I'm not sure if the polycount logo was meant for polycounters only, it's more like "polycount was here" type of thing if I understand it correctly. It would be pretty ridiculous if it's meant for one specific forum when all it takes is just registering on said forum. If anything that's some cool advertisement for polycount.
I see dpaynter26's point, but hey, at least they didn't tell you exactly WHERE they were- people can still go on a hunt eh? On the flip side though it does bring exposure to good ol' Polycount which isn't a bad thing (the ad revenue that PC must have got from the influx of views must have been really helpful). He wasn't…