Don't mind Saco,
or the American Bashing. Not very fun to be critisized all day for my nationality. I only really post here occasionally now.
Prefabs eh?
Well, Most people on this site don't really support Prefabs. I believe they are a great way to save time, and add consistancy to your map, but its great to have a little flair of another mapper's stuff.
I consider it like code... No-one writes their code entirly, or even mostly. Code is taken from what other people have put in place as a base code. I do not personally include prefabs in my work, although sometimes I use some of the BM stuff. No point in re-creating a soda machine when theres one right there in front of you.
It depends upon how much do you want your map to be custom. Really, It seems repetitive to have HL textures in your map, although I use them all the time. I really don't have the time nor enisative to make my own textures, and it really doesn't matter much to be in the first place.
Excuse my post on Catain P,
Just that he says this A LOT, and I happen to differ in opinion.