I don't know about this. If I add a bunch of people I don't know, how is that different from a random match? At least with a random match, it's ranked. Maybe some of you are more familiar with each other, but if you were really that familiar, wouldn't you have already exchanged Wii codes (MSC codes can be sent via the Wii message feature)?
Then again...I could have just ignored the thread instead of posting this...but what's the fun in that? :) Maybe I'll post my code tomorrow.
My End of 2008 Hardware Predictions (console only):
Wii : 50 million
360: 28 million
PS3: 24 million
These predictions were made on January 3rd and won't be revised