In a hobby such as this where you are constant collaborating and bouncing ideas off one another, you are bound to form bonds like you do when you are at work, or go to hobby clubs etc. And just like those activities, some bond become stronger than others. I think with the advent of discord and the fact that RPs are alot more connected than the old days of mailing lists and only OOC threads for communication, forming those bonds has been alot easier. 

I am quite lucky in one regard, RPG is my kind of fortress where I can retreat from. Without cracking out the violin, alot of people in my RL life have taken advantage of me, and as a result I have moved to a place where there is few people around. While I enjoy this, I still at time pine for some sort of friendship. So I get this from the Guild. I m lucky that alot of people here seem to at the very least tolerate my presence and some even enjoy it.

It was this site that introduced me to one of my best friends who I won't embarrass by tagging into the post. But suffice to say, this site has saved me a couple of times.