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Brendan Lowry

"Enough is enough": Over 200,000 Team Fortress 2 players sign #FixTF2 petition for Valve to end the 'Bot Crisis' as Steam reviews plunge to 'Mostly Negative' [UPDATED]

Team Fortress 2.

What you need to know

  • Team Fortress 2 (TF2), Valve's 2007 class-based shooter that's still very popular today, has been plagued with a "Bot Crisis" for five years.
  • Bots equipped with aimbot cheats have flooded TF2's Casual matchmaking servers for years, instantly killing other players with Sniper headshots, votekicking them from games, and spamming the in-game text and voice chat.
  • The people hosting these bots have even programmed them to leak personal information in some cases, and one TF2 content creator says the culprits even went so far as to "swat" them by making fake emergency calls to the police so that officers investigated their home.
  • In response to Valve's radio silence about the issue, players have organized a #FixTF2 movement and have created a petition for the developer that has over 150,000 signatures. You'll find a link to where you can sign it below.
  • Update: The petition now has over 200,000 signatures. Additionally, players have started to review bomb Team Fortress 2, with the game's Recent Reviews score on Steam now "Mostly Negative."
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