Happy 22nd Polycount

Eric Chadwick · Apr 2020

Happy 22nd Polycount, enjoy.

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Doodlok · Apr 2020

I don't know how I feel about this website being almost as old as I am.

Happy 22nd, and thank you so much for all the admins, moderators and members who worked so hard and contributed so much in making this community what it is today. I wouldn't be where I am as an artist if it wasn't for all of you.

rollin · Apr 2020

Omg omg omg omg..

Btw.. I can't post bc the Copyright bar is in front of my sumit-button.. was this intended ?

Edit: ok the trick is to squeeze the website until the buttons show up.. nice one

tynew · Apr 2020

Yeah also didnt have post buttons until I made my window shorter in width as well. Happy birthday polycount, and thanks to all the mods and admins who have worked over the years to support this community and site

The #1 game art site on the web!

Crazy_pixel · Apr 2020

Happy birthday little green tooth

kanga · Apr 2020

Yeah, well done guys! Wishing you and the site longevity

m00k · Apr 2020

Happy diagonal birthday polycount! Gonna have whiplash by the end of the day haha

pachermann · Apr 2020

Happy Birthday Polycount keep on, love you

! you are stil my favorite learn plattform! ...and make another polycount hoodies shop soon

floon · Apr 2020

Happy birthday y'all!

Eric Chadwick · Apr 2020

After awhile, the rest of the web looks tilted too. hahaa

jStins · Apr 2020

Happy birthday Polycount!

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bounchfx · Apr 2020

Happy birthday Polycount!
to 22 more years of 15 degree angled websites and little green bitey-men

poopipe · Apr 2020

I'm not sure how I feel about this forum outlasting my marriage

Eric Chadwick · Apr 2020

dance party time

Spag_Eddy · Apr 2020

Happy nameday, you little whippersnapper, you.

sacboi · Apr 2020

Have a good one

(...need moar cat jiffy's)

Rasheth · Apr 2020

Your birthday, and my very first post. Not kidding! Midnight here in Germany (CET).

Shall I feel 'lucky'?

MikeF · Apr 2020

luv u polycount, another 22 years!

garcellano · Apr 2020

DavidCruz · Apr 2020

Never been as consistent with any other website, in my life. Always come back to see whats up with the black and green, Happy belated. Let's aim for 100+ ya'll!

Eric Chadwick · Apr 2020

Ace · Apr 2020

Love you guys! Its awesome lurking around here

Lamont · Apr 2020

It's been a while hasn't it?

Eric Chadwick · Apr 2020

Yo Lamont! Sup?

lotet · Apr 2020

Hey! happy B-day!

Blaizer · Apr 2020

it was like it was yesterday!

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but it's sad there are less and less active users on these forums. what's happening? social media and smartphones?

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sacboi · Apr 2020

...discord or skyp'ing and such, I'm betting

'face too face' platforms seem to be all the rage these dayz...

Eric Chadwick · Apr 2020

Sure, the population has changed, but it always does. The community is what you make it.

Ruz · Apr 2020

nahh, its not that, maybe the vibe has a changed, DON'T WANT REALLY SPILL THE BEANS

Gaurav Mathur · Apr 2020

Happy 22nd Birthday, polycount! Congratulations to everyone involved with keeping the lights on here.

rollin · Apr 2020

It turned more into a question-ask type of thing.

I guess showcasing art turned into some fire-and-forget habit. It started with the wip-thread and then (also) moved to social media.

When I think about how many comments a normal wip-thread had back in the days, compared to today, there has definitely changed _something_.

What I really like is that there is a lot more diversity on the boards now. Different age, sex and origin. This is really cool.

Eric Chadwick · Apr 2020

I don't know where you guys are looking, but I see plenty of WIPs being shared. What I don't see is a ton of feedback being given, and that's a change from the old times. Probably because the traffic is just so much higher now, there are a ton of threads being posted.

sacboi · Apr 2020

Yeah, fair point. Had personally noticed over recent years the increased volume of traffic, especially on popular boards whilst more than a few others, less so or not at all. Anyway, just thinking out loud here regarding feedback, one possible option to bear in mind is perhaps set aside a section for focused critique or something along those lines. Though probably wholly dependent upon whether feasible to begin with when the current number of sub-forums is taken into account, participation in terms of peer reviewer and/or curation for that matter alongside a given level of audience traction which for some can be a little intimidating.

Lamont · Apr 2020

Eric Chadwick said:

I don't know where you guys are looking, but I see plenty of WIPs being shared. What I don't see is a ton of feedback being given, and that's a change from the old times. Probably because the traffic is just so much higher now, there are a ton of threads being posted.

As a professional lurker, I noticed this as well. There are a lot of WIP and showcase threads, but the ones that should get feedback seldom do, while others get praise and "keep up" remarks. There is what seems to be a core group of members here who do give good feedback and I see them post on many threads, which is great. Just need to get that to happen more (and not by 6 people only).

*looks in the mirror*

Yeah, I should maybe stop lurking so much. Apologies Polycount.

Happy 22nd Polycount

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