Team Fortress 2's bot problem is an ongoing drama in PC gaming land: the issue seemingly went into overdrive when developer Valve stepped back from major work on the game in 2017. To be clear, whatever some in the community may say Valve has never abandoned TF2, and continues to periodically release bug fixes and community-authored expansions for the 17-year-old game. But the bots… the bots have definitely gotten out of hand.
The issue seemed to become particularly acute around 2020, and led to various player campaigns before Valve even acknowledged there might be a bit of an issue. In recent years the community's kept up the pressure but things reached fever pitch this year with a renewed effort under the "FixTF2" hashtag that's been part internet petition, part awareness campaign, part review bombing, and all about pushing Valve into a response.
