Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL

Subject: Looking for old school members that might remember D~Mentia & Silverleif

Asylvan opened this issue on Aug 25, 2025 · 6 posts

Asylvan posted Mon, 25 August 2025 at 8:19 PM

Anyone been around for a quarter of a century? I know it’s a big ask but I’m desperately trying to find an image I rendered back in 2004 for an Angels & Demons contest in the galleries… I’m pretty sure I used pseudonym ME2004 for username then, because I didn’t want to use DMentia or Silverleif for fear of favoritism… or maybe fear of failure… who knows… but I really want to find the image and would really appreciate any assistance!

RedPhantom posted Mon, 25 August 2025 at 8:49 PM Site Admin

ME2004 doesn't have any images in their gallery. 2004 is before my time here, so I don't know anything about any contests we held back then

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GGreen posted Mon, 25 August 2025 at 8:57 PM

https://www.renderosity.com/search/gallery?keyword=angels+and+demons&sort=oldest

ZigZag321 posted Mon, 25 August 2025 at 9:10 PM

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I entered a prompt with Gemini, Google's AI, searching for results to your search.

I think the prompt I used was "2004 Angels and Demons Renderosity Gallery Contest".   You can probably play around with the prompt and get different results than I did, but this is what it told me ......


2004 angels and demons contest renderosity galleries
In 2004, Renderosity held a contest called "Shades of Halloween," which featured a "Angels become demons" theme
. The entries, along with other similar works from that period, can be viewed in the general galleries by searching for relevant keywords and filtering by the 2004 date range. There does not appear to be a dedicated "Angels and Demons" contest in that year. 
Key takeaways regarding the 2004 Renderosity galleries:
  • Contest theme: The 2004 contest was themed for Halloween, with one specific entry mentioning "when all the little angels become demons".
  • Relevant search results: Searching the Renderosity galleries for keywords like "angel," "demon," and "gothic," and filtering by the 2004 date range, brings up a wide variety of work related to the theme.
  • Gallery accessibility: You can access these archived galleries on Renderosity by adjusting the search and sorting parameters to show earlier uploads from 2004

infinity10 posted Mon, 25 August 2025 at 10:04 PM

There was a massive server switch over some years ago, and a lot of old stuff was just gone forever.  Longtime Admins might know more.

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Penguinisto posted Fri, 29 August 2025 at 9:24 AM

I remember the contests - I also remember not participating in any of them (not out of malice, mind - just that I'm lazy.) infinity10 called it, though - they did a site overhaul a long time back now; this wiped out old links, old/inactive accounts, and similar havoc. 

It happens, and the more years that pass, the greater the data loss. Unless you archive it on local disks, have local backups, and periodically checksum while you transfer the stuff to new media every couple of years? It'll disappear. As far as CG stuff, put it this way: I'd have an easier time finding old crap I posted on USENET back in the 1990s than I would finding old stuff I posted here (or DAZ, etc) but didn't have a local copy of.

Seriously - archive your stuff locally. If it wasn't for having local copies, everything I ever posted to PoserPros, 3D Commune, etc would've been lost to the ether at least a decade ago. Same with a lot of stuff that contentparasite used to sell, such as the NearMe figure.

Food for thought.