Have you met anybody in Real Life from MPQ?

The rockett
The rockett Posts: 2,016 Chairperson of the Boards
edited July 2017 in MPQ General Discussion
A few weeks ago, their was a thread about "outside communication".  I do not want to go down that road again, but I think some people don't understand how much "outside communication" has driven this game into a community game.  Please vote below.

Have you met anybody in Real Life from MPQ? 57 votes

I would never meet any of you crazy people.
40% 23 votes
I met up with somebody from the forums-How many differnet people?
3% 2 votes
I met up with somebody from LINE-How many differnet people?
19% 11 votes
I met up with somebody from Facebook MPQ chats-How many differnet people?
1% 1 vote
I met up with somebody from Discord-How many differnet people?
0% 0 votes
Other
35% 20 votes
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  • The rockett
    The rockett Posts: 2,016 Chairperson of the Boards
    I have met up with an ally mate 2 different times for lunch when he was in the area. 
  • Moon Roach
    Moon Roach Posts: 2,863 Chairperson of the Boards

    Maybe.  It's not like we're all wearing badges or t-shirts or have some other distinguishing feature

  • broll
    broll Posts: 4,732 Chairperson of the Boards
    My brother recommended this game to me and at that time several of his friends were playing too.  I also invited a friend to play, but he didn't last long.  It's down to just me and my brother now.  

    I haven't met anyone who played that I didn't know before I played.
  • ZeroKarma
    ZeroKarma Posts: 513 Critical Contributor
    I have met two people during my travels. One in the US, and one in Singapore. Many of the members of my alliance are Facebook friends, and we talk about quite a bit more than just MPQ. If I know that there will be an ally mate in a city that I'm traveling to, I'll reach out. 

    Never forget, Cleo. LOL


  • Daiches
    Daiches Posts: 1,252 Chairperson of the Boards
    I haven't met anyone from the game, mostly because my country is thinly populated with mpq players.
  • Wobby
    Wobby Posts: 286 Mover and Shaker
    Had real life friends who have been in my alliances. 
    Enough of my alliance seems to travel (myself included) that likely we could do that. But -- that's less time for mpq then. 
  • ZeiramMR
    ZeiramMR Posts: 1,357 Chairperson of the Boards
    I met Lakestone, Cthulhu, and Hi-Fi at GenCon last year and know the people in an earlier alliance I formed, but that's a little out of scope for the poll's intent.
  • mpqr7
    mpqr7 Posts: 2,642 Chairperson of the Boards
    I love the game and all of y'all, but generally when I meet people IRL from forums, we don't have that much in common, other than a shared love of that one specific thing.
  • Beer40
    Beer40 Posts: 826 Critical Contributor
    I voted "other". I sat beside the guy who introduced me to the game at work. So I've known him longer than I've known about the game by about 1 year. After playing awhile, and finding one of my best friends and his brother played (by chance, thru Facebook) I was up to meeting 3 people, in the loosest sense of the term. I've known that friend nearly 11 years and met his brother about 8 years ago, although I don't know him well. If I've met anyone else I had no idea that I did so. Also, I'm not sure I'd want to randomly meet up with a stranger that I don't know, with the common denominator being we share the interest of a mobile game.
  • animaniactoo
    animaniactoo Posts: 486 Mover and Shaker
    I have made friends through games before and could see meeting up with someone or a group of people under some circumstances.

    But, I am extremely cautious about meeting up with anyone when it means them having access to my full real name, not just my first name or a username. Which I know sounds paranoid, but there's a lot of reason for paranoia when you are literally the only person in the entire country with your first and last name combined and all too searchable with the power of the internets.
  • amarrero
    amarrero Posts: 44 Just Dropped In
    I met an alliance mate last year.  Dude has a damn good Italian restaurant in PA.  Almost met another one on a west coast trip but he came down with the flu while I was there.  Or so he said...  :p
  • nwman
    nwman Posts: 331 Mover and Shaker
    edited July 2017
    I met up with 3 other guys from my alliance last year, met up with one of those same guys again a couple months ago, and am going to a ballgame with the other 2 guys in a couple weeks. 
  • animaniactoo
    animaniactoo Posts: 486 Mover and Shaker
    OJSP said:
    animaniactoo said:
    But, I am extremely cautious about meeting up with anyone when it means them having access to my full real name, not just my first name or a username. Which I know sounds paranoid, but there's a lot of reason for paranoia when you are literally the only person in the entire country with your first and last name combined and all too searchable with the power of the internets.
    I know what you mean. I think I am the only one with my name in the world..
    Likely true for me as well. But I can only claim the country with any surety. lol.
  • alphabeta
    alphabeta Posts: 469 Mover and Shaker
    Not yet but am heading state side in  September so may meet a few from my alliance then
  • Rhycar
    Rhycar Posts: 107 Tile Toppler
    Yes, one of my alliance buddies was passing through my city, so we had lunch together. Amazingly, our phones stayed in our pockets...
  • Milk Jugz
    Milk Jugz Posts: 1,122 Chairperson of the Boards
    A few of my alliance mates live close to me (within 10 hour drive) but I've not met them. Though, if I'm ever traveling their way or they mine I'm open to meeting for lunch or something. Even if we just share the one interest, I like meeting new people
  • Spidurman27
    Spidurman27 Posts: 184 Tile Toppler
    I'd happily meet many people from my alliance family, just hasn't happened yet.  Suspect it will at some point. 

    Have met people from other online gaming and was a great experience.  
  • mpqr7
    mpqr7 Posts: 2,642 Chairperson of the Boards
    OJSP said:
    animaniactoo said:
    But, I am extremely cautious about meeting up with anyone when it means them having access to my full real name, not just my first name or a username. Which I know sounds paranoid, but there's a lot of reason for paranoia when you are literally the only person in the entire country with your first and last name combined and all too searchable with the power of the internets.
    I know what you mean. I think I am the only one with my name in the world..
    I actually know a lot of people named OJSP...  ;)
  • DarthDeVo
    DarthDeVo Posts: 2,178 Chairperson of the Boards
    animaniactoo said:
    OJSP said:
    animaniactoo said:
    But, I am extremely cautious about meeting up with anyone when it means them having access to my full real name, not just my first name or a username. Which I know sounds paranoid, but there's a lot of reason for paranoia when you are literally the only person in the entire country with your first and last name combined and all too searchable with the power of the internets.
    I know what you mean. I think I am the only one with my name in the world..
    Likely true for me as well. But I can only claim the country with any surety. lol.
    I know for a fact I'm not. Back when "Googling yourself" was a brand new experience, I gave it a shot. Sure enough, some of the results actually pertained to me, but quite a few were also dealing with a guy by the same name out in California arrested for kiddie porn or something like that. Thankfully, I was never confused for him...
  • Peej13
    Peej13 Posts: 165 Tile Toppler
    nwman said:
    I met up with 3 other guys from my alliance last year, met up with one of those same guys again a couple months ago, and am going to a ballgame with the other 2 guys in a couple weeks. 
    Don't forget the part where you guys made out.

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