I suppose in a general sense, it's not really anything new, but I also can't recall seeing something like this before:
http://www.enworld.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?49-Gamers-Seeking-Gamers
Not sure what to think.
Necro-ing a month old thread: I do see that sort of thing a fair bit, though I've never put my name down. What strikes you as so weird about it?
I don't know about weird.
Just unexpected.
It may be common, and I've just not seen the like before.
Well, it's not like we're particularly social animals :P
It is ever hard to identify possible groups.
Heheh.
I don't think I'd want to play a game in person with people I've never met. It'd just be . . . weird. I dunno.
I've actually signed up for one of those types of meetups recently...sorta. It was for board games, not tabletop roleplaying, but same idea in general, and the site I signed up on does actually have a meetup for tabletop roleplaying too, I just don't wanna drive out for D&D4e, which is the current game that meetup is doing.
It's pretty fun to meet new people, although there's a bit of awkwardness in the start since you don't know anyone and unless a game is about to start up, to get involved. Once you get past that though, it's fun, since gaming is just such a good way to enjoy other people's company.