Polycount Pack winners average $45,000 payout, first 2 weeks - Games

I thought you guys might find this interesting. [url]http://www.polycount.com/2010/10/21/polycount-pack-winners-average-45000-payout-first-2-weeks/[/url]

Holy shit.

Holy crap, might take up modelling now.

cool

None of that money is mine, I don't put money out for virtual items.

its... its like twisting the knife into the wound ;(

They won

I'm happy for them, but I'm jealous.

Good for them, really!

[quote]The idea of purchasing items came as a surprise to the TF2 community when the Mann-conomy Update was [b]released earlier this year[/b], which included the Polycount Pack. It ended up being a huge win for everyone involved, and we at Polycount couldn’t be happier for the winners.[/quote] It was out 2 weeks ago, I don't think the phrase, "earlier this year" is fitting in any way. Good for them, Surprisingly, I'm not too jealous.

Jesus. Never underestimate the power of microtransactions.

All I can say is that this is great.

[QUOTE=alex525;25551674]Holy shit.[/QUOTE]

[url]http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?1016939-Team-Fortress-2-For-the-People-By-the-people[/url] Kind of already posted it but it seems that got ignored, oh well. Use this thread instead.

Who was that guy that got screwed over and didn't get a pin or get considered as a winner?\ Feels bad, man.

Jesus titty-fucking christ. Imagine: You make some models for a game that you really like, you put about a week or more's worth of effort into them. Submit. Get lucky and win. Suddenly, your rolling in 45k in just two weeks, on top of whatever other income source you had. It's fucking amazing. And yeah, I'm jealous, but I'm also happy for them. :v:

God damn bitch shit fuck, I know how to model with the easy programs but getting them to work in-game is a motherfucking bitch. I'm really pissed off now. [editline]21st October 2010[/editline] Good for them though. [editline]21st October 2010[/editline] I could really fucking use that money... Hot damn.

Thanks for ruining my day in gealousy.

[img]http://successbeginstoday.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/arrgh-computer.jpg[/img] (Posted in the other thread, but christ knows which one is going to end up being used. Anyway...)

Actually, who cares, it's not money that makes one happy. fucking ninjas

Chances are, they're probably making more money than anyone else in their family. They must feel pretty damn smug right now.

Holy fuck! [img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8348859/colbertfreakout.gif[/img] Those guys are really lucky.

Too bad a lot of the previous contributors won't see this kind of money in their pocket because most community items have shitty stats/are easy to craft.

I wish I was patient enough to learn modelling but apparently there's a huge number of artistic prerequisites.

Watch now as the mapping scene for TF2 gets completely abandoned. It's worthless to make maps now.

They won't be my heroes until they send some of that money either to some help organisation or to me.

"[i]You done me proud, boys![/i]"

[QUOTE=JoshuaC;25552324]Watch now as the mapping scene for TF2 gets completely abandoned. It's worthless to make maps now.[/QUOTE] They should give an income to community mappers too. Actually, making a good map is a FAR longer and harder process than just modelling some stuff.

[QUOTE=JoshuaC;25552324]Watch now as the mapping scene for TF2 gets completely abandoned. It's worthless to make maps now.[/QUOTE] As worthless as it was before? :confused:

Damn, I'd learn modeling but have no patience. I can map but not that well either.