I always perceived the opposite. Carmack is the real genius, Romero is just a lucky level designer who happened to be in the right place at the right time. Man

I always perceived the opposite. Carmack is the real genius, Romero is just a lucky level designer who happened to be in the right place at the right time. Many other level designers rapidly surpassed Romero. Carmack was doing a great job until he started building rockets.