Quote Originally Posted by STEvil View Post
Syn: Carmack built the engines (graphics/rendering/AI mostly, sound and networking secondly). He had a hand in the content the engines ran as well but without Carmack there would have been no engine for Commander Keen, Wolfenstien, Doom, Quake, etc to run on. Nobody said he wasnt involved in their creation either, only that he was the creator of their base engines.
So what does this mean then:

Quote Originally Posted by n-sanity View Post
Carmack, the godfather of the shooter (think doom and quake and castle wolfenstein...) as we know it today, doesn't oversee the artistic side of games (the story, art, etc) - he is the man that makes the engine.
That's just one of the replies that state that he only makes the engines.

Quote Originally Posted by mrkram View Post
Some people are really hating on Jon Carmack - meet the guy at quake con in real life and see if you have the same opinion of him. He really is a intriguing character - truly special. Everyone who doesn't have their facts straight shutup and do it better then JC. come back and talk after that. Contribute something rather then talking smack about someone who never did anything to hurt you.
If you think i am "some people" then let me repeat something i said earlier. I respect Carmack for the things he comes up with none else has the balls or clue to create. However when he mixes his geekish opinion with his work all that he creates is misused and wasted away. That is when i loose all respect for him.