I was there, too! 3 of my rl friends and I, all on Lakshmi, went together. Anaxagoras, Algorgalor, Aminsaiyor, and Kaylynn. We did run into a few people from Lakshmi, though I'm sorry to say I can't remember all of them (too many memories to try to hold em all). Most notable was our awesome live quest pt member, Giuoco, whom I had never met in-game, but is a really awesome guy! Live quest wouldn't have been as cool without him on the team. He's a lesser known personality, on the server, since he's a whm in the 30s, whereas most people at the event were chatting it up about HNM ls, etc etc. Nothing but props to Giuoco!
Speaking of HNM shells, you might notice WSz listed below in my info. I guess WSz and SnD haven't always seen eye to eye, in-game, but we ran into a couple guys from SnD (I can only remember Sonnus), who were also really cool, and we chatted a little bit. It was cool that the standard ls drama didn't carry over at FF, at all. Good job to the SnD guys for beating the lvl 3 hero BCNM!
Near the end, we met and shook hands with Drxcrist and Yokuku, of the Leprechaun ls (if I'm not mistaken), which a few of my rl friends were once in. Also cool guys, I saw Drx's mithra pic on the internet somewhere, looks good!
There were some others, and I can't remember any names, sorry. But, that paper on the table that said "Lakshmi" that a bunch of people signed? At the very end, I snatched it up so it wouldn't just get thrown away! Most people probably don't care, but I'm gonna scan it and post the link on here, so you guys and girls who where there can get a copy, if you want. It's just a cool piece of FFXI memorabilia, from the day that people around Lakshmi hooked up, even if just to shake hands.
Hey, once we get our moogle rods, and other stuff, we should meet up to show them off in a group! It would be cool to use them on each-other, the first time, and make the server a little jealous!