Well I agree that I really like STEAM as of the last 5 years. But when I was a big Counter-strike whore (1.5 and previous versions) i was really reluctant to get 1.6 on STEAM. And it was a valid reason, because servers could no longer be in charge of version control. Every week STEAM updated CS 1.6 and changed the game mechanics. Previously in Counter-strike every "update" had to come in a new version, so servers and gamers could decide if they wanted to play on the new version or not. I remember playing 1.3 for a long time after 1.5 came out (after a brief 1.4 release). I still think CS 1.5 is the best version that was ever made. Or possibly the very first versions of 1.6. Source is a bastardization of CS, just like every "source" version of an original HL game. DOD:S, TF2, etc, they all suck (as far as gameplay is concerned) compared to their original Half-life mod.