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As of about a year ago, Team Fortress 2 bots were so pervasive that they would often teamu p to use the "vote kick" functionality to kick non-bot players from p

As of about a year ago, Team Fortress 2 bots were so pervasive that they would often teamu p to use the "vote kick" functionality to kick non-bot players from public games.

fnfjfk 2y ago
Ok that’s pretty hilarious, but what’s the point, is this just like playing battlebots for TF2 bot authors? (But if it was couldn’t they set up a purpose-built server for that?)
- tapoxi 2y ago
  They annoy other players and intentionally make them pay for bot protection services.
- floam 2y ago
  It’s not that they want a human-free environment or something. It’s all about causing grief. So it’d be targeted at a chosen victim probably to annoy the fuck out of them. Cheater has a button that can kick you out.
- rfl890 2y ago
  No. More like a denial of service. The bot hosters do it out of pure hatred for TF2
- NavinF 2y ago
  >couldn’t they set up a purpose-built server for that? Yes, but the bots have to play on the official servers to get random drops of collectible hats. These items can be sold for a lot of money
jabroni_salad 2y ago
> As of about a year ago, This started about 5 years ago and continues today. They aimbot, spam both voice and textchat, dodge bullets, can fly, and hijack any vote to ensure their continued survival. If you can't get an invite to a private lobby you may as well play a different game. Either one that has anticheat or something singleplayer. If there was a silver bullet that made online play nice and respected your computer, someone would have shot it by now.
- episteme 2y ago
  If you hadn't heard, there was a recent clean up and botting has become basically non existent in TF2 now. It went from completely unplayable to being the experience everyone once had. Don't know how long it will last but you can hop on and enjoy it while it lasts.

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As of about a year ago, Team Fortress 2 bots were so pervasive that they would often teamu p to use the "vote kick" functionality to kick non-bot players from p

by Kerrick 2y ago

As of about a year ago, Team Fortress 2 bots were so pervasive that they would often teamu p to use the "vote kick" functionality to kick non-bot players from public games.

fnfjfk 2y ago
Ok that’s pretty hilarious, but what’s the point, is this just like playing battlebots for TF2 bot authors? (But if it was couldn’t they set up a purpose-built server for that?)
- tapoxi 2y ago
  They annoy other players and intentionally make them pay for bot protection services.
- floam 2y ago
  It’s not that they want a human-free environment or something. It’s all about causing grief. So it’d be targeted at a chosen victim probably to annoy the fuck out of them. Cheater has a button that can kick you out.
- rfl890 2y ago
  No. More like a denial of service. The bot hosters do it out of pure hatred for TF2
- NavinF 2y ago
  >couldn’t they set up a purpose-built server for that? Yes, but the bots have to play on the official servers to get random drops of collectible hats. These items can be sold for a lot of money
jabroni_salad 2y ago
> As of about a year ago, This started about 5 years ago and continues today. They aimbot, spam both voice and textchat, dodge bullets, can fly, and hijack any vote to ensure their continued survival. If you can't get an invite to a private lobby you may as well play a different game. Either one that has anticheat or something singleplayer. If there was a silver bullet that made online play nice and respected your computer, someone would have shot it by now.
- episteme 2y ago
  If you hadn't heard, there was a recent clean up and botting has become basically non existent in TF2 now. It went from completely unplayable to being the experience everyone once had. Don't know how long it will last but you can hop on and enjoy it while it lasts.