[Stony]

I prefer it too. It makes you play a bit more carefully and deliberately because anybody who gets a lock on you pretty much kills you. I've been on the giving AND receiving end of the "half-clip turnaround", where somebody empties half of their clip into their opponent's back only to have their opponent turn around and kill them with 1 shot. Not very fun to me. If I get the jump on someone, I expect them to drop once I unload into their back.

I've read the posts where the Q3/UT circle-strafers hate the realism mod because it renders their run-and-gun tactics useless, and some of the more skilled players hate the mod because of the ego bruises given to them by newbies. I find their gripes rather amusing.