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FiringSquad: Do you consider replacing the crosshairs as cheating? How about buyscripts?

I do consider [changing crosshairs] cheating since I made them that way for a reason (ie. to make it more difficult to aim!!) I know that sounds sadistic and devious but the reason I did it that way was because I wanted to mimic how people aim in real life. In real life, the ease with which you can aim a weapon is dependant on the distance between the rear sights and the front sights which is why I made the handguns have a larger crosshair and the rifles a smaller crosshair. One can probably argue that this is a completely bad way of doing things but I feel it's a good representation of real life without being overly complex to use. Notice how difficult it is to get a headshot with a pistol at 100 yards with the new crosshairs vs. the old ones.

As for buyscripts, I don't consider them cheating.. I probably should have made the buying system a bit more intuitive and efficient in the first place.. oh well, there's always room for improvement.

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FiringSquad: Will there be any new features in 1.1, or will it mainly be minor tweaks? New weapons? New maps?

Strictly bug fixes and cheat fixes and new maps.. No new weapons.

FiringSquad: Are there any plans to make recording and playing back demos easier?

I haven't touched any of the Half-Life code for those kinds of things.. Perhaps I should look into it if I have the time..

The MP5, when you can't quite afford an AK-47.

Damn you, Crispy!

FiringSquad: Is weapon accuracy pretty much set, or will there be more adjustments in 1.1? When was the last time you actually adjusted weapon accuracy, recoil time, etc? It seems like the community complains after every single release.

Yeah, they do.. and it does get irritating having to convince people that I haven't changed a thing but take it from the horses mouth.. I haven't changed them since BETA 6.. but then again, I'm a freaking liar and I like to play mind games with everyone!! YEAH THAT's RIGHT.. I'm a freak lord.. and I change accuracies in between betas and it pisses off the testers ! hahaa.. I'm keeraaazyy .. I'm the accuracy changing FIEND!

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FiringSquad: Will you be addressing the water/sewer bugs where you can't hit someone who is crouching/swimming?

Yeah, that's a weird one.. It had me stumped for awhile.. I'm gonna run it by Valve and see if they know what may be the problem.