I remember when i finally eyeballed with some of the DotA forum people i knew back in the day, the moment we all exchanged contact details, we started to communicate through text as if we were friends who met normally. WURDLIFE
Its funny really. I mean, we all have our personal phones to use for IRL stuff, and i mean, some people have made fellow forum users their like RL friends (as if they were part of their IRL circle) so i don't see anything wrong.
then again, I'm in SEA and to my knowledge, PC is based on NA. Obviously long distance doesn't work out in my regard ;)