I think the people I myself should be thanking are the users of this forum, those who have stuck around even when I have been at my worst (i.e. the entire vapourware debate). I consider this place my digital home on the internet. And what can I say, you poor souls don't really have a choice, either through boredom or out of simple exhasperation, but to read what I have to say ;). You'll get rid of me eventually -either when I really step over the line or if I choose to just leave one day. Either way, I never considered myself an artist, and never will. I do a some okay models and render those, the real weight of what I do being in the modelling and the postwork. I'll never move away from Bryce - even if it gets Poserized or YAFRAY manages to steal a few renders from me due to its better rendering engine.

I would, however, like to take this opportunity and ask that you all do two things. These aren't requests as much as my own advice to you, which I dare to put forward despite being one of the youngest members of this community:

1. STOP LEAVING THIS PLACE! When you declare that you will be leaving because of any reason other than your own decision to do so, you are putting yourself at the mercy of the mob that any group of people can become sometimes. Your image didn't make it in the hot20, or a member annoys you, whatever. DO NOT. Face that problem, talk about it, receive advice and help from others, but never let someone else dictate your free will! It's the worst form of unassertiveness, of lack of confidence that can ever exist.

2. The Bryce forum is not a clique or a group of cliques. A clique requires organization, purpose, leaders and minions. Because of Corel's lack of funds and interest in the program, the implosion of the internet bubble, it gave up on it. Being THE easiest mid-end hobbyist app that can be used, and because of Corel's lack of support, we all migrated and specialized in different fields, leaving Bryce only as a final stage tool. Except Bryster. And BamBam. But those two are just... lovable :D

We all use the program for different ends, and that's fine. But there is no clique of modellers or of renderers. It's simply what each and every one of us - uniquely - decided to do with the program.

That's it. Sorry for it being so long, these were 2 things that have been burning my mind for a while now. Many thanks for the thread, LSD, I don't specifically deserve this kind of appreciation, there's better and truer artists out there, people like ICM, Drawbridgep, Rochr, yourself, AS, Ardiva, Zhann, Sams3D, Orbital, bazze, sackrat, TJohn, Tempest, kemal, pakled, xenic, Teebee, ysvry, claymore, bryster, chohole, ang, svaelt, kimpe, frog, alvin, beton, inc, danamo, Flak, foley, and so many others that I'm forgetting atm. These are the people that make the community, as a whole, and not one single individual.

Mihnea

Message edited on: 02/25/2005 07:03