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jstkdn
jstkdn
Well-Connected

May-16-2006 02:09

With great interest have I been reading the graduation thread.
It is one of the most interesting threads I have read in a long long time. I think we can pad ourselves on the back.

There is just something really interesting I noticed on the sleuth message boards, after being here for two years. Something that is quite different from other message boards and communities I have been in. Though we have brushed on topics what our favorite movies are, whether we think it is soda or pop, the books we read, and mystery games. We also know where we come from. On ocassion we discuss current events.

But no one ever posts about their actual life? Not only who we are, what we do, our family etc. But what happened in our lives, our day to day. Or anything behind being pretend detectives. I am one of the few people that for some reason (unknown to me except that jojo started) most people call Nikkie even on the message board, referring to my real name. As far as I know my bio, actual refers to me as a person outside of sleuth.

I personally would like to see more of that in here. But I am right assuming others don't? For as long as these message board exists we are still on the topic of new game ideas, newbie questions, and pub quizzes. I am assuming this is for a reason. Obviously no one has to share, but at the way our boards are now......I'd feel weird for it even being an option if I created a thread about something that happened to me today.

Personally what I like most about sleuthchat. Is that you are not talking to a bunch of pretend detectives, but actual people.

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Autumnsprings
Autumnsprings
Con Artist

May-16-2006 09:24

That is the big difference I have noticed between here and sleuthchat. Here, we are the detectives. There, we are the players. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that this game is so engrossing, we tend to forget about RL for a bit? But I agree, it is odd that more people arent known by their real names on here, since we are such a tight knit community.

Amber

LilRach
LilRach
Well-Connected

May-16-2006 10:28

Although I do know some people by name, I personally do not know a lot of people because of lack of time. The little time I have I spend on cases, checking the boards, and chatting with my agency members between classes and homework (sometimes more Sleuth than homework I am afraid).

But, let me introduce myself more now.

My name is Rachel and I currently live in Ohio. I will be moving to Louisville, KY in a few weeks and graduating from the Ohio State University in June. I am majoring in Finance and I have no idea what I will do with it when I move. I am still interviewing for jobs, finishing my projects, and getting married, all at the same time.

So, now we are introduced, tell me more about yourself...

Lil...aka Rachel

Lady Emerald Devon
Lady Emerald Devon
Nomad

May-16-2006 11:05

My name is Moira and I play 2 detectives, Lady Ruby Capalan and Lady Emerald Devon. I've been playing Sleuth now for 257 days.

I'm 26 years and from beautiful Aotearoa (New Zealand) and graduated from the University of Otago with A B.A in Theatre Studies and Political Studies.

I've mostly worked in hospitality with a brief stint at a Casino as a croupier.
I recently spent the last two years in Korea taching English as a Second Language.

I am currently in Sweden, stupid happy in love, living with Blueberry Hill (Daniel) whom I met on Sleuth. I have a return ticket to NZ valid for 11 more months so I'm currently in the process of figuring out what to do with my time. Where finding a job features quite majorally as Sweden is stupid crazy expensive!

I miss my family (Mum, Dad, two sisters and two brothers), friends and cat -Jools a lot. However, a few of my friends are currently in the UK doing their O.E (Overseas Experience) so I should be able to meet up with a few of them including a couple of my best friends who were also my flatmates (room-mates) for two years.

It's an exciting time and I should be updating my C.V instead of Sleuthing!

P.s Good luck with finishing everything and best wishes withyour wedding plans Rachel!

Sean King
Sean King
Nomad

May-16-2006 12:00

My real name is Ken, I'm 64 , retired from American Airlines, but still going strong. I work part time in a freight warehouse when they need me and my wife and I have a small landscaping business. We currently have 3 customers. All that and Sleuth is plenty to keep me busy. I have 4 grown children and four grandchildren. I live in a suburb of Chicago....and I like to sing karaoke for fun.

Great idea Nikkie.





jai holmes
jai holmes

May-16-2006 12:01

Hey Everyone, think it's a great idea for everyone to know everybody else.

I'm Jai Shaunik, living in Delhi, India. 17 years and in the 12th grade (my last year in school). Gonna go for software engineering in whichever university I get into next year. Hoping slueth admin starts his own company by the time I finish my degree, would love to enhance the game.
Kicking life and enjoying every bit of it sums me up.

On to the next detective...

Jojo
Jojo
Old Shoe

May-16-2006 15:31

*chuckles at Nikkie's comment about calling her Nikkie*


Well, I'm Jojo... Not my real name, but I do get called that.

Umm... Student... Like to act... Play DDR...

Umm...

Wow, I haven't had this little to say since Al Gore was too busy saying he invented the internet.


So, yeah. That's basically me.

People here on Sleuth have described me as cute, adorable, funny, and a bit too wise for my age.


That's about it.... WAIT! I was once engaged to Nikkie: For about 2 hours.


*looks it over*

Yeah, that's it. But I'm sure I'll add something else in another post; then add even more in a third post right after.

cfm
cfm
Nomad

May-16-2006 16:48

*likes being pretend and hates slipping up in Sleuthchat*

Ummmmm...

*dashes out the door and as far from City Hall as she can*

BadAss
BadAss
Charioteer

May-16-2006 17:55

*likes putting down two cents comment and then runs off in a little corner to hide*


*as long as everybody knows what she's thinking everything is allright*

:-)

crunchpatty
crunchpatty
Old Shoe

May-17-2006 00:07

Nikkie, something about the fact that you started this thread might explain precisely why it is that I so completely believe that you rule. I have thought the same thing; I had this idea of using the bio as a kind of blog to rant about crap that was going on in my life, but never acted on it. Maybe that's actually a good thing...my rants can get pretty time consuming. So anyways I bow down...

So. I'm Nat. I'm 31 and live in Toronto with my spousal equivalent of nearly 14 years. I have had some really godawful jobs. The prize for worst is a tie between fundraising door to door for Greenpeace (you really don't know what it is to be tongue-tied if you haven't had a guy in a really loose bathrobe tell you he can't give you any money because he needs to give his wife her weekly enema) and cooking in a restaurant where the owner used to scrape all the leftovers from customers onto a plate and invite me to sit down for an impromptu buffet. My "job" there mostly consisted of supressing my gag reflex and sweeping up the fur from her two massive dogs. Oh. and making their food. With the same food processor we used to make the house guacamole.

These days I'm limping towards the finish line in a PhD in sociology and education...seems to me from what I've seen around the threads there are a good handful of students on sleuth. Being a student is a really worthy thing to rant about. If you feel the need, rant to me.

I'm also teaching sociology at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, which is a smallish town not too far from where I live. The highlight so far was probably last week, when I managed to illustrate marxism with a series of hip thrusts. Don't ask.

What else...total food & cooking nerd. Music too. Very opinionated.

I better just shut up now...but:

*buys cfm a trunk full of disguises and hope she dresses up as a keyboard gangsta*

*thinks BadAss two cents are usually worth at least a buck fifty*, and

(more in a sec)

crunchpatty
crunchpatty
Old Shoe

May-17-2006 00:13

(cont)

*never got around to saying how cool I think it is that Moira and Daniel (see how I'm maintaining the spirit of the thread by use of first names???) found each other here.*

k, done.

When you need long-windedness removed, do you go to a lung doctor?

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