NAO, a History: according to Trekie

One might say that NAO began that fateful day in the computer lab, when Trekie and Gamer stumbled upon the brilliant idea of this organization, but I believe not, I believe it began long before that. On the day Trekie and Gamer met. That is where the true tale of NAO begins to unfold, but first some background of the members.

Section 1: Pre-NAO Friends.

Before they were co-members of a great and powerful group, the members of NAO were also a group of friends. Bookworm and Trekie come to mind when we talk of pre-NAO friendships. They have known eachother longer than either can remember, throughout the long story of their friendship (which Gamer whishes to catalog but Trekie says "No Dice.") they have had much fun, but never considered createing a club, and therefore NAO doesn't start then.

SWNerd, Gamer, Bort, and DM also knew eachother pre-NAO, but they never considered the forming of a club either, it would take the mergeing of the two groups of friends (bit by bit) to create NAO as it is now.

Even before NAO was expanded to the vast empire it now is (Six people) these members were all friends. The later sections describe their includences into NAO. But first let us examen the truth of how NAO began.

Section 2: The Beginning

As was stated in the introduction to this history, Trekie said that he considered the start of NAO to be when Trekie and Gamer met, that historic event will therefore be described in the third person point of view. It is the first day of school, four people are sitting at a desk and they are given name tags. Upon Trekie's is written his alis, as his true name Trekie is yet to be discovered. Upon Gamer's is his alter ego also, but wait,there is somthing else on Gamer's tag, it says: "I like Star Wars, Computers, and The Simpsons." Trekie reads this and says "Hey, me too."

With those three words, the true meaning of NAO was described. An Organization of People, with similar (and Nerdy) interests. Their task: to congratulate that which merits congratulations, (I.E. fantastic movies, books, games, etc.) to mock that which merits mocking,(I.E. terrible movies, books, games, etc.) to give the world hope that their are people out their willing to accept their nerdy identity, to give other nerds a modivation, and incourage them to join, and to have a good time, while effecting the future of the world.

The path of NAO began here. The group was not officially formed, and the idea wasn't even conseived yet, here is where it all began. In an alternate Universe, perhaps by the luck of the draw, Gamer and Trekie did not sit together, and therefore it did not start the chain of events which caused NAO. We can only be thankful, that we live in a reality where NAO exists. Yet there are many questions left unanswerd concerning the origins of NAO, and the begining of the website. Therefore we press on father ahead in time, to the point where NAO officially begins.

It was in the school library that the momentous event happened. Trekie, Gamer, and SWNerd were sitting at a table, then it struck them. My memory is unclear as to whether it was Gamer or Trekie that voiced it verbally, but the idea was instantly agreed by the other. SWNerd was also a definite member, due to his pure nerdiness. Thus was NAO officially formed.

And quothe the historians:

Strength of breeze,

Speed of Turtle,

Intelligence of pure nerdiness,

Thus order was restored.

However, far from being the execellent group it is today, it didn't even have the same name. It was first named NOA, by Gamer. Trekie urged him to change it to NAO. Gamer countered with the fact that NAO didn't make sense (if you know what NAO stands for.) Trekie swiftly employed his superior charisma, and Gamers weak will to force the change. And thank goodness for small favors, can you imagine "The Highly Advanced Organization of NOA?" [shudder.] And so, NAO received it's true name, and one more step was taken towards making NAO what it is today. However, a great part of NAO has yet been left out, and so we move on to the next great step in NAO history.

Section 3: The Internet

It was another glorious day, (I believe again in the computer lab) when Trekie was hit by an idea so powerful that if we were to continue the hitting metaphor futher, Trekie would be dead. It was also (once stated) so blatently oblivious, that it was not as plain as the nose on Trekie's face, but fused into it with a sonic srewdriver. The idea was simply: a NAO website. SWNerd and Gamer thought for a moment they were standing in the presence of the greatest genius the world has ever known, then they remembered it was Trekie that had said that. Still hate the idealist, love the idea. They instantly agreed.

As soon as Trekie was home, he loaded up Tripod, and started the site. The three original members swiftly designed such pages as the homepage, NAO members, NAO testing and so on. The original site page was a rather boring black. Gamer then changed it to a rather gross combination of purple and green, fortunatly, that didn't last long either, but we'll come to that point soon, there is an excellent event to record first: the inclusion of Bookworm.

Section 4: The Next Generation

In this section we will see how NAO's great but small beginnings expanded to the vast empire that exists today. The first new member was Bookworm.

Bookworm was a nerdy friend of theirs, who they had promised to test, but they never really got around to it. Eventually, they agreed to simply give him an oral test, this they also never did, but after some time, it was agreed that he was nerdy enough to join. Bookworm is now an active member of this website, and added to our ranks another spellchecker who viewed the site more regularly than SWNerd. (You see Trekie has this problem, he isn't the best speller ever, he is in fact rather terrible at it.)

The first person to be tested for entry into NAO was Dungeon Master. Both Bookworm and SWNerd were opposed to his entry, but they were overruled, and Dungeon Master was given the test. The DM scraped through with 54%. And so he was admitted into NAO. But for some unknown reason of his own, Gamer now believed that DM should not be given access to the site, SWNerd concurred. Bookworm, however believed that if DM was in, he might as well be all the way in. Trekie clearly agreed with him, as it was the side of reason. Thus erupted the argument which split NAO in twain. And so Duel # 1 was initiated. This was a great combat, which ended in the victory of Bookworm and Trekie. For those who are enthusiastic and wish for further details, the full account of this battle is recorded in the duels section of this website.

As marvolous a duel as it turned out to be, it ended up being unimportant. due to the admittance of the next member of NAO: Bort. Gamer tested Bort, who fared well, and was admitted at the prestigous rank of Jedi Knight, due to his correct responses on several challenge questions. Gamer imeadiately gave Bort unrestricted acces to the website. When Trekie heard this, he was pleased with the admittance of Bort, but annoyed that he was given the access DM lacked. Trekie therefore gave DM access to the website. Somehow in the middle of that deal, Bookworm got a promotion. (We suspect he telepathically prended it off Trekie, but exact facts are unknown.)

And so we see NAO as it is today, however there were other members, but they were cut from NAO thanks to Bookworm. Therefore the next section is dedicated to him and his works on that subject.

Section 5: Bookworm's crusade

The event that led to Bookworm's crusade was the testing of X-man, or as I like to call him now, X-member. He was tested and miraculously passed, achieving an even lower grade then that of DM. Bookworm was somewhat annoyed with X-man's exceptance, but held back his objections at the start.

Then by some mystery another member joined, he didn't even last long enough to get a nickname. Bookworm was petrified with rage (this used to say terrified, that doesn't make sense at all) at the entrance of this member, he therefore quickly harnessed the aid of Gamer, and turned to Trekie. Trekie said that they could go ahead, he wouldn't stop them, but he made clear that he took no part in the event. With the support of Gamer, Bookworm then exiled both X-man and the other new member.

Unhappy with this success Bookworm then turned his sights on Dungeon Master, he was unsuccesful, as Trekie objected to the exile of the DM.

Well, now that more has occured, more shall be told. The crusade of Bookworm appears to have come to a full (though possilbly temporary) stop. Bookworm has come to the decision that the Dungeon Master may be unnerdy, but he is tolerable enough, and therefore we move on.

Section 6: The Great Silence

This may well be the last recording in the chapters of this great organization of NAO. For even as Trekie's fingers strike the keyboard in a predetermined order, the great silence is settleing over NAO. Duel two has ground to a halt. Gamer's coloumns are now posted on Gamespot, his reveiws, the same. Bookworm is addicted to world of warcraft, and he spends his time during which he has access to a computer with that. DM lost interest, as did SWNerd, their time being consumed by other things. Bort has... well, Bort never did anything before anyways. Trekie has done several things since the silence began, but even he feels it's overpowering pressure to prevent action on the website. I'm sad to report the website is dieing, and it will take alot to get it back up off the ground. In case the website does not survive, this is a goodbye from all of us here at NAO. Even if we never edit this site again, it is always in our thoughts. (Author's note: This isn't strictly true, even when NAO was at it's strongest point, there was never a time during which NAO was always in our thoughts. Also, if, as is likely, the silence continues, then we are likely to recall it less and less until it slips from our minds utterly. However, the spirit of NAO shall remain ever clear in both our minds and our actions.) Until the silence is broken, Fairwell.