Quote Originally Posted by Keldarza View Post
Interestingly enough, Valve has actually been pretty good to that mods it's scooped up.

TF team actually works for valve now (TF2)
The guys working on portal is another example
They even got a hold of the guy who did DOTA.

Actually when you look at it, it's kinda inspiring.
oh yes. Most certainly agreed. Cannot dispute Valve being the company to model right there.

I was merely pointing out Blizzard has not done so, Valve on the other hand has done a lot better for themselves in terms of reputation when picking up the likes of Counter Strike, TF etc as a commercial product from its freely available mod days.