I can see that. Especially if you thought the name was "Pimping Previews" as in check out these pimping previews. But its a dual purpose forum its a "forum to show off your artwork and get feedback." My understanding of tech talk was a place "to ask technical questions about 2D/3D software, exporting, level editors etc.…
Just to validate John's post a bit here, Polycount is definitely losing something for me as well. Kinda makes me sad. I like a lot of things about this community, but shit like "This isn't your blog" turn me off hugely. It's pretty blatant censorship, which I can't stand. Like John said, it essentially amounts to certain…
well that's kindof putting the cart before the wheels honestly. But maybe that's a side effect of gameart getting too technical, and aspiring 3D artists who just want to be 'good at threedee', leaving many aspects uncovered. I dunno. But anyways. I think the shift in quality is something that inevitably happens when forums…