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.plan files were a great way to follow Quake development. https://github.com/ESWAT/john-carmack-plan-archive https://github.com/ESWAT/john-carmack-plan-archive

tshaddox 5y ago
I randomly clicked on this one: https://github.com/ESWAT/john-carmack-plan-archive/blob/master/by_day/johnc_plan_19991215.txt https://github.com/ESWAT/john-carmack-plan-archive/blob/mast... > Anna Kang left Id a couple weeks ago to found her own company - Fountainhead Entertainment. > It wasn't generally discussed during her time at Id, but we had been going out when she joined the company, and we were engaged earlier this year. We are getting married next month, and honeymooning in Hawaii. At her thoughtful suggestion, we are shipping a workstation out with us, so I don't fall into some programming-deprivation state. How great is that? :)
- rtpg 5y ago
  I believe this was when Carmack ended up writing Doom RPG? Or the other RPG for phones they did
jll29 5y ago
> At her thoughtful suggestion, we are shipping a workstation out with us He sure picked the right woman. The Web being the Web, there's more, courtesy Wikipedia: "He met his wife, Katherine Anna Kang, at the 1997 QuakeCon when she visited id's offices. As a bet, Kang challenged Carmack to sponsor the first All Female Quake Tournament if she was able to produce a significant number of participants. Carmack predicted a maximum of 25 participants, but there were 1,500. Carmack and Kang married on January 1, 2000, and planned a ceremony in Hawaii. Steve Jobs requested that they would postpone the ceremony so he could attend the MacWorld Expo on January 5, 2000. Carmack declined and suggested making a video instead."
- wpietri 5y ago
  Wait, what? I ran down the source for that. It's Carmack himself, and the full story makes Jobs look even worse: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2146412825593223&id=100006735798590 https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2146412825...
  - yakireev 5y ago
    Okay, now I need a similar story telling me how Carmack is full of shit too, to restore the balance. Otherwise I will keep feeling sad that we don't have more of Carmacks (and, if I may, less of Jobs/Bezos)
    - moffkalast 5y ago
      Well he's CTO of Oculus these days, representing the worst business practices the VR industry has to offer. So he can't possibly not be full of shit.
      - yakireev 5y ago
        > Well he's CTO of Oculus these days Oh. That settles it.
      - wpietri 5y ago
        That was my first though too, but recently he did a talk pouring a lot of cold water on VR hype, so he's at least less full of shit than much of the VR crowd: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/10/john-carmack-sounds-a-skeptical-note-over-metas-metaverse-plans/ https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/10/john-carmack-sounds-a...
    - speps 5y ago
      I'd suggest reading this[1], it's a quick read and paints a slightly different picture, probably still biased as everything is in society in general but you get a different side of the coin regarding Carmack. It's then up to you to decide if you like him more or less :) [1] https://www.waterstones.com/book/masters-of-doom/david-kushner/9780749924898 https://www.waterstones.com/book/masters-of-doom/david-kushn...

tshaddox 5y ago

I randomly clicked on this one: https://github.com/ESWAT/john-carmack-plan-archive/blob/master/by_day/johnc_plan_19991215.txt https://github.com/ESWAT/john-carmack-plan-archive/blob/mast... > Anna Kang left Id a couple weeks ago to found her own company - Fountainhead Entertainment. > It wasn't generally discussed during her time at Id, but we had been going out when she joined the company, and we were engaged earlier this year. We are getting married next month, and honeymooning in Hawaii. At her thoughtful suggestion, we are shipping a workstation out with us, so I don't fall into some programming-deprivation state. How great is that? :)

rtpg 5y ago
I believe this was when Carmack ended up writing Doom RPG? Or the other RPG for phones they did

jll29 5y ago

> At her thoughtful suggestion, we are shipping a workstation out with us He sure picked the right woman. The Web being the Web, there's more, courtesy Wikipedia: "He met his wife, Katherine Anna Kang, at the 1997 QuakeCon when she visited id's offices. As a bet, Kang challenged Carmack to sponsor the first All Female Quake Tournament if she was able to produce a significant number of participants. Carmack predicted a maximum of 25 participants, but there were 1,500. Carmack and Kang married on January 1, 2000, and planned a ceremony in Hawaii. Steve Jobs requested that they would postpone the ceremony so he could attend the MacWorld Expo on January 5, 2000. Carmack declined and suggested making a video instead."

wpietri 5y ago
Wait, what? I ran down the source for that. It's Carmack himself, and the full story makes Jobs look even worse: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2146412825593223&id=100006735798590 https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=2146412825...
- yakireev 5y ago
  Okay, now I need a similar story telling me how Carmack is full of shit too, to restore the balance. Otherwise I will keep feeling sad that we don't have more of Carmacks (and, if I may, less of Jobs/Bezos)
  - moffkalast 5y ago
    Well he's CTO of Oculus these days, representing the worst business practices the VR industry has to offer. So he can't possibly not be full of shit.
    - yakireev 5y ago
      > Well he's CTO of Oculus these days Oh. That settles it.
    - wpietri 5y ago
      That was my first though too, but recently he did a talk pouring a lot of cold water on VR hype, so he's at least less full of shit than much of the VR crowd: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/10/john-carmack-sounds-a-skeptical-note-over-metas-metaverse-plans/ https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/10/john-carmack-sounds-a...
  - speps 5y ago
    I'd suggest reading this[1], it's a quick read and paints a slightly different picture, probably still biased as everything is in society in general but you get a different side of the coin regarding Carmack. It's then up to you to decide if you like him more or less :) [1] https://www.waterstones.com/book/masters-of-doom/david-kushner/9780749924898 https://www.waterstones.com/book/masters-of-doom/david-kushn...