General Discussion

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Titles? What's up with the titles under people's nics? The default appears to be "stranger" but why do some have a title like "vertex"?	26 Last	JonT Nov 2004
I bought Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas today... Now all I have to do is wait for the game to come out on Tuesday :P Anyone else picking this game up? I personally can't wait for this one.	64 Last	Mishra Nov 2004
Hello Kitty sighting. The Hello Kitty Doom 3 mod was pimped on Thursdays episode of The Screen Savers. Sarah Lane gave it thumbs up but I still preferred Morgan Webs rendition. Funny how something so silly can become so…	5 Last	adam Nov 2004
NaNoWriMo yes it is that time of year again... no not halloween. no not election time. its NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month!!! [url="http://www.nanowrimo.org/"]http://www.nanowrimo.org/[/url] basic…	4 Last	Asherr Nov 2004
the future or death of the sidescroller Looking down the list of games soon to be coming out on PS2, Xbox, and GC, it looks as if the good ole sidescroller genre is dead. Unless I missed one? The only sidescrolling type of game on the hor…	29 Last	seantree Nov 2004
Polycounter Opinion Poll, cast your vote The obvious poll... Keep it fair only one vote each etc etc Non US citizens it is not fair to you cast your vote in a US election but so as not to feel too left out take the honnary US citizen poll.…	35 Last	MacD Nov 2004
Happy Halloween, one and all! Have a scary evening kids. Don't let the Goblins, Ghouls and presidential candidates get you. Mu ha ha ha ha [img]http://instagiber.net/smiliesdotcom/contrib/icw/003.gif[/img] [img]http://smilie…	9 Last	flaagan Nov 2004
(Spelling?) rant on forums I type like a spastic, and often make spelling mistakes. Thankfully the new preview option allows me to notice most of them. Anyway, after trawling around forums for the last few weeks (end of proje…	72 Last	Daz Nov 2004
$80 Just so I can have a DVD (HL2) That's really aggravating. I can see "source" versions nice to have around. But honestly, I dont have lots of time to go through the original games for the 4th? time. Why cant they offer two ver…	14 Last	neolith Oct 2004
signature not showing up My signature wont show up when posting. When previewing the post however, it displays. Is there something Im doing wrong or are signatures not allowed to be displayed in posts?	4 Last	Jes Oct 2004
Alien Hominid Well, i just preordered my copy yesterday. Is there anyone else out there who did the same? This game is gonna be sweet.	6 Last	redshadow13 Oct 2004
Polymod q3? It could be possible once Q3A's engine source code goes open in a few months. (actually with qfusion and q3fusion, it's already been possible) We (not I, the last Polymod was a bit of disaster) could…	0 Last	CheapAlert Oct 2004
Pariah game trailer The teaser trailer of Pariah has been released yesterday at [url="http://www.pariahgame.com"]www.pariahgame.com[/url] Thought I'd let you guys know [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]	5 Last	Mojo2k Oct 2004
Saw Just got back from seeing "Saw". What a fucked up movie. When it was done, NO ONE left their seats. Could hear everyone saying, "what the fuck?". Real mind fuck that one was, yeesh.	8 Last	TomDunne Oct 2004
SW E3 teaser poster [url="http://www.comingsoon.net/cgi-bin/imageFolio.cgi?action=view&link=Science_Fiction/Star_Wars_Episode_III_Revenge_of_the_Sith&image=teaserposter.jpg&img=&tt="]http://www.comingsoo…	9 Last	sundance Oct 2004
Consumer Whore......... [img]http://www.illegal-art.org/print/images/dwyerlogo.gif[/img] [url="http://www.illegal-art.org/print/#consumer"]http://www.illegal-art.org/print/#consumer[/url] Interesting stories about copyrig…	10 Last	Frank Oct 2004
Two Free Aiptek Tablets: 9x12 Gersh and I both started with Aiptek tablets, they arent wacoms, but they are tablets. I know mine works, and gersh thinks his works. If you have a younger sibbling interested in game art, or you a…	6 Last	Thegodzero Oct 2004
Movie Suggestions Sorry to post this topic again but I didnt really get a chance to check out the responses last time as the boards died. So if anyone would suggest any worthwhile movies to check out, fire away! H…	0 Last	nitin Oct 2004
Home network wiring Hopefully someone here has some kind of experience with this sort of thing. Okay, so I've lived in this house for four years. The place, from day one, has had Cat5 cable running all through it. I ke…	6 Last	pyromania Oct 2004
Thought: Idealism and age. Do you all believe its natural that idealism is lost as one gets older? Or alternatively that its easier to loose or excuse it in the face of societal obstuctions? I keep thinking of all those peop…	22 Last	oXYnary Oct 2004
Big News This certainly may be old news to some but most defiantly not me of coarse. A little heads up. Those who love the beloved movies affiliated with my avatar, if you love those films, go see Incredible…	18 Last	jack_blackSISCO Oct 2004
Stupid things/Dont make sense. Local seat belt laws, 25 per violation per person. No motorcycle helmet law. Throw back into the water any fish back under 15 inches. This does not promote survival of the fittest. Software to sl…	15 Last	ElysiumGX Oct 2004
L4YER C4K3 Saw this last weekend. A very well made, gritty film. The ending is especially weird, as it tells you something you just don't expect. It has a very good story line, a couple of twists, and the ac…	1 Last	IanW Oct 2004
Tech Forum - Arizona polycounters beware! That's right, all five of you! [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] Next week there is an event at my school that is being held. Here's some info- Join technology industry experts on campus for …	1 Last	ironbearxl Oct 2004
Goals with different outcomes As some know already, I work for the Collective and we are working on the Star Wars Ep3 game Project as announced by Gamasutra and Lucas Arts. This for me is my first big break into gaming in a great…	1 Last	adam Oct 2004
Tablet PC: Versa LitePad review Ok, I bit the bullet and bought a tablet pc. I have a 6x8 intuos 2 platinum at home, with dual sgi 1600sw lcd monitors, and a 9x12 intuos 2 at work with plain jane 21" crt. I prefer my tablet pc over…	4 Last	adam Oct 2004
The Disney subject. I'm hearing all sorts of mouths, saying that Disney animation is pretty near it's end. Their last movie 'Home on the Range' could not be called a succes, and Brother Bear was far from the greatness o…	14 Last	Steve Schulze Oct 2004
Crash There have been some high winds in the UK recently. Last night, on the ride back home, the wind caught me just as I emerged from the shadow of a truck, heading into a roundabout with a few diseal pat…	15 Last	flaagan Oct 2004
Looking to get a laptop So any recommendations or horror stories on any companies I should consider? I'm looking to spend about $1800 US, and it will pretty much be my second desktop (gaming performance) since I've run shor…	0 Last	Cannon Oct 2004
So what did you do while the boards were down? I logged in at Fire and Ice forum and read all the spoilers for a Feast of Crows. My favorite characters are: Jon Snow, Arya and Tyrion in that order. Obtained a new 3.2 intel for my workstation. Woo…	19 Last	Scott Ruggels Oct 2004
Mac Malware found look out Mac users out there. It's not as safe as it used to be. [url="http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=2004102507483274"]Info here[/url]	3 Last	Mojo2k Oct 2004
Ludology - Interest Anyone? Hey guys I've just started a masters degree in games research/design this year, looking into the fundamentals at the moment of a subject called ludology (ludology.org maybe some use if you've never h…	1 Last	KDR_11k Oct 2004
The Zebra Poll!	30 Last	KDR_11k Oct 2004
John peel is dead! [url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3955289.stm"]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3955289.stm[/url]	16 Last	danr Oct 2004
Rayne is all over the streets of Dallas today No, I don't mean there's a BR2 leak. Local chick Rayne just happens to be pictured on the cover of the Dallas Morning News' free daily McNewspaper. It's instant litter, so BR2 will be getting some fr…	11 Last	eepberries Oct 2004
region free? a while ago i got the Cashern video off torrent, but i'd rather have the DVD version which came out on Oct 23rd but its a region 2 and i dont really wanna spend the money for a multi region player. t…	4 Last	milla Oct 2004
Stop watching Fox New or CNN and watch PBS........ [url="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/view/"]http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/view/[/url] Alot of profound shit. PBS seems more Fair and Balanced then any crap I've seen on advertisem…	4 Last	sal_manilla Oct 2004
MTV Video Mods Anyone know how they're doing this? I mean, do they get the art assets (character models and engine) from the developer directly, or are they using off-the-shelf games? Seems like they're using gam…	4 Last	Neo_God Oct 2004
Eminem's Mosh Now, normally I'm not one to care much about what Eminem is up to these days but I've come across an un-released video of his that is pretty damn cool. Now, the song is "OK", but the way the video is…	2 Last	Wells Oct 2004
Opera.. Today I went back to Opera, after having it for about 2 months, then switching to Internet Explorer for unknown reasons (I would have had some at the time) - I believe it was because it added .url on…	37 Last	Michael Knubben Oct 2004
Having problems posting to the boards? Having problems posting to the boards? Weve had one consistent issue because of the way the new boards work. If you try to quick reply, reply or post to the boards and instead receive a "not a val…	0 Last	r13 Oct 2004
$ for 3D models? Anyone considered or followed through on selling 3D models to a company such as Viewpoint or an online database like [url="http://www.turbosquid.com"]http://www.turbosquid.com[/url] ? I was wonderin…	10 Last	KDR_11k Oct 2004
Election Night Parties Next Tuesday is election night. Lainey and I are trying to find something to do or find somewhere to go to drink and watch the results come in. Anyone else doing anything?	10 Last	SjetvsKerrigan Oct 2004
Royal Navy accepts Satanic captain?! Im not religious in any way, so Im not offended by this or anything, but WTF?! I just thought it was about the most bizarre thing Id heard in ages: [url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3948329.stm"]h…	37 Last	Mojo2k Oct 2004
Noob Music dl question Hey Guys/Gals a quick one here. When I dl music from supposed free sites can I just burn the mps over to a cd? I have a new workstation pc with a burner. I am mainly just going for old school cla…	3 Last	frosty Oct 2004
A testament to the power of various 3d programs I, my self, was a proud max user. Had been for most of my career. I praised the program in all its abilities. At the time, Maya, Softimage, and Lightwave, were nothing to me. Though I never tried any…	28 Last	MoP Oct 2004
My little benchmark. I was bored, so here's a silly little benchmark program I whipped together in a matter of 8 minutes using the Darkplaces Quake1 engine, curious to see your results. Dunno if this should be in p&p…	5 Last	EarthQuake Oct 2004
Main Boards Back up? Well...I did my usual clickee on the polycount linkee to see if they were back up...and the page came up! Am I seeing things? Are we really back up?	7 Last	bearkub Oct 2004
Woman/ women troubles I never thought I would get myself into this kind of situation, but alas, here I am. Here's the deal. About 3 years ago I met this wonderfull girl and we fell in love. All went well and we had the …	6 Last	Mojo2k Oct 2004
photoshop 5.5 any faster than 7? so i got me a tablet pc, I love the thing. the only problem is it is a bit sluggish using photoshop and painter. im wondering if going back to 5.5 (which ive always heard people liked anyway) will …	4 Last	EarthQuake Oct 2004