There should be a CVAR for it, or this will destroy competetive CSS. Its quite a crap idea, just like CSS. But hey, what do i care, 1.6 is much better than CSS. I stopped playing it on release, the hitboxes are pretty screwed up, getting a headshot has never been easier. And god they got rid of the headshot animation, i loved that thing. Overall the more valve mess with the game, the crapper it becomes, I never lagged in 1.5 but i have constant problems in 1.6. I want back 1.5. Also I am one of the little amount of people who does not agree that a little bit of realism in a game is good, I quite hate it. Like fatigue and junk, it just annoys me. Its all in your opinion.
Well, the current version has far less bugs, than the release one. That's a pretty conservative point of view, actually. I understand, that CS:S is different from 1.6 (new engine, slightly changed gameplay, etc.) although bitching about 1.6 and complaining, that it has more bugs, than 1.5 is just bullcrap.
1.6 is
the same game, built on
the same engine, with some bugs fixed and 3 new weapons added. The gameplay is
completely unchanged and if 1.6 lags - I'd suggest looking for a proper server.
And I agree, that CS:S could use some new weapons. A few more machineguns, shotguns and maybe smgs would be pretty interesting.