Well, first off, i, like everyone else, am a bit annoyed with the delays. i do see that well, fecal matter happens, and it'll get out eventually.
then i find out no HL2 multiplayer of it's own. This is a dissapointment, because i'm sure it would've been fun to just mess around with. But again, i can deal with it, because i'm sure the modders will give us plenty of great multiplayer mods.
Of course, now i've heard from a couple people that the engine's gonna be much more locked up than HL1's was. To the point that modding may not be nearly as versatile. If they do this, Valve's shooting themselves in the foot. HL1 is built on it's mod community, and if HL2 won't allow these modder's to continue with a next-gen engine, then i see dire times ahead for Valve.