Two Clicks For Epic

[hal]

Epic Games' Mike Capps is in a tight race for NCTA Tech Exec of the Year, and time is running out. Drop by the website for the North Carolina Technology Association, scroll to the bottom of the page and click-click. Voting is open to anyone, and one vote per day is allowed.

[M.A.D.X.W]

Mike is way cooler than those other schmoes

[Poker]

Funniest thing I've seen all day. Thanks hal

[keaukrine]

Click-click'd.

[Northrawn]

clicked

[xMurphyx]

I have neither qualification nor interest in deciding who should win and I didn't even fully read what this is about, but I have heard of Mike Capps and he helped develop games I liked, so he has my vote. Hooray for democracy.

[M.A.D.X.W]

Voted again. ^I didn't read it either, But he should win!

[The_Temporary_Ghost]

Definitely deserves to win this.

[WHIPperSNAPper]

Was he in anyway responsible for the way UT3 turned out upon it's release? In other words, was he at all responsible for destroying what was once the greatest online multiplayer first person shooter franchises of all time? If so, then perhaps he deserves eggs to the face and not an award.

[Jacks:SmirkingRevenge]

Originally Posted by WHIPperSNAPper

In other words, was he at all responsible for destroying what was once the greatest online multiplayer first person shooter franchises of all time?
If so, then perhaps he deserves eggs to the face and not an award.

this made me lol in real life.

also, I like how we're stuffing the ballot box itt.
maybe Capps doesn't necessarily deserve to win it; he'll get the vote through Unreal fans.
democracy!

[ambershee]

Originally Posted by WHIPperSNAPper

Was he in anyway responsible for the way UT3 turned out upon it's release? In other words, was he at all responsible for destroying what was once the greatest online multiplayer first person shooter franchises of all time? If so, then perhaps he deserves eggs to the face and not an award.

It's about technology, not about gameplay.

[crowl]

Thanks to everyone who voted. We'll find out the results on Nov. 12th. Fingers crossed.

[TurdDrive]

voted for the capper 3 times

but

POLL CLOSED - Winner will be announced on November 12 at the NCTA 21 Awards)

[Doz]

Voted and hope he wins

[UBerserker]

Voted for Capps because I'm always a nice guy to Epic.

[Benfica]

I was tempted to vote for other, but ended up not voting at all. It can be seen from UC2 that he's a great dev, but I really don't like his management style.

Now, if Jim Goodnight from SAS Institute were there ...

[WHIPperSNAPper]

You guys are voting for this guy without our knowing whether or not he had anything to do with the way UT3 turned out? Shouldn't being responsible (if he is) for the destruction of the greatest online multiplayer FPS game of all time warrant pies to the face and not an award?

[M.A.D.X.W]

^^Dr. Michael Capps is the president of Epic Games, Inc. based in Cary, NC. Epic has created multiple million-selling, award-winning titles in its “Unreal” series, as well as the 2006 Game of the Year “Gears of War,” which has sold over 4.7 million copies. Epic is also responsible for the Unreal Engine, which is the underlying technology for a wide range of games including 2K Games’ 2007 Game of the Year “BioShock” and BioWare’s 2007 RPG of the Year “Mass Effect.” Epic’s Unreal Engine 3 is the current holder and three-time consecutive winner of Game Developer magazine’s Front Line award for 'Best Engine.' Epic was also recognized as 2006 Studio of the Year by Spike TV, 2006 Developer of the Year by Official Xbox Magazine and 2007 Large Company of the Year by the North Carolina Technology Association.

Michael serves on the board of directors for two major industry organizations: the Entertainment Software Association (ESA), which supports the needs of game publishers; and the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS), which is charged with recognition of outstanding achievement in the entertainment software community. Michael is also an advisory board member of the Game Developers Conference (GDC), the industry's foremost convention for game developers, and he has served as board director of the International Game Developer's Association (IGDA), the world's largest nonprofit membership organization for game developers.

Prior to entering the game industry, Michael served as a professor at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. He specialized in defense and entertainment collaboration, virtual reality and computer graphics. For his work in these areas, he was one of 50 graphics pioneers interviewed for the ACM SIGGRAPH documentary, 'The Story of Computer Graphics.' While at the Naval Postgraduate School, Michael was the producer, designer and lead programmer of the "America's Army" computer game. This unique project has been covered by print and televised media around the world, and the game was accessed over 30 million times in the first week of its release.
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[UBerserker]

Originally Posted by WHIPperSNAPper

You guys are voting for this guy without our knowing whether or not he had anything to do with the way UT3 turned out? Shouldn't being responsible (if he is) for the destruction of the greatest online multiplayer FPS game of all time warrant pies to the face and not an award?

I'm voting him again for solidarity then

[N1ghtmare]

So who won?

Oh, and way to hold a grudge, Whippersnapper.