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Reminds me of the anecdote of John Carmack developing Quake in the early to mid 1990's He put out a comment effectively saying "I forgot not everyone has a T1
by IntelMiner 4y ago
Reminds me of the anecdote of John Carmack developing Quake in the early to mid 1990's
He put out a comment effectively saying "I forgot not everyone has a T1 line. I'm going to order Dial-Up for real-world testing"
- maartet 4y agoAh, I remember playing Quake death match at night in the late '90s on a university connection, against scores of opponents on dialup. It usually ended with somebody shouting "Everyone, go after that LPB" (Low-ping b**d). Then finally there was some real challenge :)