I was into CounterStrike for a while. Might get back into it now that I can host games. CS uses decals and sprites. There's a program called Hammer that can be used to make maps with. I have the Game Studio software as well and looked at the demo of MilkShape (EIU and VisUp vrml poly reducer are enough for me.) Yada yada. I would still want to create my own stuff if I was going to call it my own stuff, or I'd want permission and credits to use other folks' stuff. But you never know, maybe for a very small royalty, or nothing at all, the artists will work this out. Its nice to see some open discussion on this and I wish the best for all involved.