The average person I've met in FFXIV can't even nerd out properly, I can't talk to them about anything even mainstream nerdy. The couple people I've met from other countries who want to practice english can at least nerd out effectively. I can't honestly talk to someone and call them my friend if they have never seen star wars. And if you only saw Episode I-III, I couldn't even stomach that person. So I have to go elsewhere to find people with nerd interests since the general trend in America is towards "the masses of stupidity" proven by how many play WoW, or watch Glee.