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> I've gone back to play Unreal Tournament 2004 this past year in such dedicated servers, and it made me realize how badly matchmaking ruined the sense of commu
by MisterTea 5y ago
> I've gone back to play Unreal Tournament 2004 this past year in such dedicated servers, and it made me realize how badly matchmaking ruined the sense of community in MP games.
I used to enjoy playing TF2 until 2013/14 or so. I settled into the No Heroes servers and after a while you get to know people. You pop on, see familiar names, say hello and you'd have a good time. It was like a small town which had a lot of other people passing through keeping things lively yet familiar.
Recently I tried to play TF2 again just for kicks. The community is dead. I played for maybe 30 min before exiting uninstalling and never looking back. Good job valve.
- raspyberr 5y agoI still really like TF2 but you've got to stay away from the official servers. Community ones are still great e.g. https://uncletopia.com/servers https://uncletopia.com/servers, https://creators.tf/servers https://creators.tf/servers
- bee_rider 5y agoIn Valve's defense, not a ton of games make it past a decade with a healthy playerbase, right?
- MisterTea 5y agoThis is true, the game felt like it was waning in popularity around 2014. But I attribute that to the then new instant play and other UI changes which favored valves servers over community servers which were effectively on "page two". The communities dried up as a result.