What's wrong with Core4D? It's like C4D, but with a special nugget of ore in the middle of it. The users hard work gets to determine whether it's a dirty lump of coal or a diamond.
I think this site needs some threads on 'favourite tutorials' or 'cool new tutorials of note', whether it be official Maxon ones or ones that other folk have done on Youtube. I'll probably post a couple soon. This goes for the other DCC's as well so if Igor sees something Houdini related or whatever and wants to chuck it up, hey guys, look at this cool technique, I'd be happy to check it out.