Comments on: Back from GDC 2008 http://gafferongames.com/2008/02/23/back-from-gdc-2008/ Glenn Fiedler's Game Development Articles and Tutorials Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:56:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Richard Moore http://gafferongames.com/2008/02/23/back-from-gdc-2008/#comment-671 Richard Moore Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:22:59 +0000 http://www.gaffer.org/archives/back-from-gdc-2008#comment-671 No worries! I know a couple of guys at Team Bondi as well and it was pretty cool to catch up with guys I know from the London Studio (Singstar and Home teams) at GDC. Wow, John Romero! That's a seriously big name, and I can relate: Phil Harrison was at the hotel bar on the Friday and I think I managed a nod and a smile (it's possible he recognises my face from my London days), but having the big-big-big-boss on hand is always intimidating. Then the news on Monday came as a bit of a shock! No worries! I know a couple of guys at Team Bondi as well and it was pretty cool to catch up with guys I know from the London Studio (Singstar and Home teams) at GDC.

Wow, John Romero! That’s a seriously big name, and I can relate: Phil Harrison was at the hotel bar on the Friday and I think I managed a nod and a smile (it’s possible he recognises my face from my London days), but having the big-big-big-boss on hand is always intimidating. Then the news on Monday came as a bit of a shock!

]]> By: Glenn Fiedler http://gafferongames.com/2008/02/23/back-from-gdc-2008/#comment-670 Glenn Fiedler Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:55:53 +0000 http://www.gaffer.org/archives/back-from-gdc-2008#comment-670 Oh and when I release my final slides, I'll add a section covering the pure client/server implementation (#6) for clarity - thanks for the feedback! Oh and when I release my final slides, I’ll add a section covering the pure client/server implementation (#6) for clarity – thanks for the feedback!

]]> By: Glenn Fiedler http://gafferongames.com/2008/02/23/back-from-gdc-2008/#comment-669 Glenn Fiedler Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:54:21 +0000 http://www.gaffer.org/archives/back-from-gdc-2008#comment-669 Wow thanks mate! SCEE London, I guess you worked at the old Team Soho then? You know I used to work in Sydney for a few ex-Team Soho at "Team Bondi" just before I flew out to Pandemic, lot of ex-getaway, and some from Singstar, nice bunch of guys! Quite a different experience here in the US, but good in its own ways I'll return to Sydney some day though, I hope! ps. You are right about not calling out JC, as much as I'd love to do it (with the best intentions), I'd just never be able to because I'm too respectful - case in point, after my talk I was hanging out with Brenda Brathwaite and John Romero at some hotel bar - well, "hanging" out with Romero is a bit of a stretch, I couldn't even manage much more than "hi! *gulp*" because he's such a god to me! Wow thanks mate!

SCEE London, I guess you worked at the old Team Soho then?

You know I used to work in Sydney for a few ex-Team Soho at “Team Bondi” just before I flew out to Pandemic, lot of ex-getaway, and some from Singstar, nice bunch of guys!

Quite a different experience here in the US, but good in its own ways

I’ll return to Sydney some day though, I hope!

ps. You are right about not calling out JC, as much as I’d love to do it (with the best intentions), I’d just never be able to because I’m too respectful – case in point, after my talk I was hanging out with Brenda Brathwaite and John Romero at some hotel bar – well, “hanging” out with Romero is a bit of a stretch, I couldn’t even manage much more than “hi! *gulp*” because he’s such a god to me!

]]> By: Richard Moore http://gafferongames.com/2008/02/23/back-from-gdc-2008/#comment-668 Richard Moore Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:32:36 +0000 http://www.gaffer.org/archives/back-from-gdc-2008#comment-668 Hey Glenn, I was lucky enough to be in the audience at your talk and I found it very clear and informative. To give some context, I'm not a John Carmack and merely a server developer for Playstation who deals more with a web-based side of things (I've dabbled a little with our client APIs, however), so I'm probably not even in the target audience for your talk, however I wanted to attend as many "online-based" talks as possible, and yours was one of the most relevant in that respect (the Bungie chap talking about online matchmaking was probably the "most" relevant to me). Your demo was very clear and your slides were helpful (I'm sure people are hanging out to review them), though I guess I'd agree with your point 6. above in terms of clarity, but aside from that it seemed well thought-through. Not sure I'd agree with 9., though. If I were John Carmack I'd be happy to sit semi-anonymously and listen to talks without needing celebration. Having said that, if I met the guy, I'd be lost for words! Oh, and nice work representin' for the aussies in the US. It was great to hear lots of aussie accents at GDC (I'm a Sydneysider who worked for SCEE London Studio for a while, now I'm back home). Best wishes and no doubt you'll get asked to speak at GDC again! Hey Glenn, I was lucky enough to be in the audience at your talk and I found it very clear and informative. To give some context, I’m not a John Carmack and merely a server developer for Playstation who deals more with a web-based side of things (I’ve dabbled a little with our client APIs, however), so I’m probably not even in the target audience for your talk, however I wanted to attend as many “online-based” talks as possible, and yours was one of the most relevant in that respect (the Bungie chap talking about online matchmaking was probably the “most” relevant to me). Your demo was very clear and your slides were helpful (I’m sure people are hanging out to review them), though I guess I’d agree with your point 6. above in terms of clarity, but aside from that it seemed well thought-through.

Not sure I’d agree with 9., though. If I were John Carmack I’d be happy to sit semi-anonymously and listen to talks without needing celebration. Having said that, if I met the guy, I’d be lost for words!

Oh, and nice work representin’ for the aussies in the US. It was great to hear lots of aussie accents at GDC (I’m a Sydneysider who worked for SCEE London Studio for a while, now I’m back home). Best wishes and no doubt you’ll get asked to speak at GDC again!

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