I don't know if we'd get along
Real life != Internet.
It's pretty unusual for me to meet someone and just out and out -not- get on with them, including people i didn't particularly get on with on the internet/would argue like cat and dog with (Panajev, Fafalada etc)
This was the same with the whole Ichirou thing - i was offering to meet up but for some reason it became something weird along the way. Again, i'm pretty sure we'd have got on, but alas he was well on the way to leaving the Bore by that point.
And anyways - those i don't get on with in real life read like a Who's Who in the "Trying too hard for the Crown of "biggest bullshit wanker alive"" - i have a natural built in aversion to bullshit and liars, i can't flick the switch that lets me just enjoy streams of invented self serving bullshit for the nonsense that it is. But hey, i'm happy to slice away dead weight.
i will say this - dcharlie was a fucking hero on that trip
the pleasure was all mine

Once my life straightens itself back out i'm looking forward to meeting up with everyone again. 2013 ! It will be my return to normal.
re: BGassassin, ShockingA and a few others - it's really really odd - i can't tell what the deal is: it's like they maybe have a couple of contacts who know a thing or so, but seems more it's informed speculation of a possitive variety. With every post showing the Wii U was going to be some sort of beast, fans bought into it more and the group just got their reputation elevated to the point that they seemingly became insiders. As mentioned before - there's more than a few people lurking on GAF who have not only first hand -to the metal- coding experience with the Wii U, they've actually completed projects on the machine. And yeah - some of the quotes and assertions coming out of the threads/this group have been laughed at. To be honest, the only one that really made me gasp was (i think) Shocking's inside tidbit from a Nintendo Board Meeting on 3rd Party Strategy. Yup... no fucking chance anyone gets that information. Unless you are in the room disguised as a fucking table.