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On ego by A Developer 01/27/2014, 3:24pm PST
People who have never developed any substantial team project don't appreciate what goes into it, and when you pair that with an icycalm ego, the results are comical if not embarrassing.

Saying Icycalm has a crippling ego is boring of course, but this is a great lesson for less crazy people reading his craziness to learn something. Icycalm is exhibiting something that probably has a better name to people who study behavioral disorders, but I call it "assumption of uniqueness thanks to ego", and I hope to learn the better name for this symptom of narcissism one day. It's the belief that being so much smarter than everyone else, your thoughts are utterly unique. This gets reinforced because the people with normal egos don't go around saying these crazy thoughts, so the egotist continues to believe they're the only one coming up with these incredible ideas.

Then they explain the idea is so complex it can only be rendered via custom coding for four high end video cards, showcasing how little they understand about game engines, development, and computer graphics, all in one sentence.

So what can less crazy people take away from this? It's a reminder about how silly you look when you think you're the only one to come up with a big idea. Like your friend who always has a new million dollar app idea and gets annoyed when you don't start coding it right away.

The brilliant and successful people don't come up with big crazy ideas that are impossible to implement, that's the easy part, that's what a child does, the boundless imagination, big deal. The brilliant successful people implement ideas.
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Icycalm is making an Übergame by Siskel and Ebert 01/24/2014, 10:36am PST NEW
    In fact, if you aren't already a forum member you pay him to get nothing and NT by like it -- motherfuckerfoodeater 01/24/2014, 11:44am PST NEW
    Will not generate a single screenshot. by Souffle of Pain 01/24/2014, 12:37pm PST NEW
        That was my favorite part. by skip 01/24/2014, 1:10pm PST NEW
            $45 to subscribe!? by Souffle of Pain 01/24/2014, 1:35pm PST NEW
                Where was that post to that tumblr that called icycalm a con artist? by WITTGENSTEIN 01/24/2014, 4:07pm PST NEW
                    http://icycalmisacriminal.wordpress.com/ NT by Worm 01/24/2014, 4:42pm PST NEW
                        Give 45$ to a guy wanted for wire fraud. Seems legit. NT by WITTGENSTEIN 01/24/2014, 4:58pm PST NEW
                It would help if more games had at least one point. by Jerry Whorebach 01/24/2014, 5:13pm PST NEW
        The other thing about the mandatory forum sub by motherfuckerfoodeater 01/24/2014, 4:03pm PST NEW
    This is up there with Half-Life 2 mod plans. He's clearly never developed anythi NT by Jay Schilling 01/24/2014, 1:09pm PST NEW
    That's SO sad, but makes my life brighter in comparison. Thanks for the pick-me- NT by up. Come on, weekend! 01/24/2014, 1:42pm PST NEW
    Is he still on the lam? NT by WITTGENSTEIN 01/24/2014, 4:04pm PST NEW
        No statue of limitations on wire fraud? NT by jeep 01/25/2014, 2:18am PST NEW
    This sounds just like when he asked me to write for his subscription blog. NT by Mischief Maker 01/24/2014, 5:24pm PST NEW
    Update! by Siskel and Ebert 01/26/2014, 7:00am PST NEW
        Hi Icycalm! You FUCKING FAGGOT. NT by WITTGENSTEIN 01/26/2014, 7:42am PST NEW
            Seriously though it takes balls to link to a forum where we've got proof you're NT by a con artist 01/26/2014, 7:43am PST NEW
        It's hard to mock someone who's parodied themself so thoroughly. by Last 01/26/2014, 7:45am PST NEW
            Lookout, Last! He's quoting you! by Souffle of Pain 01/30/2014, 2:41pm PST NEW
                Re: Lookout, Last! He's quoting you! by Mysterio 01/30/2014, 4:47pm PST NEW
                You're gonna have to put your money where your mouth is now, Caltrops. by stupid rookie 01/30/2014, 5:59pm PST NEW
                Reminds me of a David Rees joke. by Last 01/31/2014, 9:45am PST NEW
        On ego by A Developer 01/27/2014, 3:24pm PST NEW
            defense of (narcissistic/external) identity does nicely by stupid rookie 01/27/2014, 4:06pm PST NEW
        He's Molyneuxing faster than we can calculate! by EVERY BLADE OF GRASS HAS THE POTEN- 01/27/2014, 4:22pm PST NEW
    SHOCKING DEVELOPMENTS by Siskel and Ebert 01/29/2014, 11:49pm PST NEW
        Dinosaur Comics that are relevant by laudablepuss 01/30/2014, 12:38am PST NEW
        While this was inevitable, the time frame is still a little surprising. by motherfuckerfoodeater 01/30/2014, 4:50am PST NEW
            On ego, part II by A Developer 02/03/2014, 9:03am PST NEW
        Re: SHOCKING DEVELOPMENTS by oof 02/03/2014, 8:52am PST NEW
        FIRST CONCEPT ART! by Mischief Maker 07/26/2014, 4:27pm PDT NEW
            Also: by Mischief Maker 07/27/2014, 11:09am PDT NEW
            non-euclidean machetes there, Liefeld would be proud NT by Last 07/27/2014, 11:13am PDT NEW
            I need some PHP help. (Original post.) by Ice Cream Jonsey 07/27/2014, 12:11pm PDT NEW
                Re: I need some PHP help. (Original post.) by Mysterio 07/27/2014, 1:21pm PDT NEW
                Maybe the mysql default charset got changed from latin1 to utf8? by Entropy Stew 07/27/2014, 1:57pm PDT NEW
            I bet we're all so eager to see the design documents now! by skip 07/27/2014, 1:26pm PDT NEW
 
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