and Trekkers should stand together against the greatest evil known to fandom: Twihards.
That was a joke, by the way.
One may find that there is far more to fandom than simple labels and some people dont do well with stereotyping. Not that the OP is in error, rather that there is so much cross over for some fans between the two definitions that many people will fall in both or neither category.
Yes, I have a uniform, have attended private Star Trek events in costume, attended conventions in costume, paid to be on the set during Star Trek filming, and yet STO is the first Star Trek thing I have done since 2006 and I havent a clue or care what the combination is to Kirks safe in episode 29.
I am very much a fan of the show and will love to argue canon at times, but its all a lark nevertheless. Its some writers concepts (some might fine writing in a lot of cases) for entertainment. Entertainment that I happen to thoroughly enjoy.
Been a fan since watching re-runs of TOS since the early 70's.
I think the 'Trekkers' give Trek fans a bad name, Its FUN for ***ake!
maybe 'Worshiping at the alter of Rodenberry' is a little sad guys?
Although I do like to make Bat'leths in my spare time
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2268200&l=d531f56426&id=821787645
and Mek'leths
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2268200&l=d531f56426&id=821787645
Nowadays I simply call myself a Star Trek fan. Others around me call me a Trekkie.
I've been to many conventions, but it was at Comic Con 2009 that I finally met my lifelong idol, Leonard Nimoy, and spoke to him and shook his hand. I then found a quiet spot at the San Diego Convention Center and silently wept tears of joy to myself.
Wow, impressive list, I bet you are popular with the opposite sex
I just want to throw this out there, to ease the hearts of many Trekkeries out there. When you get to your mid to late twenties, and you start to drift away from the mentality that dominated your psyche from age 13 onward... you discover that the grownup world is actually a much easier place to be a nerd AND be a cool motor scooter, Sam Jackson style. That's when life starts to get very grand.
nxdeathtoall, that wasn't a dig toward you, by the way. I know you were just kidding around. I just used the comment as a springboard to offer comfort to any young nerds out there that worries the stigma they have now will follow them to adulthood.