yay! happy b-day polycount!! I can't recall anything about 98 other than I was in grade 11 at the time and that I made a really basic animation for a school project using 3d studio (dos edition) that year
9 years eh? Pretty much around since games went entirely into 3d. Makes sense I suppose. 9 years ago I was 11, I played a great deal of Marathon being as I only had a mac powerpc at the time.
AWESOME. Definitely a happy birthday - 9 years is amazing! Here's the big black & green! 9 years ago I was just entering highschool (grade 9) and hadn't thought much about game art back then - that came at about grade 11. phew