Just going on the suggestion from TrialBob a while ago that new maps might be able to get put in the rotation, is there any relation between that and the move to steamworks? (for example, if it was easier/cheaper to roll out patches when attached to steam)
I'm pretty sure there's some dirty hack that exists so that you can't see the posts from certain users you can do client side, but it's not really a solution. You still have to deal with everyone quoting said dick.