hey eb. i think this low vs high poly is a very important discussion for learning purposes. it is important to know what people are doing and how they do and what they think about it. what i could learn from this thread is that there are times and places for low poly and high poly and in some meshes u can use high poly areas and low poly areas. this kind of question(low vs poly) reminds me the famous question: NURBS or POLYGONS and that one was answered this way: it depends of your project :) if all of us were using the same modelling approach, i tell you: it would be no fun at all :)