---Programmers idols---

Yeah, here.

- DarkMage139
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"Shut up and give me the freakin code" -unknown
"Ask and you will be shot" -snes16bit
"Not again!" -SHilbert (upon being assimilated)
"Nazrix is cool." - Nazrix
"You've only seen the beginning" -The Dark Lord of RPGs
"I'm gonna go get high on Squaresoft games" - ILoveNataliePortman

my programming idol is pouya

- Pouya

Whatever!

Tim Sweeney.

- DarkMage139
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"Shut up and give me the freakin code" -unknown
"Ask and you will be shot" -snes16bit
"Not again!" -SHilbert (upon being assimilated)
"Nazrix is cool." - Nazrix
"You've only seen the beginning" -The Dark Lord of RPGs
"I'm gonna go get high on Squaresoft games" - ILoveNataliePortman

go pouya

"The attitudes and personality of the programmer is reflected in the written program." So that's why my programs have waaaay too many bugs, aren't user-friendly, and swear when they create errors...

but seriously, no one here has a programming idol for him/herself ?

"The more crap you put up with, the more crap you are going to get" -Pouya
"The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds!" -?

Mine would have to be Ken Williams (ex president/founder of Sierra Online.)

Ken was one of the pioneers of the graphical adventure game, his first success being Kings Quest I for the IBM PCjr.

Since I grew up with all these games, I always feel a certain sense of nostalgia for Ken and the Sierra of old.

Steve

Peter Molyneux all the way. Not only as a programmer, but as a general computer-based entertainment GENIUS!

P.S. I bet some unoriginal git says John Cormack...

J2xC (J. Connolly)

"Carpe jugulum" - Seize the throat, title of Terry Pratchett novel(relating to vampires of course;))...

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Original post by SteveP3000

Ken was one of the pioneers of the graphical adventure game, his first success being Kings Quest I for the IBM PCjr.

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yeah but the whole thing was roberta''s idea. without her he wouldn''t have done any o that

"The more crap you put up with, the more crap you are going to get" -Pouya
"The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds!" -?

Sid Meier is by far my programming idol. I would love to take a look at some of his source code.

I think sid meir is a game designer and not a coder. If he is then I look up to him!

My main idol is Linus Torvalds, as he created the linux operating system, and instead of going for the $$$ he made it open source, which made linux what it is, and also started a revolution in the computer industry. I feel that open source is the way forward, and that computer programming should be a science and not an industry.

Imagine what computer games would be like if we shared our code? Valve make some kick ass AI for half-life release the code, and someone else modifies it, and makes an even more realistic game. All this instead of starting over again, and reinventing the wheel. Code will become a lot more stable as the same routines will be reused, edited etc until a better method is found.

ok, thats enough, im off to start another topic entitled "Is the future open source?"

G Coates
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Windows: The only virus with a GUI!

I''m not sure if Sid is a coder anymore, but he was. I remember reading an article where he said something to the effect of: "Anytime someone asks me how to make a game, I tell them to get a C compiler and a copy of Paintshop Pro"

As for Open Source games, when you get to the level of Half-Life, there''s no way it should be free. So much effort goes into it. However, I have no problems with licensing...

Gabe Newell. Need I say more?

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Original post by pouya

yeah but the whole thing was roberta's idea. without her he wouldn't have done any o that

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I guess, but Roberta was more involved with the story of the game than the actual implementation of it. From what I understand, Ken did all the graphics and the programing. The story to King's Quest was nothing special at all, but the feeling that you were exploring an actual 3d environment was what made the game for me.

Mighty cool game for 1983, or whenever it came out.

Steve


Edited by - stevep3000 on October 11, 2000 7:07:11 PM

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Original post by SteveP3000
I guess, but Roberta was more involved with the story of the game than the actual implementation of it. From what I understand, Ken did all the graphics and the programing. The story to King''s Quest was nothing special at all, but the feeling that you were exploring an actual 3d environment was what made the game for me.

Mighty cool game for 1983, or whenever it came out.

Steve

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heh, did youy actually see KQ1?
i tried it (i purchased roberta william''s anthology) it absolutely sucked
it was 5,6 and 7 that were good. i reallly like those (especially 6)
and mask of eternity was a totally different class. kinda outa the fairytale-ish type that KQ had. but still, it was awesome


"The more crap you put up with, the more crap you are going to get" -Pouya
"The longest recorded flight of a chicken is 13 seconds!" -?

Of course KQ1 sucked if you''re comparing it to KQ5. Think of this though. Imagine it''s 1987 and the best PC out is an 8086. The only good game is one where you''re a fireman catching babies falling out of a building. Then comes Kings Quest. You can walk around, pick up items, solve puzzles, etc. It''s a completely interactive game with some depth.

I feel obligated to defend old school Sierra games. Kings Quest 2 was the first IBM-PC game I ever played.

Alan Turing and John von Neumann.


People might not remember what you said, or what you did, but they will always remember how you made them feel.
~ (V)^|) |<é!t|-| ~

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Original post by DJ_House

Then comes Kings Quest. You can walk around, pick up items, solve puzzles, etc. It''s a completely interactive game with some depth.

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I agree totally. The old Sierra games are not classics because they have great depth or gameplay, but because they were groundbreaking for that time. Although King''s Quest 6 was probably a much better game, by the time it came out there were dozens of other companies doing the same thing.

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Original post by DJ_House
Imagine it''s 1987 and the best PC out is an 8086. The only good game is one where you''re a fireman catching babies falling out of a building.

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Man, I haven''t thought about that game in ages! I racked up a pretty decent score catching those little guys.

Steve

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Original post by MadKeithV

Alan Turing and John von Neumann.

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Well, I think that John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry built the first computer and not Neumann and Turing.
That is the reason why they are your favorites, no?

Nope, Alan Turing invented Computation before there was such a thing as computers, and John von Neumann invented the von Neumann architecture, which means storing the program inside the internal memory of a machine, without which we would not be programming today.

Charles Babbage invented the first "computer" which was actually a mechanical calculator. He never built it though.


People might not remember what you said, or what you did, but they will always remember how you made them feel.
~ (V)^|) |<é!t|-| ~