Meeting Gaming Friends in Real Life?

Whoa, reading your comments makes me feel lucky xD I know only Italian web people and met them a few times (two maybe) at the comics festivals, or how you call those events. I met my two best friends too online, and one of them lives now near my city. I'm very happy about it, because now we can spend more time together. We met 3-4 years ago, and we promised each other that one day we will live together :3