   DirectX User Groups
  I am wondering if there are any DirectX User Groups, like there are for other areas of programming.  That is, a group of people that get together in a real place (not internet forum) to talk about DirectX/game programming.  I've tried 'googling' for some with no success, but maybe some people here are actually involved in one.[edited by - Scint on February 17, 2004 4:15:44 PM]
  Check out this  thread A few weeks ago, a couple of us formed a group called the GameDev DirectX Online Discussion group.  Basically, we meet every Wednesday and Thursday on the IRC chat network afternet in the #dxclass channel.  We usually talk about a multitude of things, ranging from beginner-level to advanced.  Hope to see you there  Dustin Franklin   Mircrosoft DirectX MVP ;  You might also want to check out the MSDN newsgroups.http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/topic.aspx?url=/msdn-files/028/201/114/topic.xmlThe people who frequent these newsgroups seem fairly knowledgable and I have always had prompt replies to my posts.Mark Coleman   [edited by - mrmrcoleman on February 17, 2004 7:18:47 PM]