Recent reviews by PieSpie

great game so far, still getting updates, can't wait to see what the future holds for it

autasaving needs to happen more often. i've just lost nearly four hours of gameplay.

Don't get me wrong-- the game is genuinely enjoyable, but it's so easy to get wrapped up in it to the point of completely forgetting that saving is a thing. until autosaving becomes a more consistent mechanic (even every hour would be nice) i've had my fill of TPK's and wasting revivify scrolls only to go back to nearly the beginning of my session.

I have played Team Fortress 2 since 2012. I watched Meat Vs. Match unfold. I witnessed the hype for Meet The Pyro and saw YouTube crash when it dropped. I patiently waited between updates, even when those updates became fewer and farther between, until eventually year long silences between updates became the norm as the developers and programmers slowly fell out of love with their game. All content in recent years has been community made. There hasn't been a Smissmas or Scream Fortress comic in years, and their ongoing comic series has been all but abandoned. I still check their website at least once a month, hoping that maybe they'll quietly release that last comic, but I know all hope for that is lost.

I've watched this game slowly rot away for the past five+ years, and it *kills* me to see such a loved game be abandoned. I've never loved a game as much as I love Team Fortress 2, and DAMN IT, I AM *LIVID* with how Valve has treated this game. It is completely overrun by bots. Hacking bots that mic and chat spam, DDOS players, and in some cases even SWAT certain content creators. These bot hosters are vile, abusive, and dangerous. Their programmed demon spawn spew absolute FILTH on every casual server they join.

At the start of this crisis, Valve pushed out an update that *completely silenced* its free-to-play playerbase. Not even built-in voice commands could be used anymore until these players made an in-game purchase, leaving them unable to strategize, communicate, ask for guidance from more experienced players, or even call for a Medic. What a vile solution and a weak cash-grab. Valve had essentially created a way to profit off the very thing that has effectively destroyed their game, becasue these bot hosts PAID FOR PREMIUM ACCOUNTS to let their bots continue hacking, ear-raping, chat spamming, and DDOSing.

And 2 years ago, when the Team Fortress 2 community asked nicely for Valve to pay even the smallest amount of attention to this beloved game? Valve puts out one tweet, pushes a couple of small updates, and fades back into silence. That's when we made our fatal mistake. We were placated by the response, and Valve took that as a sign that the matter was taken care of. We were heard, but we were not listened to.

This time, we will not back down. We will not give up. We will not stop our digital march until Valve PROMISES to fix our beloved game, and FOLLOWS THAT PROMISE THROUGH.

WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED UNTIL THE BOTS ARE GONE.

I still love this game, but I am absolutely *sickened* by the way Valve has acted lately.