What makes you more of a social outcast? Living your life in a Fantasy-RPG world, or fighting off swarms of Zerg in a Sci-Fi-RTS?
I play both games, so I guess I'm the champion of the nerds.
No hateful comments please.

(I'm going to post this on the Starcraft Forums and see their response)

Hmm...i sometimes wear my Skyrim shirt and drink mead while playing skyrim...i never did something similar for Starcraft...there isn't even enough time to do that

WoW

starcraft 2, seeing as skyrim is the more casual game out of the two.

also, barcraft....

Skyrim. A Knight in shiny golden armor is just nerdy. But a general is socially accepted.
Shields up, weapons online.

I would say Skyrim. You journey alone in a land of dragons and elves to become the lands saviour!
SC2 at least has multiplayer so you can claim you are socialising...

Both are fun though

Well thats a tricky question isn t it.
I guess Skyrim make you more nerdy, because talking about RPG make you more nerdy than computer game in a sense.
Very few people understand the concept and fun behind RPG.

If you see someone talking about PnP RPG and someone talking about CG in a subway wagon, which one you ll think is more weird on a nowaday base?

Gaming in general really isn't nerdy anymore.

I still think it's nerdy, but maybe the connotation of nerdy is more positive nowadays?

Try discussing it down the pub with someone as a way to break the ice. Gaming is still seen as nerdy, just not as nerdy as it was in the past.

I'm saying Starcraft and only because it has a massive cult following filled with people who like to watch Koreans find out who can spam the most units.

SC2 players who pour a ton of time into the game do so to compete and possibly win real money at tournaments that people pay to see, and because of that it's evolved into being as much a sport as it is a game.

But to do that you have to play often to keep up your game.

TES players who pour a ton of time into the game do so for no other reason than because they like the game.

But the game doesn't demand you to play it obsessively.

There's arguments for both.

People who see gaming as nerdy won't care whether you play Skyrim or Starcraft 2.

As far as "nerdiness" is a real concept or whatever, Starcraft 2 is definitely seen as less nerdy in my country. Understandable, given its national sport. (guess what country it is)

CASUAL gaming isn't seen as nerdy. I could talk to the boys from my army days about playing MW2 or whatever any day of the week. Bring up skyrim and I'm literally asking to be laughed at. Dont care, I just dont discuss it with them.

starcraft has been turned into a full on sport by korea, with training and superbowels and groupies and everything.

if koreans turning a video game into a national phenomenon isnt the PARADIGM of nerdy, i dont know what is.

As Korgannon said, trying using gaming as a conversation topic in a pub or at a party.

I don't think there is any question -- posting a poll about which game is more nerdy is just about as nerdy as you can get.

/edit -- Oh and responding to such a post/poll is pretty nerdy as well.

I pick Starcraft 2 because I don't play that.

What if it's a Barcraft?

Same goes for books. Absurdly enough TV is not considered nerdy, despite being no doubt the least constructive activity of the three.

:shrug:

Works often enough for me. It's second only to football and music as far as conversation topics go. Maybe I just live in an area where everyone loves gaming...

Actually that's precisely why TV is not considered nerdy. Remember "nerd" was originally applied to socially awkward people that favor intellectual pursuits.

Nowadays it's just an insult you chuck at someone who likes things that you don't consider cool.

The gameplay of Starcraft II doesn't translate well for most people. Yes, you can explain that it's a game where you have to manage the logistics to raise an army and control those guys to kill your opponents army, but they might not get what it is until you show them. At that point they won't even realize the complexity of doing it well or they'll be completely overwhelmed just trying to think of it.

Skyrim's gameplay translates well for people like my mom. I can tell her I climbed up a mountain and there was a dragon flying around and breathing fire at me, so I pulled out a sword and hacked it to death before jumping in the river and falling off a waterfall only to be accosted by a bear that had just gutted three wolves. The skills are sometimes hard for people unfamiliar with RPGs to understand, but Skyrim lets you fiddle with that aspect very casually.