Re: Finnish XSI users? (with reference to Ville Tammi)

Date : Sat, 01 Apr 2006 16:21:00 +0300
To : XSI(at)Softimage.COM
From : Timo Heubach <timo.heubach(at)pp.inet.fi>
Subject : Re: Finnish XSI users? (with reference to Ville Tammi)
Where do you study and for how long have you been studying? I'm at the university of Jyväskylä where there's only this GameLab... Of what I've heard from it it's not that great, really :\ An I've come across only a few 3D programming courses, which isn't good...

Regards,
Timo Heubach
Technical engineer
Radiant Raccoon Tmi


Ville Tammi kirjoitti:

XSI'er here too. *wave*

I'm at the moment studying game development (= lots of 3D), first time
there's this big study programme concentrated solely on game
development by the way.

Sadly the teachers here are the most extreme pro-3DStudioMax people
I've seen for awhile, I'm sticking with my copy of foundation most of
the time though in the classes (While getting funny looks and 'funny'
remarks from the teachers, just before Max again crashes for half of
the class)

Maybe someone from the sales department wants to contact these lost
souls here ;-)


On 4/1/06, Timo Heubach <timo.heubach(at)pp.inet.fi> wrote:


Sadly, really, CG in Finnland hasn't yet gotten far... Which is a shame
since we have all the benefits of Canada with a nice S3TC compression
applied to sqeeze it into a population of 5-6 million... The benefits
are: cold winters and technologically oriented people :) Even worse
really is the situation with games companies... Of which there are only
a handful. So it's not easy for indie developers like our team to get
them selves heard :( But on the other hand we get to be pioneers... I
hope people will get more interrested about "bigger" games than just
cellular games on Java platforms and concentrate on XBox, PS and the PC.

Btw. Mikko, what are you by profession, if I may ask? A 3D freelancer?


Regards, Timo Heubach Technical engineer Radiant Raccoon Tmi

John Clark kirjoitti:



No, it was when I was being a sculptor. I had a show over at the
society of finish sculptors and had a studio for 3 months to make the
work. The tallin part of the trip was an agreement to go and do some
teaching over at the art school there. As i said it was great both in
Helsinki and Tallin. Tallin was interesting at the time because it was
still within the soviet umbrella (this was 1990 just pre gorbechev
reforms) and prices were frozen at 1917 levels which meant that while
there wasn't a lot to buy what there was was mindbogglingly cheap! but
the thing I liked most was the old centre. A beautiful place (that was
unfortunately surrounded by other fairly brutal architecture). I hear
now that Tallin has become a place were guys from wealthier parts of
europe go and have their stag do's, which is a pity in a way ,even if
the benefit to the economy is good.
Anyway I'm rambling.... but you'r right it wasn't cg !-)

Tony Nightingale wrote:



If I may ask John, doing what? Not CG, that cant be...Tallinn is like
siberia for that stuff. Prove me wrong ;)

-Tony


John Clark wrote:



I worked in Helsinki and Tallin for about 3 months in a former life.
Both places were fantastic!

Mikko Ronkainen wrote:



I'm in Espoo

T.
Mikko
(no I don't own skis)

On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 16:17:23 +0300, Timo Heubach
<timo.heubach(at)pp.inet.fi>  wrote:



Hi,

Are there any Finnish Softimage|XSI users around?


Regards,
Timo Heubach
Technical engineer,
Radiant Raccoon Tmi



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