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Dungeon Keeper MMO Some info and concept art of that Dungeon Keeper MMO being made by a chinese studio has been revealed: [url]http://kotaku.com/5552126/nope-that-dungeon-keeper-mmo-isnt-dead-yet[/url] [url]http://mmoc…	16 Last	dempolys Jun 2010
looking for mech in WAYWO banner hi, can someone tell me where this bot/mech from the banner can be found in the WAYWO thread? having trouble finding it. thanks.	2 Last	patient09 Jun 2010
Help with gaming/animation career! Hey guys, My name is Saxon and I am a long time gaming and animation enthusiast from Australia. I am a graduating student this year and the reason I am posting this here is that I have started to …	6 Last	Flynny Jun 2010
How to destroy angels. In case you haven't heard " How to destroy angels" is Trent Reznor's new project with his wife Mariqueen. They added their first track yesterday on their website [url]http://howtodestroyangels.com/h…	31 Last	Zipfinator Jun 2010
Choosing best direction for development Hey there everyone, I will try as hard as I can not to make this a 'Polycount is not your blog thread' but I'm just looking for some opinions from various perspectives, people in employment, people i…	7 Last	Tom Ellis May 2010
Online Zbrush class test run? Hey homies. I just finished my first session of my Zbrush class at futurepoly and I've been talking with jason about the potential to do an online learning setup. If I were to do a test run on saturd…	200 Last	Avanthera May 2010
gameshop in orlando sup dudes anybody know of a gameshop in orlando? i was hoping to pick up warhammer 40k or something there. if u do can i have the location and website if possible?:)	1 Last	Moosey_G May 2010
What is a good program i can use to make TF2 items for that contest? Free is a nice option, and maybe a tutorial of some sort? sorry to be picky :p	14 Last	Karkasmolenklok May 2010
game music tracks wusup ? , looking for royalty free music what are the sites you recommend for royality free music ? what is the genre of this track ? i love this music ... [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOAi…	2 Last	Gurlokovich May 2010
Blizzard thinks DRM hurts more than helps in the long run [url]http://www.gossipgamers.com/blizzard-calls-drm-a-losing-battle/[/url] I'm glad a huge company like blizzard feels this way, because honestly DRM deters me from buying games more than anything e…	19 Last	neolith May 2010
MEGA LAPTOP DESTROYER Hey guys, I just need some advice about girls.... just foolin'. I wish to sell my tower and laptop and get a mega laptop workstation. I want to crush all the art goods like max zbro and photoshop and…	17 Last	fill3r May 2010
What's this antique gun's name? Title says it. What's this [url]http://www.strangepolice.com/content/item/142197.html#theContent[/url] [img]http://www.strangepolice.com/images/content/142197.jpg[/img] Anyone knows?	4 Last	Rwolf May 2010
Splinter Cell Conviction Demo is up on XBL. Been hyped up about this game since it's re-imagining. Any thoughts from you guys? I'm looking forward to the new mechanics, but really: black and white when hidden in a mainly s…	61 Last	SyedS May 2010
Retirement plans Hey guys. I'm currently researching a bit about retirement plan possibilities and its bit of a problem for me to decide which road to go. Basicly, how can i know what will be in 40 years? I just can…	22 Last	vahl May 2010
Flashforward Liked it, interesting premise and well done, but I wonder how long they can drag out the story	37 Last	Jeff Parrott May 2010
New to Polycount Hi My names fsxmaster. I came to forums to learn more about 3D modelling. (One little babystep at a time.) I wanted to know any starter programs for modelling. i've tried various sites but it's a…	0 Last	fsxmaster May 2010
NBA Playoffs 2010 The Boston Celtics are going down tonight!!!! Just thought I would make a thread to prove that I have been a witness to Lebron "The King" Jame's greatness and he WILL take care of business in Game 6.	67 Last	boyluya May 2010
Dennis Hopper Died sucks. [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10191448.stm[/url]	12 Last	Firebert May 2010
Gary Coleman died Yes, that's what I'm talkin bout. [url]http://kotaku.com/5550406/gary-coleman-dies[/url]	8 Last	Purplepaint May 2010
ANNA HELD AUDETTE Painter of ruins of our time Paintings of Abandoned Machinery and Industrial Ruins by Anna Held Audette [URL]http://www.annaheldaudette.com/index.html[/URL] She lists [URL="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Etchings_b…	0 Last	Mark Dygert May 2010
General Questions Hi, these will probably be noob questtions but I was wondering, what websites are good to host your images, will facebook work? Also does anyone know how to change your profile name? Cheers	8 Last	DrunkShaman May 2010
Why my avatar don't shows up? Hello as the thread says , I have updated my avatar picture but it doesnt shows up , the dimensions are correct , it shows up in the customization screen but not in the threads of the forum ....	4 Last	NAIMA May 2010
Thoughts on internships? I've heard both positive things and horror stories about internships, on one hand its good work experience and it gets your foot in the door, on the other, they are often unpaid and you just do crap …	9 Last	kodde May 2010
Video Games Cause Violence! No, just kidding. But they do give you a reason to be violent... apparently. [URL]http://ca.kotaku.com/5550609/man-spends-six-months-plotting-murder-of-counter+strike-rival[/URL]	3 Last	KhAoZ May 2010
You're all a bunch of non-epathetical robots [URL]http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/brain-and-behavior/articles/2010/05/28/todays-college-students-more-likely-to-lack-empathy.html[/URL] [quote] [URL="http:/…	31 Last	Blaizer May 2010
Read/Unread threads acting odd for anyone else? I'm just going to put this out there since it's been bugging me since the new site arrived. Sometimes an entire page of threads will be marked green (I am assuming this means I haven't read the thre…	9 Last	Emil Mujanovic May 2010
Downtown LA Artwalk / Polycount Meet-Up - June 10 Would any of you LA guys/gals be interested in catching up and doing the [URL="http://www.downtownartwalk.org/about/"]Downtown LA Artwalk[/URL] next month (June 10, 2010). I've missed it twice alread…	10 Last	Emil Mujanovic May 2010
Octane GPU Renderer on sale 50% off Until the 4th of June. Cool renderer for generating beauty renders of models. Good, fast, and cheap! It breaks the rules! [url]http://www.refractivesoftware.com/index.php[/url] 49 euros which i…	6 Last	oXYnary May 2010
i want more of these !!! Hi, I have been learning how to texture lately ... i DownLoaded this Tutorial [URL="http://www.horribledeath.com/hellboy_tut.htm"][IMG]http://www.horribledeath.com/images/hellboy_textured.jpg[/IMG][/…	13 Last	seth. May 2010
Weaponry Trademark/Copyright Issues - Help pl0x? First off - loving the new site, its looking dead sexy. :) A few of you might have seen my post on this on the Epic Forums, so you'll have to excuse me copy and pasting. :P My team is working on a …	5 Last	seth. May 2010
Women's sizes in site store Come on guys, I know I'm not the only girl on here. (Ladies, can I get an amen!?) Let's get some women's sizes for the polycount shirts in the site store, and I'll be raiding that stuff!	64 Last	rollin May 2010
To use a traditional portfolio for interviews or not? Just wanted to gauge opinion on whether anyone takes a traditional portfolio to job interviews? I was having a chat with my work colleagues, and we had differing opinions. I have always taken a tra…	9 Last	javi May 2010
Army of Two :Tthe 40th Day environments here are some environment screenshots from AO2:TFD. (It was released early this year) [IMG]http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/puckducker/Army%20of%20Two%20The%2040th%20Day/zoo8.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]ht…	12 Last	jeremy price May 2010
sellin old desktop pcs, need input on decent pricing first is a dell xps pent 4 3.4 2gig ram, wont be able to tell what vid card is in it till i get windows installed, it has a dvd and dvd rw. i will remove the HD on purchase so that will have to b…	3 Last	Rhinokey May 2010
Andrew Loomis Books sup all anybody know where to find any of andrew loomis' books in stores? So far iv'e only found them on the internet. I heard they stopped being published, but i was just wondering where it migh…	8 Last	DrunkShaman May 2010
Has anyone ever tried tattooing? Hey there everyone, Got a bit of a strange question. Has anyone ever done any tattooing / been a tattoo artist? I've been into tattoo art for a long time, and have a fair few, I got a sleeve done …	15 Last	Tom Ellis May 2010
New polycount! woo! Yeeeeees! A few bugs here and there though! Should we report it in here or mail someone or?	186 Last	Luxury May 2010
how do you grade game art? In a professional studio environment, What objective criteria would you use to grade a prop in a video game? Let's say it's a model of a chair, with a color texture map. If you had to assign a numb…	29 Last	Autocon May 2010
Blizzard talks about DRM [URL]http://www.videogamer.com/news/blizzard_drm_a_losing_battle.html[/URL] [quote] "If you start talking about DRM and different technologies to try to manage it, it's really a losing battle for…	3 Last	Ferg May 2010
New polycount, where's my greentooth plushie?! Yes dammit! A new polycount, all lovely and sexy, now I want that damn plushie to hug and celebrate with. Make it so!	0 Last	pestibug May 2010
Blur for PC - Worst Controls Ever?? I purchased Blur for PC today, and I have to say I am very disappointed. It seems to only accept Xbox360 gamepads, which mine is not.:( So then I see the controls layout and find that you cannot rebi…	4 Last	ToothyMang May 2010
Bioware Ireland? [URL]http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/Edmonton+BioWare+expands+Ireland/3073339/story.html[/URL] [QUOTE] Video game company BioWare is opening a 200-employee customer service and operations ce…	7 Last	MagicSugar May 2010
my ideas i was thinking about some new weapons for the sniper:) i dont do much computer drawing but i can scan my sketchbook for my drawings that is... if my uncle will allow me to scan but also what are stat…	4 Last	Disco Stu May 2010
Reimagining Your Designs? Hey everyone, I was wondering; Does anyone have any helpful tips for when you are stuck in a creative rut trying to come up with something new and interesting? I'm trying to make a robot but every t…	31 Last	marlfox8 May 2010
24 - Jack's Back And he's a granddad now. Off to a good start and the cast is pretty interesting, Horace from Lost is always a good bad guy. Hopefully there won't be any WMD's this year, they've relied on them a bit …	98 Last	moose May 2010
Good folder synchronization software? Hi! I'm working on a tiny game with some of my friends, and we've been using dropbox to share files. The problem with dropbox is that you can't synchronize folders outside of the main dropbox folde…	9 Last	slipsius May 2010
One step closer to GITS [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/10158517.stm[/url] cant waiit ! I want my fuchikoma	3 Last	PhattyEwok May 2010
3d <male & female> head topolgy ... wusup ? what is the main differences between a female 3d head and a male 3d head , why female 3d heads are harder to make ? i didn't find any tutorial/document talking about that .. please help , t…	7 Last	DrunkShaman May 2010
Can anyone help me Im looking to make sculpts or full weapon models for the tf2 contest but i dont know where to find a free sculpt maker thing can anyone point me in the right direction thank you	10 Last	Eric Chadwick May 2010
Real-Time Subdivison Surfaces Saw this over at CGSociety, and thought it was very interesting. If something like this were implemented well, it could mean major strides forward in the graphics department of video games. And we al…	6 Last	Eric Chadwick May 2010