An anonymous reader writes to tell us that recently Valve Software's Doug Lombardi has stated his strong belief that
user created content is a very important part of games in the near future.
"'I would argue that it's the biggest component those guys have to get over if they want online to matter.' 'Half-Life 1 was okay as a multiplayer game and Team Fortress Classic was really good, but Counter-Strike kicked both their asses no question. And that came from a kid going to college in Canada and another kid going to high school in New Jersey, who had our code and thought it would be cool to play our game.'"