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It is very interesting that while many anti gunner orgs are still using the same cut and paste arguments, there are some who are understanding these shock and awe terms did not and will not work.
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John Romero everytime Sandy opens his fucking mouth
How Doom changed the world.
In 1991 I worked on the game Command HQ with Dan Bunten, who later became Danielle Berry. ANYWAY, Command HQ is of historical importance, because as near as I can tell, it was the first real-time strategy game. Dan thought that since 65% of gamers had modems it would mostly be played head-to-head. It bombed. I think it had about 40,000 sales.
Later I went to id Software and got to work on Doom. We all agreed at id that it was unlikely anyone would ever play Deathmatch, except in very small numbers. After all zero games had a robust head-to-head experience, and my personal time with Command HQ just hammered home the point.
However, everyone at id loved Deathmatch, so we kept it in the game. We figured, even if no one else played it, WE could keep doing it.
We were entirely wrong. I don't know if Doom's Deathmatch exploded because there were more networks to play on, or if Doom was so compelling everyone had to try it, or if a critical mass of modems had finally been reached. Maybe it was because Doom was a hit with the college kids, all of whom had ready access to networks.
Anyway, Deathmatch skyrocketed and that's what made Doom famous really. We were by no means the first first-person shooter. But we were the first game to make the player-vs-player model universal.
Today, a game that DOESN'T have a PvP has to explain why. I am extremely proud of that, even if it wasn't entirely our doing.
Community note
This account is disputed by DOOM's director John Romero, who states id Software predicted Deathmatch to be a highly popular game mode in a press release months before Sandy joined the team.
x.com/romero/status/…
The press release in question has been archived here:
soulsphere.org/mirrors/www.ro…
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All modern politics have denigrated to “they did this so I should be allowed to do this” or “I would condemn them if they did it, but if mine does it, that’s ok.”
Otherwise known as 3rd grader logic.
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Friendly reminder that that PPSH also serves as a makeshift chair in emergencies.
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>take your kid Trick or Treating
>have the first Fudd pull out his 1911 thinking the multi colored light AR is real
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Anyone who's served in any one of the US service branches will tell you it's full of guys that talk like Jackie.
Loving Cyberpunk so far but as much as I love Jackie he pisses the hell out of me cuz us hispanics don't talk like that 😭😭😭
I lowkey hate this trend of making hispanic characters in media say random spanish words in english sentences
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That’s because Trauma Team are absolutely neutral. They don’t care who you are or with, as long as you are their customer. They are the most realistic future of healthcare in many ways.
Trauma Team is so funny to me cuz like:
Leaves behind Gloria and corners Maine: man I fuckin hate Trauma Team
Saves Kingsley from MaxTac: omg I love Trauma Team
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