I'm not the one who started the argument over stupid little details. He wanted to argue, so I gave him what he wanted and showed even Id Software disagrees with him. >From: brianevans <brianevans@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Reply-To: gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [gameprogrammer] Re: game engine? >Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 10:51:42 -0600 > >Does anyone else sense the irony here? > > >(Mod: Please delete other post. Forgot to change from address.) > >At 11:54 PM 1/24/2005, you wrote: > >Why do I need to acknowledge a correction when there's no correction to > >acknowledge? Id Software says they released the source code to Quake 3. >I > >said they released the source code. > > > >Being "technically" correct is no excuse for him being an idiot picking > >fights over stupid little details. Especially when even the software > >company that released the code disagrees with him. > > > >It takes a special kind of stupid to do what Jacob did. > > > >I've been on the net long enough to not be surprised by this though. > >There's people like him in every forum. Their entire self-worth is based >on > >nitpicking details in a vain effort to impress people. > > > >I'm not impressed. > > > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "brianevans" <brianevans@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >To: <gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 10:00 PM > >Subject: [gameprogrammer] Re: game engine? > > > > > > > I believe Jacob was, technically, more correct. Why not just note the > > > correction and move on? > > > > > > > > > At 09:54 PM 1/24/2005, you wrote: > > > > > You need to chill. > > > > > > > >I'm not the one starting stupid arguments in some misguided effort to > >sound > > > >like they know something. > > > > > > > >It's a good thing we have you here or I would have gotten away with > >saying > > > >that Quake 3's code has been around for a long time for public > >consumption. > > > > > > > >Oh but wait, it has. > > > > > > > > > You should type what you mean. > > > > > > > >I do. You should learn to read. > > > > > > > >"This is the combined *source code* for Quake III Arena and Quake >III: > >Team > > > >Arena. It can be used to build the 1.27g point release or the Team >Arena > > > >release. It contains buildable project files and all related game >source > > > >code as well as prebuilt tool executables." > > > > > > > >http://www.idsoftware.com/business/techdownloads/ > > > > > > > >You better hurry up and write a letter to Id Software telling them > >they're > > > >wrong and they didn't actually release the source code. > > > > > > > >Dumbass. > > > > > > > >Ben Kucenski > > > >www.icarusindie.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > >From: "Jacob Briggs" <jacob_briggs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > >To: <gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > >Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 7:27 PM > > > >Subject: [gameprogrammer] Re: game engine? > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ben Kucenski wrote: > > > > > > > > > > >Obviously it wasn't misleading to you because you knew the extent >of > >the > > > > > >source that was available. And hence "corrected" me. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That doesnt make any sense, but you certainly dont like being > >corrected. > > > > > > > > > > >When I said the code was available I didn't say "all" of it now >did > >I? > > > > > > > > > > > oh, you got me. ZIIING!!!! Because its obvious that when you say > >"Quake > > > > > 3, Half-Life, and other major games have had their source code >opened > > > > > for a long time" you didnt really mean all of it. I was playing an > > > > > elaborate joke. > > > > > > > > > > >You > > > > > >were *alledgedly* mislead because you read too much into what I >said. > > > >The > > > > > >code for Quake 3 is available. The entire code will be available > >later. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I just read what you said, and took it at face value. How else is >one > > > > > supposed to read it? You should type what you mean. > > > > > > > > > > >Does this stupid little argument excite you? Because I'm bored. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Translation : I need a cop out for an argument i started. I know! >I'll > > > > > pull out the nonchalant "bored" argument :) > > > > > > > > > > You need to chill. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------- > > > > > To unsubscribe go to http://gameprogrammer.com/mailinglist.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >--------------------- > > > >To unsubscribe go to http://gameprogrammer.com/mailinglist.html > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------- > > > To unsubscribe go to http://gameprogrammer.com/mailinglist.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >--------------------- > >To unsubscribe go to http://gameprogrammer.com/mailinglist.html > > > >--------------------- >To unsubscribe go to http://gameprogrammer.com/mailinglist.html > > --------------------- To unsubscribe go to http://gameprogrammer.com/mailinglist.html