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Layoffs and Closing? I have heard that Treyarch and Raven have laid of quite a bit of people, along with NSpace closing its doors. Were any people affected here, as id is hiring and would like to help where I might be a…	31 Last	Joshua Stubbles Oct 2010
CYBERTRON needs an update, (help). I have a PC sitting downstairs (collecting dust) that needs a small upgrade so I can make it run most of todays games with ease. It's not the worst thing in the world, but I think what I really need…	9 Last	XenoKratios Oct 2010
Congrats to Josh Singh Welcome aboard buddy. It has been many years since we first worked together on the Parasytic Moon project. Now after a long hiatus, we finally get to work together again! The NextGen MMO team is ex…	71 Last	bbob Oct 2010
New Laptop needed. Ok. I need a new laptop and I've got to go buy one tommorrow. I'd probably spend more time researching and looking for the best deal but I need it quick. So I'll probs end up going to PCWorld which i…	1 Last	oXYnary Oct 2010
I just destroyed Polycount. (and you can too!) Go to polycount.com, or you can stay on this page if you want, and simply paste this into the address bar. [code]javascript:var s = document.createElement('script');s.type='text/javascript';documen…	19 Last	InProgress Oct 2010
New job... I just accepted a World Artist Contract position at Bethesda. I'm super stoked! :D Any Polycounters out there in the Mary-Land?	31 Last	Geezus Oct 2010
Fable 2 - Free today! Fable 2 on 360 has gone free, so sign in to add to your download list :D [url]http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/media/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d8024d5307f1/?p=1&of=6&bt=0&sb=1&did=00000001-0000…	13 Last	Autocon Oct 2010
Any contractor experienced with Canada Employment Insurance Just wondering, if you have any tips with EI as a contractor. Say you work for a few months and you get around 500+ insurable hours, and you make a claim off that since you're now not on a project. …	1 Last	Rwolf Oct 2010
Anyone in NZ? Hey all, So I'm in new zealand for 3 weeks. 2 weeks, ill be on a bus tour, then i have 7 days to work my way from christchurch to auckland. Anyone around that wants to grab a beer or something, if i…	5 Last	slipsius Oct 2010
Realtime Rotoscoping While I don't think this will replace the need to have artists, this is still fairly cool. Some pretty decent results as well (but that storm drain is not a good example at all.) Discuss amongst …	11 Last	Cyrael Oct 2010
Greater Manchester Police use Twitter to tweet 24hrs of calls Hey guys, [url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1320344/Twitter-police-force-Greater-Manchester-tweets-24-hour-incidents.html[/url] [url]http://twitter.com/gmp24_1[/url] [url]http://twitter.…	0 Last	Bronco Oct 2010
Film Look ~ Art Direction Also obviously applies to games! :)Art direction is art direction. It also mentions the infamous teal and orange look you see everywhere nowadays. [url]http://library.creativecow.net/articles/masch…	2 Last	maze Oct 2010
Studio and University partnerships in education I'd like to hear folks' thoughts on studio / university partnerships in education: -how common are they -how successful / unsuccessful are they for either party (what do studios see as their incenti…	3 Last	Jeremy Lindstrom Oct 2010
Think Tank Training Centre anyone? so im moving to Vancouver to attend think tank starting next week, just wondering if any polycounters are there?	8 Last	dmightyone Oct 2010
learning to 3d hi , i think it would be interesting to know how you people got into 3d. I myself am learning as a hobby, im still in highschool. did u guys start off already as hobbyists? did you get an degree? how…	6 Last	lampekap Oct 2010
Yeti Bear War I found this nugget of [B]truth[/B]. This is some pretty profound stuff. [URL]http://english.ruvr.ru/2010/10/11/25362914.html[/URL] Which side would you take? B	9 Last	JacqueChoi Oct 2010
w00t! I gots me a job in the industry! Hey all! Very happy to report that starting in early November I will be a full-time Environment Artist at [B]Digital Extremes[/B] in London, Ontario! I'm pumped for this opportunity as the guys and …	38 Last	Habboi Oct 2010
Propaganda Games in Vancouver lets 100 people go, after canning Pirates ARPG [IMG]http://www.topsellerfloralsandpaintings.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/MickeyMouseThankYouStickersWebsite.JPG[/IMG] [URL]http://kotaku.com/5664021/rumor-pirates-of-the-caribbean-game…	9 Last	Wahlgren Oct 2010
My hard drive hates me So today I go to boot up my desktop and surprise! My hard drive is apparently non-existent as far as the rest of the computer is concerned. I tried switching cables in case the cables were bad, chang…	16 Last	ScoobyDoofus Oct 2010
Polycount character challenge? With the Side-Scroller Beat-Em-Up challenge scheduled to end in about a week, I'm curious when we're going to hear about the upcoming character challenge as promised in the original [URL="http://www.…	9 Last	Zipfinator Oct 2010
I got my Badge I got the Greentooth badge in TF2 a few mins ago. I also got a Pryo Flare gun and Pryo Beanie on the same drop too :D	57 Last	Psyke Oct 2010
3D Coat - Discount until tomorrow I just wanted to let you know that 3D Coat is now available at discount. You can get the professional license for [B]235 $[/B] instead of 349 $ The educational license is also affected and can be b…	4 Last	Kwramm Oct 2010
Indiecade award win for Retro/Grade The game I'm working on was shown off at PAX earlier this year. We also recently showed at Indiecade. 350 independent games were submitted and 32 game got nominated for various awards. Retro/Grade wa…	6 Last	rooster Oct 2010
EA Louse or Mythic Rant or EA Rant Just caught this, thought some of you here may be interested in it: [url]http://ealouse.wordpress.com/[/url] Here's the opener: [INDENT][I]Hi everyone,[/I] [I]I would think myself to be part of s…	98 Last	eld Oct 2010
Diamond-Dan (Indiegame) Long time since I posted, but I guess I finally have something to show. We at Grendel-Games have been working hard on the release of Diamond-Dan and finally it is on Steam. I am proud of our little …	5 Last	charger Oct 2010
Brand New Smart Phone Help! Well Polycount it is finally time for me to get my cell. This will be my first "smart phone", and although theres a HUGE amount of different phones that are considered "smart phones" I need some hel…	25 Last	Purplepaint Oct 2010
Help: Motorbikes, hogs I don't know much about them so I am hoping you can point me in the right direction. I'm looking to do a highpoly take on Ben Throttle's bike, seen her: [url]http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/17188/1/…	6 Last	Purplepaint Oct 2010
games with deforming clothing on characters? Hi all, Are there any games out there where the characters' clothes would deform when they move? walk, run, etc.? Like third person games for instance? I have to confess that I'm no expert in the l…	23 Last	Mark Dygert Oct 2010
"The Truth about Icefrog" or Jealous Valve Employee or Fake Bullshit? What the fuck? BOOM goes the hate machine on blogspot. LOL @ anonymous writings. This could also be totally fake, I am not sure. But I am home sick and this shit is entertaining. [URL]http://icefrog…	32 Last	eld Oct 2010
Comicon Challenge 2010 Deadline Extension II Heh guys. Since Gameartisan's forum is done currently, together with Comicon Challenge's website, I managed to talk to Fred, and seems like the website won't be up till at least Friday EST. That mean…	14 Last	nrek Oct 2010
game artisans down? Sorry for a somewhat silly question. Being that comicon entries are due tonight, I'm wondering if anyone else has problems accessing the site. It'd suck not being able to submit. :(	14 Last	Yozora Oct 2010
Looking for Dimensions Is there a reliable site that lists average dimensions?Or is there a list of most common measurements? For example: Average door height. Average chair height,Average table height,Average height of…	8 Last	sprunghunt Oct 2010
Seattle Game Artists: Pimp your work ! The Seattle IGDA is starting a monthly newsletter about the local industry and events. One section has been set aside for local Game Artists to be able to show their work to the Seattle area subscri…	4 Last	seforin Oct 2010
Autodesk meeting Oct 13th woot! So i just got invited to attend this awesome Autodesk Meeting with the very creators themselves and other professionals along with [B]one of the top modelers from Assasins Creed very own Ubisoft.[/B]…	5 Last	danshewan Oct 2010
On the time scale of 1-24+ (Concept Art Question) How long does it take to create all the poses of your concept art? Say for example; it is understood that if you have one idea you would draw it out roughly, than you would draw it repeatedly in dif…	3 Last	DrunkShaman Oct 2010
Happy birthday Per !!! You old geezer! [IMG]http://www.bongonews.com/StoryImages/jlo_wax.jpg[/IMG] this is actually per. on his trip to madame tussad's lol per is the right one btw.	27 Last	teaandcigarettes Oct 2010
Which tablet should I buy? Hey guys, I'm wondering if I should get a tablet, but I'm not sure which one to get. I can't spend a lot of money on it. I'd say $140 max, I could expand the budget a bit if it makes a lot of differe…	24 Last	Purplepaint Oct 2010
Basic help for a n00b? Hi there, I'm brand new to these forums but am very excited to get started on 3D modelling. I have 3Ds Max 2010 and Maya 2010. What I would like to know is, does anyone know of the BEST places to …	6 Last	Purplepaint Oct 2010
Are there any good sites for Beta testing leads? I'm interested in pursuing a position in QA, in hopes of getting my foot in the door.I don't have experience as a tester and all I have is my portfolio of various art assets.What's the best approach …	9 Last	Jacecr Oct 2010
Forum study. Hello Me and some of my friends will be making a game this year for a school project. But before we start working on the actual game we wanted to make sure that our main concept was good. To help us …	20 Last	ToothyMang Oct 2010
nDo Posted on GA, but.. I wanna share with ya'll. [url]http://www.cgted.com/[/url] - Normal maps in PS, but a little different from what the tuts say. [CENTER][IMG]http://philipk.net/tutorials/ndo/tool…	4 Last	DrunkShaman Oct 2010
Digital Tutors Issue.. Hey, I know this is kind of silly, but I'm really having a hard time figuring out how to end my monthly subscription to digital-tutors. They're tutorials are great, but they've always seemed so heavi…	3 Last	DrunkShaman Oct 2010
Give me your number!! 1. Rule: post the next number you can find in a picture (number or symbolic). 2. Rule: Don't just use the first image you can find in google (like me) [IMG]http://static.pagenstecher.de/uploads/5/5c…	157 Last	Snader Oct 2010
Raven Layoffs Sorry for creating another thread on the topic, I just feel the need to make it specifically known that Raven did layoff maybe 40(?) people today. Really sucks, this is the second round of layoffs …	6 Last	Thegodzero Oct 2010
Art Tests : How much time to spend? Recently I was in a thread regarding jobs and the art director of studio X sent me a PM saying that my work was good but wasn't sure about my ability to create large environment scenes since this was…	20 Last	Wrath Oct 2010
Hope I am doing this right Hello all, this is my first post here. I tried to post something in P&P and it said it had to be reviewed by a moderator, which I expected, but it never showed up. So I'm hoping this goes through. An…	3 Last	jackalope Oct 2010
Quick animation help? To be honest msn would be perfect! I got asked by a friend to make him a simple animation, but since I have never done animation it's bugging me now. I added a simple path, along which a text moves…	7 Last	XenoKratios Oct 2010
Hello :D Hello, I have recently joined polycount because it has been one of my favorite sites for 3d modeling for quite some time and I have been interested in 3d modeling for a while. So hello again! :D	7 Last	DrunkShaman Oct 2010
Court to Cancel Tim Langdell's "Edge" Trademarks? [url]http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/104152-Court-to-Cancel-Tim-Langdells-Edge-Trademarks[/url] Full court judgement can be read here: [url]http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal/district-co…	21 Last	piippo Oct 2010
Help required with a survey about modeling needed for scientific research.. Hello, I need everyone who is involved in modeling or is just looking forward to it, do this small survey, it is a part of my scientific research about modeling. It would be really great to have as…	22 Last	EzMeow Oct 2010