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Just wondering how popular you all think Half Life 2 will be? Now before you say 'very' read on.
One of the primary reasons that Half Life was so popular was the fact that it was highly moddable and at first wasn't being run through Steam.
If the information I've read is true then don't you have to get permission with valve for a mod to be listed on Steam? And of-course Steam is the only legitimate way to run mods with HL2.
Granted HL2 has better modding capabilities, but I think the fact that Steam chokes modders in certain ways will hurt Valve's baby more than they think, because imagine spending ages making a mod just for valve to turn around and say you can't put it onto the Steam network.
Maybe I'm just talking rubbish, but I think its food for thought.