> less lock in to matchmaking. I have very fond memories of playing on a clan owned server the first few years after TF2 came out. Slowly, I got to know people

> less lock in to matchmaking. I have very fond memories of playing on a clan owned server the first few years after TF2 came out. Slowly, I got to know people, and even overcame some pretty severe shyness to talk on a mic during games. My Steam friends list grew and we learned where each other lived around North America, what each other did, who was in a relationship with who. Some people even went so far as to offer couches if someone was visiting their town. When I last booted up TF2, I was sad to just get put in a random server and couldn't find the old crews stomping ground. Being older now, I sometimes wish I could find a game where communities like that could form. In hindsight it felt like one of the last breaths of the old internet...