id Software turned down offers of "good money" to develop a Quake MMOG says John Carmack in a Q&A tidbit on Shacknews, who adds that id "has no interest in MMO development," and will not be attempting a project like that anytime soon, saying he is "fully cognizant" of the challenges and risks associated with MMO game development. They quote another recent conversation with the id Software technical director where he points out that development of Quake Live is a "significant effort" for the company and they underestimated how difficult it would be to get up to speed on all the website and database backend development such a project entails.