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RIP Troika. Maybe. Another day another fucking quality developer gone. Unless of course this is some horrible joke. [ QUOTE ] An email advertising a fire-sale at Troika has been posted at several gaming forum sites ov…	18 Last	rawkstar Feb 2005
Anyone know a fast, low resource model viewer? I've got a laptop that runs Photoshop fine and the wacom works nicely with it. A full 3d app like Maya doesn't work so hot though. Basically I'm looking for something that I can export my models out …	7 Last	hawken Feb 2005
Thanks everyone, you're the best! I just wanted to make a post about how much I appreciate Polycount. I really think of this as my extended family. I must spend at least an hour of my time on here every day (after work of course doc…	45 Last	oXYnary Feb 2005
Final Results ahoy! If you remember one of my previous posts I was in the interview process with Ubisoft. Sad to say, I don't think I'll be able to work there as of now. I'm beginning a contract job at DNA Heli…	1 Last	Badge Feb 2005
Mah B-day and some contract work well seeing as probably those who few who know, tis my b-day today. just posting and congratulating myself cause I want to be like the cool people in a semi sad sort of way [img]/images/graemlins/lau…	4 Last	dur23 Feb 2005
Is this it?! Is this how we meet our end? No 3rd world war, no polar ice caps melting and flooding the planet, no comet hitting us. [url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4289637.stm"]http://news.bbc.co.…	27 Last	artgoon Feb 2005
firefox 1.0.1 released [url="http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/"]http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/[/url]	15 Last	peanut Feb 2005
Benny Hill ....is showing on BBC America right now. My God, I swear I haven't watched this since I was about thirteen. And then I swear all I saw was boobs. But now....I was just sat there pissing my pants. It'…	8 Last	bearkub Feb 2005
I like avatars [img]http://www.poopinmymouth.com/wip/sweatshirt.jpg[/img]	13 Last	kleinluka Feb 2005
umm, Warhammer 40k. My new addiction :/ Well, a new TT games store just opened in my area and I have started assembling my Tau army. I do have a question for those on the board who also play(i've seen a few WH40k posts so i know there are …	8 Last	seantree Feb 2005
Top 10 suckiest albums [url="http://porktornado.diaryland.com/albumcover.html"]http://porktornado.diaryland.com/albumcover.html[/url]	1 Last	JKim3 Feb 2005
Don't Panic! [url="http://hitchhikers.movies.go.com/main.html"]http://hitchhikers.movies.go.com/main.html[/url] new trailer [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]	2 Last	flaagan Feb 2005
Free fileplanet premium subscription... Had to brag, but i just got a 100% free, Founders Club premium subscription to Fileplanet, gamespy and IGN through work for FREE. Talking a $10/month subscription. So now I got access to the no-wait…	19 Last	Weiser_Cain Feb 2005
Best Fighter For The X-box I just realized that I am guilty of owning a console without owning a fighting game. Granted, I don't play my Xbox all that much but I really should own a fighter for for it. So, what's everyone thin…	11 Last	sonic Feb 2005
Alien Invasion - handbook for kids [url="http://www.whatisdeepfried.com/zogg/zogg1.html"]http://www.whatisdeepfried.com/zogg/zogg1.html[/url]	5 Last	MoP Feb 2005
So depressing Every once in a while, I will happen across an article about the "good old days" of gaming. Whether it's an article on textfiles.com, an article on loonygames, an old post on the old boards, or an o…	5 Last	RageUnleashed Feb 2005
Closed Defining rape. Ok we have a hypothetical situation, a couple, person A and person B (don't limit yourself to one person or the other being male or female, or perhaps they are both male or both female) are fooling a…	1 Last	gauss Feb 2005
Seminar on a tech called "Augmented Reality" Found this kind of intresting, and cool that was being done in real time (or at least one would think so...). [url="http://mediax.muchosucko.com/movies/512_video_totalimer-znew.mov"]http://mediax.mu…	3 Last	Asthane Feb 2005
Your most insane deadline? So whats yours? i just got mine today Background: i am the lone 3d artist in a company which does mini 3d games to sell along with our "duck hunt" on crack type of system we sell. so anyway my b…	9 Last	KDR_11k Feb 2005
Help me ID a science fiction book It's about a hacker that come out of retirement for some reason or another(this involved getting a brain box installed). The only other details I can remember are that cyberspace was a bit like the m…	10 Last	JKMakowka Feb 2005
Coming to VFS: Housing :/ *I hope I can post this here, cause I know it's not really cg related, but I really need help, so maybe the great dear luvly powerfull admins / mods can allow this for once [img]/images/graemlins/smi…	3 Last	JBoskma Feb 2005
Disapeering ICQ list So i reboot my system today and icq loads up with a fucking blank list, telling me to add people to it.... This is the same list i've had for probally 5 years and i thought the stupid thing was store…	10 Last	sumguy Feb 2005
A Scanner Darkly Wow, this movie looks to be a mix of Waking Life, with some Appleseed tech and an overall live-action feel. Fucking cool. [url="http://movies.yahoo.com/movies/feature/ascannerdarkly.html"]http://mov…	10 Last	pogonip Feb 2005
used weights? Hey Guys, I am looking for a used bench and some weights in the Vancouver BC area. if anyone wants to get rid of a set I am willing to take it. I'm trying not to spend too much money doing this. T…	10 Last	hawken Feb 2005
Polycount game servers We've announced this in the polyfraggers section of the boards, but thought it would be good to do here too. We have secured a rather stout public server sitting on a rather large pipe in Columbus, O…	10 Last	r13 Feb 2005
Hunter S. Thompson offs himself Well, shit. The infamous radical journalist and problem drinker, Dr.(?) Hunter S. Thompson, shot himself yesterday at home in Aspen. I guess he'd call it 'doing the Hemingway'. [url="http://www.sig…	10 Last	Delaney King Feb 2005
BananaPhone [url="http://www.filmbuffs.net/bananana/"]BananaPhone![/url] It's better than badger, and maybe as good as Kenya. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]	3 Last	ElysiumGX Feb 2005
Awesome! [url="http://www.xs4all.nl/~lrvk/lejo/"]http://www.xs4all.nl/~lrvk/lejo/[/url] Click on "filmpsjes" and enjoy	9 Last	KDR_11k Feb 2005
HL2 has got me "steamed" Actually I'm more than a bit steamed, I'm freaking fuming!! Between the game crashing, crappy support, and the need to connect to steam, I'm about to go nuts. If I can't get this thing working proper…	27 Last	KDR_11k Feb 2005
Game companies/studios I got this meeting and ive got to brind a list of companies i want to work for. i really dont care who i work for so long as i get paid and it lasts ( and i can meet their expectations). i searched …	9 Last	FatAssasin Feb 2005
Happy Birthday to Kleinluka!!... Pet! Happy birthday to the displaced german! Plz. Pet. Uber pet. Quad pet.	12 Last	kleinluka Feb 2005
How'd You Get a Pass for E3 If not industry guy? I wanna go to E3, but I ain't employed in the industry. I know you can get around that, but how? How do you get a pass for E3 if you not in the bizz?	6 Last	hawken Feb 2005
this is....AWESOME!!!! this website ROCKS!!! watch the episodes of Twigger's Holiday and Ringwald and Molley And whatever you want this site owns! [url="http://www.channel101.com"]www.channel101.com[/url]	0 Last	HonkyPunch Feb 2005
just a small thing ... ... but i'd like to say how pleased i am they now sell PC games in snappy little DVD cases. Way back when i was buying PC games before, i'd have a pile of loose CDs on the desk or shelf somewhere, …	12 Last	PaK Feb 2005
This guy is crazy.... [url="http://www.kontrabandcontent.co.uk/1/graphics/movies/rockys_back.swf"]http://www.kontrabandcontent.co.uk/1/graphics/movies/rockys_back.swf[/url] i mean really, what a friggin' idiot....	8 Last	oXYnary Feb 2005
haha, paris hilton's cell phone got hacked now i would post a link, but there are some pornographic pictures on both the website and in her cellphone so i will not, also it's probably illegal. i can tell you she has fred durst, avril lavigne…	21 Last	Lore Feb 2005
what is up with .pdf files? Does anyone else think this is the most useless frustrating format ever created. Given I have not done any research in to the benefits of saving data to a .pdf but every time I have to deal with one…	14 Last	malcolm Feb 2005
artist Zdzislaw Beksinski found murdered damn february sure is turning out to be a really shitty month as far as people dying goes, first hunter s thompson and now truly one of the greatest artists of our time. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.…	3 Last	Neo_God Feb 2005
More rants about the ex-gf Last night the ex-gf(the one that tried to poison me)came over. We got into an arguement. She then started taking her anger and frustration out on the childrens half brother. She smacked him, spanked…	16 Last	TechSmith Feb 2005
Making games is murder these days [url="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/17/taketwo_gta_lawsuit/"]http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/17/taketwo_gta_lawsuit/[/url] LOL. tpe	42 Last	KDR_11k Feb 2005
Sod off, Swampy Green peace causes a rukus in the UK. [url="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-4646-1487741,00.html"]http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-4646-1487741,00.html[/url]	42 Last	KDR_11k Feb 2005
Mediocre games, interviews, and lying. Sure, sure it's part of Hollywood culture. But do we also need to evolve the same way? I constantly hear about how companies want people who like their games, who have this "stokeness", and even mo…	22 Last	Downsizer Feb 2005
King of marrageness I just got enguaged. Check my site out!!!! [url="http://www.daveking.com.au"]www.daveking.com.au[/url]	20 Last	ndcv Feb 2005
gross... [b]"The Hamdog"[/b] is a hot dog wrapped by a beef patty that's deep fried, covered with chili, cheese and onions and served on a hoagie bun. Oh yeah, it's also topped with a fried egg and two fistfu…	24 Last	KeyserSoze Feb 2005
I'm going to meet DAVE MUSTAINE!! I just scored backstage passes to the Megadeth gig on London on Tuesday! I'm going to meet my #1 all-time favourite band!! I'M SO HAPPY!	28 Last	snemmy Feb 2005
Wallace and Gromit movie It's not CG, but it is 3D. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] [url="http://www.wandg.com/"]W&G[/url]	9 Last	oXYnary Feb 2005
Dr. Who: In March Any of our brethren in UK anticipating the new series?? [url="http://www.gallifreyone.com/newstv.php"]http://www.gallifreyone.com/newstv.php[/url] Christopher Eccleston plays the good doctor. [url="…	20 Last	sundance Feb 2005
The Stupidity of Ignorant Humans in this World There was a guy going home from a long hard day of work. It's raining and there are power outages everywhere except the rout home he is taking. Lightning strikes a power line pole down the road from …	23 Last	Prs-Phil Feb 2005
OMG ROBOT CHICKEN That was some funny shit! Hopefully they didn't use up everything on their first episode. Beats the hell out of "Tom Goes to the Mayor"	8 Last	Hollowmind Feb 2005
Converting models to .md2 format? I've been searching the web and asking around if there is a particular way to convert a current model type to .md2. Most people said no, but a friend of mine recently told me it was possible; that he…	4 Last	The3DGuy Feb 2005