Need help making presentation about John Carmack

John Carmarck helped to write / Co-create Terminator series in focus on he idea of IA at the moment. 

23 hours ago, Caffeine Freak said:

Long story about the lack of empathy of JBDC. 

You should sell the rights for a movie. hehe

 

None of you made the Civvie11 jokes, though I'm liking these "Rude Carmack" memes.

Maybe you can research John Carmack accomplishments like make something new or something that already exist yet still unoptimized so he make the genre popular and accessible by everyone.

He made possible to have fast multi-player and grafics at the same time with a new algorithm. 

Post your current essay / presentation

7 minutes ago, Ralphis said:

Post your current essay / presentation

It's not finished yet, and I'd have to translate it all to english. I'll try to send a translated but incomplete version later.

1 hour ago, Ralphis said:

Post your current essay / presentation

JohnCarmack ENG.zip

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Carmack masterminded the ultimate Computer Virus, Doom. He and Romero single handily destroyed the security of the Computer Networks throughout the World, using their viral video games as a covert weapon to penetrate sensitive systems, where legions of government employees would spend hours playing the game on insecure networks. This enslaved demonic network of computers became known as the 'Putah, the big Matrix in the Sky, the connection machine of Pie. Ever needing to bump up the ante of consumer hardware was a necessity so the Duo, along with Trent Reznor, could connect their brains directly to the machines and control all aspects of life (but Trent later went on to help found Google as a silent partner).

I'm sorry. I couldn't resist.

10 hours ago, jmpt16 said:

Did not know those threads even existed, but I'm not gonna frame my need for help as a contest.

True. You are instead framing it as plea to the work for you.

Atleast framing it as a contest sounds ridiculous enough that some mapper may snicker an effort in. This? Hell naw.

10 hours ago, jmpt16 said:

Despite what it may look like, I did do some research. I was just asking what else I could add besides "yeh he made sum c0ol engins"

''He did some engines'' is the equivalent of you doing research?

Try Carmack's .plan's. Heck, even mentioning that already scores more than ''He did some engines''.

PS:

Since you were awesome enough to share your presentation, i took a look at it.

• You make very basic points about Carmack's carreer but aren't elaborating them.
• You do make a good case of using Powerpoint as a tool and not as something i can read from during the actual presentation lol. Too many folks fall for that one. A Powerpoint slide is a supplement to what you are saying. If the slide contains the entire text that you are going to read from, you are doing it wrong, as everyone can read a slide.

14 minutes ago, Redneckerz said:

• You make very basic points about Carmack's carreer but aren't elaborating them.

YES! THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING TO FIX! How can/should I fix that?

15 minutes ago, Redneckerz said:

• You do make a good case of using Powerpoint as a tool and not as something i can read from during the actual presentation lol. [...]

I was already sort of aware of that, but the teacher made sure to remind us.

ps: i forgot to mention in that powerpoint that i was gonna cap it off with the funny porn quote

10 minutes ago, jmpt16 said:

ps: i forgot to mention in that powerpoint that i was gonna cap it off with the funny porn quote

Please don't. That quote is used out of context so much that there's no longer anything funny about it. To be honest, it was never that funny to begin with. The whole "pornos have shitty plotlines" thing has been beat to death.

@jmpt16 I'm genuinely curious, what kind of class is this for? Are you in college or high school? Is it for a technical class of some kind, or perhaps a public speaking class, or... what? Because it might reveal more about how detailed you should get, and what types of details you should include, if we knew your audience and the academic context.

Just now, Caffeine Freak said:

@jmpt16 I'm genuinely curious, what kind of class is this for? Are you in college or high school? Is it for a technical class of some kind, or perhaps a public speaking class, or... what? Because it might reveal more about how detailed you should get, and what types of details you should include, if we knew your audience and the academic context.

At risk of being completely shat on, I'm in college for game development, and the specific class is "Video Game Industry". Hence why I wanted more details than his engine-making prowess, and hence also why I added stuff like "copies sold" to the details in the powerpoint.

8 minutes ago, TheMagicMushroomMan said:

Please don't. That quote is used out of context so much that there's no longer anything funny about it. To be honest, it was never that funny to begin with. The whole "pornos have shitty plotlines" thing has been beat to death.

Tbf I doubt my class knows that quote, so it is less worn out.

10/10 joke btw

17 minutes ago, jmpt16 said:

 

At risk of being completely shat on, I'm in college for game development, and the specific class is "Video Game Industry". Hence why I wanted more details than his engine-making prowess, and hence also why I added stuff like "copies sold" to the details in the powerpoint.

Then dive into as deep of technical detail on Carmack's engines as you can in your allotted 15 minutes, and also expand upon how they've impacted the industry by powering other games and being forked into other engines (i.e. the Quake engine went on to power Half-Life and other games). You want to talk about Carmack's contributions to the gaming industry, you talk about that and how his tech helped spawn countless other titles and set technical trends within games. You could quite easily fill a 15 minute presentation on that alone. That's the approach I would take anyway.

Also, if your instructor makes it a habit (as many do) of recording your presentation, then please do us all a solid and see that you post the recording of it here. I think as contributors to your project, we deserve to see the fruits of y(our) labor.

3 minutes ago, Caffeine Freak said:

 

Then dive into as deep of technical detail on Carmack's engines as you can in your allotted 15 minutes, and also expand upon how they've impacted the industry by powering other games and being forked into other engines (i.e. the Quake engine went on to power Half-Life and other games). You want to talk about Carmack's contributions to the gaming industry, you talk about that and how his tech helped spawn countless other titles and set technical trends within games. You could quite easily fill a 15 minute presentation on that alone. That's the approach I would take anyway.

Ironically, that was somewhat the original plan (you can see me setting that bit up in the powerpoint)

5 minutes ago, Caffeine Freak said:

Also, if your instructor makes it a habit (as many do) of recording your presentation, then please do us all a solid and see that you post the recording of it here. I think as contributors to your project, we deserve to see the fruits of y(our) labor.

I don't think that will be the case. Will post a youtube vid for the people of this thread, if for no other reason than to confirm the length of my presentation.

7 minutes ago, Caffeine Freak said:

please do us all a solid and see that you post the recording of it here. I think as contributors to your project, we deserve to see the fruits of y(our) labor.

And make sure you acknowledge us by name by saying hello at the end.

Just now, TheMagicMushroomMan said:

And make sure you acknowledge us by saying hello at the end.

I need to put sources, so at least a "thank you" is in the plan.

24 minutes ago, jmpt16 said:

 

Ironically, that was somewhat the original plan (you can see me setting that bit up in the powerpoint)

I mean, isn't your presentation about Carmack's contributions to the gaming industry? What were you going to talk about in lieu of those topics? His love of cheap pizza? His Ferrari collection?

3 minutes ago, Caffeine Freak said:

 

I mean, isn't your presentation about Carmack's contributions to the gaming industry? What were you going to talk about in lieu of those topics? His love of cheap pizza? His Ferrari collection?

No, obviously that is and always was what I'm going to talk about. I just wanted to know what else he (directly) contributed to games beyond his engine tech. You know, design-wise and all that (hence closing with the porn quote)

1. Carmack didn't work primarily in design, and id's games would not exist were it not for the talented and enthusiastic people he had working with him. 

2. Although not insignificant, Carmack was more the person who gave guidelines about technical limitations and the *general* design direction id's games took. 

3. You don't need to delve into that for a 10-15 minute presentation.

I'm aware that I'm helping you more than I probably should be here, but I've actually grown curious to see how this turns out. When you post the video, will your presentation be in English?

42 minutes ago, Caffeine Freak said:

When you post the video, will your presentation be in English?

Yes.

46 minutes ago, Caffeine Freak said:

I'm aware that I'm helping you more than I probably should be here, but I've actually grown curious to see how this turns out.

and they said i couldn't bait people into helping (jk thanks for the help)

Adding onto what other people have said, Carmack has worked in the VR field and currently works in artificial intelligence now, so I think that may be a viable thing to add to the presentation. More so as a follow-up to his contributions in the gaming industry, or an example to show that skills learned in the game industry can be brought over to other things within the technological/digital realm. I don't know what he contributed to VR and AI, but that's something that may be worth researching and/or presenting. 

Ok so, update: turns out the presentation is only A WEEK from Thursday.

It's pretty much finished though so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

On 10/24/2022 at 3:45 PM, jmpt16 said:

Title says it all. I'm making a presentation about John Carmack and his contributions to the gaming industry, but I'm having trouble saying much more than "he made the Engines for Commander Keen, Wolf 3D, Doom and Quake".

 

While not a popular you forgot Rage.

On 10/26/2022 at 8:11 PM, jmpt16 said:

Ok so, update: turns out the presentation is only A WEEK from Thursday.

 

It's pretty much finished though so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@jmpt16 The day has arrived. So, how did it go?

2 hours ago, Caffeine Freak said:

 

@jmpt16 The day has arrived. So, how did it go?

Teacher said it was excellent, one of the best on the topic (of games industry people) he'd ever seen.

I am not joking.