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I've become really good friends with a bunch of people I met through a web community I'm on. We're all sort of scattered across the world so we would communicate through this forum. 

The company that the forum is on has an anniversary celebration every year since like 2007. So most of us have ended up meeting at this anniversary celebration. The first time I went was actually through funds raised by other users, and the money paid not only for myself but other users. Then the same people I met through the forums helped me again when I was unemployed and couldn't afford to go one year.

 It's pretty cool because I basically met two of my best friends through the website, and gained a lot of other great friendships through the community. 

Anyway, I was wondering if you have any cool experiences about an internet friendship (or relationship?) that turned out really awesome after you met in real life?
<bot>: I met some cool people from a forum, the forum had an event and we met because they raised money for me to go, it was awesome. Do you have any cool internet friendship stories?