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==Recognition== {|class="wikitable sortable" |+Accolades for John Carmack |- !scope="col" | Date !scope="col" class="unsortable" | Award !scope="col" class="unsortable" | Description |- | {{dts|1996}} | Named among the most influential people in computer gaming of the year and of all time | #1 and #2 in [[GameSpot]]'s lists.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/15most/html/mi96_01.html?tag=stitialclk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514035153/http://www.gamespot.com/features/15most/html/mi96_01.html?tag=stitialclk |archive-date=May 14, 2010 |url-status=dead |title=GameSpot - /features/15most/html/mi96_01.html |access-date=April 12, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/15most/html/mi_02.html |title=John Carmack |date=February 6, 2005 |website=GameSpot |access-date=April 12, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050206125123/http://www.gamespot.com/features/15most/html/mi_02.html |archive-date=February 6, 2005}}</ref> |- | {{dts|1997}} |Named among the most influential people of all time |#7 in ''[[Computer Gaming World]]'' list, for game design.<ref>''CGW'' 159: The Most Influential People of All Time</ref> |- | {{dts|1999}} | Named among the 50 most influential people in technology | #10 in ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'''s list.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20000510222914/http://www.time.com/time/digital/digital50/10.html ''Time'' Digital 50] from ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]''</ref> |- | {{dts|2001β03}} | Award for community contribution for the Quake 3 engine | Used in 12 games. Bestowed at 2001 [[Game Developer's Conference]] Award Ceremony. |- | {{dts|2001-03-22}} | Inducted into [[Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' Hall of Fame]] | The fourth person to be inducted, an honor bestowed upon those who have made revolutionary and innovative achievements in the video and computer game industry. |- | {{dts|2002}} | Named to the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]] [[Technology Review]] [[TR35|TR100]] | Included as one of the top 100 innovators in the world under the age of 35.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.technologyreview.com/tr35/?year=2002 |title=2002 Young Innovators Under 35 |magazine=[[Technology Review]] | year=2002 | access-date=August 16, 2011}}</ref> |- | {{dts|2003}} | One subject of book ''[[Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture|Masters of Doom]]'' | ''Masters of Doom'' is a chronicle of id Software and its founders. |- | {{dts|2005}} | Name in film | The film ''[[Doom (film)|Doom]]'' featured a character named ''Dr. Carmack'', in recognition of Carmack who co-created the original game. |- | {{dts|2006-03}} | Added to the [[Walk of Game]] | [[Walk of Game]] is an event that recognizes the developers and games with the most impact on the industry.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.walkofgame.com/index.html |title=Walk Of Game |date=February 26, 2009 |website=Walk Of Game |access-date=November 27, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226224041/http://www.walkofgame.com/index.html |archive-date=February 26, 2009}}</ref> |- | {{dts|2007-01}} | Awarded 2 [[Emmy Awards]] | Carmack and [[id Software]] were awarded with two [[Emmy Awards]]. The first was Science, Engineering & Technology for Broadcast Television, which includes broadcast, cable and satellite distribution. The second was for Science, Engineering and Technology for Broadband and Personal Television, encompassing interactive television, gaming technology, and for the first time, the Internet, cell phones, private networks, and personal media players. id Software is the first independent game developer to be awarded an Emmy since the Academy began honoring technology innovation in 1948.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmyonline.org/releases/pdf/58th_Tech_Eng_winners.pdf |title=National Television Academy Announces Emmy Winning Achievements: Honors Bestowed at 58th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards |publisher=Emmyonline.org |access-date=November 26, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306060959/http://www.emmyonline.org/releases/pdf/58th_Tech_Eng_winners.pdf |archive-date=March 6, 2012}}</ref> |- | {{dts|2007β09}} | Television appearance | Appeared on [[Discovery Channel Canada]] ''[[Daily Planet (TV series)|Daily Planet]]'' featuring his rocket designs along with the [[Armadillo Aerospace]] team. |- | {{dts|2008}} | Honored | Carmack was honored at the 59th Annual [[Technology & Engineering Emmy Award]]s for ''Quake'''s pioneering role of user modifiability.<ref>{{cite web|author=Contact Brian Ashcraft: Comment |url=http://kotaku.com/342028/2008-tech-emmy-winners |title=2008 Tech Emmy Winners |publisher=Kotaku.com |date=January 8, 2008 |access-date=November 27, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120525131929/http://kotaku.com/342028/2008-tech-emmy-winners |archive-date=May 25, 2012}}</ref> He is the only [[game programmer]] ever honored twice by the [[National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]], having been given an Emmy Award in 2007 for his creation of the 3D technology that underlies modern [[Shooter game|shooter]] [[video game]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.virtualchaos.co.uk/blog/2007/01/10/john-carmack-id-software-take-two-emmy-awards/ |title=John Carmack & id Software take Two Emmy Awards! β VirtualChaos β Nadeem's blog |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040600/http://www.virtualchaos.co.uk/blog/2007/01/10/john-carmack-id-software-take-two-emmy-awards/ |archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref> Along with [[Don Daglow]] of [[Stormfront Studios]] and [[Mike Morhaime]] of [[Blizzard Entertainment]], Carmack is one of only three game developers to accept awards at both the Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards and at the [[Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences]] [[Interactive Achievement Awards]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2008}} |- | {{dts|2008β10}} | Won X-Prize | Carmack's Armadillo Aerospace won the $350,000 Level One X-Prize Lunar Lander Challenge.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gizmodo.com/5069551/armadillo-wins-lunar-lander-challenge-level-1-crashes-on-2 |title=Armadillo Wins Lunar Lander Challenge Level 1, Crashes On 2 |publisher=Gizmodo.com |date=October 27, 2008 |access-date=November 27, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009060120/http://gizmodo.com/5069551/armadillo-wins-lunar-lander-challenge-level-1-crashes-on-2 |archive-date=October 9, 2012}}</ref> |- | {{dts|2009}} | Named among the 100 top game creators of all time | #10 in ''[[IGN]]'''s list.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/top/game-creators/10.html |title=IGN - 10. John Carmack |website=IGN |language=en |access-date=November 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420073510/http://www.ign.com/top/game-creators/10.html |archive-date=April 20, 2014}}</ref> |- | {{dts|2010-3-11}} | Lifetime Achievement Award | Was awarded the [[Game Developers Conference]] Lifetime Achievement award for his work.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/2010-game-developers-choice-awards-to-honor-john-carmack-of-id-software-with-lifetime-achievement-award-event-to-be-hosted-by-seminal-game-designer-warren-spector-84945937.html |title=2010 Game Developers Choice Awards to Honor John Carmack of id Software With... β SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire/ |publisher=Prnewswire.com |access-date=November 27, 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009061227/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/2010-game-developers-choice-awards-to-honor-john-carmack-of-id-software-with-lifetime-achievement-award-event-to-be-hosted-by-seminal-game-designer-warren-spector-84945937.html |archive-date=October 9, 2012}}</ref> |- | {{dts|2016-3-7}} |[[BAFTA]] Fellowship Award |Honoured with the Academy's highest honour, the Fellowship for "work that has consistently been at the cutting edge of games and his technical expertise helping the future arrive that little bit faster".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bafta.org/games/awards/john-carmack-bafta-fellowship-in-2016 |title=John Carmack {{!}} BAFTA Fellowship in 2016 |website=www.bafta.org |date=March 24, 2016 |access-date=April 8, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160410154514/http://www.bafta.org/games/awards/john-carmack-bafta-fellowship-in-2016 |archive-date=April 10, 2016}}</ref> |- | {{dts|2017-5-3}} |Honorary Doctorate |Received a Doctor of Engineering Honoris Causa from the [[University of Missouri, Kansas City]] for "his work in cutting edge tech & comp sci".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://info.umkc.edu/news/they-have-touched-our-lives |title=They Have Touched Our Lives {{!}} UMKC Today |website=info.umkc.edu |access-date=January 5, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180105204939/https://info.umkc.edu/news/they-have-touched-our-lives |archive-date=January 5, 2018}}</ref> |}
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