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Epic card · History
John McAfee, an Epic card
John David McAfee was a British and American computer programmer, businessman, and two-time U.S. presidential candidate who unsuccessfully sought the Libertarian Party nomination for president of the United States in 2016 and in 2020.
- Rarity
- Epic
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 86
- DEF
- 87
- Power
- 173
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 970,000
Power 173 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
John McAfee quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the John McAfee card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He resigned in 1994 and sold his ______ stake in the company.
Answer
remaining. He resigned in 1994 and sold his remaining stake in the company. From the John McAfee article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, he wrote the first commercial anti-virus software, founding McAfee Associates to sell his creation.
Answer
1980s. In 1987, he wrote the first commercial anti-virus software, founding McAfee Associates to sell his creation. From the John McAfee article on Wikipedia.
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.
- In 1987, he wrote the first commercial anti-virus software, founding McAfee Associates to sell his creation.
- He resigned in 1994 and sold his remaining stake in the company.
- McAfee became the company's most vocal critic in later years, urging consumers to uninstall the company's anti-virus software, which he characterized as bloatware.
Why it is Epic
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The John McAfee article was read about 970,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 86 and blocks with 87: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get John McAfee
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, John McAfee (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
