i wish i joined these forums earlier, when people were getting to know everyone, now everything is taken as a joke (?) butits still pretty fun
I think you can still do that if you want. Join the tri-annual Univision or Videovision contests, take initiative or join some Synchtube event, play online games with the community, join the project to make Universalis, make a forum game, revive an old one like e.g.
3D city game (and for the love of seb, not Map War 2) or chat on irc. Most people on here are from USA so you should have perfect chance of getting to know them.