https://game8.co/articles/latest/fix-tf2-succeeds-as-steam-bans-bots-and-player-count-surges
2024.07.02 TF2 has been gaining traction again after Valve's recent take on bots. Read on to learn more about the ban, how many were removed from the game and how this affected the TF2 community.

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/valve-finally-speaks-on-team-fortress-2-after-years-of-silence-on-bot-crisis
After years of silence on Team Fortress 2's "bot crisis," developer Valve has publicly committed to improving the state of the game.

https://www.pcgamesn.com/team-fortress-2/bot-bans
As Valve finally acts against the TF2 bot crisis, the Steam maker is saying a resounding "no" to ban appeals from all sides of the game.

https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/27/23144061/valve-team-fortress-2-bot-problem-savetf2-spam
Pyro and Scout face off. 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

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/valve-finally-respond-to-team-fortress-2s-bot-problem
Team Fortress 2's long-term bot problem might be addressed soon as Valve has acknowledged the community's efforts to draw their attention to it.

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/team-fortress-2s-player-count-doubles-after-fan-pressure-sees-valve-step-in-with-a-bot-demolishing-banwave-and-a-firm-line-on-appeals-no/
Team Fortress 2's bot problem is an ongoing drama in PC gaming land: the issue seemingly went into overdrive when developer Valve stepped back from major work on the game in 2017.

https://www.windowscentral.com/gaming/over-120000-team-fortress-2-players-sign-fix-tf2-petition-for-valve-to-end-the-bot-crisis
Bots have infested Team Fortress 2 for years, and players have had enough.

https://www.pcgamer.com/valve-says-it-sees-how-large-team-fortress-2s-bot-problem-is-and-will-actually-do-something/
Whether this manifests into anything meaningful remains to be seen—there are some who think that TF2's bot problem is too fundamental to ever be fully 'fixed', but at least Valve's committed to

https://dotesports.com/general/news/valve-patches-team-fortress-2
The community has won: Valve patches Team Fortress 2 following playerbase's appeal to fix bot issue The hashtag movement #SaveTF2 persuaded the developers to implement a series of bug fixes.

https://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/w21gd9/so_are_the_bots_gone_now/
Considerably less bots, though not completely fixed. All they did was buy us time, and given enough of it, it will eventually get just as bad again. Valve is currently looking at solutions to "get off the treadmill"

https://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/101ty7i/bot_problem_2023/
I heard the issue got fixed half a year later so I decide to give it another go, games flooded with bots, I quit. I start feeling nostalgic for TF2 again now in 2023- I figure, hey- maybe they fixed the bots First game I play and all the games following, botswarm and even having games where every actual human is being kicked by the bots.

https://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/fwx71r/the_bots_are_gone_valve_has_answered/
152 votes, 17 comments. 859K subscribers in the tf2 community. This subreddit is dedicated to Team Fortress 2, created by Valve Corporation in 2007

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.destructoid.com/team-fortress-2-update-bot-problem-team-vote-kick-start/
A new Team Fortress 2 update does help with the shooter's bot problem, though community members are hopeful it's the start of more to come.

https://steamcommunity.com/app/440/discussions/0/4406290986182516545/
For God's sake fixTF2 didn't work at all, the vac worked as it should and valve didn't do anything and is not involved. Originally posted by Stryke2009: Originally posted by "Kris": The very first VAC ban wave since ~2017 has been issued just recenly, like ~2,600 of bot accounts were manuallly permabanned.

https://www.pcgamer.com/how-the-team-fortress-2-community-brought-it-back-from-the-brink/
In June and July, Valve pushed a number of updates to Team Fortress 2. It fixed an exploit where players could use cheats on secure servers. It fixed the Ap-Sap and its godsforsaken noise spam.

https://www.polygon.com/23178358/valve-team-fortress-2-update-bots-fan-campaign
Valve, almost a month after responding to a fan campaign, have released a new update for Team Fortress 2 intended to address several exploits and glitches that have plagued the game in recent years.

https://www.reddit.com/r/tf2/comments/vvpe05/did_did_we_do_it_are_the_bots_gone_did_savetf2/
I feel like if we say "yay bots are finally gone, everything is okay" right now, they'll take it as enough to stop updating the game, which also gave us bonuses of fixing long-standing bugs like the Crusader's Crossbow not healing when your patient was too close to you (& the iron bomber as well, never thought I see that one fixed).

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.youtube.com/watch?v=lZA-7tcSSQU
Is TF2 Casual fixed? That's the question we're going to be answering today. Earlier this week, Valve took action against some of the bot hoster's Steam accou

https://www.ign.com/articles/team-fortress-2-update-community-optimistic-magic-fix-botting
After a series of community protests about the bot-ridden state of Team Fortress 2, Valve has released a new update for the game that has some tentatively hopeful change is coming, even if the

https://www.pcgamer.com/team-fortress-2-update-fixes-ancient-bugs-but-doesnt-really-address-the-bot-problem/
Team Fortress 2 update fixes ancient bugs but doesn't really address the bot problem. There are a couple of bot combatants here, but most are just bizarre bugs that are almost a decade old. Valve

https://kotaku.com/tf2-team-fortress-bots-valve-fan-petition-fix-pc-fixtf2-1851519583
Fans want Valve to save Team Fortress 2 On June 3, a new fan campaign started up. And like last time, players are trying to get Valve to step in and do something about all the annoying bots.