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Blade&Soul vs Tera For a little over 5 years I haven't played a single mmo, for the sole reason that I was sick of every one of them having essentialy the same battle system, that is ones that are purely stat driven. D…	5 Last	bounchfx Jan 2009
whats the game im thinking of? it was a fair while back, a 3rd person rpg who's selling point was it took the piss out of rpgs made references to creatures dropping gold and other nonsensical items, heavily stereotyped characters…	4 Last	Vrav Jan 2009
Polycount's European Store is now open. Hey guys, just a note that we've opened a European store that should ship at a relatively cheaper to Europeans and other countries like Japan & Australia. As always, I'd love to see pictures of you …	28 Last	MoP Jan 2009
I'm happy to announce... ...my wife and I are going to have another baby! :)	26 Last	Emil Mujanovic Jan 2009
Going to Tokyo Next week I'm going to Japan, most of the time in Tokyo, but also Kyoto and Osaka. I'll be there for about 2 and a half weeks on a inspiration sorta trip getting ready for my final project in Design …	34 Last	o2car Jan 2009
Coming to San Diego Hey I'll be in San Diego from Sat Jan 24th - Wed Jan 28th. If any polycounters are in the area want to get together for dinner or something let me know. Would like to meet some new faces.	12 Last	Marnik Jan 2009
Trying to remember: Children's book(s) titles Heya, I'm trying to remember a series of books I read when I was young (Kindergarten to grade 2? 3 possibly?). They were completely black & white, illustrated, and contained short-stories and poems…	25 Last	Rai Jan 2009
Why do we do it? If I didn't tell you what I did for a living, I told you I worked long hours, unpaid overtime, sometimes have to work weekends without pay during busy periods. If I told you all this and then said, I…	60 Last	East Jan 2009
In washington today Im a official washington , seateller (Is that a word?) come friday at noon! Im hoping on a plane at 4 am here to washington which I will be arriving around noon! Shoot me a message any guys local …	18 Last	JasonLavoie Jan 2009
moving to Portland, Oregon area! I am moving to the Portland, Oregon area to work for better work and a better life. Is there anyone in the area that could possibly give me a place to stay until I find permanent residence? I am a g…	4 Last	TechSmith Jan 2009
Tag: IGF finalist gameplay video: [url]http://vimeo.com/2212167?pg=embed&sec=2212167[/url] incredibly interesting looking game, solid gameplay, basic (shitty) art. seems like a fun combination of elements of mirrors…	1 Last	moose Jan 2009
anyone got virgin broadband? I am at a bit if a loss with BT. 2 months and they still have not sorted out my phone line. What a bunch of tards. 15 phone calls and I am no further forward. The only viable non BT alternative…	10 Last	vik Jan 2009
kittens we bought two new kittens today. My other cat if you remember was really ill died a few weeks back which was really sad, because it turns out he had throat cancer. dreadful business really. he ha…	39 Last	Ruz Jan 2009
Unity 3D for windows Hey polycounters I just got an email about this "Windows Editor Support Unity 2.5 adds full support for Windows Vista and XP, with 100% feature parity and interoperability with Mac OS X. The Unity E…	16 Last	Ballo Jan 2009
The lara croft polycount.black banner duno which forum to put this in but I think the way you presented that lara croft banner is horrible :( For those who havent seen it yet; [img]http://tompoon.com/wip/lara.jpg[/img] fix!	56 Last	Szark Jan 2009
thx for revitalizing the skateboarding genre! Here's your pinkslip! [url]http://kotaku.com/5137329/ea-lays-off-hundreds-at-black-box-today[/url] [url]http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=21974[/url] :/	13 Last	Wahlgren Jan 2009
Boo! PR hyped designers get all the glory Gametrailers' "Top Ten Game Creators" [url]http://www.gametrailers.com/player/44356.html[/url] It's like Walt Disney. He animated all the classics. Yup, all by himself. :( Anyway, if we're just g…	49 Last	PeterK Jan 2009
Part-Time Work Experiences? I'm thinking about picking up some part-time work/freelance work to supplement my full-time industry job. I'm getting married in July and wedding costs are adding up! Anyone have any experiences they…	0 Last	RyRyB Jan 2009
Inspiration Thread Let's show off the best of our 'Inspiration' folder, like this Chris Perna's artwork from mine... [IMG]http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/2/l_162d266b17423f4e70bd95a33082aa62.jpg[/IMG]	5 Last	sebas Jan 2009
polycounters in my area? i was just curious if there are any of you in the idaho area?	2 Last	Richard Kain Jan 2009
Legal, unlimited music downloads... WTF? The Isle of Man government is seriously considering asking ISP's and MSP's to consider allowing P2P sharing of any music content, once a 'license fee' is paid by the user.. At least that's how it wou…	8 Last	Gmanx Jan 2009
Showing your work in Unreal...expensive? How are you guys posting all these pics with your work in the unreal engine? Is it free for artists, or do you all own it? Isn't it very, very expensive?	18 Last	JohnnyRaptor Jan 2009
Traveling to England My wife and I are thinking about flying over to england for a week or so in may next year. Were thinking of visiting the Cardiff area (for doctor who, yeah were all kinds of nerdy) and were wondering…	40 Last	almighty_gir Jan 2009
The Making of WoW Lich King Cinematic [url]http://www.cgchannel.com/news/viewfeature.jsp?newsid=8144&pageid=0[/url] Probably the best cinematic from Blizzard so far. The matte painting video is awesome!	6 Last	praetus Jan 2009
Mythic Layoffs Damn just heard 30-40 people got the axe over there,sorry to hear that. Hope any affected find new work fast. :(	23 Last	PolyHertz Jan 2009
New President? I just found out that we got a new president of the United States today. Anyone else hear anything at all about this?	38 Last	Joseph Silverman Jan 2009
Am I stupid? (Serious qeustion) School stuff Hello good citizens of polycount! Warning, Incoming wall of text!	84 Last	Marnik Jan 2009
1st annual global game jam I don't know if any of you guys heard of this. heres the link [URL]http://globalgamejam.org/[/URL], I decided to go to the one in Orlando, but started to contemplate since I realized it crosses the s…	2 Last	amadeux Jan 2009
Pandora Standalone player I found this great app for a standalone player for [URL="http://www.pandora.com"]Pandora[/URL]. It's open source and works very well. [url]http://openpandora.googlepages.com/home[/url] Enjoy :)	1 Last	ElysiumGX Jan 2009
anyone from Long Island? They made a movie about [url=http://movies.ign.com/dor/objects/958634/adventureland/videos/adventureland_trlr_ign_112008.html]Adventureland[/url] I'm vexed by the fact that it wasn't actually filmed…	2 Last	Rob Galanakis Jan 2009
Mocap Browser? I'm looking for a mocap browser to sift through tons of mocap files. The closest I've found is the Bytegeist Mocap Data Module: [url]http://www.bytegeistsoftware.com/prod05.htm[/url] But I'm having …	3 Last	adam crockett Jan 2009
orange box on PS3 any good?	8 Last	JacqueChoi Jan 2009
I feel stuck in a rut, looking for direction I thought I'd post some thoughts here, since I've been feeling sort of professionally lost, down and out of late, so bear with me as I toss out some thoughts. I have some questions intermixed with my…	7 Last	sir-knight Jan 2009
polycount.BLACK Hey guys, A while ago, while polycount member '[URL="http://www.dergraph.com/"]qubism[/URL]' was mocking up the [URL="http://dl-client.getdropbox.com/u/17188/pc_layout_tease.jpg"]new design[/URL] of…	173 Last	Michael Knubben Jan 2009
green face I am texturing a green polycount smiley face thingey on a sculpt... was wondering what the origin of said green face might be? Is there a thread that can hip me to it's meaning/origin/history if …	25 Last	Tumerboy Jan 2009
Sound Design Gday, are there any sound designers here on the forums that have or have had jobs in the industry? I want to make a move into the industry but i dont know where to start, what did you do to build you…	0 Last	fortheweekend_ Jan 2009
Jack Monahan on game mastery... ... where Gauss is interviewed as if anyone is going to read it. Very kind of this Aubrey guy to indulge him, I thought. [url]http://blog.wolfire.com/2009/01/dev-chat-jack-monahan-on-game-mastery/[/…	8 Last	Emil Mujanovic Jan 2009
Gama article: "Game Developer Layoffs The Real Story" [url]http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/3901/game_developer_layoffs_the_real_.php[/url] [QUOTE]Then reality set in. "You realize that EA owns a lot of the studios and they're still laying people …	35 Last	Lamont Jan 2009
IM progs I am looking for a new instant messenger client, I'd love to hear your recommendations. I'd like something simple, clean, fast, nothing bloated, and would support multiple popular IM services; Yahoo,…	40 Last	notman Jan 2009
Tony Hart died today Mainly for UK'ers this one, Tony Hart died today. [URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7836112.stm[/URL]	14 Last	Target_Renegade Jan 2009
hello everyone hello everyone. this is my first time posting my work over the internet. can someone please send me a reply on how to post my work here on polycount, i would very much like to receive critiques on my…	5 Last	Emil Mujanovic Jan 2009
Search function not searching past current year? I don't know if I'm going crazy but in the Advanced Search, I enter in Find posts from "A Year Ago" but the search results only show matches from the current year. For example, I type in "gun" in the…	2 Last	Szark Jan 2009
animation Content for portfolio Hi all, since the 3D industry is being hit hard here in Vancouver, well everywhere for that matter, so I've been told anyhow, because of the economy. All I can do is go to my labor job to pay the bil…	5 Last	Jeremy Lindstrom Jan 2009
Closed Can we filter out threads by the poster's join date? i'd also like the garish color scheme back and the polycount black banner to be replaced with a spinning quad. Thanks in advance, adam!	5 Last	MoP Jan 2009
Organisation Hey, im planning on geting a new computer for my 3d work and sound works and leaving this for personal use, and its going to give me a clean slate with organisation, and i was woundering what do you …	2 Last	fortheweekend_ Jan 2009
Notorious [ the Biggie movie ] [url]http://video.google.ca/videosearch?q=the%20notorious%20big%20movie&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=N&tab=wv#[/url] i dont know how many of you people a…	9 Last	low odor Jan 2009
moving gitters 0.0 few more days till the big cross country trip. Kinda have the gitters. I never really thought it would be so easy to put your life away in so few boxes. Is this feeling familiar to anyone else h…	4 Last	Lamont Jan 2009
Gaming School Recommendations. hi everyone this is my first post; i am looking for a good gaming school in N/A hope people can give me some recommendations. Anything with in 1 year will be nice	9 Last	Talbot Jan 2009
Circuit City Liquidating Remaining Stores! Circuit City is finally going out of business and is liquidating the stores they still have operating. [url]http://www.edge-online.com/news/circ...maining-stores[/url] [url]http://money.cnn.com/2009…	5 Last	Richard Kain Jan 2009
New Here, thanks for having me! I've been trolling the forums while enduring boring scripting classes and the like at school, finally decided to register and participate in the community. Just want to say thanks for having me and h…	4 Last	Wahlgren Jan 2009