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Despite underwhelming QuakeCon, id poised for comeback
shacknews.com — "Midway through the second hour, even most of the die-hard nerds started to leave. On stage was a man who, by all accounts, did not need to be there. Wealthy, successful, busy programming rockets and enjoying family life--id Software president John Carmack has plenty of excuses to be..."
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- Mikkle, on 08/05/2008, -0/+4John Carmack has been a personal hero of mine ever since the old .plan days... This generation of gamers owes him more than anyone else I can think of.
- dn11, on 08/06/2008, -0/+1John Carmack definitely knows his *****, but it seems like he hasn't surrounded himself with people who are as talented as he is. I found this interview by 1UPs Sean Elliot somewhat revealing.
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3169112 (all around great interview BTW)
At one point Sean asks him who would he would love to have on a "dream team" for level design out of everyone in the industry. John says something to the effect that he doesn't really keep up with who the best designers are and just sticks to technology. Sadly, this has been very clear in all of Ids recent releases. In fact, I would say id has become less and less relevent dating all the way back to Half-Life.
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