but when the original members start to be assholes too its just gets stupid.
Hey, people can only take so much :/ - Enough annoyance from disrespectful members and other people start to get annoyed to an extreme enough degree to break. Everyone does it everwhere in real-life, even people who are/attempt to be respectful and mature all of the time.
Basically Source did was improve the physics and add a shitload of high poly models.
Wroooooong. Source is a
new engine. Therefore, it's completely new code, a new rendering pipeline, as well as the VPhys/VProf system, an easy-to-use SDK for coders, and a vareity of new art content, including the models (which are LOD-controlled so they are high or low poly depending on the settings) and textures, which are detail-controlled as well.
A lot of people have a habit of repeating stuff they were told without researching it.
All too true. This brings us back to the 'don't post answers that you claim are perfectly accurate if you haven't tried it before' sort of issue, no?
The general point is, map what you want, when you want, and how you want. Noone's forcing you to make low-poly maps if you don't want to. They're simply trying to offer tips on how to make your map more popular and easier to play.