With deep sadness and grief I am announcing that the highly regarded "Silly idea of the week" series is closing down.

It was originally created as an aid and guidance for the id software developers to help them keep the game close to how the community wishes it to be and solve various problems that people from outside the development team see more clearly than those who can look only from inside.

Unfortunately, the reaction from id software was no less than disappointing. The response from Robert Altman, CEO of Zenimax, and John Carmack, technical director of id software hinted that they are not going to let anyone than themselves affect the development direction of Quake Live.

Imagine what a magnificent game Quake Live would be if at least a fraction of the ideas pointed out in the series, were incorporated into it. But id software has willingly decided that they are not going to use all these creative gems in the game and instead will develop it on their own, possibly blocking all external help.

Our ideas are still available and open for anyone to use, and the administration of Silly idea of the week has made an unprecedented decision not to fill any patent or copyright infringement lawsuits against any party that decides to use these ideas in their own product*.

I know that every week, millions of people, were excited in anticipation of each upcoming issue of this series that instantly became world famous even before it was published. And I am truly saddened to be forced to disappoint all those people. Silly idea of the week is no more.

Fuck id.

* the decision is subject to change suddenly without any notice