Identity Reboot [post-Round 10]

[SJReaver]

SJReaver: Why did you end up swapping college majors?

Because it's a depressing major and not suitable for a young college student who thinks they're actually going to fix the world.

The original dream was criminology degree -> law school -> reform the school to prison pipeline, de-criminilization of some drugs/sex work, proper social support for young men and women entering their 'life of crime,' getting rid of private prisons, improving inmate living conditions and training them in proper life skills like a civilized nation would.

Oooh boy. I want to say it was the middle of my sophomore year when I was getting burnt out from regular life-stress that I realized there was no way I had enough fortitude for what would be an exhausting and soul-crushing career path. (And poor. I thought being a lawyer meant I'd make lots of money)

You didn't ask what major I switched to, but I'll say it makes sense given the above.

[VashtaNeurotic]

VashtaNeurotic: Why didn't you want to join the competitive swimming scene?

Because it turns out there is a lot more training in swimming than I thought. I've swum my entire life, mostly in my lake at home but never really got into swimming competitively for a while, but then I went to college and was looking for something to join my freshman year. And at first I didn't really think much of swimming, but hey we had a pool and ofc I was going to use it. Ended up running into one of the swim team members there and we kind of hit it off. So I came to a practice, turns out, I like just laying back in the water not swimming laps. I was ridiculously winded halfway through the first practice and decided that maybe I should stick to recreational swimming, so I did.

[xofelf]

Okay cool, so, I don't know about anybody else, but I do know 100% that

Vash was the criminology major

. So you can snag up that one if you want, or take a gamble on anybody else. Good luck <3

[racefan12]

I'd... well, I'd have never gotten that one, so I'm gonna go with xof and

lock in those lyrics

say that Vash was originally a Criminology major.

[Ariel]

That is correct! You finished up the round strong. Would you like to take unofficial guesses at the rest for partial credit in the game log in the OP? If not, let me know and I'll just post the results.

[racefan12]

Uh sure why not

Meme-swimming classes
Wickedestjr-Planet Suite
Ari-lacrosse
Zaphkael-$100 for tournament
SJReaver-group photo

[Ariel]

Here are the results! Thank you for playing! I enjoyed following along with your thought processes and thought you approached this pretty reasonably, so was fun to observe. If any strangers want to share more info about their identity, go for it.

Strangers	Identities	Identified?
Ariel	Most of their time spent playing Saints Row 2 involved driving at safe speeds and customizing their taxi	Yes
Aristophanes	Their most listened to vinyl record is Holst's Planet Suite	No
CaptainMeme	Started playing lacrosse as a child purely because they'd heard you were allowed to hit people with the stick	No
CreativeMod1	Has sued a fitness center	Yes
Haschel Cedricson	Did not learn the correct way to tie shoelaces until after college	Yes
lilith2013	Attempted to grow plants during COVID shutdown but they all died	Yes
Mina	Heard 'Old Town Road' on the radio, then looked outside and saw someone riding a horse	Yes
pablito	Illegally crossed an international border on foot in the sun during the day	Yes
SJReaver	Was once paid $100 to enter in a tournament for a game [Stranger had] never played before	No
VashtaNeurotic	Their ORIGINAL college major was Criminology before they swapped	Yes
Wickedestjr	Was once in a group photo with eight other people that all share their first name	No
Zaphkael	Took swimming classes for years until invited to join the competitive scene, and immediately stopped swimming	No

[Aristophanes]

Good work Racefan!

I actually know nothing about Lacrosse (I think it's Canada's National Sport tho) so I subbed in Soccer and my experiences with getting angry after being tackled in my answer.

As for the vinyl, you'd think it would be my 1989 one! Or the Beauty and the Beast live action remake! Or Dodie Clark's YOU! And all are close contenders.
But there's just something so perfect about relaxing to an epic classical suite written about our astral neighbours and presented on vinyl and I simply cannot explain it!

Plus, I absolutely adore Jupiter, the Bringer of Jolity! It is both the best planet and the best movement!

[CreativeMod1]

Good game.

Sorry my suing was a rough one, I probably should've worded it better :/

Also I'm gonna make it a thing to give more details in answering questions, upon further thought I don't think giving 1 line answers is probably very helpful.

[Iprobablysuck]

Gonna have to /out from the player que for the time being

[Zaphkael]

Well played!

Vashta actually got pretty close to the actual reason I stopped swimming when asked to compete: practice.
I had been swimming for 6 years at that point, practice was twice a week and I had a lot of fun. However, in our club you couldn't really refuse when they asked you to swim competitively - you either did, or stopped swimming there. If I stayed, my training schedule would change from twice a week to four times a week, plus a weekly competition, which was just way too much for me. I was planning on going to boarding school as well, so the two of them just didn't go well together. Between you and me, I'm pretty sure I wasn't good enough to compete at a high level anyway.

I do miss it, though, and sometimes when I have time I still try to swim laps for an hour or two and improve myself somewhat, but it's always just for fun which, obviously, is probably much better than having to practice so much I'd grow to hate it.

[Cheery Dog]

It wasn't because the water in the pool was too cold?

No that was me after I entered a competition, I might have managed about half a lap.

[Sirius9121]

in for both

[Ariel]

Hello, I have awaken from my slumber.

I am trying to start up round 10 with CreativeMod as the contestant but do not have enough submitted identities from people who are around on site to get started. If you would like to participate as a stranger in this round, please send me an identity. If you are interested in participating but are having trouble coming up with something unique about yourself, I am happy to interview you to try to come up with stuff. Just let me know.

(The people who I already have identities from and I believe are onsite: Nahdia, N, Equinox, lilith2013, Something_Smart, pablito, StrangerCoug.)

[Ariel]

Welcome to Identity, CreativeMod1! Here are your strangers and their identities in alphabetical order:

Strangers	Identities
Aristophanes	As a 13-year-old, talked a paramedic out of giving them an IV in an ambulance
CaptainMeme	Collects stamps at national parks as a hobby
Equinox	Ditched their family in the middle of a family vacation in order to attend the Museum of Hygiene by themselves
Haschel Cedricson	Enjoyed buying financial ledger books as a child
lilith2013	Likes socks so much that they've written poetry about them
N	Once spent most of a day attempting to make a deal with a multimillionaire
Nahdia	Owns every season of Stargate that matters (No SGU)
pablito	Ran an impromptu half marathon barefoot
Something_Smart	Their childhood cat got its name after an accident in the bathroom
Sirius9121	Their mom hates the song Who Let the Dogs Out so much that she banned her students from singing it
StrangerCoug	While playing a game with friends, rolled 6 sixes at once with only 6 dice, winning the game
xofelf	Wore glasses while riding a roller coaster at Knoebels and lost them mid-ride

Feel free to begin with a match attempt, using a lifeline (Split Identity, Tri-dentity or Double Dip), or using your first available question. Good luck, and let me know if you need any clarification!

(

If you're a stranger in the current round and notice someone else's identity applies to you, please let me know that privately!

)

[CreativeMod1]

Hello Ariel, thanks for having me on the show *waves to the camera*

Lets start off by splitting them as I'm sure that'll help somewhat haha

-Know-it-all paramedic kid (As a 13-year-old, talked a paramedic out of giving them an IV in an ambulance)
-Hygiene obsessed runaway (Ditched their family in the middle of a family vacation in order to attend the Museum of Hygiene by themselves)
-Future shady accountant (Enjoyed buying financial ledger books as a child)
-Piss-In-Boots (Their childhood cat got its name after an accident in the bathroom)
-Who broke the kids hearts? (Their mom hates the song Who Let the Dogs Out so much that she banned her students from singing it)
-Should've gone to specsavers (Wore glasses while riding a roller coaster at Knoebels and lost them mid-ride)

-Park Life! (Collects stamps at national parks as a hobby)
-On your feet to a beat (Likes socks so much that they've written poetry about them)
-Dealing with the elite (Once spent most of a day attempting to make a deal with a multimillionaire)
-Ewwww U (Owns every season of Stargate that matters (No SGU))
-Run Barefoot, Run! (Ran an impromptu half marathon barefoot)
-Feeling Lucky? Punk. (While playing a game with friends, rolled 6 sixes at once with only 6 dice, winning the game)

[Ariel]

Here is your split:

Strangers	Identities
Haschel Cedricson	As a 13-year-old, talked a paramedic out of giving them an IV in an ambulance
lilith2013	Ditched their family in the middle of a family vacation in order to attend the Museum of Hygiene by themselves
N	Enjoyed buying financial ledger books as a child
pablito	Their childhood cat got its name after an accident in the bathroom
Something_Smart	Their mom hates the song Who Let the Dogs Out so much that she banned her students from singing it
StrangerCoug	Wore glasses while riding a roller coaster at Knoebels and lost them mid-ride

Strangers	Identities
Aristophanes	Collects stamps at national parks as a hobby
CaptainMeme	Likes socks so much that they've written poetry about them
Equinox	Once spent most of a day attempting to make a deal with a multimillionaire
Nahdia	Owns every season of Stargate that matters (No SGU)
Sirius9121	Ran an impromptu half marathon barefoot
xofelf	While playing a game with friends, rolled 6 sixes at once with only 6 dice, winning the game

[CreativeMod1]

Alrighty, brb, lets go stalking some GTKAS threads xD

[CreativeMod1]

Just gonna get my gut read out of the way

I think Xofelf was very lucky in their DnD rolls and they got 6 6's with 6 dice. Which would fit cos they're very evil tehehe

[Ariel]

Please use bold for match attempts so that I don't misinterpret anything

[CreativeMod1]

Xofelf rolled 666

[Ariel]

It's a case of Mistaken Identity.

Strangers	Identities
Haschel Cedricson	As a 13-year-old, talked a paramedic out of giving them an IV in an ambulance
lilith2013	Ditched their family in the middle of a family vacation in order to attend the Museum of Hygiene by themselves
N	Enjoyed buying financial ledger books as a child
pablito	Their childhood cat got its name after an accident in the bathroom
Something_Smart	Their mom hates the song Who Let the Dogs Out so much that she banned her students from singing it
StrangerCoug	Wore glasses while riding a roller coaster at Knoebels and lost them mid-ride

Strangers	Identities
Aristophanes	Collects stamps at national parks as a hobby
CaptainMeme	Likes socks so much that they've written poetry about them
Equinox	Once spent most of a day attempting to make a deal with a multimillionaire
Nahdia	Owns every season of Stargate that matters (No SGU)
Sirius9121	Ran an impromptu half marathon barefoot
xofelf	While playing a game with friends, rolled 6 sixes at once with only 6 dice, winning the game

Confirmed no match

:
xofelf -> While playing a game with friends, rolled 6 sixes at once with only 6 dice, winning the game

Assistance

Double Dip | Tri-dentity | 2 questions

[CreativeMod1]

Ugh, this is what I get for trying to be cocky haha

[CreativeMod1]

Okay, lets get some questions going

Ari, tell me about this half marathon, would love to know how you got involved and why you were barefoot

[Aristophanes]

Ohey CM1! <3

Okay so when I say I ran a half marathon I am talking distance, not, like, an actual event. Basically I was at the beach on one of my rare weekends off and I remembered the Sound of Music festival was going on in the next town, and I realized the Irish Descendants were coming on in a few hours! And I love them! I'd looked at the trails there many times but I had only ever done a 10k hike pack hike along them, stopping half way. Well, I decided to hop to it, but having no intent of running in flip flops, I took them off and decided to jog there barefoot.

Unfortunately a storm rolled in and I never actually got to see the Irish Descendants play because of its intensity, but it was a really fun time nonetheless!