   Let me introduce myself....
  I think this forum might be for this GD Gathering group, SoBay, if not oh well.  I would gladly program independent video games till I'm rotting in my grave, because I do not want a boss over my artistic direction.  So, anyways, I tried joining the NorBay group, it's been a few weeks and they haven't joined me to the group.  So I'm a bit upset, my thoughts are that the forums are alot like the makeup of the local community and this group might consist of industry people who have no interest in consorting with the independents.  I attended one San Diego IGDA meeting which is a much smaller group than the SF IGDA, down south I felt like a stranger in a group of old friends and up here the group is so big I feel like another face lost in the crowd.What I like to do is gather ideas for drawings and concepts, some just to get me through my current hurdles, some to add to my growing list of things to explore, and others just to entertain me for a bit.  So yeah I'm a thought leech, oh well...I'd appreciate any ettiquite suggestions or how others deal with these social situations.   