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webhost recommendations? I have been usng hostapa for the last 2 years, but they seems to be stiffing me on the price now. Anyone got any other recommendations I use it mainly for uploading images/gifs and avi.	2 Last	ZacD Jan 2011
Rolling Spells game(shameless plug:D) Hey there! I know that polycounters are usually hardcore players, but i want to show you some cute casual game with really interesting gameplay and great graphics. Game has been done by my friend and…	2 Last	conte Jan 2011
Futurepoly Online Course First one! Doppeeeeeeee. COPYPASTE from site. This is an eight-week online class meeting once a week. Each session will alternate between eight master instructors and feature a unique lecture and p…	4 Last	PatrickL Jan 2011
So How Long can you Borrow something Before It Becomes Yours? So If you have a Book that you Borrowed from Sombody, and They Move away do you ever have to Give it back? So I have this friend let's call him ObOb The Dolphin. He borrowed this book from another Bu…	42 Last	XenoKratios Jan 2011
portfolio dilema hey everyone, im encountering a big disaster when coming to deciding what to do for a portfolio demo reel. currently i am required to create a demo reel consisting of 6-8 props. these props can be …	14 Last	Kwramm Jan 2011
Mouse pads Could anyone here recommend a good cloth mouse pad that's no more then 12x10 inch? The one I've been using for the last few years is starting to get sort of worn out, but I'm not having much luck fin…	17 Last	Marine Jan 2011
Prince, the musician, PC game from the 90s? So, I'm told that one of my friend's favorite games, growing up, was a Prince video game. Apparently it was a PC title around in the 90s. From the way she describes it, it sounds like a point and cli…	5 Last	Geezus Jan 2011
what are you playing? I'm sure we all have a game or two that we're rockin out on lately, so what's everyones game of choice these days? Currently I'm playing Scott Pilgrim VS The World. It is awesome. Came out today. …	100 Last	Frump Jan 2011
Music Video Help needed I want to make a music video that uses green screen keyed out people in a 3D urban setting. I would appreciate any thoughts on what would be the best way of doing this. I am currently making videos l…	0 Last	lingus Jan 2011
Anyone else been VAC Banned before? I logged onto steam today and found my account banned from multiplayer for a cheating infraction. I know for a fact that I've never cheated in an online game. my system is clean and I haven't given…	3 Last	piippo Jan 2011
Polycount Collaboration Project: Hail or Fail? It just seems that it's done for... The [URL="http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Unofficial-Polycount-Collaboration-Project-2010/147633351932136?ref=ts"]last one[/URL] had some people working on it, …	21 Last	00Zero Jan 2011
MSc Dissertation- Survey Hey guys, Thought I'd ask for help towards my MSc Dissertation if you guys could spare a few minutes of your time. My dissertation is entitled "An Investigation into the Impact of Subjective Time P…	1 Last	senor-cojones Jan 2011
Freelance Resources? I'm looking at jumping into the shallow of the freelance pool for part-time work and bolstering finances. It's amazing how much a 7 year old and 5 month old boy eat! Anyways, anyone have any links o…	1 Last	crazyfool Jan 2011
the cave that descends into hell ...or the cave of forgotten dreams(which sounds like an MMO instance). "There's a cave in France where no humans have been in 26,000 years. The walls are full of fantastic, perfectly-preserved pain…	6 Last	vcortis Jan 2011
How long did it take for you to become profecient Hey, I was wondering how long has it taken you to reach a point where you feel really proficient in creating game environments. Included are learning modeling (high, low), sculpting, and a game engi…	10 Last	low odor Jan 2011
Moving to Austin - Roommates? Howdy! I just got hired at Vigil Games in Austin Texas on the character team and I need to move down there sometime before December 4th or so (starting the 6th). Time is very tight, so some urgency …	8 Last	ScoobyDoofus Jan 2011
Need help with broken ff7 disc. Most of you have played this game or not i don't care, anyway as you might recall it has 3 Discs for the playstation 1 right? Well this is bad for me cause my little sister stomped on it cracking a c…	7 Last	PolyHertz Jan 2011
Website Front Page I'm going to start a thread on my website that I'm building for myself. Not much to it yet. In this update, it will only be a .jpeg of the front page. C&C [IMG]http://i415.photobucket.com/albums/pp…	34 Last	Nemlet17 Jan 2011
Where do you find Jobs? I've always thought how people found these jobs when I was in school. I am sorry if its a repeat thread too... I wanted to post in here some of the more popular resources I've used for freelance and…	26 Last	Junkie_XL Jan 2011
IGC 2011 Finalists Hey guys, just found out that Symon, the game I worked on, has made it as a finalist! [url]http://www.indiegamechallenge.com/finalists/#[/url] edit:[url]http://gambit.mit.edu/loadgame/summe...symon…	4 Last	crasong Jan 2011
Video Games live seattle Anyone going this weekend? Me and Vig (Mark dygert) Will be there. If any of you other bums are going give a shout! :D	4 Last	Mark Dygert Jan 2011
Face Off A new reality series on SyFy Channel. Starts next wednesday, january 26th. [url]http://video.syfy.com/shows/face_off[/url] It's basically similar to the Food Network Challenge series, but for aspi…	4 Last	Em. Jan 2011
Another Studio gone..... Propaganda Games No official press release yet... but through the chain has come this info. Propaganda games closed today. :( I wish everyone who was involved a fast rebound from this. Sorry guys. :(	27 Last	skylebones Jan 2011
Woohoo, job! I'll be starting my first on-site job as a Contract Environment artist at Splash Damage on the 24th! :) Really looking forward to it and also very nervous! Thank you polycount for helping me to beco…	85 Last	JFletcher Jan 2011
Preview blend material in viewport? Anyone? Tired of test rendering :P	3 Last	KristianT Jan 2011
MASTER Laptop Thread Seriously guys. Why start new ones every time and get into the same arguments had before? Or good information being lost? We have one MASTER thread. This is a placeholder thread for such. Hopefu…	10 Last	JohnnyRaptor Jan 2011
New Laptop Oh hai babes, I was thinking of getting a new laptop since mine is old as a motherfucker. But there are so many brands and shit.. I just want a cool one for 3d, with a cool screen. I only find lap…	18 Last	XenoKratios Jan 2011
Is anyone here running an ATI/AMD gamer card? Any not having any trouble with 3ds max or other 3d apps(viewport and all)? Since I am thinking about switching due to the whole nvidia 4xx series issue... Thanks!	30 Last	XenoKratios Jan 2011
Activision closes the doors on Bizarre Creations. Major bummer today to our fellow brethren as Activision shuts down Bizarre Creation. [URL]http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/32519/Activision_Moves_To_Close_Bizarre_Creations.php[/URL] They did the…	17 Last	JDinges Jan 2011
Sculpting on a cintiq 12 I am looking for anyone who has experience sculpting on a cintiq, could you tell me if it feels better then using a intuos? Is it worth the 1k? Thanks.	12 Last	DrunkShaman Jan 2011
The Flat Tire Diagnosis My dad sent this to me in an email. Our family has had a rough history with dealing with all the BS of our medical system (my mother has MS, and so we've seen plenty of junk medical science in our da…	20 Last	Mask_Salesman Jan 2011
Vindictus - action mmo Played this today at lunch and it was pretty fun, heavily instanced so maybe I should call it a MORPG, sort of like Guild Wars but with a console action feel to it. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch…	51 Last	XenoKratios Jan 2011
OBSTAKILL- UDK 3D SIDESCROLLER!! [CENTER]Hello Everyone, [/CENTER] [CENTER][FONT=System][SIZE=2]My Team is ready to come out of the closet with our game OBSTAKILL [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=System][SIZE=2] we are really excited to get …	15 Last	JamesPittman Jan 2011
Capcom Mobile copies 'Splosion Man... poorly A level from Twisted Pixel's [I]'Splosion Man:[/I] (2009) [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06Sz_HQIpt0[/ame] A level from Capcom Mobile's [I]MaXplosion:[/I] (2011) [ame]http://www.youtube.com/wat…	63 Last	greevar Jan 2011
Cintiq 12wx Protective cover suggestions? Anyone got any suggestions I've scratched my screen on the 12wx due to my point catching an edge on the stylus nub while drawing. The scratch isnt too bad but distracting enough when I come across it…	4 Last	Rwolf Jan 2011
video card help/nvidia 400 series issues? Hey guys My 8800gts finally blew out today :( I'm looking to get a new video card fast, for about $200. I'm looking at this nvidia gtx 460 1gb right now for $190 [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/P…	55 Last	metalliandy Jan 2011
Books and resources Just wondering if anyone has ran across and would recommend some decent books or resources on dynamic drawing, concept figure drawing, things based around that sort of thing. Anything based around c…	3 Last	ShadowFox Jan 2011
Moving to LA! Okay so before I get into the LA side of the story. I would like to tell you about what just happened to me. It is sort of a horror story with college admissions. So I applied to 2 schools about 2…	50 Last	Talbot Jan 2011
Forum mods - post editting time limit? Heya forum mods, I did a quick search and didn't come across anything in particular on this. What's the forum's time limit set at for allowing the editting of posts, and is this time limit reset afte…	6 Last	flaagan Jan 2011
Closed Dominance War V Begins February 28th Freds posted up some Dominance War News :) [URL="http://www.dominancewar.com/2010/en/article_7.php"][IMG]http://tomparkersartdump.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/dwv_banner.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL]http://…	353 Last	adam Jan 2011
Crappy Christmas for games... Now that we're starting to get some numbers from the holiday season where do you think the year is going? [URL]http://blogs.forbes.com/ericsavitz/2011/01/13/for-video-games-a-christmas-bust/[/URL] …	15 Last	PolyHertz Jan 2011
cheap/free web hosting? i have used a number of places over the years and every time the year i paid is up the rate sky rockets. Where is a good cheap place to host my site? Just finished a run with justhost and before that…	7 Last	Thegodzero Jan 2011
Want to start my own blog Hi guys, happy new year everyone :D So i decided to start my own blog, and don't actually know wich site is better for 3d artists. I know PC is a great community, and i can show my works here..., but…	16 Last	Sauron Jan 2011
Polycount Virus threat alert Its probably nothing but... I get a Virus alert when I visit this thread in P&P. Just thought i'd mention it. Thread: [url]http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=80140[/url] [URL=http://im…	21 Last	JostVice Jan 2011
Schools... I still have a long way to go before I plan to start going to school again. I am planning on doing digital media; however, the rout I wish to go is quick w/ minimal math and and language courses, pre…	13 Last	Mark Dygert Jan 2011
Comiccon Challenge Winners Announced [url]http://www.comiconchallenge.com/2010/finals_champions.php[/url] A good selection of winners and representation from the Polycount crew. Congrats to all you guys.	28 Last	Klumpmeister Jan 2011
Back yer ish up - 1TB HDD for $60. Check out the deal: [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-N82E16822152185-_-na-_-na&PID=3891137&AID=10521304&SID=194r0"]::…	6 Last	Rwolf Jan 2011
Project Offset is dead Destructoid is reporting it's official-- Project Offset is dead. [url]http://www.destructoid.com/act-surprised-project-offset-isn-t-going-to-happen-178010.phtml[/url] Although I never really believ…	36 Last	RexM Jan 2011
The trashmaster(GTAIV) Feature-length film, The Trashmaster, made entirely in Grand Theft Auto IV [url]http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/11/feature-length-film-the-trashmaster-made-entirely-in-grand-the/[/url] [url]http://…	2 Last	ebagg Jan 2011
Overblood Super Replay The guys at Game Informer came up with a video of them replaying one of the most awesomely bad games ever. Even though everything in this game is bad game design its hilarity and some interesting c…	23 Last	Klumpmeister Jan 2011