QuakeCon is go

[MKJ]

http://kotaku.com/5611044/quakecon-begi ... ater-today

[xer0s]

You goin?

[DooMer]

Isn't that caligirl?

[4days]

certainly looks like her.

anyone know if/where the keynote's being streamed?
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/08 ... t-tonight/

[DooMer]

Keynote live feed http://www.quakecon.org/gallery/livefeed.shtml

[Don Carlos]

Win

I want to go back next year...10 years after Turb and I went...

[bitWISE]

http://kotaku.com/5611523/id-unleashes- ... the-iphone

[xer0s]

It's been ten years since the l33t license plate? Holy shit...

[Don Carlos]

Yeah man...crazy!

[AmIdYfReAk]

i'm pissed that i was unable to go to quake con when it was "the thing" back in 2000-2004.

i shoulda tagged along with Ax and Inolen...

[xer0s]

Yeah, it's something I'll always regret, considering it's only a 3.5 hour drive for me...

[Psyche911]

So, Rage was designed for a controller and is coming to the iPhone. My expectations are dwindling.

[xer0s]

My expectations just skyrocketed!!!

[fKd]

more phone crap, no doom 4 :/

[r3t]

http://kotaku.com/5611523/id-unleashes-rage-on-the-iphone

incredible, but it makes me wonder: why weren't any of id's games (Doom 3, Quake 3, Quake 4) ported to the Wii? Carmack once claimed it was impossible from a hardware perspective, but the only reason I can think of is that the Wii would lack programmable shader logic while the iPhone might have that. Weird...

[AmIdYfReAk]

Yeah, it's something I'll always regret, considering it's only a 3.5 hour drive for me...

25 hours from here...

Wasnt it something silly like 3 days for AX?

http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=d&source=s ... 72&t=h&z=4

[zewulf]

If I have the time this weekend, I may just hop over to see what all the fuss is about

[fKd]

you guys are lucky im gonna try go next year... long way from new zealand tho :/

[obsidian]

Keynote:
http://quakecon.quake-live.tv/2009/08/1 ... k-keynote/

(Dammit... 2009)

[Berserker]

I've been to '08 and '09 but sadly had to work this year. It's a great experience watching the Pro CTF and Duel finals Saturday night on the 2 giant monitors. Feeling the roar of the crowd when a nice rail shot is made, or a flag captured. It's nice to watch Quake being played at such a high skill level.

[Eraser]

http://kotaku.com/5611523/id-unleashes-rage-on-the-iphone

incredible, but it makes me wonder: why weren't any of id's games (Doom 3, Quake 3, Quake 4) ported to the Wii? Carmack once claimed it was impossible from a hardware perspective, but the only reason I can think of is that the Wii would lack programmable shader logic while the iPhone might have that. Weird...

It's not like Quake 3 uses hardware supported pixel or vertex shaders. I think id Software doesn't have the capacity to go for a Wii project. Quake 3 or Doom 3 on Wii isn't a guaranteed sale. I'm wondering if Carmack thinks an Android version would be worth it. I mean, a 1GHz snapdragon CPU rivals iPhone 4, no?

edit:
hmm, I've listened to the first 50 mins of his keynote. He talks about how awesome the Apple appstore is because there's no limits on how large software can be and he complains that "javabrew" has a 1.5mb sizelimit on apps offered through telecom providers' stores. He says nothing about the Android market, which confuses me. That must be a big deal to him, right? I mean, that's offers the same as the appstore does?

[Eraser]

Hmm, people have been saying that id Software games are more like tech demos for their engines so they could license them to others.

Not any more so: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010- ... sda-titles

I'm afraid that this means that id Software's history of releasing game engine code to the public domain has ended right there.

[fKd]

I've been to '08 and '09 but sadly had to work this year. It's a great experience watching the Pro CTF and Duel finals Saturday night on the 2 giant monitors. Feeling the roar of the crowd when a nice rail shot is made, or a flag captured. It's nice to watch Quake being played at such a high skill level.

man that sounds wicked!

[Don Carlos]

Hmm, people have been saying that id Software games are more like tech demos for their engines so they could license them to others.

Not any more so: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010- ... sda-titles

I'm afraid that this means that id Software's history of releasing game engine code to the public domain has ended right there.

Not great news to be hones...

[Eraser]

rofl, Carmack's wife bought him a Tesla Roadster for his birthday. Awesome wife.