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Carmack Discusses Delay of Q3A Source
Time Doctor writes "John Carmack moved to a blog format, and updates everyone with his thoughts on graphics and why licensing delays the (still) inevitable Quake 3: Arena source, when it was expected before the end of 2004."
Lets talk about Jon Carmack. Jon is the legendary programmer of such classic
PC games as Wolfenstein, Doom, Duke nukem 3d, Quake 1, 2, and 3, unreal, and
the upcoming doom3. Jon has single handedly created the genre known as the
first-person-shooter. He has also popularized the Direct3d 3d format over
Microsoft's competing Opengl format, as well as caused public interest in 3d
cards when he first released accelerated quake for the s3 virge chipset. Jon
carmack has redefined gaming on PC's.
Now stop for a moment and think... What would have happened if Albert
Einstein had worked creating amazing pinball games instead of creating the
theory of relativity? Humanity would suffer! Jon carmack is unfortunately
doing JUST THIS, using his gifts at computer coding to create games instead
of furthering the knowledge of humanity. Carmack could have been working for
NASA or the US military, but instead he simply sits around coding violent
computer games.
Is this a waste of a special and rare talent? Sadly, the answer is yes.
Unfortunately, it doesn't stop there. Not only is Jon carmack not
contributing to society, he is causing it's downfall. What was the main
reason for the mass murder of dozens of people in columbine? Doom. It's
always the same story... Troubled youth plays doom or quake, he arms himself
to the teeth, he kills his classmates. This has happened hundreds of times
in the US alone. Carmack is not only wasting his talents and intelligence;
he is single-handedly causing the deaths of many young men and women. How
does he sleep at night?
Carmack is a classic example of a very talented and intelligent human being
that is bent on total world destruction. Incredibly, he has made millions of
dollars getting people hooked on psychotic games where they compete on the
internet to see who can dismember the most people. I believe there is
something morally wrong when millions of people have computerized murder
fantasies, and we have Jon Carmack to thank. Carmack has used his superior
intellect to create mayhem in society. Many people play games such as quake
so much that their minds are permanently warped. A cousin of mine has been
in therapy for 6 months after he lost a eath match' and became catatonic.
It is unfortunate that most people do not realize how much this man has
damaged all the things we have worked hard for in America. Jon has wasted
his intelligence, caused the deaths of innocent children, and warped this
country forever. To top it off, he got rich in the process and is revered by
millions of computer users worldwide. Perhaps one day the US government will
see the light and confine Jon Carmack somewhere with no computers so he can
no longer use his intelligence to wreak havoc on society.
You still have to pay to use ID engines commercially even when they have been open sourced.
who would want to license Doom 3's 4-player engine? no-one.
Quake 3 is the only decent multiplayer engine they have left.
Companies should no be allowed to make money..
Come on, the man said the code will get released, calm your asses down and wait. Or help support the company and buy a license.
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