What is a Ticker?

Welcome to the new updated Beer Diary. For a while now, I have felt like I am becoming more and more like a ticker, or a scooper. To be honest, I really have no aspiration to be one as there is no possible way that I can drink every commercial beer available (nor do I want to). A while back Prof. Pilsner asked me what a ticker was. My response is below;

"A ticker is a breed that are found in the UK (usually around CAMRA sanctioned events) or internationally on the web site Ratebeer. The general sterotype is bushy beard, plastic bag carrying sandwiches and attrired in a fleece (or rex hunt style fishing vest) and usually a notebook. These strange creatures will drink beers in half pints or thirds and make notes on each beer. Their mission is to rate and evaluate every beer possible, much the same as some bird watchers tick of species after sighting them. They can be observed at any CAMRA beer festival with their programs in hand, ticking off the beers as they drink their small measure."

I still think this holds true. Whilst I am the first to admit that I am a beer geek of the highest order, I do not consider myself a ticker.
For those interested in more info, be sure to read these official rules of ticking!
Welcome to the new Beer Diary!