I think your partners should at least be able to pick up/use healthpacks. there were a few times in HL1 where I'd come across some health that Barney needed more than I did.
I type normally all the time except for really common things like "lol" and "wtf". I tend to use ascii smilies a lot while chatting though.
The only time in real life when I say anything "leet" is when I say "OWNED"
Betas can ruin the game if you don't like spoilers. You're playing a beta to help the dev team squish bugs and test new stuff out, so it's really helpful to them. To you, if you don't like playing incomplete games, don't play betas.
Nobody else post information about the warez (and wether or not you're downloading it).
However as my own opinion,
I fully support id software and intend to buy their game when it comes out. I don't like to see good games ruined by pirating, and that's what you guys are doing here. Stop...
GameSpot has a short essay along with a video preview of the upcoming Counter-Strike: Source. Jess Cliffe and Doug Lombardi are interviewed about what they put into the game and why they expect it will do well. The gameplay looks very impressive - you can check out the entire article and video...