THEY BANNED THE TF2 BOTS

Valve actually started banning the TF2 bots off steam
oh hello there.

[BearableMonk]

The audacity to complain about being banned after making servers unplayable for YEARS is insane

[Just_a_commenter]

The anguish of botters is the sweetest thing. Even if the bots aren't banned entirely, the fact that it's causing them any degree of annoyance is blissful.

[ChairGuyTf]

"wave complete! Now get to an upgrade station!"

[oreobizkit]

We did it boys but the work isnt done yet

[HeavyTFreal]

Don’t let Valve off yet. The bot hosters have doxxed, harassed, spread hate speech, slandered, SWATted, and allegedly have been sending CP links in chat. Valve MUST take legal action. These “people” cannot be allowed to get away with what they’ve done

[Iteration-_codename_goblin]

a few clarifying point
it is so piss easy for a bot hoster to just make more accounts, so unless this new program they rolled out accounts for those new bots we can't let up with the protest
also according to Zesty Jesus, Richter Overtime, and a few others, a contact at valve has given them reason to believe that this "anti-Bot program" has been in development for two years, and is now being rolled out
valve has been doing the treadmill work but only lost all the fat when it mattered

[Maple_The_Syrup]

Ain't no possible way that actually worked

[NotLuke]

valve literally did a purge


a good purge

[PaperWorldManShoji]

From what i’ve heard, Valve has been circulating on this project for two years now, started some time before the original SafeTF2 from back in 2022 started.

[EngineerRiff]

This doesn’t mean we stop, keep going, KEEP FIGHTING!

[garulouie]

"Horosho! Very good! But do not rest easy just yet, eh?"

[prestinryan]

Let's go, game is finally playable

[Micha-Hil]

"Another wave down. But there are more on the way.
Get to an Upgrade Station and prepare for the next wave."

[davymachinegun]

IT'S SEPTEMBER NOW
I LITERALLY HAVEN'T SEEN A SINGLE BOT SINCE JUNE
WE ARE SO BACK

[mattwells]

This is a start, but remember, KEEP PUSHING TINY CART!

[gekinatracksuit]

I remember people in TF2 talking about this a while ago, but really valve's best option is the legal route.
Ban the bot hosts all you want, but they have literally no life and will do ANYTHING to evade bans.
The only way to stop them for good is to sue them.

[Chris_Husk]

aparently this has been in the works for 2 years even before the original save tf2, Richter overtime said on his twitter.

[DrSuperLuigiSeth]

As a game that I don’t play (I’m not a shooters guy), I still love TF2 aesthetically and conceptually. It gives me great joy to see the community finally receive this W.

[SwaggyG_]

It seems that one coworker who's still working on TF2 got up from his rest and decided to finally do something once he was up.

[menacingpyro]

I’ve been playing a lot of tf2 today and I’ve seen almost NO bots today. It’s nuts, and usually there’s tons.