Quote Originally Posted by DilTech View Post
John Carmack is also pretty much a rocket scientist, and was once considered by microsoft to be their biggest threat as their games pretty much ran in their own operating system. He pretty much does single handedly what it takes other companies years to do with a full crew.

How is he NOT a genius?
Because as much he is good at programing he is just as bad at everything else. iD engines where something years ago, today none cares much as people are able to make their own engines that fit their needs better. As the most famous OpenGL developer his other ideas to do with games are making things worse for overall game industry plus the OpenGL groups. Sure games look better but the gameplay hasn't evolved since Quake 1. I am sorry but no matter how you look at it "Pretty colours" will only keep me entertained for few minutes the rest of the time gameplay has to keep me hooked. I completed both Doom3 and Qauke4 and i wouldn't be able to tell you what happens in them, the story line was so entertaining that i forgot it completely.

So yea he is a good programmer but that is not that impressive these days. When he made his name IT industry was quite small compared to what it is today. He is yet to do anything impressive these days, all interest in iD Tech5 is that it is platform independent.