QuakeCon 2012 - John Carmack Keynote

John Carmack delivers his keynote at QuakeCon 2012.

[@ColinZeal01]

"I´m sick so my voice may give out" - goes on talking for 3,5 hours. King.

[@rrohitamalan]

lol

[@grigmaster9264]

this is a dude who doesn't dislikes to listen to himself , but indeed thats ordinary fact knowing that much about so many things :D

[@jarg7]

or liar

[@wasnotnecessary8305]

@@jarg7 gigachad

[@jimmybailey7198]

When you're a programmer AND an orator hahaha

[@daimyo2]

if John Carmack writes a book itll be 10000000000000 pages long

[@Sp1derFingers]

+daimyo2 I would read every page

[@daimyo2]

Sp1derFingers agreed. Would surely be worth it :D

[@rodri_gl]

i wish he wrote a computer graphics and physics book. but i guess we'll have to do with his legacy of code

[@iamlordstarbuilder5595]

Base 10 or base 2?

[@Daracus]

"I want to apologize to all of you here especially is how badly we did on the PC space...." Many in this industry seem to defend poor choices with a bitter stubbornness, however you sir did the responsible thing and admitted your faults. Thank you Carmack.

[@icebough4191]

Daracus just wait 7 years and look at what Bethesda is doing now😂

[@cheesemccheese5780]

@@icebough4191 lol. Yeah.

[@staseband]

He somehow manages to always be talking about something super interesting and relevant yet you have no idea how he got to that particular point lol

[@jollyneuron]

Or what he's actually talking about, for that matter. Yet he makes me feel like i understand it somehow. If I had to reproduce any last 3 sentences at any point in time i would completely blank out haha.

[@ESPIRITUS_A]

Yeah like, people who have quantum-computing levels of brainpower rarely have good communication skills (or context to be people-friendly), but here you go

[@SageManeja]

holy shit he doesnt stop seriously how does he not get tired

[@themodfather9382]

Genetic rarity.

[@newsmansuper2925]

so somwhere at the neurone receptor level, some of hist synapse gates are bulit a little diffrent that gives it a better gain than average so it seems normal, or an enzyme level if going just a bit fater so you dont get the build up of byproducts you don't need and keep regen the one you do need.

[@tomhaswell6283]

He just walks up that stage and talks about interesting stuff for 3 1/2 hours straight. He's so cool.

[@elcapitan6126]

indeed something we can all aspire to do. it's energising and motivating

[@onimotoko]

John is so honest. He really is a gaming hero.

[@thatlonzoguy]

John "on there" Carmack, the man, the myth, the legend. Joking aside, this man truly is a visionary and pioneer. I am thankful for all he has done for gaming

[@808GT]

Talking about 120hz displays in VR 10 years ago. This man is lightyears ahead of his tech.

[@HelderP1337]

This guy is my life's inspiration and one of the main reasons I work in this hard but beautiful industry!

[@BornRuffian1]

Carmack reminds me of my favorite teachers. He's passionate about what he does, and it shows, and it makes listening to him soooo much easier.

[@VersionBest]

Love listening to him talk. Makes me feel smarter for some reason.

[@BaconSenpai]

Sick and still manages to talk for 3.5 hours non stop, what a machine

[@ghost32839]

hes the only person I can listen to for hours without getting bored or falling asleep on there

[@redboycaptures]

..."on there" i see what you did there mate

[@com315]

Carmack is a legend because he is a programmer really can talk, more than create legendary games .

[@RosszCsillag]

Carmack drinking game: Drink whenever he says "on there" or some conjugation thereof.

[@mario64amazing]

i remember watching this live and we had a count of all the times he said "on there" we counted up to 300

[@andrejkiss]

We might wind up being drunk.

[@TheKingoftheriff]

He probably struggles with english because C++ is his native language.

[@dagrimmreepa]

I grew up with Wolf 3D, Doom and Quake. Literally. Those games were all I played from 6-12 years old, then I started branching off... I knew every single secret in Quake, Doom and Doom 2, and I didn't read them anywhere, it was only through repetitive play and trial and error. This man is the greatest gift to gaming. Gaming would not be where it's at today without him. I can listen to this man talk non stop, forever.

[@BringYourBallsCanada]

2023: John Carmack creates Union Aerospace Corporation 2145: Union Aerospace Corporation creates a portal to hell

[@diegopaper1]

to hell's gate

[@MixologistMilo]

BringYourBallsCanada SKYNET!!

[@HonsHon]

@@MixologistMilo The demons would make mince meat of skynet.

[@alexczrs]

Romero waiting on the icon

[@gamesergeanthd]

We're getting close to the year of UAC foundation

[@CharlesVanNoland]

@2:35:26 "The magic that runs the web is scary, scary stuff." - John Carmack, QuakeCon 2012

[@AstralFrost]

This is fascinating. And he is a skilled speaker to be able to speak nonstop for 3 hours 36 minutes. I love listening to him talk about these various technical subjects.

[@mitsuracer87]

Astral Frost thought this was a troll post, then I fast forwarded the video to the end and yep..he's still talking

[@juanmilanese]

This was the most amazing keynote i've seen in my life. A real eye opener. VR tech seems like a real interesting road for things to go. Carmack is still the man.

[@TileWonder]

I don't think you guys know how happy I was when I saw that instead of the regular 1-1 and a half hour keynote, that it's actually 3 and half hours! Tears of joy! I love listening to this man! :,)

[@Mechanic618]

Fascinating!! Thank you for posting this.

[@ChocoRythme]

Thank you so much for posting this. I respect this man so much, I literally just watched his mouth move for hours and hung on to every word.

[@nem81]

Thanks for this. The Keynote and the Finals are what i always try to watch from Quakecon.

[@ironbellystudios]

This man is the greatest geek alive. The breadth of his hobbies and knowledge are unbelievable.

[@EfimencoVladimir85]

Oh! best VOD from quakecon! I waiting a long time this video. Carmac Winner!

[@olau82]

Great talk! Thanks for posting! I love how people in the audience ask a cautious question and Carmack delivers a great set of interesting thoughts on the spot. :)

[@HelderP1337]

at 3:04:55 wow, it actually looks like the room is half empty? Man I would get in like hours to have the honor to hear Carmack for 3 hours.

[@icebough4191]

Helder Pinto I know right?!

[@chrisf69uk]

Fantastic vid, I loved every minute of this. Carmack has an amazing mind, it's such a kick to hear what he's thinking about.

[@glinkot]

What a wide ranging and insightful session. Brilliant!

[@magickfantasy]

At 3:03:38 he describes the technique used 8 years later in Microsoft Flight Simulator. Cool stuff.

[@gomersimpson777ram]

Hmm

[@megamancards]

I'm a programmer and I wish I had a boss like this guy. He really understands the world of the coder - something that management so often lacks.

[@vk08]

Been looking for this. thanks.

[@TheCollos1]

I love how Carmack is so passionate about what he does. Keep on doing what you do man

[@sal4]

Thanks you very much for the upload!

[@raket94]

I hope he never stops doing these

[@DomeCandyGames]

He's so honest and candid. He doesn't talk like he's trying to sell you something and yet, as soon as his prototype goes to production I want one.

[@kingluke2]

Fascinating stuff! Really appreciate his engineer's honesty and clearheadedness.

[@thecprogrammer]

Still watching carmack in 2023 and I love it

[@GAment_11]

I skipped an hour at a time.........and he's still sitting in the same chair. Like the pic never changed. This place is great!

[@AnnuMakt]

Very excited to watch this

[@kespec]

i can listen this guy forever

[@PeterLawrenceYT]

Watched this all the way though and enjoyed every minute.

[@pierukallukka]

Much love to this legend!

[@Ra1d3r]

i just love listening to this guy

[@idontreallygetit]

One of my all-time favorite people/heroes. This guy is an absolute genius

[@VashStarwind]

LOL Carmack talking about making a display device that shines a laser directly into your eyeball, sounds like a mad scientist hahah

[@BDtetra]

this was amazingly interesting to watch

[@Aetherbyte]

This dude is the reason I even program games. He's legendary. Watching this video is the best 3.5 hours I've spent in a long time.

[@NobleNobbler]

I get the feeling that, each time I hear Carmack speak, that he could be look at a wall or a conference hall of 500 and still have the same enthusiasm

[@earlgrey11]

Its interesting to hear the diverse development topics that John talks about, including 3D programming, cloud computing, network latency, mobile development, drivers, hardware, engineering problems, team management, programming methodologies, operating systems, virtual reality, industry trends etc. I always enjoy watching his speeches.

[@SpookyFan]

Great talk. Great speaker.

[@Nik__._.]

John Carmack is such an inspiration for young developers like me :). Im really looking forward to the oncoming projects.

[@Helmutlozzi]

Great input!!

[@LiamCuthbert]

this legend gives me the motivation to learn game programming.

[@Rampager10]

@jasondesante I agree! Thanks QuakeCon guys for uploading this, John is amazing.

[@Flemtality]

He is extremely skilled on there.

[@Godl1ked]

anyone can talk for hours about what they're passionate and what they like, none the less, this guy is awesome

[@TheRealMrGreen]

Listening to Carmack for hours and then reading random KZbin comments is an experience pretty hard to describe...

[@NinjaSushi2]

Much love.

[@sdcs85]

You know, once I start watching this I won't be able to stop, until I've watched the whole, freaking keynote. Damn you, Carmack! ;)

[@RandomPinoyGamer]

Oh yes. Awesome info and thank you for the tips! I'll might just do that! Thank you once again Random Good Sir!

[@SevenDeMagnus]

Cool 3 hours, all John Carmack:-)

[@danielrose223]

this guy has change my life, and many more i'm sure.

[@visker81]

watched and listened to the whole thing, and not a second was wasted or even uninteresting

[@DoomExtreme1]

Cheers mate!

[@dardevelin]

Awesome Keynote from someone that really knows what's going on. And oh, i want that intro sound effect :)

[@RonnyBrendel]

Aside from all other awesome, I am particularly impressed that he speaks 3,5h continuously about meaningful things.

[@penna420]

no, it's not a three hour speech, it's THE BEST three hour speech of the year

[@HueyTheDoctor]

Gah, he's such an awesome guy. I look forward to his QuakeCon keynote every year. I hope he continues to give them for the forseeable future. I'll definitely be buying Doom 3 BFG Edition and I'm looking forward to more info on Doom 4.

[@herecomesjhonny944]

Looking back, I'm glad he didn't finished with Doom 4, the company took a real dive in creativity at that time.

[@theholk]

There are a lot of adults that don't have the bandwith to process the amazing flow of information he puts out. Imho you can actually really see how he actually struggles with compressing his multi-faceted world into a linear string aswell :P

[@MrMightyZ]

John Carmack is an international treasure.

[@MrGameengineer]

I need to actually go to this thing some day.

[@aintneb]

All of Quake games are epic and fun!

[@WalkOnNick]

Awesome I looked for this 9 hours ago :D

[@MaitredeDieu]

passion & hard work :)

[@mycollegeshirt]

where has this been all my game programming life!!!!!

[@AsbjornOlling]

Fun to hear Carmack obviously being very into VR, *just* before he started working for Oculus. I wonder if it was announced already then

[@BoltRM]

Put in my pledge for the Rift and damned fired-up about the future of VR!! Been waiting over 20 yrs for this. I've worn a few high end head-mounted displays(HMD) over the years and it is just too freakin cool. Add some haptic(vibration/touch sense) devices to the mix and the HMD coming sometime in 2013 and we've got something! oh man....I am fired up. Thx to Palmer Luckey for designing & building the prototype! This is truly a fortuitous collaboration.

[@uneasyMeat]

John is such an awesome guy! He knows his stuff and doesn't bullshit.

[@ctankep]

Same here -- The livestream was super choppy this morning. However I did manage to catch the last half hour and there was a -lot of great technical discussion re: optics and first principles of head mounted displays. Look forward to it ..

[@GuitarNerd79]

Does John Carmack ever watch his own keynotes on there to learn that he says "on there" on there? Still, I can't stop watching this Supernerd.

[@slytechie6984]

John Carmack... I Salute You.

[@EspireMike]

Such a fascinating time capsule now. Right before he jumped on oculus as CTO. And now Google are pushing very hard for cloud gaming with Stadia. Such a great keynote.

[@jgvtc559]

How do you think itll stack up to xboxs cloud theyre designing

[@EspireMike]

@@jgvtc559 I'm not familiar with Xbox cloud, both Microsoft and Google have the potential to deliver a great service...If you're lucky enough to have fast internet!

[@MsJavaWolf]

And now Stadia is shutting down soon.

[@pacman2k1]

great guy. his speech is build up like code :) a true maker

[@DCFHazardRebornChannel]

I agree, money is something that is the basic factor in it all and I too get annoyed when companies take that path. Lets not kid ourselves, id did the same thing with rage and they admitted it, but I hope (and that's what it looks like from videos like this) that Carmack (who doesnt control the direction of id as much as how it advances) honestly seems to love what he is doing and works hard at it :) Thank you for understanding that I wasnt trying to change your mind. Was nice chatting with u ;)

[@MrMadmax75th]

I forgot to add I am so grateful to Id for developing doom 3 I cannot tell you how many hours of enjoyment and pure fun that game brought me. That was the best single player game I have ever played ! Great speech thanks for everything Id .

[@Perjoss]

I don't understand anything about programming but I still enjoy listening to him speak.

[@Fuchsia_tude]

Surprising to see only a few dozen people in the audience, at least by the Q&A session at the end.

[@Balnazzardi]

Anyways huge respect to this guy....I myself dreamed of being able to become game/software developer, but it quickly became clear to me just how challenging programming can be....it's just one of those things you really need to be really passionate about, and it's not something you can simply learn from school, you really need to put time and effort to it...ofcourse some are just more naturally talented in it, like Carmack, who just figure these things by themselves and really became a legend

[@yomofoindahouse]

Thank you, John Carmack. I fully share your feelings about modern displays. OLEDs will settle this down, but the time wasted on LCDs will still not be possible to have back.

[@Falcrist]

Don't forget the majority of the Call of Duty series, which runs off of a modified Quake 3 engine called the IW engine. Aside from the direct descendants of the Quake engine, pretty big chunks of John's code are still in use today by almost all developers. It's both a testament to the quality of John's work back in the 90s, and to how interconnected the videogame industry still is.

[@Fr0hst]

Indeed.

[@Alexandra-Rex]

Imagine the conversations between them :P And then to stand there listening to them :P

[@chrll]

At 27:49, he said about the BFG mounted flashlight: "We had a bunch of people come out and say "No, you are destroying the ambience of the original game", and there is something to that, to the sort of, you know, masochistic sense of running through the game like that. But the game is a lot more fun when you can see and appreciate what's in there."

[@doubleHLabs]

Carmack drinking game - take a drink each time he says interesting. You'll be drunk in no time :D

[@refutonefandus]

That's been my experience with people as a whole. You set someone down with a figure that's a leader of that industry, you expect to hear about them talk about the industry (in this case, games). However I enjoyed the technical aspects of it, it's good to see how they're enhancing and improving upon what's a solid game engine already.

[@Uelogy22]

Man, John should host an online streaming channel keynote - man he would hold an audience 10x the size of that convention centre!