AH.com is unusual among internet communities because several of its members have met in real life, and so far no-one has been murdered and had their organs harvested.

Much like Psychomeltdown‘s definition of the Writer Chimps, the definition has been adjusted repeatedly to keep excluding the Americans. However, the general definition is that it is a ‘true’ AH.com meetup if three or more AH.commers meet, and they didn’t already know each other in person before that.

On July 29th, 2006, seven AH.commers met beneath the aforementioned Dreaming Spires of Oxford. These were Satyrane, Thande, Kit, MrP, Flocculencio, Ramp-Rat and MerryPrankster. The meetup involved several locations, including a Genuine Fake Irish Pub and a pool table. It was also noted for Merry making a very amusing joke about radical_neutural and French Connection, and Thande first bringing along his Giant Union Jack, which he went on to bring to subsequent meetups.

In the summer of 2007, Leo Caesius and Abdul Hadi Pasha managed to set-up two separate meet-ups with Doctor What, Kit , Grimm Reaper, Ian and edvader showing up at one or the other.

A year later, Thande proved this theory once more when he met Ofaloaf, sunsurf and RCTFI in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

On the 15th of February 2008, four AH.commers met up at Grey Wolf's den in Wales. Present were Grey Wolf, Sargon, MrP and Khib_yusa with Sargon having not met MrP and Khib-yusa in person before. Gifts were exchanged in the form of a 12 year aged bottle of whisky from Sargon to MrP & Khib-yusa, with MrP and Khib passing on bottles of whisky to Grey Wolf and Sargon. MrP being very assiduously observing Lent, stated that he was looking forward to appreciating the whisky come Easter-time.

Seeing as Sargon had not met MrP and Khib before, and what with there being more than three people present, it was considered a true AH.com meetup. Topics of discussion revolved around AH.com, gossip about board members, and general nattering about weird experiences, battleships, model-making and unicorns. Sargon also took the opportunity to pass on Sealion to MrP, along with a small white Seal called Snowy as a new travelling companion for the little fellow, and a map he’d made showing Sealion’s travels thus far. After a couple of hours of enjoyable conservation in which all got on very well indeed, MrP and Khib-yusa continued their journey on to Lampeter, whilst Sargon and Grey Wolf went off down the local pub for a few drinks and followed it up with a trip to the local pizza and kebab house in the late evening. Sargon stayed overnight with the Wolf until the following day, when he left on a complicated journey that first took him back to Sheffield and thence off to London on the 17th to meet another long time friend.

After discovering that no fewer than five AH.commers lived in Ottawa (and a little prodding when it was pointed out how absurd it was that they hadn’t managed to meet yet), Doctor What, Dan1988, Dreadnought Jenkins, and Zyzzyva got together at Parliament hill in October 2008.

Doctor What met fortyseven while on a trip to Montreal for a wedding in the autumn of 2006. Straha‘s recent banning was one topic of discussion.

Thande met with Doctor What in the Great Wastes of Canada (Jasper, Alberta) while both happened to be taking trains across the country, in August 2007. In order so that he would not be missed, the Blame Magnet brought a sizeable Union Flag with him so the Whatster would be able to easily identify him in the middle of nowhere.

Chronos and Sargon found out in February 2008 that they are members of the same history group in Sheffield without even knowing they both participate on AH.com! This is hardly surprising as their paths have never crossed in any discussion threads. They only found out after Sargon recommended some Byzantine and Persian History threads on AH.com and they were subsequently astounded yet pleasantly surprised to find both were posters here. They consequently spent most of the rest of the class gossiping about all the people they know on the Board.

Sargon met Abdul Hadi Pasha in quite possibly the coolest location on earth and an entirely appropriate place for these AH and Naval fanatics: the former capital of the Roman/Byzantine & Ottoman Empires, Istanbul. AH.commers know it better as Constantinople. A great time was had visiting various places and taking Sealion pics whilst both chuckled evilly about having probably the most perfect location to do them in. Funnily enough, Sargon took a sizeable Yorkshire Flag with him, so that the Pasha could identify him easily. He got the idea from Thande. It worked, although it was just possible Sargon saw Pasha first when he was walking by the hotel window to meet our lad from Yorkshire. Sargon thought the Pasha was pretty handsome and his sense of humour was even more awesome than on the board and more subtle than his oft smiley absent posts. As for the flag, sadly, he didn’t manage to plant it on top of Hagia Sophia to claim the place for Yorkshire. It was rather high and windy and he didn’t fancy getting blown into the Bosporus.

Grey Wolf has met and stayed in Sheffield at Sargon’s REAL Stronghold (as opposed to his online forums one) at least twice. The first time he almost froze because of heating problems, but luckily it had been fixed for subsequent visits, which goes to show how much he likes it there. On one visit, Grey Wolf managed to drink over 20 bottles of alcohol in 3 days that the Acting President had stockpiled for a good booze-up, which was fine as he didn’t wish to risk drinking because his stomach was dodgy at the time after catching some cold virus in Turkey the week before. The Pasha understandably denied any responsibility for that mishap and didn’t Blame Thande, but Sargon’s iffy constitution.

Grey Wolf, Sargon, MrP and Sargon’s partner met up in the autumn at Grey Wolf’s place. Fun was had at the Owain Glyndŵr festival, the pub, and the Scotch flowed freely back at the Wolf’s pad along with some Doctor Who viewing which was very much appreciated by all.

Leo Caesius and Abdul Hadi Pasha both live in New York City and have met independently many times, including with The Bald Imposter.

The Bald Imposter stayed with Matt at his apartment in Washington D.C.

MrP launched a road trip in June 2008 and has so far visited Thande, Kit and Sargon.

Alayta and Susano met while exchanging Sealion on October 25th 2008. This won the record for ‘shortest meetup ever’ due to German efficiency, lasting two minutes - but it did include a photo so that’s all right.

The question has been raised of who has met the most other AH.commers. For a while Kit held this title, but he has recently been surpassed by Doctor What, who is the only AH.commers to have met more than 10 other AH.commers.