i didn't have that choice

1337ness

I doubt it Wild - I reckon if your computer is capable of running todays FPS games (Unreal 2, UT2003, CoD, MoH, etc...) then Hl2 is well within your reaches. 1Ghz CPU, 256mb RAM, and a GF4 Ti4200, will most likely run it without too much hassle.

Of course I am just speculating, but they have said it will run on a 700Mhz CPU, and while I think this will be a rather loose use of the word "run", I can't imagine them being too far under-guessing.

EDIT: Andrew, I think the reason those games retain popularity is that their sequels are not true sequels - Quake 3 is hugely unlike Quake 2, which in turn was really rather unrecognisable from Quake itself. Obviously this isn't of huge importance to a mod maker (what does it matter that Q2 had new enemies, story, etc...?) but there is a certain degree of familiarity and dedication to an old engine when it is so far surpassed as those were by their sequels. HL2 is HL1 taken further - there is still the familiarity in gameplay, story, physics style, etc, as WELL as the engine itself, and I think this will mean it is far more deserted when the sequel arrives than the games you mentioned.

That said, it won't die overnight, indeed it probably never will "die", but I don't see many mods of great importance staying on HL1.

Woohoo, I have the same number of snarkmarks as my birthdate, what are the chances eh

Re-reading the threads I am asking myself the same question. I guess I was thinking something when I wrote that down, but now it elludes(sp?) me.