Team Fortress 2 community begs Valve to “FixTF2”

The Team Fortress 2 community is rallying to get Valve's attention with the hashtag "FixTF2" on social media. They claim the game has become completely unplayable due to rampant bots, scammers, and criminals flooding servers.

Players are using every avenue available to get Valve's attention, including social media, Steam reviews, and an official website for the movement.

Many game communities are familiar with the troubles of aimbots and other automated troublemakers, but the situation in Team Fortress 2 is a level above. The evil the FixTF2 movement is fighting against is unprecedented in a game of this size and reputation.

Bot hosters have overrun game servers with aimbots to endlessly attack & harass players. Due to lack of consequences, they are now so brazen they are charging desperate players for "bot immunity services." As an insult to injury, those frustrated enough to pay up are then doxed, publicly releasing their personal information.

These shameless bot hosts are even committing crimes to further their cause. FixTF2 advocates and others who criticize the bot hosters are becoming the targets of DDoS attacks, swatting, and even impersonation and slander through the use of AI-voice modifiers.

The community, understandably "there should be a zero-tolerance policy relating to this kind of conduct, and Valve needs to be held accountable for persistently refusing to acknowledge it."

Despite expressing awareness of bot-related issues over two years ago, Valve has not taken action to solve any of the aforementioned problems communicated. The FixTF2 movement is doing everything in its power to get Valve's attention.

For the first time since its release in 2007, Team Fortress 2 is sporting "Overwhelmingly Negative" recent reviews on Steam. This is the lowest possible category, achieved with a whopping 84% negative reviews in the last 30 days at the time of writing.

Additionally, the FixTF2 movements website features a petition with over 230,000 signatures and counting. The page is experiencing outages intermittently, possibly at the hands of the bot hosters it is protesting, but it always returns promptly.

Besides signing the official petition, the community members are taking to social media with their grievances by featuring the hashtags "FixTF2" and "SaveTF2" on relevant posts. Movement leaders ask posters to "hyper-fixate on the bot problem" as the main concern, whether through videos, photos, memes, or any other form of expressing frustration.

Team Fortress 2 has been a beloved game with an extremely passionate community for almost 17 years. We'll see what the FixTF2 movement brings as it continues to pick up steam over in the coming days.

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