CSS / 1.6 - which to play?

[ICEMAN133]

Well, after stopping WoW after the better part of two years, i want to move on to another game i can play 'seriously'. I've played CSS on and off since release, only stopping playing it majorly when i first picked up WoW, and prior to that, played 1.5/6 for about a year.

I want to join a clan and join leagues etc, but can't decided which version to play.

Since the release of source, i've constantly heard from 1.6 players about scource's;

-laggy hitboxes
-too many/to easy for noobs
-not as good community as 1.6

i don't want to start playing source only to find i wouldv'e been better off in 1.6 or vica versa, but the above arguments all seem b******* to me. I downloaded some pro clan vids from both games from the 'best frags' thread and http://www.enemydown.co.uk/ and see little difference aside graphics.

I can play css fully maxed out, with more than high enough fps, so should i bother with 1.6?

what are 1.6/source players opinions?

and, slightly off-topic;

can anyone recommend any uk/eu public servers where 'decent' players play, so as i can see how good/bad i actually am? (as said in the 'best frags' thread, i've no idea how to rate myself, so i'd like to play with some people from decent clans).


cheers in advance

 

[ICEMAN133]

cheers for the input, suppose i'll have to play 1.6 a bit more and see if it grabs me.

re: WoW / time involved, wow was a 6 hours a day minimum, 6 days a week for approx 18 months, and more often than not playing much more than that.

and @ scam - nice fraps in the 'best frags' thread btw