But until recently the kids had never met.
The Winchester gamers finally met their online friend when Trey Thompson, 15, flew nearly 700 miles from Alabama to Winchester to meet 10 new friends. Trey said the meeting, which took place a little more than a week ago, was a âsurrealâ experience since heâs been wanting to visit Winchester for the past two years.
âItâs just really been kind of like a dream of mine to come up there and meet them,â he said.
Once they met in person, the boys (and one girl) wore face masks due to COVID-19 precautions with no more than eight people gathering indoors at a time. During Treyâs visit, the group walked and drove around Winchester and played video games at several of their homes.