so this is completely random and off-topic and also mildly interesting so it may not fit here lol, but i found out today that someone i know from this game ran into me in real life several months ago and recognized me, but never said anything because they didn't know what i looked like.
backstory: it's march 2016, i'm working an office job in a city 2 hours away from home that forces me to commute twice a week and live out of hotels. my office is in the heart of downtown in a big city, connected to a fancy hotel and convention center. there's always a bunch of random conferences happening there, mostly small-scale ones. well my friend (who i didn't know at the time) was apparently staying at this hotel because someone in his family had to travel here for this conference halfway across the country.
it turns out that on that day we crossed paths, likely when i was going out to lunch with some other people who i work with. we were both in the skywalk or something, and apparently he recognized my voice and thought to himself "is that decon?" (name i go by everywhere else), but didn't think much of it because he had no idea what i looked like or where i lived, so there was zero chance it was actually me.
well we've started talking a lot the past few weeks and it got brought up in conversation that he took a trip up there during spring break this year, and after a while i realized that we could have crossed paths without realizing it. then when we gave more and more info to each other, it turns out that we actually DID cross paths. probably the craziest coincidence in my life so far.