IRE Asks: Have you met MMO friends IRL?

The closest I've gotten yet to meeting my PERSONAL MMO friends is trading Skype addresses and photos and things.

Oh and then discovering that one guy, according to his Achaea forums profile, lives only 30 minutes away. THAT'S a little weird still.

Only e-mail and such.

Haven't yet, unsure if I will!

Yes

I would if any of them actually lived closer to me.

I've brought friends in, but never out

I think it's because of my leprosy.

I haven't met anyone from Achaea IRL, yet. But I want to. Maybe when I can save up some money again.

I've met them through facebook!

No i've never met them in them in the realworld besides contact with skype and facebook.

I wish to.

Nope

I did, met up with some of my Order mates, spent a couple days with them..SOOOOOO cool!

I had a real life friend introduce me to Achaea. I haven't met any other players in person but I've skyped, e-mailed and instant messaged.

I don't think I've ever even found someone in an MMO who lives in the same city...

Turns out there's someone in my home town, though. But, alas, she stole my journal.

Though I did talk with a guy in a clan I was in who loved on the other side of our city. We almost met for lunch.

And I don't intend to either... I use Achaea to escape the real world and definitely do not want to mix my reality with my fantasy.

I would like to meet up with some, and I know there is at least one who only lives about 20 minutes away from me, but I've never actually met anyone in person from an IRE game. I talk to a bunch on MSN and skype though.

I'd go to a group Lusty/IRE meetup if there were ever one close, probably San Francisco or so. I'd love to meet Sal's girlfriend IRL but she's 8 timezones away, so fat chance.

I've been at this game for a very long time now, though maybe not by IRE standards, and I only in this past week have finally moved two very, very close IG friends from "I will OOC tell at you vastly more than I will IC tell at you" to "our characters will now never talk to each other because we have MSN." So to actually meet them IRL? uhh... maybe Skype first, then we'll see about touring the midwest looking for Lusty players.

But I do have a good friend of mine who has met his wife to be through an Iron realms game. It surprising, since I've made a good few life long friends off these games. We do plan on meeting at somepoint as well, though I'm doubtful on how well it'll turn out.

I have. I met my love in the game, and now we live together. As for other friends, one lives a state away and it's a 'someday we will meet', while another friend lives halfway around the world, so unlikely, unless by some chance when we're both old and gray the chance arises.

I am not sure I ever will. However it would be cool and wierd at the same time!

I would, but the closest I know are English or Dutch ...

I haven't met any of my Achaea friends in person yet. I'm talking to some via instant messenger from time to time, but most of them live quite far away.

I have not, although I would attend a meetup.

Deserves a simple answer.  No.  (Although I was introduced to Achaea by someone I knew IRL).

Though created good friendships.

Yes, have met some wonderful game friends when they were in town, and visited with some when I was in their cities too!  It's very rewarding!

Thought about it a few times but no.

Though everyone else was from roughly the same side. Would be interesting to meet with people that you're used to fighting against!

Facebook, Skype, Xbox Live, lunch meetings, and one guy came quite a long way just to visit me for a few days.

I have not, alas

Haven't yet, except for those I already knew...but I'd so love to meet a lot of them

There's a band of us on Skype I'd like to meet one day. Otherwise not really. I'm pretty anti-social in person so that doesn't a great meet make. 

Sadly, most of them seem to be taking arrows to the knees. D:

Yeah I've boned two people I met on Imp IRL

That would be really cool if that happened, and the smaller playerbase would definitely make it possible.

But I do skype or msn with some. Carefully, because of bad experiences.

I'm really surprised at how many people haven't met others from the game by now. I mean, Aetolia's got a smaller, more closely-knit playerbase I suppose, but there are quite a few playing that have talked about having gone to meets, and even met their significant other through the game.

This last summer, actually, there was a meet in Ohio organized for a sort of vacation. We rented a house out for 4 days and had 6 or 7 people stay there. We hung out, went to Cedar Point, partied it up like only people that play text RPG's know how - and it was absolutely awesome. You definitely probably could have made a reality TV show out of us (in a good way).

If you've made good friends with anybody in your MUD of choice and meeting them doesn't involve driving across the country (unless you're into that, I drove 8 hours) don't pass the opportunity up! 

Haven't yet, but there are a few I've gotten close with OOCly as well as IG, and I wouldn't mind meeting up with them sometime. But for now, MSN, texting, Facebook, that's about as far as I go.

it was great to get together with them.  very fun.

No

I'm not sure there are any other MUD players in my country. MMORPG'ers, yes.

And it was great. It's nice to know that the people in our community are actual people, and that our community is thus spread worldwide. It's like modern day pen pals.

Been to two official meets as well as meeting others during work trips interstate

I have found a couple of good friends while playing mmo's. One is on a motorcycle trip around the world and during part of his trip across northern america he stopped and stayed with my family for a week. Generally you will meet people that share similiar interests with you and you will hit it off.

i've met up with a couple irl, once when a Ordermate of a character of mine was going through some job training in Mesa, and i was going to a doctor appointment in phoenix, we met up and had dinner.  another one came down to visit me for about 5 days right before i started chemo last year.  I also ha a ig daughter and i start talking and found out that she and i graduated from high school the same year, she in the next town over from me in northern rural arizona, and that we had mutual ooc friends, but had never met each other.  other than that, i speak with a bunch on steam, skype, and msn and facebook.

Seems not many South African's play MMO's

I haven't met a huge handful of Achaeans IRL. Hipsana, Niahm and Gringor live in the same city that I do. I had lunch with Daes over the summer. Married Pharaus and our son will be two at the end of the month. Went down to hang out with Fieth something like three or four years ago. All in all, Marvi introduced me to the game. There are some individuals I would absolutely love to meet and that's all still in the works.

I've met friends from other MMO's IRL before, we'd have get togethers at either people's houses or at a bar and just hang out. Also, my wife plays Aetolia, so does that count?

 I have met a few other players. Although I always use best practices. Meet in public places, with company. It has always gone well for me. It is interesting to see the dynamic between there real life selves and there characters. 

I've met with a couple Achaeans. Hung out with Asenath and her husband at a bar and ended up playing cards all night. Spent most of spring break last year with Anarwaen. Ended up meeting the love of my life Rea, long dormant though, spends most of her time in Lusternia now. Supposedly going to hang out with Firefox, eventually. Also found out Bluef lives rather close by, was going to visit but plans fell through. Fun times!

I've met a few people. And plenty more I would love to meet

A friend introduced me to the game. havn't met anyone I play with though.

Ive met one IRL. Verry Intresting Evening, and it boiled down to, Google Maps lies. Alot. And foiled all our plans for the evening :P The park directions lead to a  subdivision, (I knew how to get there though, so I was at the park... heh. ), And the bar turned out to be a gas station.  So it resorted to walking around in a mall and talking.

No I haven't, other than my best friend who introduced me to the game. Other than that, I'd prefer to keep my IG friends separate from my IRL friends.

I haven't, but many have wanted to. Some even to date ;) But...cross country trips really isn't in my budget anytime soon.

When I played Avalon, we had a very active meetup gang going. I ended up dating a guy for 3 years after we danced together at a meet - keeping in touch via the game was a good way to survive the long-distance portion of the relationship. IRE games seem to have a more American-based crowd, so it's a lot further to go for meetups, and I've only sporadically met some people from Aetolia/Lusternia. That being said, any Aet folks up in Portland, drop me a line and we can have a Ground Kontrol night! :P

No

started playing with one of my buddies, since then joined the military, travelled a bit went to austrailia and met one of the people I played with stayed with her for a few days, also went to Guam and met another person that was in my family in aetolia.  It was pretty fun and both were very hospitable

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Totally have, and loved hanging. Can't wait to do it again.

Never met another IRE player besides the people I introduce to the game myself.

I'm actually rooming with some Imperian friends, currently.

Well, I married someone I married in Imperian ;) So yes! I've also met several others from Imperian and Lusternia throughout the years.

Plenty want to but there's only a handful I'd be comfortable with meeting in person, though I've made many friends over Skype, MSN and FB that I wouldn't ever trade for the world. Achaea and Midkemia. :3 I also think people who found love over meeting the game is precious, it's like the new E-Harmony but less creepy. <3

I haven't but I really need to

My best friend and I started playing this game together almost  8 years ago...We have been playing it sporadically, together, since then.

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not yet

net yet either.

I turned a large group of my friends into Mudders, and I've met at least one person that lived far away that came to hang out for a few days.

no no no! NO!

but would not be suprised to find out people I knew were already playing

Once, met an enemy of my character in game in real life when he came to the base I was at for some field training. Amusing to see how people are in game and the opposite in real life. Outgoing and vocal to reserved and quiet.

but would love to have a beer and a J with some achaean friends someday.

Achaeans going to Coachella or Bonarroo?  Hollllllllllerrrr at this forestal.

Cant say i never will

I have, but only after I have known them for an extended time and know that they can be trusted, and even then I was still on the cautious side around them

(I have caught out people before that have lied about what they look like or other aspects about themselves.  As far as I'm concerned, you have ONE chance around me.  If you blow it by lying to me, you don't get another shot. I'll always keep you at arms length.  In times where headsets and webcams are dirt cheap and cams come standard in most laptops it is easy enough to see what the other person looks like without resorting to a years-old photo.)

No, I have not, but I wouldn't mind grabbing a beer with some.

I've met a lot of people from games I've played in the past. I even had someone stop and visit me from Romania last year.

No...

I've met lots of Achaeans. They're rarely the same irl. Ive stayed pretty good friends with a handful though

not yet

I guess so but I've kind of cheated and enabled some of my real life friends to get into the game so. :P

I met Gnaash!

And a couple Achaean girls

no

No. Never really had the desire, though.

Nope.

Not yet, though I would like too. Have talked about it with a few fellow brits, and so it will probably happen soonish, sounds fun! 

Am a bit worried on the real life/achaea ratio of chatting though, I love achaea so would probably not be able to help talking about it :P 

I have quite a few people on MSN though, haven't Skyped with any yet though I would like too.

Though I'm in the process of making plans to later this year. :P

In person, no. But it'd be interesting to do so later.

We've had a couple of achaean meets in Amsterdam and Copenhagen I've attended to

No

no

Yes.

It'd be weird for me.

Yeah. I have, and I probably would go to a player meeting. Would be interesting.

But I'd like to.

nope and probably will not. Not easy to find somebody that is close by. Most people are from other countries.

No, but I've met RL friends in an MMO. 

I have not, but I wouldn't mind it

I think that going  to meet people in real life would be fun. But it would depend on where you wanted to meet. 

Yeah, they're all in my basement

I haven't yet.

...nope

Met one person I was thrilled to hear lived in the same country. A year later and we live together.

I don't ever seem to be able to make the meets.

but I've met a RL friend's MMO friend IRL! :D

It appears I might, soon.

yep

Thinking about it!

I've met several and still talk to many now even after movin on to anew realm

Nope

I've been to meets with other MUDs, gone out clubbing and all sorts of fun things. I found it changed the game though, I spent more time chatting and less time playing, so I've kept Lusternia pretty much separate.

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Brought a lot of friends to Achaea