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THE BOYFRIENDS & GIRLFRIENDS ISSUE EAST TIMOR IS A RIOT (Part 3) EAST TIMOR IS A RIOT (Part 2) EAST TIMOR IS A RIOT (Part 1) IT HAPPENED: I MET MICHAEL JACKSON (Part 2) IT HAPPENED: I MET MICHAEL JACKSON (Part 1) SKINEMA VICE FASHION - SIGNIFICANT OTHERS NERDSTOCK (Part 2) NERDSTOCK (Part 1) STUFF LIKE THAT (Part 3) BACK ON THE GRID STUFF LIKE THAT (Part 2) THIS MEANS (SORT OF) WAR!
vbsframe e know that the Gathering sounds like some ominous, secret meeting of the Masons at a Scientology retreat in a secret bunker under Area 51, but it's really just 5,500 teenage nerds in a massive, chilly, smelly auditorium in Hamar, Norway. These kids come from all over Europe and even Japan to spend four days playing World of Warcraft, Counter-Strike, and Quake until they pass out in a pool of their own face-grease from exhaustion. We're talking about the future tech millionaires of the world here, so you'd better stop laughing. Vice went to the Gathering this year, and we were surprised to find that the fringe benefit of being on a local area network with thousands of the continent's biggest hackers, gamers, lamers, and coders is that it's really easy and superfast to "file share," aka "get free shit." The copyright laws in Norway are more or less nonexistent, so over the course of four days of the Gathering, kids can legally share 45 petabytes of data. That amounts to--get ready for this now--850,000 DVDs full of games, movies, TV shows, music, and porn. As a kid who called himself H3LLZ0R (everyone goes by their screen name at the Gathering) told us, "All downloads of this stuff should be free. If I had to pay for all the things I download, I wouldn't have very much money to use on other things." The kids of the Gathering stay awake for two-day or longer chunks by chugging energy drinks and eating gross microwavable pizza and roasted peanuts. A dashing young lad with the screen name WEXP might have had the record for sleeplessness out of all the kids we met. He proudly reported, "I think I've gone a bit more than 50 hours without sleep so far." That kind of sleep deprivation makes you so nuts your kids may as well have mainlined liquid acid. If you try to talk to the nerds, it's like they're speaking another language. We went up to a kid called Pripanza and said, "So, you like World of Warcraft, huh?" He didn't even look up from his screen as he said, "Yeah, I play on the realm Silvermoon. I took a break from WoW for a while before the Burning Crusade expansion pack came, so I'm not in any special guild at the moment. I'd rather wait till I'm at level 70, so I can apply to a serious and good guild." During our time at the Gathering we saw young boys jerking off under blankets and couples fucking in the darkness while Quake obsessives stayed awake, fighting their battles into the night, pale faces bathed in the sickly glow of their PC screens.
Sorry but just because you found a cowboy hat that suits your personality doesn't mean you can stop there and assume you're going to be irresistible to everyone around you.
Enlarge / Comment This guy is like when you just moved to a new town and you did some weird remix of Eric B and Rakim that everyone loves and just as it comes on and everyone cheers, he points to you all carpe diem and you think to yourself, "I am at the pussy zenith of my life right now."
Comments: Subject: Eve Date: Jun 20 2007 02:52:24 PM Author: Gypsy X at least at Eve fanfest there are cool parties and everyone gets wasted Subject: Nerds! Date: Jun 19 2007 06:54:35 PM Author: quasi nerd I like nerds- they're generally nice people and are always interesting, whether or not they are enjoyable. Subject: high Date: Jun 18 2007 04:53:10 PM Author: five this is so fantastic. however, level 20 siphon lords ruling a dark planet, maybe. Subject: making those g's Date: Jun 18 2007 12:15:25 AM Author: jonny where's the proactiv booth? Subject: the pic Date: Jun 17 2007 09:39:22 PM Author: alex I want a blow-up of the passed out gamer for my wall. Subject: terraplane blues Date: Jun 17 2007 07:16:56 PM Author: yowza stop fucking hating on these kids. i would fucking love to be 17 again and be able to spend 5 days straight playing video games and eating pizza. Date: Jun 17 2007 07:04:51 PM Author: jack Ha Subject: wsdfh Date: Jun 17 2007 02:01:07 PM Author: sdfh it did work Subject: huh? Date: Jun 17 2007 04:22:08 AM Author: mandark ahahah finaly nerds are like punks. first you hate them, but then you think they have fun and yeah, it's cool although you stink like a shrimp. Date: Jun 17 2007 03:43:50 AM Author: whattt dear nerds, no one want to fuck you, sorry love, sexy girl Subject: WoW Date: Jun 16 2007 10:57:25 PM Author: Boulderfist Yeah, I play on the realm Silvermoon. I took a break from WoW for a while before the Burning Crusade expansion pack came, so Im not in any special guild at the moment. Id rather wait till Im at level 70, so I can apply to a serious and good guild. Date: Jun 16 2007 09:25:23 PM Author: kona if they all believe the same way that H3LLZOR does they will not be millionaires. people aren't going to make games if they don't get paid... bitch Subject: whoa Date: Jun 16 2007 08:48:33 PM Author: caitlin i bet it smells so bad there. my 18-year-old brother's room times 5,500 cannot be awesome. Subject: computer games Date: Jun 16 2007 05:26:26 PM Author: joey NERDS Subject: uhhhh, WoW Date: Jun 16 2007 04:47:04 PM Author: loser tramp i have a feeling most of these 'wiz-kids' will end up like fuckin' orange shirt up there ^. Subject: very Date: Jun 16 2007 04:05:42 PM Author: cool I want to make friends with some of these kids. Subject: awesome Date: Jun 16 2007 03:49:51 PM Author: james not only does the 'first' poster get owned, but I finally get a scoop on all the greasy nerds in Scandinavia. cheers vice, finally a worthwhile article Subject: ..... Subject: first Date: Jun 16 2007 02:19:59 PM Author: first well i'm working up quite a FIRST Subject: ... Date: Jun 16 2007 02:15:45 PM Author: Andrew I'm way too cool to say the 'f' word.
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