So I was thinking, which is never good. And even though I dislike to popularization of Nerd Culture I do freely admit we have a Nerd Culture So I developed a List of Primary Topic which Nerds might do as hobbies or careers.
So the way to Figure out your Nerd Rating is to go down the list and see which items fit you.
Using a 0-10 scale rate your self on these topics
You get 1 point for enjoying it, 3 points for small collections, 6 points for obsession, 9 for working in the related industry. So if you Make money playing Magic you are either a 9 or a 10 on MTG.
Video Games (rate each Sub Category For your Video Game Rating)
1. Consul Video Games
2. Old Consul Video Games
3. Handheld Video Games
4. PC Video Games
6. MMO Video Games
7. RPG Video Games
8. JRPG Video Games
Collectible Card Games
1. Magic: The Gathering
2. Yu-Gi-Oh!
3. Other in Print CCG
4. Other Out Of Print(OOP) CCG (worth x2 nerd points if you still play against other people ie there is still a doomtown league)
Pen And Paper RPGs
1. Current Addition D&D
2. d20 based system (3.5D&D)
3. non d20 system
4. OOP D&D (1, 2, 2.5, 3)
5. OOP non d20
Table Top Miniatures
1. Warhammer
2. WH40k
3. Other GW games
4. Other for use with PnPRPGs
5. Other for the actual game
5. Pre-painted Click system games
6. OOP minis
Comic Books
1. DC or Marvel
2. Mainstream Independents
3. True Independents
4. Manga/Manhwa (add 2 if you know the second term)
Novels and Short Stories (add a plus 2 for physical copies)
(Hard Sci-Fi is about the technology example:20,000 leagues under the sea, Soft Sci-Fi is about the Human Condition example: 1984, Space Opera is action adventure with a Space setting Star Trek and Star Wars)
1. Sci-Fi - Hard and Soft
2. Fantasy and Space Opera
3. Horror
4. other fiction
5. Fan Fiction
6. Non Fiction
Films & TV
(Hard Sci-Fi is about the technology example:20,000 leagues under the sea, Soft Sci-Fi is about the Human Condition example: 1984, Space Opera is action adventure with a Space setting Star Trek and Star Wars)
1. Sci-Fi - Hard and Soft
2. Fantasy and Space Opera
3. Horror
4. other fiction
5. Non Fiction
Animation
1. Kids Anime ( Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Sailor Moon)
2. Popular teen Anime (DBZ, Bleach, Naruto, FMA)
3. Western Cartoons (aka Saturday morning cartoons)
4. Disney
5. Cartoon Network type Animation (Avatar, MLPFIM, Power-puff Girls, Ed,ed, and Eddy)
6. Adult Western Animations (Rock & Rule, Wizards, Heavy Metal)
7. Anime for the Otaku (Everything else including the naughty bits because if you are an Otaku you have at least some hentai)
Math and Science
1. Math for fun and profit
2. Actual Science
3. psuedo-science
4. Computers hardware only
5. Computer Programing
6. Computer Hacking/Pirating
7. Computer end user.
LARP (this section is worth times 2)
1. Renaissance Faire/Society for Creative Anachronism
2. LARP games non-physical
3. LARP games physical combat
4. Historical reenactment
5. Historical reenactment with actual combat
Max Score of 644