Met people on the internet in real life

[Sandman]

Originally posted by SunTracker
This past wednesday, a guy emailed me out of the blue about going scuba diving.  I didn't know anything about this fella, but I told him I would go diving with him.  He replied once more, saying that we were to also meet a woman scuba diver at the dive site.

So I post on an scuba message board that I am going diving this saturday, and a guy from the message board emails me and asks me if he could come.  I tell him "sure".

We all met up at the dive site, everyone was super friendly.  We dove for about an hour and 45 minutes and had a good time.

Anyways, this was my first time meeting people off the internet.

I've met a few people from here, one of the SBM, and a few people from some Xterra boards. People are generally better in real life than what you see online, I think.

[Gunslinger]

Originally posted by Sandman
I've met a few people from here, one of the SBM, and a few people from some Xterra boards. People are generally better in real life than what you see online, I think.

IF I MEET YOU AT THE CON I'LL KICK ALL YOUR ASSES.  I'M A NINJA/SNIPER W/ OVER 4000 CONFIRMED KILLS.  ALL I HAVE TO DO IS HAVE STEVIE RAY VAUGH PLAYING ON MY HEADPHONES AND I AM INVINCABLE!


sorry got carried away w/ the role playing

[Ripsnort]

Its Skuzzy, from the 2000 con. Helluva nice guy, and went out of his way to make sure things ran smoothly that year.

[spitfiremkv]

met an 18/f/cali

my butt is still sore

[Gunslinger]

Originally posted by spitfiremkv
met an 18/f/cali

my butt is still sore

Yea....you gotta watch out around the FDBs

[moot]

I imagined Skuzzy a lot younger, somehow.

[SunTracker]

Heres a few pics from my dive.  I am the one with the yellow tank.

[Gunslinger]

That's cool that in a community like diving (wich requires partners) you guys can do that and feel pretty safe.  IE diving aint cheap nore can somone just rent the stuff and have at it.  

Just goes to show one more thing the internet has done for us.

I've has a few bad experiences meeting girls online and a few good ones.  I just tend to play it safe above all else.

[RTSigma]

Remember a decade ago when it was NOT a good idea to meet people from the internet(especially in dating)?



Now its like if you don't do it you're a nerd.

[Nilsen]

Originally posted by Ripsnort

I thought he was around my age, but he is really old! Are all the other people at HTC old too? Not that it matters if they are really really old, but is just hard to imagine old people making games.

What is the combined age of all the people at HTC?

[Gunslinger]

Originally posted by Nilsen
I thought he was around my age, but he is really old! Are all the other people at HTC old too? Not that it matters if they are really really old, but is just hard to imagine old people making games.

What is the combined age of all the people at HTC?

That's a good question?

I would imagine dealing with HTC matters....managing a MMOLG....and dealing with us in the forums on a day to day basis does ad some grey hairs here and there.

[rabbidrabbit]

Skuzzy is actually 26.  It's moderating this board that makes him look that old.

[slimm50]

Originally posted by rabbidrabbit
Skuzzy is actually 26.  It's moderating this board that makes him look that old.

 That's exactly what I was thinkin, along with prolly most everyone else readin this thread.

[rabbidrabbit]

customer support is a lot like herding cats with Irritable Bowel Syndrom.

[Flossy]

Originally posted by rabbidrabbit
Skuzzy is actually 26.  It's moderating this board that makes him look that old.

LOL!  I believe Skuzzy is actually the same age as me - 50, rapidly approaching 51!     I am looking forward to meeting him and many others at the Con this weekend.  Although this is only my second US Con, I have been enjoying meeting people at UK Cons (AH and AW previously) since my first AW Con in 1998.

During the last year or so, my husband became friendly with a lady he met online and a friendship has since developed between her and her husband, and us.  They invited us to go and stay with them for a weekend about a year ago and we got on so well that we regularly visit them several times a year now.  Yes, internet friendships can work.