Don't know exactly when 3DC went down as I had bailed out of there already along with all of the other sites I had posted on. Did that after finding out my employer was tracking all of my online activities. Don't ever take a favor or freebie from your company IT person. It may be loaded as mine was. Unfortunately the old Bryce ACE awards tanked with 3DC, along with some of the finest Bryce art I've ever seen short of Bill Ellsworth's stuff. He is still around btw and on twitter of all places. Infinitee Design is still up and so is Steve Lareau at Hilltop Design; or was at the last visit about 6 months ago.

I looked up the mats on Daz last night and he is now going as Jon Allen but the mat packs are the same. Worth the price if you don't go overboard and buy them all. His wood mats are very good as are the terrains.

A majority of the old big name Brycers that helped make the program what it would eventually become are no longer around or even mentioned. Most left the fold shortly after MetaCreations abandoned the community and it became another cultural victim of free enterprise. Haven't heard anything about Eric Wenger or Kai Krause in at least 5 years, not to mention SmithGiant, WolfiesDen, The WidowsWeb, and a host of others. Peter Sharpe has vanished from the face of the earth and a lot of the old sites simply are not to be found or their domains have been sold. Places like 3dcafe and chemical studio seem withered remnants of their former selves. Bryce, the program that was probably responsible for much of the interest and enthusiasm for 3d art has been left out for the dogs. Pity.