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To me, your comment is a strong implication that Notch is a gifted programmer. If you meant "at least kind of okay" literally (he is better than average), then
by pikachu_is_cool 13y ago
To me, your comment is a strong implication that Notch is a gifted programmer. If you meant "at least kind of okay" literally (he is better than average), then feel free to ignore me. Otherwise, read on.
I know tons of people, myself included, that have coded something of similar, if not bigger scope than Minecraft. The only difference between Notch and everyone else is that Notch ended up creating a game that became extremely popular. It is a combination of skill and luck. Thinking it is all skill, and even worse, thinking that you are "gifted" because of such a happenstance is very unhealthy.
- kayoone 13y agonotch never said that hes gifted, quite the contrary. Also i hope you realized that you responded to jonathan blow, creator of braid and a gifted programmer himself. Atleast give notch some credit
- pikachu_is_cool 13y agoI don't care who he is. And it seems that you missed the whole point of my previous comment. He is not gifted. He indeed is very good but he is not gifted.
- coldtea 13y ago>I know tons of people, myself included, that have coded something of similar, if not bigger scope than Minecraft. Pics or it didn't happen. Merely writing something with an equal or larger amount of LOC doesn't count.
- pikachu_is_cool 13y agoThen what does count? Download count? Net monetary gain? Fame?