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Hearty Greetings To All From A New Member !!! Hello friends, Greetings one and all!:poly136: This is Chris. A search on PC games Forum brings me here. I'm an avid gamer and have been spending too long playing video games for most of my life! I …	0 Last	Chrispcgames Dec 2010
"Lucasfilm settles antitrust case over wage suppression of top animators" My mom just emailed me this article; and I thought you guys would find it interesting too. [url]http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2010/1221/Lucasfilm-settles-antitrust-case-over-wage-suppression…	4 Last	r_fletch_r Dec 2010
ShiVa 3D - 50% off sale! I just thought I'd let all you shoestring budget indie developers out there know that ShiVa 3D is currently 50% off! There seem to be a limited number of licenses available at that price though. Th…	0 Last	Ben Apuna Dec 2010
Software key "locker" Is there a site/tool that you can use to store your software purchase keys and info? Autodesk, Newtek and Adobe are good as they all have customer logins and store the keys, just all the other small …	4 Last	Yozora Dec 2010
What games are you currently looking forward to? Let's bring games back into polycount yo! Not enough game discussions lately so let's have a super nerdy hype hype-thread and discuss some games yo! Lucky for me I'm only really looking forward to ga…	48 Last	Malus Dec 2010
Super Meat Boy Super Meat Boy is out for PC now (on steam)! I decided to buy it because it looked so awesome and it was pretty cheap ;). [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POYXzcnDiPg[/ame] So what do you think?…	18 Last	Bal Dec 2010
Treat yourself this christmas and give to charity :) I thought the whole of Polycount should know about this little charitable event. [url]http://www.humblebundle.com/[/url] Basically, give whatever you want to the choice of 2 charities (or both), an…	3 Last	SteveyConlan Dec 2010
Closed I love cats (but not as much as I love Polycount). HOW DO I DELETE THIS ACCOUNT ADAM DELETE THIS ACCOUNT NINJA ADMIN EDIT: Posting porn isn't going to get YOU banned*, Taylor Hood. And since you have no self control, you're now no longer able to po…	359 Last	Kwramm Dec 2010
Congrats to Philip "PhilipK" Klevestav I would like to congratulate Philip. Philip is going to be going us here at Blizzard Entertainment. He will be joining the environment team on the the NextGen MMO. We are looking forward to having yo…	64 Last	ScoobyDoofus Dec 2010
New Graphics Card - Assistance Required! Hey guys! Going to be upgrading my computer sometime this month, because my graphics card is basically a 70 year old pensioner trying to keep up with the young'uns. I'm struggling to run UDK in real…	22 Last	Rwolf Dec 2010
Stargate Universe cancelled [URL]http://www.bscreview.com/2010/12/stargate-universe-cancelled-by-syfy/[/URL] Honestly I didn't like Universe nearly as much as SG-1 (or Atlantis), but it was the only Stargate still being made :(	38 Last	Jeremy Lindstrom Dec 2010
Closed Screenshots of my neverwinter nights server	0 Last	Builder_Anthony Dec 2010
Using ref images (Still?) Greetings Polycounters; after a daily chores of [I]"personal studies,"[/I] I have come to a strange realization that many (or most) 3d artists just sketch out the character in different forms and ske…	9 Last	Ruz Dec 2010
Computer shipping Hey guys, So in another thread I mentioned that I'm going to be moving from Maine to Los Angeles. I'm going to need to ship my computer and I need suggestions. It looks like USPS has the cheapest …	19 Last	sprunghunt Dec 2010
Color Calibrators I need a color calibrator and all the reviews are inconclusive. Recommend me one! Using it on a glossy NEC 20WMGX2 AS-IPS panel LCD currently, possibly different monitors in the future.	2 Last	Firebert Dec 2010
Just out of curiosity, has anyone won anything from the steam treasure hunt? Please don't list which objectives you've done or need to do~ I've just never known of anyone who's won things like these before.	8 Last	sicsided Dec 2010
London - new years eve So some friends and me are visiting london for a couple of days from 29th to 2nd of january and we have no clue what to do on new years eve over there :poly122: so any tips? :D	8 Last	fearian Dec 2010
Yogi Bear Alternate Ending [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6w0r-ScEG4&[/ame] I already like it better. How did this guy get those character models?	7 Last	vofff Dec 2010
40% Christmas offer on Unfold3D Hi everybody, This time I would like to inform you about a Christmas special offer: Special offer ! Until Christmas day, get your own [b]Wizard Edition UNFOLD3D license for Euros 199.40 only[/b] ! …	1 Last	Thierry86 Dec 2010
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam now on pc News from Facebook battlefield: Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam is now live and available on the PC! Go go go! Anyone bought it yet? [url]http://www.facebook.com/battlefield[/url]	12 Last	XenoKratios Dec 2010
The Definitive College Answer [B]Bullshit alert[/B] - this was written by someone who doesn't actually know anything, at a time he probably shouldn't have written anything. The posts below are the most informative, but if you mu…	47 Last	RexM Dec 2010
Polycount meetup - TRON - (Seattle EMP IMAX) [IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2355669/tron_legacy.jpg[/IMG] Early? Yes. But tickets are [I]already [/I]selling out for the Dec 17th showing (first THREE shows, in fact). I wanted to check out the 9pm…	23 Last	Joshua Stubbles Dec 2010
30% off Frozen Synapse [QUOTE]If you want to pick up a Frozen Synapse pre-order this Christmas, it's 30% off until December 25th with coupon code JINGLE if you order direct from [url]http://www.frozensynapse.com/[/url] [/Q…	2 Last	Yozora Dec 2010
Going from Film to Game I've been working in film and tv for about 3 years in a few different studios and am thinking about switching over to games. My main issues with film is that its very much contract centric so you kin…	9 Last	ae. Dec 2010
on-live again [url]http://video.allthingsd.com/video/dive-tech-onlive-now-more-than-just-a-game/2D385273-C40C-41D7-B01D-39A6E3B50F9F/[/url] onlive seems promising I know you are better in 3d application than the …	1 Last	DrunkShaman Dec 2010
UDK COMING TO iOS this Thursday!!! [IMG]http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/12/infinitybladeudk.jpg[/IMG] [CENTER] [URL]http://kotaku.com/5713440/more-iphone-games-will-soon-look-this-good[/URL][/CENTER]	106 Last	hobodactyl Dec 2010
Requesting Support: Change the Equation Hey guys! Here at Vicarious Visions we made a video for Obama's '[URL="http://www.changetheequation.org/news/2010/12/06/latest-news/voting-begins-in-video-contest-to-feature-cool-jobs-in-math-scienc…	13 Last	bounchfx Dec 2010
Congrats to all the new TF2 gear that the community made! It is always great to see new stuff go up on TF2 but it feels even better knowing it came from the hard working people of polycount! Great job guys!	11 Last	Pierate Dec 2010
anyone know if there's an updated link... to Thnoms head resources site?	3 Last	Michael Knubben Dec 2010
Exit through the gift shop I just watched this documentary on netflix, it was pretty entertaining and really well done, definitely not a boring doc about an artist talking for 90 minutes, for anyone who wasn't seen it, don't r…	11 Last	Frump Dec 2010
Top Row suggestion Hey! I never cease to be impressed by the awesome artwork that comes along through here, and I find it a shame that only a few select few get chosen to be used as a header up there. Would it be pos…	19 Last	notman Dec 2010
Google for a Cause Surprised this hasn't been posted yet. It's a really simple thing that can help many people during this holiday season. I've already gotten 10 tabs. [url]http://www.google.com/chrome/intl/en/p/cause…	5 Last	sampson Dec 2010
titan [URL]http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2010-12-17-blizzard-vp-confirms-titan-project[/URL] not sure if this has been posted already but it might be of interest.	16 Last	seth. Dec 2010
Battlefield Bad Company 2 : Vietnam Anyone going to be picking this up (errr rather downloading it, since its DLC only)? Comes out tonight at 1am PST for those of us that pre-ordered it for PC. It's getting rave reviews so far. My sol…	0 Last	Striff Dec 2010
so... you thought u knew how to run? you don't know SHIT! [url]http://www.foddy.net/Athletics.html[/url]	20 Last	Em. Dec 2010
Max Magic Marker indie bundle More pay what you want indie game goodness. [url]http://groupees.yawma.net/gr8[/url] includes Max and the Magic marker and 2 albums from Twin Sister 'Color Your Life' + 'Vampires' 44 hrs left so b…	0 Last	Stinger88 Dec 2010
I am completely new to all of this. I would like to learn how to make TF2 item models Hi guys, my name is completely irrelevant. I came here because of two reasons. 1. There was the whole "Polycount Contest" for Team Fortress 2. 2. I've heard that this is one of the best sites for …	18 Last	CheeseOnToast Dec 2010
Who remembers this game and played it to death Wormhole created by:CenterFleet [IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1495121/PolyCount%20Folder/images/Wormhole_picture_01.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1495121/PolyCount%20Folder/images/Wormhole_pi…	1 Last	kaze369 Dec 2010
Jazzy Rabbits on the Iphone [URL]http://kotaku.com/5714275/jazz-jackrabbit-returns-sort-of-with-iphone-twin-stick-shooter-demo/gallery/[/URL] Was honestly kind of hoping fora re-release of the classics, or maybe a new 3D sid…	1 Last	Jeff Parrott Dec 2010
Dominance War V - Montreal Group I was wondering if there were artists in the Montreal Area wanting to join each other for something along the lines of inspiration/drawing jams, weekly critiques, project management, technical advice…	22 Last	Firebert Dec 2010
WoW: Cataclysm I was going to say I can't believe we're not talking about it already, but then I realized that everyone's probably too busy [I]playing [/I]it to talk about it. So, who's playing? Is it as good as …	49 Last	evilblah Dec 2010
Gunnar Optiks. Opinions? I was just reading a review on the GeekDad part of Wired.com of these glasses by a company called Gunnar Optiks that are designed for people who sit in front of PCs all day. I was wondering if anyon…	12 Last	yureg Dec 2010
Buying framed prints. Hey so I'm working a sort of last minute christmas present for my parents. It's a digital art piece that I'm going to get printed and framed. So I'm wondering where to get that done. All I know is…	6 Last	jakelear Dec 2010
Red 5 Studios? [url]http://www.red5studios.com/[/url] Does anyone here work there, or know someone who does? They were working on this amazing shooter/mmo thing, but not a mmo powered by the offset engine, the one…	3 Last	XenoKratios Dec 2010
Path to AIDS CURE ? [url]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/14/hiv-cure-berlin-patient_n_796521.html[/url] Anyone seeing this? looks like a nice advancement in medical science could happen in the next 10-15 years.	13 Last	frostymoose Dec 2010
Companies where you got started Hey guys I was just wondering what companies were the first to employ you in the games industry. I'm currently trying to break in anywhere I can really and just wanted to know which companies were wi…	22 Last	Hazardous Dec 2010
VGAs 2010 Tonight the 8th anual Spike TV Video Game Awards. They might not be as prestigious as other industry award shows, hell they're at least 20% advertisement for Mountain Dew but they are being hosted by…	80 Last	Keg Dec 2010
Modeling Competition. So I just found this bit of news. Competition is for beginners or intermediate artists. If you are a pro…. this is not for you. So DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT :). [I][INDENT]free3dtutorials̵…	7 Last	Elyaradine Dec 2010
my iPhone game- Santa's Delivery [img]http://www.untitledd.com/images/stories/SantaIcon.png[/img] Hey guys, just like to announce our new game Santa's Delivery. It has just launched and available on iTunes right now. Cost is 99 cent…	16 Last	VPrime Dec 2010
Welp, my 3D career's probably over Haven't had a studio job since Jan 09, out of freelance work, out of money, out of time to find more work before January, my portfolio isn't where I want it to be, and my wife is just about fed up wi…	41 Last	xvampire Dec 2010