>most of which are designed by players, not the employees! Which is kind of funny, as the original CS and TF Classic were total conversion mods made by players

>most of which are designed by players, not the employees! Which is kind of funny, as the original CS and TF Classic were total conversion mods made by players. I fondly remember Natural Selection, which was also later made into a standalone game. Shame Valve didn't explore the market of enabling amateur/semi-professional game design before Unity and UE ate that particular lunch. I guess the hats must be worth it.