Identity Reboot [post-Round 10]

[Ariel]

IPS has faded Ms and Ns.

Strangers	Identities
Haschel Cedricson	Legally crossed an international border on foot in the rain at night
Korina	Lost a Pokémon Red nuzlocke run to a Caterpie that was the last Pokémon in the championship rival fight
Plotinus	Once snapped an arrow against their throat
Saladman27	Their parents met each other because of Malaria

Confirmed No Match

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Assistance

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[xofelf]

Plot, I really just like asking you questions tbh, but, why were you crossing borders in the rain?

[Plotinus]

I was visiting a friend who lived in a village on the other side of the border for the weekend, back in 2004 or so. The busses don't go across the border, instead there are separate bus companies on either side of the border that have stops near it. The friend's family had a car, though, so when it was time to go home, they took me right to their side of the border. We'd done a little shopping so I was carrying my things in a plastic bag. I got out of their car and said goodbye, showed my passport to the border guards, listed the tiny villages I'd visited for them. I didn't speak their language back then and they didn't speak mine so we had to do this in English. After they were satisfied with me and had given me my exit stamp, I walked over to our side of the border and presented my passport the guards on our side, got my entry stamp, then walked to the bus stop and got on the last bus back to my town.

The trains do go across the border, but there's only one a day and it takes 2 hours because they practically dismantle the train looking for drugs at the border.

[xofelf]

Ahhh, noooo. You have believable stories too UGH. Crap.

Okay. I swear I've heard this story before, so... uh...

Haschel is a border dude

[Ariel]

Though he may or may not have told a similar story, Haschel didn't do the thing in the rain at night >:

Strangers	Identities
Haschel Cedricson	Legally crossed an international border on foot in the rain at night
Korina	Lost a Pokémon Red nuzlocke run to a Caterpie that was the last Pokémon in the championship rival fight
Plotinus	Once snapped an arrow against their throat
Saladman27	Their parents met each other because of Malaria

Confirmed No Match

Haschel Cedricson -> Legally crossed an international border on foot in the rain at night

Assistance

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[xofelf]

Aaaaaaaaaa. It's more I know he could be ANY of these but malaria, and I know he at least told me a fun story about traveling. Ah well.. uh...

*tiny voice*

Korina seems like the kind of kid who would actually do the arrow thing

[Korina]

Nope; although, I will admit, it does sound like me.

[Ariel]

That marks the official end of a fascinating round. Do you want to take unofficial guesses for brownie points before I give the reveal?

[xofelf]

Yes!

Hasch nuzlocke, Plot border crossing, Salad arrow, Korina malaria?

[Ariel]

Round 4: xofelf

Strangers	Identities	Identified?
DiplomatDC	Once played against a designer of Magic the Gathering and won	Yes
Fluminator	Has "All of Me" by Jon Schmidt memorized on piano	Yes
Haschel Cedricson	Once snapped an arrow against their throat	No
Iprobablysuck	The N and M on their respective keys on [Stranger's] keyboard have almost completely faded away; every other key is fine	Yes
Korina	Lost a Pokémon Red nuzlocke run to a Caterpie that was the last Pokémon in the championship rival fight	No
N	Second time [Stranger] met a scummer, they brought a knife to [Stranger's] house	Yes
pablito	Hit by a shark's tail underwater	Yes
Plotinus	Legally crossed an international border on foot in the rain at night	No*
Saladman27	Their parents met each other because of Malaria	No
StrangerCoug	Their room, by their own choice, is painted a color many people their gender likely wouldn't paint theirs	Yes
VashtaNeurotic	Once tried to become Gabriel Iglesias' professional cake tester	Yes
Vi	Doesn't go out in public without a hummingbird pin	Yes

[StrangerCoug]

/in stranger again

[Korina]

I’ll explain nuzlocke story later.

/in stranger again

[Saladman27]

I thought the N and M keys was faded because of hardcore osu playing.

[Iprobablysuck]

I thought the N and M keys was faded because of hardcore osu playing.

But why though?

[StrangerCoug]

/in stranger

[Haschel Cedricson]

For the arrow thing, I took an arrow, put the point right on my throat, and then braced the other end against a wall so the arrow was held up by the wall and my throat. Then I slowly took a step forward and the arrow snapped in two before the point actually punctured my throat.

It was an "overcome your fears!" thing a motivational speaker had us do.

[Saladman27]

I thought the N and M keys was faded because of hardcore osu playing.

But why though?

In osu you usually set 2 keys next to each other to be basically the Guitar Hero strum bar.

[Tatsuya Kaname]

I thought the N and M keys was faded because of hardcore osu playing.

But why though?

In osu you usually set 2 keys next to each other to be basically the Guitar Hero strum bar.

But that should have been Z and X? Since I have never seen someone holding mouse/pen with their left hand?

[StrangerCoug]

Since I have never seen someone holding mouse/pen with their left hand?

Some people use their mouse with their left hand (and at least in Windows you can swap the left and right mouse buttons for left-handed use), but as a left-hander myself I usually use my mouse right-handed.

[Korina]

Caterpie Story:

Several important things before I get into the story:
1) I made the randomization as hellish as possible, to the point I wasn't even sure if the game was beatable—much less playable to begin with.
2) I played with an extremely strict and unforgiving rule set. One fuck-up, and that was gg.
3) I told myself if I could get to Erika, (the fourth gym leader), with my second chance still, the run was possible.
4) That Caterpie run took me roughly sixty hours from the start till the tragic end. That was somewhere in the thirtieth attempts as well, and the farthest I've ever gotten.

Spoiler: Randomization Settings

Pokemon Base Statistics

- Random

Pokemon Types

- Random (completely)

Pokemon Evolutions

- Randomize; Change Impossible Evos

Starter Pokemon

- Random (completely)

Static Pokemon

- Random (completely)

In-Game Trades

- Randomize both requested and given pokemon; randomize nicknames

Rival Carries Starter?

- Yes

Randomize Move Power

- Yes

Randomize Move Accuracy

- Yes

Randomize Move PP

- Yes

Randomize Move Types

- Yes

Pokemon Movesets

- Random (completely)

Every Pokemon Starts With Four Moves?

- Yes

Trainer Pokemon

- Random

Randomize Trainer Names?

- Yes

Randomize Trainer Class Names?

- Yes

Wild Pokemon

- Random

TM Moves

- Random

Full HM Compatibility?

- Yes -

This overrides any other rules, and was only enabled to ensure I can't get softlocked.

TM/HM Compatibility

- Random (completely)

Field Items

- Randomize

Randomize PC Potion

- Yes

Lower Case Pokemon Names

- Yes

Fastest Text

- Yes

Randomize Catching Tutorial

- Yes

All other options not listed were set to the default option.

Spoiler: The Rules

1. If a pokemon faints, it's dead.
   
2. I may only catch the first pokemon I encounter in each area. Static encounters do not apply to this.
   
3. Trade Pokemon are not allowed.
   
4. All caught pokemon must be nicknamed.
   
5. Blacking out is an automatic game over.
   
6. No save-scumming or resetting when things go wrong.
   
7. Glitchless. That means no MissingNo item dupe glitches or Brock Through Walls, or etc.
   
8. The run does not start until Pokeballs are obtainable.
   
9. If the first encounter in an area is a pokemon that has already been caught, that encounter is not considered the first one.
   
10. In Gyms/Rival Battles, I can only use the same number of pokemon the trainers/gym leader has.
    
11. Battle Style must be Set.
    
12. Pokecenters may only be used three times before they're considered defunct.
    
13. Only five healing items may be used between each gym battle. (Eg. I can only use five before Brock, five after Brock until Misty, five after Misty until Surge, etc.)
    
14. Max of ten pokeballs per pokemart.
    
15. No masterball.
    
16. Can only catch the first encounter in each screen of Safari Zone
    
17. No fleeing
    
18. One second chance. I may revive one single pokemon throughout the entire run.
    
19. All trainers must be fought -> This rule was later changed to "All Rival fights must be completed."

So, obviously, the run was very hard to begin with. Before that run, only, a handful managed to get to Brock, even fewer got past Brock, and then only one managed to get to the Nugget Bridge Rival Fight. So, I had very little hope for this run actually getting far. I said I would give it one final try, and see where it took me. I named myself "I" and my rival "Gary" because fuck Gary. I hate him. Anyways, PC had a masterball, which I couldn't use. Wonderful. I don't remember the other starter options, but I do remember Gary taking Caterpie, and I took Chansey. Anyways, I get through to Viridian Forest, (the first major roadblock of the run), with little to no problems. That's going to be the motto for most of the run as well. "Yea, that's normally a major roadblock, but I did it with little to no problems."

I get through Nugget Bridge Rival with no problems, and through Misty with no problems. At this point, I'm still skeptical of it being a good run,and still winnable, but I was optimistic. Surge and S.S. Anne had zero problems and I got through them pretty quickly. Erika gave me some issues, but nothing major. I got through Erika with my second chance and I was extremely optimistic that the run would win. I kept thinking it was impossible it could fail, and the rest of the run was honestly rather smooth, until Blaine, the seventh gym leader.

My Chansey was close to Level 70, and I still had my second chance. The rest of my team was around Level 50ish, and able to hold their ground, but Chansey was the one I was using the most. In the middle of Blaine's fight, he sent out an Onyx, which hit a super effective crit on my Chansey using self-destruct, fainting it instantly. I had to use my second chance at that point. The rest of Blaine wasn't that difficult, but the super effective crit was absolutely devastating. I remember taking a few days away from the run to recover. By this point, I was close to fifty-four hours in-game, and really getting scared of losing and having another Onyx Self-Destruct. I had spent fifty-four hours, over nearly a month-and-a-half trying to beat this run and I was *this* close to it. Giovanni, Victory Road, Elite Four, and Gary were the only things left in my path.

Giovanni wasn't a problem; I easily wiped him with Chansey. I got through Victory Road with little to no problems, and then finally, the Elite Four. I got through to Lance only sustaining a few minor problems, (Chansey got a few status effects, which I got rid of, which ate into my healing item pool.) The Lance fight took a long time though. I took my sweet-ass time on that fight, trying to make sure nothing happened. IIRC, the fight took me close to two hours from start-to-finish. By the very end of it, I had only lost two pokemon, (a Level 60-something Pikachu, and a Level 70-Something Dragonite), and nearly lost my Chansey to a Self-Destruct. I ended up saving and calling it quits right before the Championship Rival Fight, just to calm down.

A few days later, I ended up returning to the game, and decided to fight Gary. With four pokemon, and only one healing item left, I decided to fight him. I treated it like I treated the Lance fight, really slow and deliberate. The entire time as well, I was violently shaking. I ended up getting through all of his pokemon except his Caterpie without losing anyone. Then, it all went downhill from there. Y'see, Gen One was really weird and buggy, and Hyper Beam was no exception. How Hyper Beam is supposed to work is it's supposed to be a two-turn move. The first turn, you attack, then the second you must "recharge." Except, in Gen One, if you killed the opposing pokemon, you could completely ignore the recharge turn, and attack on your next turn. The Caterpie did that, three times, killing all my pokemon except for Chansey. At this point, I'm really scared. I end up dealing a fair bit of damage, to which Gary heals back it, and this goes on for another hour until I hit a crit. The caterpie is nearly dead at this point, and I felt like I have a chance of winning.

But then... I saw the most accursed words possible. "Caterpie used selfdestruct! It was super effective! A critical hit!"

The caterpie knew self-destruct. The caterpie also got a critical hit. It fainted my Chansey. That was the one thing I didn't want to see happen, but it did. I remember staring at my computer in utter disbelief at what had happened. The one run that actually got to the championship fight was killed by a fucking Caterpie with self-destruct. I've never played a nuzlocke run since that run, nor do I have any intentions of ever doing one again. I personally consider the run a spiritual victory, but not a physical victory.

[Ariel]

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

Strangers	Identities
CaptainMeme	Broke a mercury thermometer on Day 1 of organic chemistry class
CreativeMod1	Drove a 3.5-hour drive and had their car die permanently while pulling into the driveway of the destination
Errantparabola	Has eaten both cat food and dog food and thinks dog food is 100 times better
Equinox	Has witnessed their grandma getting spanked by a rapper who is famous in [Stranger's country] and whipped by Britney Spears
N	Helped make a computer game called Meowgic where cat witches fight each other
RadiantCowbells	Once bought a copy of Sean Hannity's Let Freedom Ring as a gift for a friend
Radja	Once set up an RPG-style item shop in a disused telescope dome
Save the Dragons	Plans to fly to another country and then fly back home on the same day later this year
Something_Smart	Sobs uncontrollably every time they watch a specific frog video
StrangerCoug	Their microwave is older than they are
Tatsuya Kaname	Their mother met and spoke to Luca Magnotta multiple times well before his arrest
VashtaNeurotic	Would make Wheel of Fortune sets out of paper as a kid

Feel free to begin with a match attempt, using a lifeline, or using your first available question. Good luck, and let me know if you need any clarification!

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

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[Haschel Cedricson]

Interesting. For once there aren't any that I 100% know for sure, although I swear I've heard at least one of these stories before. Give me a moment while I decide how I want to split them.

[Haschel Cedricson]

Group like so, please:

Mercury thermometer
Cat food and dog food
BDSM Grandma
Fly to another country and back
Luca Magnotta
Frog Video

[Ariel]

Here is your split! Are you surprised?

Strangers	Identities
CreativeMod1	Broke a mercury thermometer on Day 1 of organic chemistry class
Errantparabola	Has eaten both cat food and dog food and thinks dog food is 100 times better
Equinox	Has witnessed their grandma getting spanked by a rapper who is famous in [Stranger's country] and whipped by Britney Spears
RadiantCowbells	Plans to fly to another country and then fly back home on the same day later this year
Radja	Sobs uncontrollably every time they watch a specific frog video
Tatsuya Kaname	Their mother met and spoke to Luca Magnotta multiple times well before his arrest

Strangers	Identities
CaptainMeme	Drove a 3.5-hour drive and had their car die permanently while pulling into the driveway of the destination
N	Helped make a computer game called Meowgic where cat witches fight each other
Save the Dragons	Once bought a copy of Sean Hannity's Let Freedom Ring as a gift for a friend
Something_Smart	Once set up an RPG-style item shop in a disused telescope dome
StrangerCoug	Their microwave is older than they are
VashtaNeurotic	Would make Wheel of Fortune sets out of paper as a kid

[Haschel Cedricson]

Tridentity on BDSM Grandma