This is actually a very interesting thread to me, where I'm very glad it was made.
I made MANY friends on CAG. MANY of them I played on PSN, XBL, Wii online games, have added as friends on Facebook, have as followers (and I follow too) on Twitter, have some of their cell #'s (we text each other and sometimes call one another up), and so on. I easily have over 100 pretty good friends on CAG (most of ya'll should know who you are).
When it comes to actually meeting CAG friends in real life, I actually met and know a decent number of them. I never really met the CAGs in my area back when I lived in Indiana, but I met a ton ever since I moved to Maryland around 2 years ago:
- 2003SVTCOBRA - Co-worker of mine. Didn't know each other posted on CAG until I discussed about the site (when he was looking at slickdeals). Been to local arcade, mountain biking, played a bunch of PSN games, and see each other daily at work.
- Anime12478 - Went to college together (different majors). Both were in DDR Club together, played games online, offline DS multi-player, and talk a lot.
- Barnolde - While he comes from CT, he went to college in the state of MD for a period of time. We met up in Ocean City once, and he stayed at my place for a few days since he needed a place to stay while attending Deathfest in Baltimore, MD. He's technically the person I've known online the longest (since 2001)
- dwhelan - We met up at Dave & Busters three times for CAG meet-ups. I was even on a podcast with him before.
- Flaming Moogles - Probably my most similar friend in the area. We have hung out together at Katsucon for a day, went snowboarding together, and talk a lot.
- GenDV138 - Met up at Dave & Busters twice. Plan to do many things together in the future. Talk all the time.
- GNitro - I went to his birthday at DuClaw. Met at Dave & Busters three times. We hung out at Otakon/Katsucon together. Went to a Christmas party he held before. Talk quite often.
- Ind1fference - We met up at Dave & Busters three times, spent together at the PlayStation Move event in DC, did podcast together (I showed up), and we talk a lot.
- InuFaye - We went to King's Dominion together in VA.
- Kevlar51 - We met up at Dave & Busters three times.
- MCalvert1 - We met up at Dave & Busters three times
- midnite - We met up at Dave & Busters once, along with Katsucon.
- nightmare452 - We hung out at Katsucon and Otakon. We both went to Dave & Busters three times. We also talk quite a bit.
- The Great BM - We met up at Dave & Busters three times, along with seeing each other at the PlayStation Move event in DC.
- the_punisher - We met up at Otakon. Been meaning to meet-up with each other for a while.
There are a bunch of others I did not meet up with yet, but either came close or see it happening in the near future like: aosora13, Frankski, hostyl1, ihadFG, kazo, maxgle, mm2barry, oscargrouch, PapiChullo, PhrostByte (if he comes back to the U.S.), PraireD0G, raizanillusion, ramatut4001, The Punisher (not the same one as before I mentioned), and others. Basically, many CAGs in MD or Northern VA (or part of PA) have a good chance of meeting up with me if they want (I'm very open to it). Some others like IRHari, Mirthoneist, etc. I came close to meeting up with, but didn't happen since they weren't aware I was attending an event.
I probably met up with others and forgot though.