I would like to chime in to agree with John Warner. Polycount used to have a lot of different people like, you know, modders. The front page used to be about modding. These days we have pros, and people who want to learn how to "tighten up the graphics on level 3". Hardly any 2D at all even.
Techncially no, its not just for pimping off finished works of art, its also for previewing what you're working on. One of the most valuable reasons why people use polycount is that as they're working they can get advice and course corrections as they go so they have something better to pimp off. It's most beneficial if…