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Uncommon card · Science
Michael Abrash, an Uncommon card
Michael Abrash is an American programmer and technical writer.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 57
- DEF
- 29
- Power
- 86
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 24,000
Power 86 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 30 % of WikiCards cards.
Michael Abrash quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Michael Abrash card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He later wrote the ______ software renderer for RAD Game Tools.
Answer
Pixomatic. He later wrote the Pixomatic software renderer for RAD Game Tools. From the Michael Abrash article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He worked at id Software in the mid-____s on the rendering technology for Quake.
Answer
1990s. He worked at id Software in the mid-1990s on the rendering technology for Quake. From the Michael Abrash 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.
- He has written dozens of magazine articles and multiple books on code optimization and software-rendered graphics for IBM PC compatibles.
- He worked at id Software in the mid-1990s on the rendering technology for Quake.
- He later wrote the Pixomatic software renderer for RAD Game Tools.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Michael Abrash article was read about 24,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 57 and blocks with 29: each hit it takes is cut by 12 %.
How to get Michael Abrash
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Michael Abrash (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Maurizio Pesce, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
