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John Carmack, a Rare card
John D. Carmack II is an American computer programmer and video game developer.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 87
- Power
- 165
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 320,000
Power 165 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
John Carmack quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the John Carmack card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In 2013, he ______ from id Software to work full-time at Oculus VR as their CTO.
Answer
resigned. In 2013, he resigned from id Software to work full-time at Oculus VR as their CTO. From the John Carmack article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He co-founded the video game company id Software and was the lead programmer of its ____s games Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake, and their sequels.
Answer
1990s. He co-founded the video game company id Software and was the lead programmer of its 1990s games Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake, and their sequels. From the John Carmack article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Nuclear fusion. Nuclear fusion 88 · Genoa CFC 83 · John Carmack 78 · Himeji Castle 74 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He co-founded the video game company id Software and was the lead programmer of its 1990s games Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake, and their sequels.
- Carmack made innovations in 3D computer graphics, such as his Carmack's Reverse algorithm for shadow volumes.
- In 2013, he resigned from id Software to work full-time at Oculus VR as their CTO.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The John Carmack article was read about 320,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 87: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get John Carmack
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, John Carmack (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : RoboSabs, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
