Hellchick has posted up her coverage of Valve's Mod Expo 2000 over at Planet Half-Life. I've talked to a few people that went to it (keffo), and they said it was pretty neat playing all the different mods coming up for HL, but what's more interesting is this:
You also might be interested in this page:While noticing a few prominent attendees like Gooseman -- the mind behind Counter-strike -- and Valve Software team members Robin Walker, Erik Johnson, and Doug Lombardi wandering the crowd and answering questions, I took a look at the mods and spoke with the team members, seeing some familiar and not-so-familiar mods on the Half-Life scene.
Intrigued about the new training level? You should be.The team behind Wanted certainly has lots of experience, and the guys from Valve say that Maverick is by far one of the most professional mod teams they've ever had the pleasure of working with. The team even did a training level for the upcoming retail release of Counter-strike.