Group Fortress 2 gamers drop assessment bomb on Valve for ignoring sport’s bot downside

What simply occurred? Group Fortress 2 simply received review-bombed so arduous that its “latest assessment” rating is now “largely unfavorable.” Regardless of being 17 years previous, the group shooter continues to be extremely popular, much more so with its latest replace. It nonetheless ranks as one of many most-played video games on Steam.

Nevertheless, TF2 has suffered from a bot downside for a minimum of the final 5 years. The state of affairs has gotten so dangerous that the Group Fortress group rallied a assessment bomb to get Valve’s consideration, hoping it will take a break from counting its Steam {dollars} and tackle the issue. Nearly 24,000 gamers chimed in with dangerous opinions beginning as early as Might 23.

“It is time Valve does one thing concerning the bots,” one of many early opinions lamented. “The sport has been overrun with folks prepared to doxx, DDOS, and SWAT anybody who takes motion towards the issue.”

Many posts sport the hashtag “#SaveTF2” and notice that they love the sport however that Valve must do one thing about cheaters ruining the expertise. Gamers who’ve invested hundreds of hours within the sport had essentially the most helpful suggestions.

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“The sport itself is fantastic. Palms down among the finest video games ever made within the historical past of gaming, and it nonetheless holds as much as this very day,” wrote TotalChaos, who has logged over 1,500 hours in Group Fortress 2. “However the aimbot downside is getting so dangerous that not solely is Informal actually unplayable (and the truth that folks nonetheless play it in its state baffles me), real-world crimes are being dedicated.”

The crimes he refers to are the identical as these talked about by different gamers. Whereas it is arduous to nail down the validity of the allegations, a number of gamers declare that when confronted about dishonest, the dangerous actors have resorted to doxxing, DDoS assaults, and calling in pretend bomb threats to get accusers in bother with the regulation.

Except for the doubtful anecdotal claims of felony exercise, there isn’t any argument that rampant dishonest is ruining a sport that tons of of hundreds of gamers love.

“I’m becoming a member of in on the assessment bomb however not out of hate however out of affection for this sport,” wrote a superfan with over 3,000 recorded hours. “Please repair Group Fortress 2 and attempt to do one thing as a substitute of tweeting about the issue and return to doing nothing.”

It is not all energetic aimbots, both. Gamers complain that tons of and even hundreds of idle bots sit on servers raking up merchandise drops. Much more irritating is that it is a recognized downside that Valve has seemingly ignored for years.

The Home That Steam Constructed continues to run the sport as a stay service, internet hosting occasions and patching bugs, however to this point, the corporate has remained silent concerning the problem and has achieved nothing to handle it.

One fed-up participant constructed a #SaveTF2 web site that features a petition demanding Valve take motion towards TF2 cheaters. As of this writing, it has gathered over 211,000 signatures. The group hopes that the assessment bomb and a few media consideration will likely be sufficient to spur the Group Fortress improvement group into constructive motion.