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A VERY important video. Relevant to EVERYONE who cares about #teamfortress#tf2
This NEEDS to be more widespread. Say what you will about Zesty Jesus, but regardless of your opinion on him - this is a VERY important video he & his collaborators have made.
THIS VIDEO NEEDS TO BE SPREAD AROUND.
I strongly implore you - watch this video. You will very, very quickly realize how absolutely horrible of a state Team Fortress 2 has been in for YEARS.
A lot of this is cringe, but when Gary Schwartz goes heavy voice "it costs 450 000 dollars to fire this gun for 12 seconds - I must be broke by now!" I died laughing
Most of them are... pretty clumsy, if it wasn't exaggerated for the video, then I guess most of them don't really play games (also this is how I found out Ellen McLain is married to John Patrick Lowrie?!). Robin Atkin Downes seems to have the best grip on it, Dennis Bateman the least. I wish they had brought Nathan Vetterlein, too, but I guess given his age, he's probably played too many games already, perhaps even TF2.
Mind you, I don't want to sound like I am pessimistic about #savetf2#fixtf2, because I would really love to see the bot problem be solved; but I want people to realize they're really just asking to save Valve servers.
TF2 has a lot more problems that people don't talk about.
@Rowedahelicon You are speaking sense! Really, #TeamFortress2 went so sideways, that bot hosters swatting your home are the least of dangers. The real danger is the brainrot and refusing to accept that defaults (like official #Valve servers) tend to attract the audience for cash-making abusers. These are times when distributing moderation and teaching how community servers operate are essential for sane multiplayer sessions.
To be fair, #FixTF2 is a good opportunity to gather all evidence of how aimbots affect the whole #TeamFortress2 and it's not just the major places that are at risk. Distributed moderation is kind of an idea that popped up in me when I was reminded of bad actors ganging up on servers of different sizes.
As @tijuu_ has pointed out, though, the ultimate and more realistic goal is to get #Valve to communicate at least some news, good or bad. And another insight that you can glean from the video is that players are self-moderating the space with reactive kick-voting, which is definitely awesome and contributes into distribution of power. Obviously, it can be abused by bots if they join in a batch, so developer needs tell the community what is needed to prevent this.
All that #SaveTF2 people ask is a tiny inkling of participation with basic feedback from the developer, not yacking the lootbox cash-cow or other masking updates.
I remember when #TF2 released its first content update; a single new map, Badlands... And the servers went insane. At the time, the idea that a game would have perpetual updates/new content/seasons just wasn't a thing. Also, most of the servers were community run rather than official...
... I don't really have a point, but I'm just staggered by how much things have changed with FtP games, mostly official servers, sustained by micro transactions and with regular content updates. #Gaming
Holis! Soy Noelle, una nerd que también es #gamer , #trans y #pansexual 🩷🌸
Estuve en Threads un tiempo antes de darle un chance a Mastodon. (Aún me gusta Threads, pero lo siento muy vacío recientemente)
Espero encontrar otras personas trans y les gusten #Sonic 🦔, #Pokemon 🩷, #AnimalCrossing 🌸 y #TF2
All the best parts of #TF2: no cosmetics, no unusuals, no unbalanced weapons, no ranks, no aimbots. It doesn't clog RAM and CPU, has polished settings, lighting, gamemodes, better achievements. Easy #LinuxGaming with #Proton and in-house installer. Not to mention that the game is constantly maintained by Team #Eminoma.
I'm like a teenager again, so much fun playing #TeamFortress2 again, hahaha! :0080:
Only if #TeamFortress2Classic had some sort of future matchmaking, it would throw #TeamFortress2 on its ribs. Potential players could flood in at the appointed times, do raids and generally have fun without overbearing deserted atmosphere.
No, I want this feature RIGHT IN THE GAME, not some cesspool of a Discord server filled with "events". An ability to book your gaming spot on servers and times of choice.
Privacy footprint is small if you don't shove your entire schedule into the thing, so I don't see trouble on that end. Only technicalities and #matchmaking instance that would book the spots or others servers will need to have some tiny bits implemented. A matter of updating and opting in to future matchmaking. I'm definitely not asking all #TF2C servers suddenly have this by default, just those that allow such batches of players.