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John Carmack Says No Dedicated Servers For Rage

Posted by Soulskill on from the will-you-rage-over-rage dept.

AndrewDBarker writes "Modern Warfare 2 will use a matchmaking setup powered by IWNet for online play (as we've discussed). It's too early to say what Rage will use, but Carmack indicated he believed the servers are something of a remnant of the early days of PC gaming. That said, he realizes the affinity many PC gamers have for them — and is glad Rage won't be leading the charge away from them. 'The great thing is we won't have to be a pioneer on that,' he says. 'We'll see how it works out for everyone else.'"

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  1. Re:Glad to see he's not charging forward by Dyinobal · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Seriously why are people kissing Carmacks ass these days? Did anyone play the new 'Wolfenstein'? The guy can only live on the success of doom and the original Wolfenstein for so long. As far as I'm concerned the guy may be a good programmer but in terms of making games that are fun and are genuinely good he's a has been. I don't care about any of his new games to come out. Rage? Doom 4? seriously a Doom 4. Like we need another Doom.

  2. John Carmack is something of a remnant himself by kbrasee · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Just sayin'.

  3. boycott by Lehk228 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    forget a petition, if id wants to screw over PC gamers then a boycott of all id games and all games using technology licensed from id is in order.

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  4. A remnant? by deweyhewson · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Really, when was the last time Carmack's games were relevant? Doom 3, maybe? Even that was overshadowed by other, better, games at the time. If anything is a leftover remnant of the 90s, it's id Software.

  5. Re:if (NO == dedicated_servers) by X0563511 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    First "his" view on Linux, and now "his" view on dedicated servers.

    I'm beginning to think that John is drinking the koolaid his new corporate masters are forcing on him.

    John, I know you read this site. I just want you to know that this BS that has been going on since you were bought... you just lost a loyal customer permanently.

    Doom? bought at full retail.
    Quake? bought at full retail.
    Quake 2? bought at full retail.
    Quake 3? bought at full retail TWICE.
    Doom 3? bought at full retail.
    Quake 4? bought at full retail.
    ETQW: bought at full retail.

    Never again. Enjoy the downward spiral, I know i'm not alone in this.

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