I'm not arguing here either, just chipping in.
PG: I didn't say you were bragging, just that huge render times like that are the opposite of optimal and not something that qualifies a good render, nothing directed at you at all, man. Chill.
Ha-ha! I have seen some render-time braggers around though, as if it's a thing to be proud of.
Jay: Unfortunately, a license fee is a little beyond
me at the minute, this is why 800x600 is my max', not through choice, no need to get arsey. You say you won't get into a pissing match, fine, but it's this pomposity that usually creates your pissing matches. Time and time again. Maybe it's
'beyond you', I don't really care, you constantly prove you cannot get along in a civil way with other people who have different ideas than you do, not cool, man.
Go on, delete your account again and go running away to elsewhere to run your mouth about all the nasty, narrow-minded people over on the other side. Then, after a time, when you imagine everyone will have forgotten about your childish whining, come back and make 'buzzzzz2'(example). Works everytime, regardless of website/people/circumstances etc.
Christ, I bet that delete-finger is really twitching now!
Back to the point of this thread, and just as pfrancke says, aren't we all just stumbling along in the dark? I'm reasonably new to graphics in general, couple of years all in, and I agree, no package has given me as much satisfaction as TG2 has, even in it's hobbled, non-commercial state. Keep at it, homebroo, TG is The Future! I've seen it in my dreams.
Sorry for the above, I can only stomach so much arrogance.