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  • @shounic
    @shounic  Před 14 dny +2786

    edit: hi hi, just wanna say be cautious about the 16k number. the whole thing is super noisy. we can't really know the wave size unless bot hosters want to tell us exactly how much they went up or down by.
    the 16k is mixed in with normal players coming in and out from steam maintenance, it could be idle bots being affected (they didn't come back, or got banned too lol), the timing steam polled player numbers, etc. regardless though it did look different to the previous tuesday downtime on the charts, there was two system messages* sent out about server downtime, where the last time they did that was (apparently) once on Oct 1, 2022, and you can hop in game and see the very clear lack of bots. i'm not aware of any exhaustive up to date list of bots globally so it'd be hard to make any estimations of the wave size. sorry if i caused any confusion here :>
    * tf2 system messages: x.com/TFSysMessages
    topic 2: i can't personally verify it but community bans are seemingly a big tent that encapsulates lots of varying kinds of bans underneath it. i've gotten reports that community bans do block access to VAC servers, and this reply (to this comment) that's seemingly a good summary of the lay of things:
    @polistirex
    Hi shounic, wanted to say, community bans will in some occasions but not always prevent you from joining a VAC secured server. I have several accounts which are marked as community banned that cannot join any valve server and in one case access the steam library at all. There are different ban reasons. If your ban is for any kind of account fraud OR game abuse like most bot accounts, it will be completely restricted. The same goes if you are caught buying an account off G2A for example.
    here's 30 mins of me running around looking for bots
    czcams.com/video/3R2QRiH6cHQ/video.html
    czcams.com/video/4brSl210Z88/video.html
    czcams.com/video/DZ0gGRjZPuE/video.html

    • @borisjekyll
      @borisjekyll Před 14 dny +18

      As far as I know, there are also ZERO bots in Serbia servers, very rare occasion

    • @Deezsirrer
      @Deezsirrer Před 14 dny +2

      Just let the game die man. We need more r6s player

    • @lordghetsisofficial
      @lordghetsisofficial Před 14 dny +75

      @@Deezsirrer r6s is boring

    • @spawnpoint111
      @spawnpoint111 Před 14 dny +1

      @@Deezsirreri hope you die within the next year

    • @manender1020
      @manender1020 Před 14 dny +48

      ​@@Deezsirrerno sentinent being will ever support untersoft

  • @absoultethings4213
    @absoultethings4213 Před 14 dny +13625

    Wave defeated, but there are more to come. Get to an upgrade station before they return.

  • @_sukuratchi
    @_sukuratchi Před 14 dny +9483

    No way are valve on the treadmill finally

    • @MadContendery
      @MadContendery Před 14 dny +609

      they finally losing weight

    • @_sukuratchi
      @_sukuratchi Před 14 dny +267

      @@MadContenderythe weight lost are the bots getting banned

    • @biasneeze
      @biasneeze Před 14 dny +10

      waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

    • @youtubeuniversity3638
      @youtubeuniversity3638 Před 14 dny +18

      ​@@_sukuratchi They dropped the fists of steel!

    • @rudolph2937
      @rudolph2937 Před 14 dny +201

      They are not. This is merely *one* banwave. As of now there's no reason to believe Valve will keep maintaining the game and prevent further bot problems.
      Do not stop protesting

  • @wigmanmania259
    @wigmanmania259 Před 13 dny +1755

    Classic Valve
    >do nothing
    >then do something and say nothing

    • @Golygt42
      @Golygt42 Před 13 dny +200

      tbh I like the idea of them doing something and not saying anything. Yeah it keeps real players in the dark but it also keeps the hosters on their toes even more

    • @theminerooms
      @theminerooms Před 13 dny +40

      Then go straight back into doing notting

    • @stevefan8283
      @stevefan8283 Před 13 dny +31

      typical introvert behavior

    • @zt02ks0x
      @zt02ks0x Před 13 dny +16

      kinda gigachad move

    • @samholdsworth420
      @samholdsworth420 Před 12 dny

      ​@@stevefan8283typical incel comment

  • @JUUDOLF
    @JUUDOLF Před 13 dny +799

    I saw a post about Valve putting bans on bot accounts but giving the connected main account(s) a warning. In other words, if Valve has detected that you have an account linked to the banned bots (how, I do not know, IP/MAC matches maybe), the host can still keep their main account. And if they continue hosting bots, then all of their accounts are affected.
    In other words, Valve is now trying just to scare off the bot hosters. No real fix to TF2 has been made, not even a tweak to the Source Engine.
    Personally I'd love to see some proper legal action against the bot hosters to put some actual pressure on them but beggars can't choosers. And I expect the bots to be back within a week.

    • @Pamlo_
      @Pamlo_ Před 13 dny +23

      It would be great, and actually a pretty good solution to this

    • @NerfPlayeR135
      @NerfPlayeR135 Před 13 dny +82

      Legal action isn't an option if the bot hosters live in Russia, sadly.

    • @TheR00ndar
      @TheR00ndar Před 13 dny +12

      ​@@NerfPlayeR135they could invest in General Dynamics lmao

    • @jimwormmaster
      @jimwormmaster Před 13 dny +1

      @@TheR00ndar You'd have to get in the Habit of Crossing Lines to go that far, probably, lol

    • @ipaqmaster
      @ipaqmaster Před 13 dny +18

      This is great news. The worst part of this has been the lack of consequences. Using limited evidence to tie to main accounts and warn them is such a good thing.

  • @davymachinegun5130
    @davymachinegun5130 Před 13 dny +2766

    WAVE COMPLETE
    GET TO AN UPGRADE STATION

  • @AcidTehObjectThingyIsBack
    @AcidTehObjectThingyIsBack Před 14 dny +3860

    Literally TF2 cycle:
    Its over > ITS NOT OVER > Its over > ITS NOT OVER

    • @Myranos
      @Myranos Před 14 dny +70

      Tf2 is like Desinc, im fine, IM NOT FINE, im fine

    • @P1CKL3_RICK
      @P1CKL3_RICK Před 13 dny +183

      It’s over
      We’re so back
      It’s over
      We’re so back

    • @EmberTheFlareon3579
      @EmberTheFlareon3579 Před 13 dny +40

      This reminds me of everytime Sora ends his combo saying, "It's over!" Even though the boss still has like 10 bars of HP to go through.

    • @leithaziz2716
      @leithaziz2716 Před 13 dny +13

      IT'S NOT OVER YET, SNAKE!

    • @mrxy201
      @mrxy201 Před 13 dny +8

      it's over
      WE'RE BACK
      IT'S SO OVER
      *WE'RE SO BACK*

  • @Dr_Weirdoo
    @Dr_Weirdoo Před 13 dny +205

    The man who sacrified his Pwnage Saxxy to the Chaos Gods:
    *they called me a madman*

    • @Ronesby
      @Ronesby Před 12 dny +6

      I was online for that alert and had to do a double take

    • @VEE0034
      @VEE0034 Před 12 dny

      What are you talking about

    • @pututunik8748
      @pututunik8748 Před 12 dny +19

      ​@@VEE0034you know the saxxy statue melee right? the one that is so few and so rare that you can't get it anymore?
      well, a day before the ban someone melt it into scraps in a casual which shocked everyone

    • @glennjoshuamangabat2750
      @glennjoshuamangabat2750 Před 9 dny +5

      @@VEE0034 those saxxys are only given to tf2 animation team winners back then. So they are very rare.

    • @BulletSponge71436
      @BulletSponge71436 Před 8 dny

      @@pututunik8748 Holy cow... Just like that? I wonder what was that person's reason to do that...

  • @henrym5908
    @henrym5908 Před 13 dny +117

    In CS2 Valve is doing a thing where farming accounts are being silently banned; they seem to be VAC banned but there is nothing publicly visible on the account to indicate that it was banned, they just can't join official servers. farming bots used to be everywhere for months but I haven't seen any in a while now.

  • @aname.whatdidyouexpect1877
    @aname.whatdidyouexpect1877 Před 14 dny +5360

    Could this be possibly the rare and unheard of "treadmill work"?

    • @_Shadows__
      @_Shadows__ Před 14 dny +11

      whats that

    • @Manu0jedi
      @Manu0jedi Před 14 dny

      @@_Shadows__ work

    • @kayagorzan
      @kayagorzan Před 14 dny +202

      @@_Shadows__It’s when you do work while walking on a treadmill

    • @WhatIsTheHeat
      @WhatIsTheHeat Před 14 dny +38

      ​@@_Shadows__It's where you run faster because you are stressed

    • @Thegentechgamer
      @Thegentechgamer Před 14 dny +208

      ​@@_Shadows__ it's when valve manually bans 10k bots but then immediately see 10k new bot accounts made, so all the work they did got them nowhere, like running on a treadmill gets you nowhere

  • @drgabi18
    @drgabi18 Před 14 dny +4903

    -0:18-- Now that the bots are gone, we can observe the natural TF2 player talking in chat-
    EDIT: It seems shou has censored the chat, respectfully so, since it was a bad taste shock comment about sexually assaulting Mr Beast because the natural TF2 player loves male pregnancy. Yeah...
    To not make this comment contempt, at 0:33 we can observe the natural TF2 player's sexual orientation

    • @punishedostrich8729
      @punishedostrich8729 Před 13 dny +157

      bruh

    • @GewelReal
      @GewelReal Před 13 dny +273

      dear god

    • @mefrfr26
      @mefrfr26 Před 13 dny +353

      ignorance was bliss

    • @ZuraTheCat
      @ZuraTheCat Před 13 dny +250

      I can't believe people just share so openly about that shit...
      welcome to team fortress 2 after 9 years in development, hopefully it was worth the wait

    • @MetaIIicaX
      @MetaIIicaX Před 13 dny +110

      I wonder if he kept that clip in intentionally lol

  • @squadbroken962
    @squadbroken962 Před 13 dny +53

    They haven't gotten on the treadmill just yet, but they're putting on the sweatpants

  • @V2_gamingorsmth
    @V2_gamingorsmth Před 13 dny +25

    "You've pushed them back.. For now. Get to an upgrade station for the next wave."

  • @anironfarm6056
    @anironfarm6056 Před 14 dny +1640

    The tf2 cycle
    > Casual is infected with bots
    > #SaveTf2 #FixTf2
    > Ban wave
    > Casual no longer infested with bots
    > Complaints stop
    > Valve moves on
    > Bots slowly trickle in over two years
    > Casual is infested with bots again
    > Repeat indefinitely

  • @clownimpregnator
    @clownimpregnator Před 14 dny +2970

    Clickbait?
    OH LOL NOT

    • @guscox9651
      @guscox9651 Před 14 dny +41

      Lol i had to check the date

    • @Splarkszter
      @Splarkszter Před 14 dny +19

      I expected a catch but there weren't any. I'm proud of shounic.

    • @SwashBucket1987
      @SwashBucket1987 Před 14 dny +5

      Same exact reaction here.

    • @ThePowerofCutleries
      @ThePowerofCutleries Před 13 dny +12

      Shounic doesn't really do clickbait. Generally, his videos are as titled.

    • @snackermantm105
      @snackermantm105 Před 13 dny +3

      Are you calling him a traitor?
      Dont be rude.

  • @mmccluer5704
    @mmccluer5704 Před 13 dny +26

    It took us 5 fucking years for us to finally beat that first wave.

  • @Cappuccino_Rabbit
    @Cappuccino_Rabbit Před 7 dny +3

    Can't wait for a decade or two for suddenly a bunch of video essays titled "The great bot crisis of TF2"

  • @hawkinrus6415
    @hawkinrus6415 Před 14 dny +2540

    I get a feeling that the "treadmill" problem of infinitely banning bot accounts would become a staple of TF2 from now on, i just hope that bot hosters would eventually get bored of it and move on

    • @papahemmy8587
      @papahemmy8587 Před 14 dny +319

      It’s been like 5 years since bots really became a problem, I think it’s safe to say they’re in it for the long haul.

    • @unquestionableexistance8704
      @unquestionableexistance8704 Před 14 dny +147

      Bored is not an option when TF2 and csgo are money making machines

    • @bizboy6036
      @bizboy6036 Před 14 dny

      ​@@papahemmy8587doeshotter and magic sparkle are both gone. Some of them do get bored with it eventually

    • @Gencrossbones
      @Gencrossbones Před 14 dny +72

      ​@@unquestionableexistance8704not like they can take enjoyment since the TF2 community the moment a bot joined either kick it immediately or absolutely clobber their bots. I even have a dedicated direct hit battalions backup soldier loadout just for clobbering bots and man its fun seeing those snipers turn into a bloody gib even when theres 5 of them

    • @Splarkszter
      @Splarkszter Před 14 dny +59

      Just make them lose enough money.
      They can only talk if they spend a minimum of 1 dollar.
      So one bot per dollar can add up.
      Unless the requirement of activated steam account should be made. Then is a bit more money lost per account.

  • @DeathBringer097
    @DeathBringer097 Před 14 dny +1834

    Damn Valve actually did something

    • @Jackfromshack
      @Jackfromshack Před 14 dny +91

      Probably just typed "enable_cheats 0" which they forgot to, years ago

    • @geko2867
      @geko2867 Před 14 dny +81

      @@Jackfromshack
      if (is_bot(player)) {
      ban(player);
      }

    • @clementp7860
      @clementp7860 Před 14 dny +5

      i am as impress as you are fellow toaster

    • @dermond
      @dermond Před 14 dny +7

      How much is going to last

    • @Matthew597
      @Matthew597 Před 14 dny

      ​@@clementp7860 Reply section becoming a furry convention, 3... 2... 1...

  • @radtap
    @radtap Před 13 dny +10

    "Guys if we just make one dev actually ban some bots they'll shutup" I give it a week

  • @torinohalloran1937
    @torinohalloran1937 Před 12 dny +8

    "human grit always beats robot magic" - Jane doe

  • @norvillerogers4047
    @norvillerogers4047 Před 14 dny +1534

    "Is this valve treadmill work?" My brothers in christ, they merely hopped on it for a second. We need to see if they will keep walking.

    • @fantastikboom1094
      @fantastikboom1094 Před 13 dny +7

      My brain melted trying to analize this comment.
      Edit: to those who think I'm talking about his statement: I do not. I'm saying debunking a sarcastic joke is unnecessary. That's why I wrote that initially, there's no reason to say this as an answer *to a joke* that didn't even imply what he debunks.

    • @scottmemelord6130
      @scottmemelord6130 Před 13 dny +81

      @@fantastikboom1094 It's not that hard to understand?
      He's saying that we don't know if Valve is going to bother to continue doing this or is this just a temporary thing and all the bots will just come back immediately and basically amount to nothing. Because there's no way the bot hosters will give up that easily, the question is will Valve give up first or not?

    • @fantastikboom1094
      @fantastikboom1094 Před 13 dny +3

      @@scottmemelord6130 I'm not talking about his obvious statement. I'm talking about why he's even pointing this out. He quotes something that's completely unrelated to what he wrote.

    • @jimmybean420
      @jimmybean420 Před 13 dny

      @@fantastikboom1094 bitch if you can't spell Analyze it's no wonder your shit melted

    • @fiqirr
      @fiqirr Před 13 dny +38

      ​@@fantastikboom1094it is, in fact. Completely related to what he wrote.

  • @m.i.g.2023
    @m.i.g.2023 Před 14 dny +933

    0:20 that Red chatter 💀

    • @mutantfreak48
      @mutantfreak48 Před 14 dny +40

      and there furries

    • @Vetaul
      @Vetaul Před 14 dny

      Average mental health of a chronically online loser in tf2.

    • @Baratako0
      @Baratako0 Před 14 dny +95

      Still better than the average TF2 bot

    • @green929392
      @green929392 Před 14 dny +49

      Holy based the man knows what he likes

    • @chekkibrekkiv1.245
      @chekkibrekkiv1.245 Před 14 dny +22

      He likes Mr beast alot

  • @pseudonomenclature8054
    @pseudonomenclature8054 Před 13 dny +36

    I feel like this just means the Summer Update is just around the corner.

    • @capofantasma97
      @capofantasma97 Před 13 dny +7

      *summer cosmetics crate and a couple community made maps. They're called updates but they're essentially automated with no work done in them.

    • @pseudonomenclature8054
      @pseudonomenclature8054 Před 12 dny

      @@capofantasma97 Well, they are updates. Just not major ones.

  • @CoolJosh3k
    @CoolJosh3k Před 13 dny +11

    0:31 found a bot
    1:00 “impossible to find a bot”

  • @purplehaze2358
    @purplehaze2358 Před 13 dny +215

    This is, completely unironically, with no hyperbole or exaggeration, the single best piece of news I've seen in fucking years.

  • @Marx_Ordinola_2007
    @Marx_Ordinola_2007 Před 13 dny +1025

    "Oh, a background Casual game to watch while listening to the situation"
    "*checks chat at 0:19*"
    *"...oh"*

    • @lancesmith8298
      @lancesmith8298 Před 13 dny +90

      “What could it possibly be?”
      “Just an average Thursday on AO3, it seems”

    • @da703
      @da703 Před 13 dny +80

      Even with the bots reduced, the people are still horrible

    • @mrfantasy9583
      @mrfantasy9583 Před 13 dny +24

      Well, it is your average tf2 game after all

    • @thecrimsondragon588
      @thecrimsondragon588 Před 13 dny +23

      That chat message is an original sentence

    • @rocketpg_9532
      @rocketpg_9532 Před 13 dny +3

      the horrors

  • @thruthecosmos
    @thruthecosmos Před 5 dny +2

    looks like that one guy finally gave out his 100 secret saxons

  • @Timic83tc
    @Timic83tc Před 13 dny +8

    They are back on Oceanic server this morning.

  • @schhhh
    @schhhh Před 14 dny +465

    so here's what's *probably* happening over at valve:
    they know about fixtf2/savetf2, but fixing the problem would mean getting rid of all bots and most cheaters forever or at least a very long time, which would take a whole company's efforts to do in a timely fashion, and even then, it would take quite a while
    instead of being completely radio silent, they want the tf2 community to know they're working on the problem (even *if* it's just a dozen people) and went through with a ban wave for a very temporary solution for casual
    but like we know, they have so much more data than engineers to work with the data, so even if another ban wave happens, it won't be for at least a few months since a very small portion of hours will be set aside to do that

    • @Del-dee
      @Del-dee Před 14 dny +8

      nice oneshot pfp

    • @Reese-wg7jb
      @Reese-wg7jb Před 14 dny +62

      People are going to see this ban wave and think the problem is solved and then be annoyed when the malicious bot hosters are back again in a year.

    • @spookyscarylamppost3431
      @spookyscarylamppost3431 Před 14 dny +24

      ​​@@Reese-wg7jb
      Gentleman, fire up the doxxing machine. (My lawyer advised me to say that this is a joke)

    • @endaburns2121
      @endaburns2121 Před 13 dny +9

      engineers? like in tf2?

    • @ST4RDUST
      @ST4RDUST Před 13 dny +19

      There's a larger overarching problem with Steam which is how fast people can create bot accounts and use them to farm for drops in games like Banana or even their other games, and god knows about the cost of having potentially hundreds of thousands of new accounts being added to their databases in a day.

  • @discountdisco2273
    @discountdisco2273 Před 13 dny +3

    Valve found their admin password again. Turns our is was in the janitor's room in a cardboardbox, under 6 porn mags from 1998.

  • @ehzu
    @ehzu Před 13 dny +6

    1:00 that spy knifing the pyro is me lol

  • @prismo5930
    @prismo5930 Před 14 dny +187

    Welp, within the hour a new wave of bots are all online and named some variant of “you can’t ban me”. They are right about this being treadmill work, you’d have to keep up with these manual bans all day

    • @oinkytheink1228
      @oinkytheink1228 Před 13 dny +26

      Then hardware ban would be needed but vpns are probably happening

    • @Jewls1
      @Jewls1 Před 13 dny +67

      This is exactly what happened back in 2017~, Valve bans around 200k bots from TF2 and in the span of a week they all come back.
      I suspect with this ban wave they targeted cheater bots but even then they'll most likely be back up within the week. The people behind these bot nets are wayyy too dedicated on keeping their cheater bots online and ruining people's fun in a 17 year old game.

    • @jesusnetero9226
      @jesusnetero9226 Před 13 dny +13

      Tf2 is hitting 90k players as of right now, all bots are completely back. Pointless video.

    • @xora7490
      @xora7490 Před 13 dny +5

      the game needs to be $40 again

    • @walesbkb
      @walesbkb Před 13 dny +2

      @@oinkytheink1228 hardware bans are a dreadful idea and would almost certainly lead to some sort of severe retribution.

  • @blacklight683
    @blacklight683 Před 14 dny +242

    quick! play before they are remade

    • @ruzgar1372
      @ruzgar1372 Před 14 dny +91

      3 days, yes we all have 3 days to live!

    • @leanmaxine1555
      @leanmaxine1555 Před 14 dny +30

      Three days later: [Next round of MVM cue plays]

    • @user-bb8fx2yh3k
      @user-bb8fx2yh3k Před 14 dny +20

      We can’t stop protesting, if they come back? We keep protesting. If we stop, we ourselves are refusing to do the very “treadmill work” that has held tf2 in its state for this long. Valves done something finally, and I believe the finish line to be near. Do not give up hope, because as a wise, lead poisened man once said:
      “IF FIGHTING IS SURE TO RESULT IN VICTORY, THEN YOU MUST FIGHT!”

    • @Thomas-vn6cr
      @Thomas-vn6cr Před 14 dny

      ​@@user-bb8fx2yh3k thats a beautiful sentiment. The protest is indeed a treadmill job.

    • @TheAsh56
      @TheAsh56 Před 14 dny

      @@user-bb8fx2yh3k dear god

  • @linkly9272
    @linkly9272 Před 13 dny +1

    I was playing on the trenches server when this update happened, and I remember joking about how awesome it would be if there were a manual ban wave. I’m shocked they actually did something

  • @Malog.
    @Malog. Před 13 dny +1

    This is good, but don't let off the pressure, make sure this continues.

  • @exwum
    @exwum Před 13 dny +37

    This video literally bought so many players back to tf2. I watched in real-time as people joined and asked "are the bots gone?"

  • @TeufortHeavy
    @TeufortHeavy Před 14 dny +146

    that's a start.

    • @GewelReal
      @GewelReal Před 13 dny +3

      Heavy Weapons Guy, what is your wisdom

    • @TeufortHeavy
      @TeufortHeavy Před 13 dny +18

      @@GewelReal sandvich.

    • @MoonLmao
      @MoonLmao Před 13 dny +3

      holy crap tf2 heavy real

    • @Dushess
      @Dushess Před 13 dny

      @@TeufortHeavy is nice

  • @Enivoke
    @Enivoke Před 10 dny +1

    This aged like milk. the bots are BACK in full force, more than before.

  • @retrobat1631
    @retrobat1631 Před 13 dny +2

    Now we have to keep pushing for this.

  • @lennyface5314
    @lennyface5314 Před 14 dny +317

    0:22 don't let the good news blind you from this beautiful chat message

  • @danyloboy1477
    @danyloboy1477 Před 14 dny +506

    Valve is finally doing something good

    • @alphik2020
      @alphik2020 Před 14 dny +5

      Not for long

    • @realdragon
      @realdragon Před 14 dny +22

      In 2 weeks when bots are back you will complain again that "VALVE isn't doing anything"

    • @redwarrior118
      @redwarrior118 Před 14 dny

      ​@@realdragon well yeah if they can just make more bots it's pointless. I hope they did something to prevent bots from populating servers

    • @realdragon
      @realdragon Před 14 dny +10

      @@redwarrior118 It is pointless but try explaining it to TF2 community which doesn't want to wait for actual solution but they want this.
      Bots will come back, players will boycott game again. The treadmill problem aren't bots but trying to shut people who think banning bots forever takes 2 lines of code

    • @Sleepy_Cabbage
      @Sleepy_Cabbage Před 14 dny

      fingers crossed

  • @samttk359
    @samttk359 Před 13 dny

    They're all back again, time for another session on the treadmill valve

  • @Vince_mik
    @Vince_mik Před 6 dny +1

    How lucky am I to start playing tf2 again as soon as the bots got deleted 💀

  • @HaartieeTRUE
    @HaartieeTRUE Před 14 dny +99

    For everyone saying 'finally' or variants of it:
    lol no. Wait to celebrate in about 6 months or so, when and if the problem is clear it is not coming back. Until then, assume nothing is going to change, else we'll just repeat savetf2's premature celebration after the simple banwave, slight rework and valve response.

    • @ziphy_6471
      @ziphy_6471 Před 13 dny +7

      What's wrong with being a little happy when Valve starts to do something and not stopping yet?

    • @redzgaming6880
      @redzgaming6880 Před 13 dny +17

      @@ziphy_6471 He's not saying you shouldn't be happy, he's just saying not to celebrate yet. The bots could be back anywhere between three days from no to a year, just because Valve seemingly listened to us doesn't mean that thier solution was permanent.

    • @korjezilla
      @korjezilla Před 13 dny +7

      ​@@ziphy_6471
      They did ONE day of bans
      Or maybe one week
      That doesn't matter. The more we celebrate the more early they'll stop doing this.
      Bans shouldn't be the only thing
      SUE THE HOSTERS

    • @ziphy_6471
      @ziphy_6471 Před 13 dny +2

      @@korjezilla Most of the comments here are still hoping the protest will continue after this and Valve will continue to do this

    • @user-ty3cq7nm8x
      @user-ty3cq7nm8x Před 13 dny +1

      ​@@ziphy_6471 I think that's what they are telling us. Keep in mind only a arund a dozen people at Valve work on TF2 anymore, this is probably their way of telling us that they have been working on the problem, and gave us a temporary solution to hold us off for a bit while they keep working on a more permanant fix.

  • @I-Stole-Your-Toast700
    @I-Stole-Your-Toast700 Před 14 dny +512

    okay one or two or all of 3 things happened
    1: valve did something and actually, forever, fixed the bots-ish
    2: bots giving us false hope
    3: bot hosters got busted/bored
    4:sex 2 was released

    • @leanmaxine1555
      @leanmaxine1555 Před 14 dny +68

      Valve likely did something, as it appears that, although bots are man-managed, they can be uploaded and left alone with a simple algorithm. Recently the creators tied them in with the #FixTF2 movement, so this will significantly hinder progress to snuff out who is what by those merits.
      But beyond that, we can only hope this is a proper fix, just keep tabs from three days to a week. A month at best if you really wanna be patient.

    • @nacun4740
      @nacun4740 Před 14 dny +37

      since they are still SOME bots that means either they did a manual botting wave which means those bots have the same cheats or they did something that detects those cheats and those other bots are using different type of it

    • @hamsikral3055
      @hamsikral3055 Před 14 dny +25

      None of them. Valve just banned bots for them to turn back like in 5 days
      Edit: I am not telling that it is %100 useless. Just telling this is a weak step. That doesnt means be pessimistic.

    • @callumari5762
      @callumari5762 Před 14 dny +5

      @@hamsikral3055 Yeah I was gonna say, I don't think any of these things happened

    • @ketchup901
      @ketchup901 Před 14 dny +16

      @@hamsikral3055 Community: "Valve, please ban the bots"
      Valve: bans the bots
      Community: Wow what a weak step
      ???
      Seriously what the hell do you people want?

  • @Saxxy_Mann
    @Saxxy_Mann Před 13 dny +3

    “Monsueir, does this mean…team fortress is back?” “No”

  • @al_fa610
    @al_fa610 Před 13 dny

    I played it two days ago after a long time and the situation was surreal, there were so many bots in the lobbies they kept kicking each other out. They would start vote kicking bots by randomly selecting players in the lobby, and all the other bots voted yes. Glad to see they fixed it, at least for the time being.

  • @Average_Deku
    @Average_Deku Před 14 dny +36

    i played a few games in a row yesterday all without bots and it genuinely felt like something was missing 😭

  • @standard-carrier-wo-chan
    @standard-carrier-wo-chan Před 14 dny +158

    Banning bots is an endeavour akin to Sisyphus pushing a boulder up a mountain, but it's not about the unreachable goal of having 0 people exploiting the game, it's about the steps taken to get there. Hope that Valve is finally doing something, but don't let up the pressure just yet. We need to watch over them and make sure they do everything in their power to actually address TF2's problems.

  • @Galkan
    @Galkan Před 13 dny

    I've noticed this about 2 weeks ago already. For a few days I have met literally ZERO bots. Then they returned, but they were different as they weren't spamming the voice chat + had an imperfect aimbot (sometimes they would even miss), and had cosmetics. So presumably it was a different hoster. However, there wasn't that many of them this time around, so kicking them was a much easier task. Also a few days ago I saw severeal of them being VAC banned instantly upon joining the server. Great to see Valve finally doing something.

  • @Fiery919
    @Fiery919 Před 13 dny

    Yesterday I got to experience the fixtf2 bonk bots, those were so scary dude, the whole server was shivering

  • @blamedrop
    @blamedrop Před 13 dny +39

    Great!
    As a side note, I've just checked and from 33 accounts I've reported >2 months ago (but I have no idea if anyone read that email at all, lol!), 14 are VAC banned ("1 VAC ban on record", "33 day(s) since last ban") and 19 are deleted.
    Cheers!

    • @Golygt42
      @Golygt42 Před 13 dny +5

      Makes me wonder if some of the bots I’ve blocked, just to keep record of, are banned. I mean I assume so since I haven’t seen that variant of the bot in game forever now

    • @mrrooter601
      @mrrooter601 Před 13 dny

      is there a way to check accounts you reported after the fact through steam or are you like writing them down and checking manually?

  • @hanro50
    @hanro50 Před 13 dny +93

    They will likely keep doing it in waves. How long before the next ban wave is hard to say. You want to annoy cheat devs, so banning bot accounts as soon as they join is a bad move.
    Instead, flag them and then ban them after some arbitrary timespan. That way, the cheat devs don't know what got them flagged, and it is harder to figure out how to avoid detection.
    Beyond this, Valve could also be starting to crack down on botted steam account generation. Which will make ban waves a lot more meaningful.

    • @Haze_of_dream
      @Haze_of_dream Před 13 dny +15

      > Instead, flag them and then ban them after some arbitrary timespan. That way, the cheat devs don't know what got them flagged
      VAC already does this, While this works for closet cheaters that are actual humans or cheatmakers that advertise undetectable cheats, This doesn't apply to bot hosters that have blantant spinbots that only want to disrupt the game as much as possible

    • @kampfer91
      @kampfer91 Před 13 dny

      The real way is to find the real bot hoster irl and cancel the fk out of him...., sue them even , confiscate his server and if he is Russian , force him to enlist....

    • @imaforceanature7297
      @imaforceanature7297 Před 13 dny +2

      We’re heading into a generation of ai, everytime they ban a bot account it should also go into a database to train an AI to detect them. Even if bot creators avoid the thing that flagged them, many common points will continually show their face over time.

    • @kampfer91
      @kampfer91 Před 13 dny +3

      The only way is to find the real bot hoster and cancel him out....if he wants attention we give him the real attention ...( I think a youtube bot have been assigned to me to delete any comment i made ) .

    • @mishagaming1075
      @mishagaming1075 Před 13 dny +2

      @@kampfer91omegatronic? yeah he gets enough.

  • @Lucasberrin
    @Lucasberrin Před 13 dny +3

    0:14
    Chile, Peru and Brazil servers aren't as bot infested as the rest of the world (may I say these are the safest servers rn).
    They're overlooked in comparison with Virginia, where it's most likely you get a botted server.
    In conclusion, give it some time before the bots are fully back.

  • @Ornghawk
    @Ornghawk Před 13 dny

    A surprise but a welcome one, I'm going to load up the game as soon as I can

  • @MaverickHunterDaniel
    @MaverickHunterDaniel Před 14 dny +14

    Wow, I'm impressed to see SOMETHING being done about this issue. The janitor, potted plant and intern deserve a raise for sure.

  • @DEWILL
    @DEWILL Před 14 dny +57

    Hope they get ON the treadmill correctly this time.

    • @leanmaxine1555
      @leanmaxine1555 Před 14 dny +3

      Chances are if we hear glass shattering and screaming, they're probably running it backwards.

    • @endarkenedgd
      @endarkenedgd Před 14 dny +3

      @@leanmaxine1555 don't forget the stock cat screaming sound effect

    • @Trianull
      @Trianull Před 14 dny +4

      Yeah I've got the feeling they just walked over the treadmill this time...

    • @ziphy_6471
      @ziphy_6471 Před 13 dny +2

      They ate too many cheetoes

  • @franciscojavierdelatorreba3554

    We may have won the battle but we still havent won the war we shall fight bravely

  • @Leeloo-Foxx
    @Leeloo-Foxx Před 13 dny

    ive seen a handful of bots here and there today but they're so far and few inbetween that they're insta kicked

  • @thogtwo
    @thogtwo Před 14 dny +251

    you can thank me, guys. It was actually me who banned all the bots.

  • @sorelightt
    @sorelightt Před 14 dny +478

    Valve: "Banning bots was a treadmil work"

    • @tacostuff9600
      @tacostuff9600 Před 14 dny +36

      Feeding his son was treadmill work, so gabe stopped.

    • @HappyGingerWolf
      @HappyGingerWolf Před 14 dny +42

      Treadmill work is such a joke term, the word they're looking for is "basic maintenance"

    • @Splarkszter
      @Splarkszter Před 14 dny +29

      ​@@HappyGingerWolf "Banning 10k bots manually and see 10k new bot accounts the next day loosing all progress just like walking on the treadmill get's you nowhere."

    • @Grandmaster-Kush
      @Grandmaster-Kush Před 14 dny

      They found out breathing air was treadmill work, after that every Volvo employee was found dead on site

    • @kyperactive
      @kyperactive Před 14 dny +9

      This joke is so overdone...

  • @thegodofalldragons
    @thegodofalldragons Před 7 dny +1

    Valve realized releasing a new multiplayer game while holding the reputation for letting their multiplayer games rot was a bad idea.

  • @sentienttaco9134
    @sentienttaco9134 Před 13 dny +1

    Can't wait for Valve to proceed to think that's enough and do nothing else.

  • @ruzgar1372
    @ruzgar1372 Před 14 dny +767

    As if they wont be back in 3 days.

    • @why8569
      @why8569 Před 14 dny +23

      I mean to be fair I haven’t seen any bots in like a week or two.

    • @phyog4662
      @phyog4662 Před 14 dny +305

      most thankful and optimistic tf2 fan

    • @tri--light
      @tri--light Před 14 dny

      oh my god stop being such a little pessimistic bitch

    • @ruzgar1372
      @ruzgar1372 Před 14 dny +80

      @@phyog4662 Does my tone of speech change the fact?

    • @bruhmoment9220
      @bruhmoment9220 Před 14 dny +6

      way 2 express any form of gratitude lol

  • @matteolenz
    @matteolenz Před 14 dny +67

    "don't give me hope"

    • @zeta0590
      @zeta0590 Před 14 dny +6

      Fr

    • @droopy_eyes
      @droopy_eyes Před 13 dny

      Developers doing visible work.
      Community: "fuck off!".
      Developer: 🥲

    • @matteolenz
      @matteolenz Před 13 dny +2

      @@droopy_eyes i said it as a meme, of course i hope they actually do something after all these years, just don't get me hyped and then disappear again

  • @CrasherX2000
    @CrasherX2000 Před 12 dny +1

    “They’ll soon be back”
    “And in greater numbers”

  • @Thomas-vn6cr
    @Thomas-vn6cr Před 13 dny

    Each day I get closer to the Heavy update.

  • @TKsh1
    @TKsh1 Před 14 dny +31

    Thank you Janitor for your continuous work on TF2! At least he's listening!

  • @El-Burrito
    @El-Burrito Před 14 dny +8

    This is a good start, but let's see if they can keep it up

  • @gustavodavidortellado7643

    thing about to add, in Argentina (brazil servers, we dont find usually bots even before the ban wave, is just more concentred in the us)

  • @misteral9045
    @misteral9045 Před 13 dny

    I can't think of a better moment for a gmod animator to make a classic vicious cycle video. Da, dada, dadada!

  • @SomeDestinyPlayer
    @SomeDestinyPlayer Před 13 dny +9

    Gaben put a sapper on the 'little' bot nest the hoster's created:D

  • @tomdolben
    @tomdolben Před 14 dny +136

    0:28 no bots but it still tf2 (chat)

  • @ApocAnarchy
    @ApocAnarchy Před 13 dny

    Man this better be only the beginning!!

  • @reworld5030
    @reworld5030 Před 12 dny +2

    Now valve needs to give f2p chat back

  • @buggerofallhell1153
    @buggerofallhell1153 Před 14 dny +33

    We need to continue the pressure the hosters are gonna make more bots dont stop the demands ever

    • @TheGreenTaco999
      @TheGreenTaco999 Před 13 dny +3

      Who would ever want to do anything for a guy like you when this is how you respond to getting your way

    • @demomantf2476
      @demomantf2476 Před 13 dny +4

      ​@@TheGreenTaco999what.

    • @showmesomethingrandom4163
      @showmesomethingrandom4163 Před 13 dny +4

      @@TheGreenTaco999 okay... remember what happened last time? with savetf2?
      your response makes no sense and has no actual meaning to this movement
      at least bugger is saying something useful

    • @demomantf2476
      @demomantf2476 Před 13 dny +1

      @@TheGreenTaco999 So you suggest just stopping here and now? Mf what about the "cheese pizza" bots? What about megascatter's house being raided by SWAT because of false claims by bot hosters? This isnt just about a silly game anymore, they officially hit a new low that should be punishable by law.

    • @jrperry1611
      @jrperry1611 Před 11 dny

      When were we pressuring the hosters in the first place? The way you’ve worded this makes you sound like a valve employee.

  • @Xandoshi
    @Xandoshi Před 14 dny +238

    remember, just because they vac/deleted the bots, does not mean the protest is over.
    it's not over until they actually fix the game.

    • @lebollsong
      @lebollsong Před 14 dny +1

      Yep

    • @MokonaModokiES
      @MokonaModokiES Před 14 dny +42

      yeah this is just the beginning not the end. We got a reaction. Lets keep this thing going so valve doesnt leave again leading to the return of bots...

    • @Thomas-vn6cr
      @Thomas-vn6cr Před 14 dny +19

      The protest itself is treadmill work. If we can do it, so can they.

    • @GamerzPro1231
      @GamerzPro1231 Před 14 dny +6

      There is no fixing the game

    • @david5310
      @david5310 Před 14 dny +7

      and how exactly should they "fix" the game?

  • @gjmguy7994
    @gjmguy7994 Před 13 dny

    Played a long time this afternoon and don’t remember seeing a single bot

  • @NickelW
    @NickelW Před 13 dny +1

    literally right now queued a game (in NZ, so AUS servers), enemy team was 3 bots 1 normal players, and our team was 2 bots 4 normal players :( (it's VERY off peak for AUS though, 11:00am NZ, 9:00am AUS)

  • @_starrybun
    @_starrybun Před 14 dny +36

    shounic be fr with me oh my god

  • @metalclawsteelheart
    @metalclawsteelheart Před 14 dny +38

    Imagine how funny it would be if the omega r34 is what convinced valve to do something. Just like "NOPE. WE'RE NOT HAVING THAT."

    • @thedarter
      @thedarter Před 14 dny

      The what now

    • @DOCTOR_ERROR_
      @DOCTOR_ERROR_ Před 14 dny +1

      @@thedarteryou don’t wanna know

    • @thedarter
      @thedarter Před 14 dny

      @@DOCTOR_ERROR_ on second thought you're absolutely right

    • @ziphy_6471
      @ziphy_6471 Před 13 dny +11

      Valve when bot hosters spread cp : I sleep
      Valve when OMEGATRONIC gay porn : real shit

    • @fantastikboom1094
      @fantastikboom1094 Před 13 dny

      @@DOCTOR_ERROR_ I wanna know

  • @HoneydewSoda
    @HoneydewSoda Před 13 dny

    I don't think I've ever been happier to have tf2 news on my timeline thank you 🙏

  • @ObsoIeteQuality
    @ObsoIeteQuality Před 11 dny

    SiivaGunner's "Genius - Tales of Symphonia" rip would REALLY fit this occasion.

  • @InfernalBanana
    @InfernalBanana Před 14 dny +22

    Remember: this isn’t a win yet. It’s a start, but without a more permanent fix, the FixTF2 movement needs to continue.

  • @nortonm5077
    @nortonm5077 Před 14 dny +10

    You're Doin' Good Lad!

  • @buzzlightyearpfp7641
    @buzzlightyearpfp7641 Před 13 dny +1

    gabe scoffs and uses 0.0001 of his power to do this with the snap of his fingers

  • @atesboragumral3716
    @atesboragumral3716 Před 13 dny

    pretty sure in the near future we'll see the "the last bot alive in tf2" video.

  • @strawcoalbean
    @strawcoalbean Před 14 dny +6

    Thank you valve pot plant and janitor, very cool

  • @Lethal_Spoon
    @Lethal_Spoon Před 14 dny +13

    1:00 soldier in pink is a cheater, he’s racked up quite a few bans

    • @denizatik6534
      @denizatik6534 Před 14 dny +1

      He was the bhopping trolldier right

    • @Lethal_Spoon
      @Lethal_Spoon Před 14 dny

      @@denizatik6534it’s the one with the butterfly text art name and pink crone’s dome, his name is “Brain” now

  • @ItsEvanHere
    @ItsEvanHere Před 11 dny +1

    WAVE COMPLETED
    [ Get to an upgrade station ]

  • @myleswelnetz6700
    @myleswelnetz6700 Před dnem +1

    The only problem with that is that we can’t enjoy MvM properly anymore.

  • @edfreak9001
    @edfreak9001 Před 14 dny +13

    i know the bots will be back or at least attempt to come back, but in this short period I just wanna imagine:
    there are bot hosters someone who are currently scurrying trying to get their bots back online ASAP to make the game unplayable on official servers and I just have to think: why
    the only potential person with real incentive might be someone making money off of software that automizes the process for, whatever reason. And while I hate it, I understand why someone would want to fix that to keep making money. But if it's not that situation, I really don't get why anyone would bother putting the bots back up.

    • @dannyondeeznuts
      @dannyondeeznuts Před 14 dny

      if it’s not about money, then it’s surely for attention

    • @sniperluigi9856VA
      @sniperluigi9856VA Před 13 dny

      because some people are just complete dickheads with nothing better to do

    • @flixsyc256
      @flixsyc256 Před 13 dny +3

      The only reason is to hurt others fun. Unfortunately, there is a portion of people who get pleasure out of upsetting people for no reason, and they want to keep doing that. I also think it might be a power trip thing because of their determination to work around Valve's updates.

    • @distorted_heavy
      @distorted_heavy Před 13 dny +3

      They do it because some people take casual being unplayable as a personal insult against everything they hold close. Those people tend to freak out in very funny ways, which they then review through chat logs, forum posts, CZcams videos, etc. They're trolls, plain and simple

    • @gerutzu575
      @gerutzu575 Před 13 dny +3

      personally i always thought the bot hosters are secretly working for competing shooter games, trying to take out their competition. it's just a theory but i refuse to believe they are doing this much work and not getting paid for it

  • @lordghetsisofficial
    @lordghetsisofficial Před 14 dny +25

    remember that this doesn't mean we should completely abandon #fixtf2 and change our reviews to positive. this is just the beginning

  • @littlespec424
    @littlespec424 Před 13 dny

    This genuinely resparked some hope in me for this game but I still know I shouldn't hold my hopes up too high.

  • @DrablyOlive
    @DrablyOlive Před 14 dny +9

    I had to check the date if it is April 1st

    • @someidiotwithafryingpan3752
      @someidiotwithafryingpan3752 Před 12 dny

      Right? I genuinely wondered for a sec if this was an April Fools’ video I was being recommended three months late.

  • @Aysentaro
    @Aysentaro Před 14 dny +5

    oh no not the dreaded treadmill work

  • @madmuffinz
    @madmuffinz Před 13 dny

    So all it takes is some bots spewing capture points to make them do something about it.

  • @CleaverCrusader1987
    @CleaverCrusader1987 Před 14 dny +14

    Finally, inner peace

  • @17thFable
    @17thFable Před 14 dny +11

    Shounic is the unsung pillar for this movement.
    Grounded
    Informative
    Straightforward

    • @tappajaav
      @tappajaav Před 13 dny +8

      GIS

    • @zelda_smile
      @zelda_smile Před 13 dny +1

      Groinfstr

    • @darrenchen964
      @darrenchen964 Před 13 dny

      Weird how some people see him as defending valve when he’s just giving his insight on valve’s internal structure

    • @tappajaav
      @tappajaav Před 13 dny +2

      @@darrenchen964 Many lack reading comprehension and objective evaluation skills, which is even more apparent in text-based internet conversations

    • @distorted_heavy
      @distorted_heavy Před 13 dny

      ​@@tappajaavthey're literally children most of the time, which explains the lack of reading comprehension and critical thinking