Bake Me A Daikatana

#168

Feggedaboudit -- Doom, Doom2, and Quake are so long in the tooth that nobody who keeps up with gaming could care less, except nostalgically. Already, next to Q3 and Unreal Tournament, they look like fossils. Romero has yet to show what he can do with contemporary technology; he has shown that he is fully qualified as a laughingstock, however.

Let\'s all send Ion Storm a big Merry Christmas Message
Just cut and paste the following - It even fits the tune :-)

\"The 12 Days of a Daikatana Christmas\"
On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me...

12 Long-Haired John Dolls
11 Naked Killcreeks
10 Ugly Screenshots
9 Stupid Weapons
8 Lamer Powerups
7 Employees \'a leaving
6 Rookies Hired
---->> 5 More Delays! <<----
4 Years too late
3 Dumb ads
2 Sick of John

AND AN EXPIRED COUPON FROM EB!

Merry Christmas Everybody!

~KK

Whatever the qualities that JR has as a level designer or programmer the project has been poorly managed, how much of the blame he should take for that I don\'t know. At this rate Eidos might well pull the plug on the whole thing.

#165: Unfortunately, the LATimes website no longer has that article.

So here\'s one from the NYTimes.

http://www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/19990523mag-keegan.html

The article features this great quote:

Romero is relishing his pumped-up status. \"When I drive this car,\" he says, \"people know who I am.\" He chafes at waiting for a table for half an hour at a crowded Dallas lunch spot. (\"If they knew I was here, we wouldn\'t have to wait.\"). He imagines his reception in Japan, where he\'s never been but where his games are huge. \"I\'d probably get mobbed by Japanese chicks,\" he says.

Absolutely fuckin\' hilarious.

And here\'s my favorite quote:

In nearly every way imaginable, the shy, 28-year-old Carmack is the anti-Romero.

Yeah, Carmack can actually release games.

#165: Unfortunatly, the LATimes website doesn\'t have the article anymore.

So, here\'s one from the NYTimes.

http://www.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/19990523mag-keegan.html

The article features this great quote:

Romero is relishing his pumped-up status. \"When I drive this car,\" he says, \"people know who I am.\" He chafes at waiting for a table for half an hour at a crowded Dallas lunch spot. (\"If they knew I was here, we wouldn\'t have to wait.\"). He imagines his reception in Japan, where he\'s never been but where his games are huge. \"I\'d probably get mobbed by Japanese chicks,\" he says.

Absolutely fuckin\' hilarious.

But here\'s my favorite quote:

\"In nearly every way imaginable, the shy, 28-year-old Carmack is the anti-Romero.\"

Yeah, Carmack can actually release games.

...#169...

you gave my rant a purpose and an existence here...thank you!


/krish
http://www.riotsoftware.com

I have to agree with you...the amount of newbies today (yes bos and girls that means you 12-16 b0yz N gIrLz who skipped class to read this fine piece of literature) surpasses the newbies in newsgroups like this. Mostly because I think alot of what makes up the \"ancients\", feel these newsgroup tend to be more or less infantile more than anything with quotes like:

\"HAHAHAHA HES IS A FAGS! DIKEDANANA IS A DUMB!!! ID RULES!!\"

or...

\"I AM HAVES A 3DFEX VODOO 5 AN 234MB REM WIT ANDS I GoTs 90MPH ATS 1200x480!!! YOU ARES A DUMB HAHAHA I WIL SHOT YUPOS IN THE ASS WIT MY RIALGUN!!!!!HAHAHAHA\"

and even...

\"Don\'t buy Quak3 cuz it sux!! The bots are UnR3alIsTick! UT is better! It has better graffics\"

and yes even...

\"I AM IN C CLAN WE ARE <<{{[[CLAN 40 OUNCE]]]}}>> I AM m0rpheu40ounce] AND ROMERO IS A FAG!!! ID RUL3Z!!!!!\"

...it saddens me...how uneducated alot of people are whom frequent this newsgroup. I dig Steve and he knows his shit (though I do have to say Steve, after that pic of you today I have to wonder ;), one of the only main reasons I post here...

please before you decide to go off on your ridiculously stupid banter, laden with homoerotic sexual undertones, and really when it comes down to it, displaying your lack of intelligence or experience in this industry...educate yourself...or at least..just try not to pretend you know what you are talking about...as Im sure alot of us are kinda sick of it...I actually don\'t know why I am ranting about this...sheer boredom and a lack of the ol\' lube might be the problem...

UNLEARN

/kris

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#148: \"Do you know who I am?\" asked Romero, smiling slightly as colored disco lights danced across his black mane. \"I am a god.\"

You\'re shittin\' me? He said that to the LA Times? I want proof! I know he\'s a dumbass, but this is my dream come true! Woohoo, what a cock!

Romero is cock, Carmack is a virgin.

If Romero was still at Id, I think it\'s safe to say the fanboys would be doing a lot less complaining about the quality of the maps in Q2/Q3.

This has progress from being a delayed game into being a fucking joke. Period.

#152 - *smooch*

#138 I realize you realize a bunch of stuff. Gee, imagine me standing behind a genuinely nice guy like Romero rather than a community full of people that send me hate mail like all the ION stuff is my fucking fault. Let\'s face it, until you put the cd in your computer and play all four episodes in singleplayer and then try all four episodic flavors of deathmatch and CTF and deathtag and coop dm, you don\'t really know dick. If your battlecruiser analogy was real, Eidos woulda taken the first release candidate and shipped it.

your penance is to go to my site and refresh fifty times. heh :)

I just shit my pants

My bitches love me - and I love you all in return.

*smooch*

This is from a LA Times article published back in April.


Those making their way inside were a cool clan of software developers and technical engineers who, once mocked as gear-heads, now are revered as digital deities. Among them was game developer John Romero, worshiped by \"Quake\" fans because he designed the top-selling series.
\"Do you know who I am?\" asked Romero, smiling slightly as colored disco lights danced across his black mane. \"I am a god.\"


I think that says it all. Johnny-boy deserves what he gets.

John Romero (the person) is the nicest and coolest person who works in the game industry. He may not have much experience with owning and managing a company yet, but he\'s learning... and he works his ass off everyday to try to make good games, and dumb-fucks on this board spit on him. Fuck you all, and learn to show some respect.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA romero HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

i predict this game will have worse sales than Dominion or whatever.