Re: Connecting with other roleplayers offsite
In one of the games I'm in, one of the (former) players created a Facebook group and invited anyone in the game to join it (via the game's OOC thread). There were about five of us that joined...
Then life got busy for her, and nothing much was done with that group...then she stopped doing much of anything on Facebook, and then on RPOL...so I think the group still exists on FB, but it's been idle for years.
But it has been done, yes...people have made contact with other gamers via non-RPOL means. GM of the aforementioned game has carried on extensive email conversations and even some phone conversations with a few of the players.
Basically, I'd say it's up to you...there is no policy against asking RPOL friends for other contact information, to the best of my knowledge. If you want to meet them, it's certainly possible to make it happen.