Well it didn't turn out that way. {grin}
In attendance was:
6 of whom were already on my frends list and I know from RealLife.
None of the folks I didn't know showed up, or at least they didn't find our group.
We had a good meal, great service and better conversation. Gaming, tech geeking, fannish stuff and plot holes in Star Trek movies.
After dinner the group broke up, but
After burning through our "chips" we cashed in our tickets (some games you win tickets, based on how well you did) for points and headed home.