I play this game because it has more players around than 1.6, But I still like the original CS(1.6) better. Read why.
But on the other hand, in 1.6 when there weren't any minimap thing,
I always tried to determine where the enemies might be by looking at the radar and who kills who and who gets killed where etc.
I paid extra attention to radar and what's going around to guess where the enemy lies, and not that many people do this and I feel that doing this made me a better player than others.. but in CS:S any noobs can guess where the enemy might be, so that's one rundown for me.
and I feel the flash is way too useful now that you lose your sound when you'r flashed, I liked 1.6 where killing or dying depended more on how much you can aim caz in 1.6 it was easy to evade(turn around from it) being flashed and you still can see ahead without ur screen shaking etc.
maybe I just played 1.6 too long, it kinda grew on me,
hopefully as I keep playing more and more this game will grow on me too.