The alternative I can think of is holding it like you hold weapons in passive mode.
Unfortunately adding new hold types is not possible so it needs to be held with an existing one.
I really like the night map. Having proper lighting during night is beautiful. It being night however for a whole day gets a bit tiring for me, so I don't mind the 4 days gap in between.
I don't know, the physgun is too iconic. Are we sure we want this all the time instead? Changing the physgun 3rd person holding animation would also affect everyone on whichever server they play on + be a pain in the ass to do so I'll deny this while suggesting people to subscribe to external...