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Presidential Debate Round 2 With the debate starting in just over 30 minutes, anything you guys expect to hear/see out of it? Currently McCain has to pull something out of his ass with a plan for the economy or else I don't not…	103 Last	Michael Knubben Oct 2008
IMPORTANT: Registering to Polycount temporarily disabled. As I am sure you've all noticed, we're being hit pretty hard at the moment by some porn spam bots. While we figure out how they're getting through our security, and what fixes we can make, [B]we've t…	25 Last	adam Oct 2008
Report problems with the new forums here Hello and welcome to the new Polycount forums, in honor of Polycount's ten year anniversary. I'm sure r13 will talk more about this tomorrow, but please post any bug reports regarding the new forums…	299 Last	adam Oct 2008
JCVD [url]http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/10/11/must-watch-officially-badass-jcvd-trailer/[/url]	3 Last	vahl Oct 2008
Bacon Salt [url]http://www.baconsalt.com/[/url] Hell yes.	51 Last	FAT_CAP Oct 2008
Ftpix, automatic picture uploader for forums and galleries The other day i was searching for a way of automaticaly upload pictures to my ftp with auto-generated link for forums, and i found [url=http://www.ftpix.fr/english.html]this nice little app[/url] I…	0 Last	BeatKitano Oct 2008
Happy (Canadian) Thanksgiving! Hey guys (I guess, specifically, fellow Canadians)! Happy Thanksgiving, my favorite holiday of the year. Hope everyone has a good long weekend :) Gav	9 Last	Marisa Oct 2008
Literature Review - Help Hi guys, Just wondering if anyone here has had to do a literature review on a subject before and could point me in the right direction. I have to do it for my major thesis project on crew resource m…	0 Last	Smirnoffka Oct 2008
COD5: World at War Hey i'm in the beta. Got a key from work. Anyone else in? Thoughts so far. Great job from Treyarch. Although it is in WW2 i am liking it. A lot like COD4 in some ways. Great perks system and you are…	3 Last	pliang Oct 2008
Banksy opens bizarre 'pet shop' [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7662627.stm[/url] British graffiti artist Banksy has opened his first official exhibition in New York. Set inside a fake…	9 Last	maltuna Oct 2008
Not just us pets are obese as well [url]http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article380539.ece[/url]	3 Last	rooster Oct 2008
Diablo 3's third class om gom gom gomg omgomgomgogmogmgomogogmogmgg just announced at BlizzCon 08 a few minutes ago [img]http://media.coveritlive.com/media/image/200810/AQioFylfox_thumb_101_1742.JPG[/img] [spoiler]the w…	29 Last	IronHawk Oct 2008
Add a Wiki link to the homepage? Just added some more stuff here, [url]http://wiki.polycount.net/Limb_Topology[/url] but most people don't know the wiki exists, it's hard to find. Well, I'm kind of using it as my own topology refer…	13 Last	Eric Chadwick Oct 2008
Bungie Trailer released! It's true, see for yourselves: [url]http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&link=ournextgame[/url]	24 Last	Rens Oct 2008
Seattle Zombie pub crawl? Saw this today, might be pretty damn fun. Since a lot of people on this board are zombie freaks, thought I'd share and see if anyone would be interested in going. It's Saturday Oct 4th in Fremont. […	19 Last	IronHawk Oct 2008
Polycount Meet-Up (Seattle) Eastside Vassago, TheGodZero and I think there are enough Polycounters on the eastside to organize a meet-up. [url]http://www.eltoreador.com/[/url] This place comes highly reccomended by one of my co-worker…	47 Last	fogmann Oct 2008
IGN actually "plays and reviews" one of our games... [quote][I]"The writing in the game is solid and the characters: Kyler, the bride-to-be; Kit, her groom's best friend; and Donal, the grouchy old castle caretaker, are full of personality. They look g…	6 Last	ebagg Oct 2008
Another good quote on piracy: [quote] “To be honest, if PC wasn’t pirated to hell and back, there’d probably be a PC version coming out the same day as the other two.” He continues, “But at the mom…	22 Last	Mark Dygert Oct 2008
Vahl/Motus Digital... Dallas art/hangout pics! It was a fun party! Lots of new people to meet and Motus has an awesome setup. One of the best I have seen in the industry!! My favorite part was getting to expose Vahl to a true waffle house with t…	14 Last	Mangled Poly Oct 2008
Mods on Steam Thank you Valve. Open Steam for the news. I've been wanting to try DIPRIP and Zombie Panic [quote]As a part of our continuing efforts to support the MOD community, we will begin hosting selected M…	15 Last	ElysiumGX Oct 2008
Vahl...Dallas, Tx party/art thing Well I know this is last min, but Vahl will be coming into dallas from France and I decide to get together a small event for him. It will be held at : There will be art creation and drinking!!!!! so…	28 Last	I_luv_Pixels Oct 2008
Freelance vs. Full time studio gigs Hey guys, I wasnt sure what to title this thread but I am simply asking for some basic advise from the people that likely know best and or first hand. I know there are plenty of articles out there,…	16 Last	pliang Oct 2008
Beer Genetics Great article for my fellow beer fans. [url]http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/09/080910180844.htm[/url] His name is Sherlock, he's a professor, and he studies beer for a living, my new her…	3 Last	TechSmith Oct 2008
Kenneth Scott I'm actually a bit surprised more people aren't talking about how Kenneth Scott slipped silently out the back door at id to head up to work at Microsoft Game Studios/Halo. I can understand why, but m…	50 Last	wizo Oct 2008
does voting matter in the US? i've never voted. i'd love to know it actually mattered. so here, i'll list my rants and reasons for not taking the time to register and vote: 1. i don't care. it's like, "hey, what do you feel lik…	81 Last	seanv Oct 2008
Vice-Presidential Debate starting now. got your popcorn ready?	133 Last	Ninjas Oct 2008
Creativity friendly enviroment and more As a layman I'm often frustrated with the lack of creativity and the strength to sit down and create something. I often get stuck in the "oh that's so cool I want to make something like that" - thoug…	17 Last	Joseph Silverman Oct 2008
Workspace lighting? We're reconfiguring some of our space at work and they are thinking about putting some non artists in with the art team and moving some artists out of the old art department. Specifically the new non…	11 Last	Emil Mujanovic Oct 2008
rotten neighbor [url]http://www.rottenneighbor.com/[/url] you can write how much you love or hate your neighbor, funny site,	4 Last	notman Oct 2008
Max VS. Maya sorry if there is already a topic bout this. just vote and leave your comment, what and why? i choose Max only cuz thats all ive used, but ive only been doing 3d for 1 1/2 years (im almost 16) and …	43 Last	I_luv_Pixels Oct 2008
FINALLY! ILoveSketch Been waiting for something like this since ... forever [url]http://www.dgp.toronto.edu/~shbae/ilovesketch.htm[/url] I remember when I first saw screenshots of 3D apps like Alias Studio I thought it…	23 Last	headengine Oct 2008
Zeitgeist: Addendum I know a lot of you watched the first one, well he's followed it up with Addendum. [ame]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7065205277695921912[/ame] I feel about as sick now while I watch it a…	69 Last	Joseph Silverman Oct 2008
CS4 extended: 3d model painting/compositing [url]http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/photoshopextended/features/?view=topnew[/url] I am hoping this feature is not "adobe-ized" ;) Edit: I used the search for "cs4", nothing came up...th…	1 Last	CookieKingHoi Oct 2008
green, black, girl-on-girl action [url]http://www.votetruth08.com/[/url] sorry to play with your emotions.	1 Last	Wells Oct 2008
Hello Again PC Hi To all the people who remember me and to all the newer members. Back when living in washington state I gave up on 3d. I uninstalled my wacom, Photoshop, and Max. I never fininshed anything and a…	6 Last	TechSmith Oct 2008
Environment Art and Inspiration? Do you guys have any favourite level artists? I'm really enjoying some of the latest Ubisoft 360 work, especially Assassins Creed and Naruto RON. Although I have no idea whos worked on those title…	17 Last	PixelMasher Oct 2008
London October Hey there,ill be headed out to London/England for the first time from oct 1st-5th. Would love any and all suggestions for cool stuff to do. Days i plan on doing sighting seeing and historical stuff …	26 Last	JO420 Oct 2008
Japanese anime/music What are some good anime's to watch? I'm mostly interested in Japanese stuff, and that doesn't have an obscene amount of nudity/sex. Also if anyone knows of some good music that would be awesome. I…	36 Last	Mezz Oct 2008
Will every1 plz support me?? remover, as per request from admin.	8 Last	Mark Dygert Oct 2008
the ultimate question fine art versus digital art Yes this is something I was thinking about recently, mainly I know that its GREAT to have a understanding in both since in fact both are the same thing in the end , a form of art. But digital art an…	24 Last	Tulkamir Oct 2008
Fable 2 - Limited Edition's been limited [URL]http://kotaku.com/5057688/fable-ii-lce-drops-in-price-and-features[/URL] LAME. :( Gonna look into the bonus content, if it's not worth it, I'm dropping my preorder down to the regular version.…	7 Last	Joseph Silverman Oct 2008
Adapt 2008 Anyone planning on going to Adapt 2008? I'm looking into booking my tickets now and figuring out where to stay and what to see and do in Montreal. Since I've never been to Montreal I think I'll show …	9 Last	MikeF Oct 2008
Official Global Agenda game site launched! [url]http://www.globalagendagame.com[/url] Please excuse me for being a little bit happy. :D A new trailer is forthcoming for the game... The one on the site is horribly outdated in almost every as…	3 Last	Slum Oct 2008
3ds max final project advice Well i am in my very first 3dsMax class. Ive never touched this software before, but i am very used to working in 3d space (catia, inventor, CAD, etc) and well, to say it nicely, the other student…	10 Last	fritz Oct 2008
A funny village. [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucking,_Austria[/URL] Yeah, a village that's called fucking :poly142: [quote] The settlement Fucking has existed since at least [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki…	6 Last	Dante1217 Oct 2008
Salary in Shanghai China 3D Artist? ok my wife wants to move back home maybe sometime down the road, she wants to be closer to her family, also would rather raise our kid when in china when we have one, she can transfer back home with …	7 Last	chrismaddox3d Oct 2008
Anyone miss the old polycount? Well[URL="http://web.archive.org/web/20011201021611/www.planetquake.com/polycount/"] here you go[/URL], then! And [URL="http://web.archive.org/web/20011204201908/dynamic.gamespy.com/%7Epolycount/ubb…	29 Last	adam Oct 2008
Selling my Wacom I almost put this in the P&P forum, but this is a different sort of pimping ;) Anyway, I put my Intuos3 9x12 up on Ebay, if anyone is in the market for one. Gotta raise some cash to help bail out W…	5 Last	Quokimbo Oct 2008
DSi, Wiimakes, SD-storage 'solution' Anyone else think Nintendo's just doing a "me too!" and attempting to cover their ass? The whole wiimakes thing makes me real glad I sold off my Wii, cause I didn't buy the damn thing in the first p…	28 Last	hawken Oct 2008
Vancouver / Seattle Polycounter's: Tuesday, Sept 30th is the next Polymeet! Big Daddy V (Vince, vahl to others) is in town and I figured another PC meet-up is due! [COLOR=YellowGreen][B]Location: [/B][/COLOR]Downtown Vancouver (Yaletown) [COLOR=YellowGreen][B]Restaurant:[/B…	27 Last	pliang Oct 2008