id_notes/American McGee/1997-03-24

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Login name: american In real life: American McGee

Directory: /raid/nardo/american Shell: /bin/csh

On since Mar 19 13:35:53 1 day 12 hours Idle Time

on ttyp1 from idchaos

Project: Quake II, llama pr0n

Plan:

The "Bleat to your llama" contest is now at

home on Zith's Quake w00d:

http://swamps.resnet.wisc.edu/quake

The contest is over with a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place

winner. They will be announced after the weekend.

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Breaking news!

MESQUITE, Texas--(NEWS WIRE)--March 21, 1997--id Software is

once again undergoing personal changes this week. On the heels

of Michael Abrash's departure comes news that the entire staff

of id Software has left the company for good. The staff intends

to start a new company tentatively named "id2". They hope to

license their own "Quake" engine for use in the new company.

In a press release John Carmack and Adrian Carmack stated that the new

company "will allow us to get that fresh clean feeling." And

that "We wish id well, but we're glad we are leaving."

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-American McGee (american@idsoftware.com)

id Software