Rydin: yeah, it was probably Diced; he did that occasionally.
I don't really remember what I read first, but the threads I first posted in were the challenges (tesselation, multiple light sources, and flying animation). Man, those pictures sucked XD
I think that if I were new here, the rules thread would be the first thing to read, followed by the Tools, Tuts, and Linkage thread. Then whatever, I guess. I read everything, so there's not really much prioritizing direction I can give to newbies.