https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGnJpUSjL-w
Valve Fixed TF2. For now. Yes, they've just done a massive ban wave against the bots and cheaters. So, I decided to hop on and play some classic late-night m

https://game8.co/articles/latest/fix-tf2-succeeds-as-steam-bans-bots-and-player-count-surges
Community Rejoices as Bots Disappear. YouTuber Shounic, known for their TF2 content and documenting the bot issue, reported a significant reduction in bots. He noted, "99% of bots are currently gone. I asked my Discord to report back, and nobody in any region - North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania - ran into any bots."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebjYKufvBVg
Valve removed the bots, but is everything perfect? Should the community boycott the update or not? Here's my thoughts.💸 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pir

https://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/fwx71r/the_bots_are_gone_valve_has_answered/
Spyko. • 4 yr. ago. yes ! Finally ! they updated the localization files ! obvious dead joke aside, im so happy rn, sure it's prolly not the end of the bot crisis but i'll take auto aim any day instead of what we had, plus that show that valve is actively working on the game ! we're seeing the light boys. 11.

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/over-120000-team-fortress-2-players-sign-fix-tf2-petition-for-valve-to-end-the-bot-crisis
What you need to know. Team Fortress 2 (TF2), Valve's 2007 class-based shooter that's still very popular today, has been plagued with a "Bot Crisis" for five years.

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/valve-finally-speaks-on-team-fortress-2-after-years-of-silence-on-bot-crisis
Team Fortress 2 (TF2) has remained one of the most popular shooter games available on PC despite its 15 year age, with the game standing as Steam's seventh most played game at the time of writing

https://www.pcgamesn.com/team-fortress-2/bot-bans
This includes a new TF2 support page for anyone banned in the game, with the answer to every question a simple, and savage, denial. Team Fortress 2 has had a bot crisis for years.

https://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/w21gd9/so_are_the_bots_gone_now/
Better than it was before, but in the past few days I've been seeing a gradual increase in bots joining servers. They seem to join individually instead of in groups now, but they're manageable and get kicked quickly.

https://www.destructoid.com/team-fortress-2-update-bot-problem-team-vote-kick-start/
The bots aren't gone forever, but this new update seems like a good first step. Valve has issued a new Team Fortress 2 update. It's the first one since the massive #SaveTF2 movement that drew

https://www.polygon.com/23144312/team-fortress-2-valve-savetf2-peaceful-protest-bots
Team Fortress 2 has run rampant with bots since 2020, but fans are trying to change that. Earlier this week, the TF2 community came together with a peaceful protest, #SaveTF2, and managed to earn

https://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/o5ss87/bots_are_for_now_down/
This subreddit is dedicated to Team Fortress 2, created by Valve Corporation in 2007. After nine years in development, hopefully it was worth the wait. Bots are (for now) down! It would be classic Valve if the reason that all of the bots were crashing was accidental.

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/valve-finally-respond-to-team-fortress-2s-bot-problem
For the first time in two years, Valve tweeted through the official TF2 account today that they're finally going to do something about the bots. My inbox is thankful. The Team Fortress 2 write-in campaign started in earnest after YouTuber After Breakfast With SquimJim posted this video. Watch on YouTube.

https://kotaku.com/tf2-team-fortress-2-valve-shooter-bots-update-fix-vote-1849094168
Team Fortress 2. 's Latest Update Makes It Easier To Kick All Those Bots. Yesterday, Valve released a new update for Team Fortress 2 that fixes and tweaks a lot of things, but many players are

https://www.pcgamer.com/valve-says-it-sees-how-large-team-fortress-2s-bot-problem-is-and-will-actually-do-something/
It was quite ironic to be on the receiving end of humans acting like bots to complain about bots. PCG did contact Valve about the issue a few weeks ago, but TF2's developer didn't want to say

https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/27/23144061/valve-team-fortress-2-bot-problem-savetf2-spam
Valve has responded to a campaign from Team Fortress 2 players who want it to fix the game's bot infestation that has made it almost unplayable in recent years. "TF2 community, we hear you

https://www.ign.com/articles/team-fortress-2-players-protesting-massive-bot-problem
Team Fortress 2's botting problems are egregious when compared to other online multiplayer games. Head into a casual match on Valve's servers, and you'll find that the game is practically

https://www.engadget.com/valve-tf2-bots-crisis-video-180003369-180003415.html
Longtime TF2 player Jason Hughes (name changed to keep him anonymous in-game) brought the bot situation to my attention in early June 2020. At the time, he called it "disastrous." Nowadays

https://dotesports.com/general/news/valve-may-have-issued-a-massive-ban-wave-on-team-fortress-2-bots-but-the-issue-still-looms
Bots have plagued TF2 for years. A well-known Team Fortress 2 YouTuber shounic posted a video on June 27 claiming "all the bots got banned." He said that on the evening of June 25, at least

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2117025772
The bots were made to annoy, enrage and overall cause chaos, and by showing any sign of you being annoyed or angry at them, then you are just feeding the owners exactly what they want. Some bots even log insults made at them in the TF2 Chat just for the owner to laugh at.

https://www.pcgamer.com/how-the-team-fortress-2-community-brought-it-back-from-the-brink/
It wasn't just a lack of updates that turned TF2 into a bot-infested wasteland. In April of 2020, Valve confirmed that the source code for TF2 and CS:GO had been leaked. Despite a post from the

https://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/1c7j6a5/the_bots_are_gone/
We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us.

https://www.pcgamer.com/team-fortress-2-update-fixes-ancient-bugs-but-doesnt-really-address-the-bot-problem/
The ability to change name mid-match has already been removed, which some bots appeared to be using to change to the same names as innocent players on the team. It seems weird for the first patch

https://www.newsweek.com/house-vote-safeguard-american-voter-eligibility-save-act-passed-1923392
The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act passed on Wednesday by a vote of 221 to 198. In total, 216 Republicans and five Democrats voted to pass the bill, while 198 Democrats voted

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/07/09/feds-disrupt-bot-farm-that-spread-social-media-lies-for-putin/74343215007/
The videos are the same propaganda found on Russia's state-run RT News Network, according to court filings; and the bot farm scheme was conceived of by a former RT editor looking for ways to

https://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/1dry5gf/wait_are_the_bots_gone_now/
r/tf2. 859K Members. 433 Online. Rank by size. I been hearing word that the bots are gone for good now or from what I been told.