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topicnews · September 10, 2024

Fans of Team Fortress 2 are so frustrated that they bring 340,000 signatures to Valve headquarters

Fans of Team Fortress 2 are so frustrated that they bring 340,000 signatures to Valve headquarters


Valve received a visit from the Team Fortress community.
Valve received a visit from the Team Fortress community.

Team Fortress 2 is already 17 years old and still a regular in the Steam charts of the most played titles. But the community fears for the future of the team shooter, even though Valve has already addressed the long-standing bot problem.

To express their concern, some fans have now all 340,000 signatures on a petition to save the game as a book and brought to Valve’s headquarters in Washington.

A milestone and a request

Just a few months ago, Team Fortress 2 was a dark place on the internet. Hardly a match could be played without being confronted with annoying bots. These used game-destroying hacks and often had racist usernames. The problem got so out of control that the game’s Steam ratings were first 3. Negativ landed.

At some point the community had had enough and started the petition Save TF2. And it was a success, because with the 2024 summer update, thousands of accounts were issued and since then it has been possible to play several matches in a row without being confronted with bots and hacks.

Team Fortress 2 – Funny short film introduces the map Mercenary Park
Team Fortress 2 – Funny short film introduces the map Mercenary Park


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Team Fortress 2 – Funny short film introduces the map Mercenary Park

However, it is not the first timethat this problem has been addressed, which is why fans hope that Valve will stick to the ball this time and not allow the situation to escalate again. On the one hand, to give strength to this wish and on the other hand, to celebrate the milestone of their petition, the initiators of the petition decided on an unusual action.

They printed All 340,000 names of the signatories in a bound book and placed it somewhere in the entrance area of ​​the Valve headquarters. It is not yet known whether the work actually found its way to the developers. But it is a great idea. Just because of the introduction video of the book, which about X Published:

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It remains to be seen whether the action will have any effect. In the comments on the post, many people seem to be optimistic. One user writes: [Das Buch] will most likely be appreciated by the people at Valve.

Other users, however, are less positive. One even assumes that the pages of the book are Toilet paper ends But for one user, even that could be a victory. He writes: I hope my name touches Gabe’s ass.

Valve is known for successful and high-quality multiplayer games. In the Steam charts you will not only find Team Fortress 2, but also CS:GO 2, Dota 2 and the new and mysterious Deadlock. The company behind the Steam platform achieved legendary status after the release of Half-Life 2, which we even voted the best shooter of all time last year.

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