At this point i think the bots are the least of the problem. There's a bigger issue at hand, but eradicating the bots is a step towards the right direction towards this other issue i'd like to address.

See ever since the bots embarked, they hurl out unsavory messages to try and rile up attention their way. They blast annoying sounds, spam criminal things towards the chat. Valve was complacent until a certain piece of journalism caught their attention. Their solution? Forbid free to plays to speak, that'll solve the problem. Safe to say this aged like milk but might have made the situation worse on THEIR end.

See, recently you'd find bots being able to speak again. Sure the intelligent skeptics might scoff it off as "it's probably just stolen accounts" but these waves of chat spamming bots i have yet to see them with very many hats nor cosmetics, they are stock bots. Keep in mind in order to get to talk again you must be premium, and in order to be premium you have to buy something from the mann co. store, which is of course owned by valve. All transactions made in said store goes directly to valve themselves.

Starting to connect the dots? The majority of these bots are PAYING valve to get their rights to speak, by extension through their horrid negligence they are PROFITING off the bot hosters which are associated with many criminal activities such as doxxing, slander, mass ddos, harrassment and many, many more.

To put it simply, Valve is nurturing an underground scene for criminal activities through their sheer idleness.

FIX TF2.

At this point i think the bots are the least of the problem. There's a bigger issue at hand, but eradicating the bots is a step towards the right direction towards this other issue i'd like to address. See ever since the bots embarked, they hurl out unsavory messages to try and rile up attention their way. They blast annoying sounds, spam criminal things towards the chat. Valve was complacent until a certain piece of journalism caught their attention. Their solution? Forbid free to plays to speak, that'll solve the problem. Safe to say this aged like milk but might have made the situation worse on THEIR end. See, recently you'd find bots being able to speak again. Sure the intelligent skeptics might scoff it off as "it's probably just stolen accounts" but these waves of chat spamming bots i have yet to see them with very many hats nor cosmetics, they are stock bots. Keep in mind in order to get to talk again you must be premium, and in order to be premium you have to buy something from the mann co. store, which is of course owned by valve. All transactions made in said store goes directly to valve themselves. Starting to connect the dots? The majority of these bots are PAYING valve to get their rights to speak, by extension through their horrid negligence they are PROFITING off the bot hosters which are associated with many criminal activities such as doxxing, slander, mass ddos, harrassment and many, many more. To put it simply, Valve is nurturing an underground scene for criminal activities through their sheer idleness. FIX TF2.