Thx for posting this.
Sounds like EOD team is real messed up, i hope the mod can survive somehow.
And i think "BF is dead, because HL2 is coming out" is a sucky argument.
When HL2 is out, you can say UT2004 is around the corner, so HL2 is dead.
I think BF and its mods will be played for years, like today still Halflife 1 and UT 1 make up the majority of online gamers.
And these are really different games, i have no idea if you are even able to use vehicles / planes in HL2. And come on, HL2 is not even out, and everyone thinks its great, i hate this hyping.