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[BinaryDelt]

Michael-5 said:

BinaryDelt said:

Michael-5 said:

BinaryDelt said:

"Time to Triangle" - a phrase coined by the great Mark Cerny.  See here (fantastic presentation): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHXrBnipHyA

I don't know who Cerny is, but that man in the video is creepy and it's long.....

 

There we go, I skimmed and found it....nevermind, he just keeps talking about why he is so great. No offense, but I find this guy really arrogant, annoying, and he really scares me. I mean do I really need to know that you've been with your wife for 25 years? Why would I care?Took me a while, but now I remember why I find him scary

I feel like he wants to kill babies

So what if the video is long?  It's incredibly insightful and extremely interesting.  I think Mark Cerny has earned the right to be arrogant.  Sure, he's a little odd, but if you've spent any time around folks who work in technology, he's pretty damn normal.

I know Cerny has kind of a murderous look in his eyes sometimes and I'll admit I've chuckled at some of the comparisons, but the man is a legend and incredibly intelligent.  Personally I have crazy respect for the guy and his ability to understand so many different aspects of the gaming industry.

I disagree, I don't mean to insult your role model, but i found the video long, and annoying. It was basically just Cern padding his own arrogant back, and giving us a history on his life. Maybe he deserves it, but there is no denying he is arrogant, and I just don't like that type of attitude.

I still don't understand the term "time to triangulate", I heard his say it once, but.....yea.

"Time to Triangle", not "triangulate" - he's basically referring to the time it takes from the moment a team receives a dev kit to the point where they have a working graphical skeleton.

I think a NeoGaf user may have said it best about Cerny's perceived arrogance: "Cerny almost comes off as arrogant at first, but it's clear he has a fairly high IQ and backs up his calm, yet ambitious, personality." (Source: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=66813861)  I don't think it's so much that he's arrogant, but that he's proud of his accomplishments.  Hey, I would be too.  I'm in Mensa (the high IQ society) for example.  If I don't keep that a secret for my entire life, does that make me arrogant?

Regardless, you're missing the point, choosing to focus on how you think he looks creepy or talks about himself at a conference where he was asked to come and speak about...himself.  What you're missing is the genius a lot of other people in the industry see, and what a treat it is to get a rare look into the evolution of console design along with video games in general and the building of a brand at PlayStation.

I think you're in the minority...He's one of the feature stories on IGN's homepage today with a two-part interview:

Let's drop the sidebar Cerny thread though, this is getting far off topic from the OP, though I'm happy to continue to discuss in PMs if you want.