Weekly (Or So) Splash Damage News Round Up

It was a busy week (or so) in Splash Damage land and there's a nice amount of new stuff on the site poised to replace Facebook as the internet's largest timesink. For your convenience, we've summarized The Good Stuff below in list form:

• Things You Were Too Afraid to Ask: Dave 'ducks' Johnston
  In the first of (count them!) three new staff interviews, we chat with Dave 'ducks' Johnston, creator of Counter-Strike's de_dust and now part of Splash Damage's armada of level designers.
• In the Crosshairs: ETQW Competition Round-up: Webisode 2: ClanBase Edition
  In the second (and even more fun) installment of In The Crosshairs, resident clanologist Matt 'Anti' Lowe brings you all the latest competition results, with a special focus on ClanBase's recent tournament exploits.
• Things You Were Too Afraid to Ask: Paul 'MoP' Greveson
  An environment artist here at Splash Damage, Paul 'MoP' Greveson was one of the people tasked with optimizing ETQW's levels to find the right balance between pretty and fast. Find out everything about him in this interview!
• Currently Hurling Controllers / Mice At... Viking Band: Vegas 2 Prologue
  Find out which games we're currently playing at Splash Damage and what we think of them.
• Things You Were Too Afraid to Ask: Flavius 'Flawe' Alecu
  Finally, adding a bit of much needed flava, tools programmer Flavius 'Flawe' Alecu makes a shocking connection between Pong and toothpaste in the final staff interview of the week.

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