It is amazing. I just fell the same about other one's code and about pointers. ;)

"painfully obvious" - perfect

You are a bad programmer than. Have no idea how to organize your code or doesnt understand state machines.

How much bullshit in one tiny message.

"Carmack, for some strange reason, likes OpenGL over DirectX" - lol, because he is a technical person that understands what he is doing - he surely knows what is better here.

"Unreal Engine 3 technically supports OpenGL, but their primary focus is on D3D as is just about everyone else's." - Yeah, Microsoft has a very nice marketing team. Anyone is forced to use a bloated API to put in their boxes that shitty logo "DirectX". OpenGL still BETTER and superior than DirectX. Just has no marketing team.

"Why? Because D3D is better than OpenGL in the majority of ways" - Please, you that is a better programmer than Carmack, enlight us with your view.

"And no, don't say "use SDL." SDL sucks, too. If you can seriously look at SDL next to DirectX and say that there's any valid comparison that doesn't involve a belly laugh, you do not belong in this conversation." - Another gem!! You surely is a awesome technical person and amazing programmer. Amen!

- OpenGL is a standard, it is easier and it is logic! It is in every aspect better than DirectX! PS3, PS2, PSP, Wii, iPhone.. eveything is OpenGL OR OpenGL BASED!
- SDL is amazing good. But trying to compare SDL with DirectX just proves that you don't have idea of what you're talking about.