federino@programming.dev to Steam@lemmy.ml · 5 months agoTeam Fortress 2 is now at a 15% review score due to the #FixTF2 movementprogramming.devimagemessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1245arrow-down16
arrow-up1239arrow-down1imageTeam Fortress 2 is now at a 15% review score due to the #FixTF2 movementprogramming.devfederino@programming.dev to Steam@lemmy.ml · 5 months agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squareLedivin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up98arrow-down2·5 months agoBots and cheaters have completely overtaken it and the small community that still plays has finally had enough
minus-squareCALIGVLA@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up66arrow-down6·5 months ago the small community that still plays 70k+ people playing daily You and I have very different concepts of small.
minus-squareRiQuY@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up39arrow-down1·5 months agoCheck this video, bots count as players in the stats, the real player numbers are like 15k/10k. https://youtu.be/2stmQfv93oQ
minus-squareCroquette@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up31arrow-down2·5 months agoNot bad for a 20 years old game.
minus-squareChicoSuave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down33·5 months agoHow is Valve pumping up the concurrent player count not a bigger news story? That is like the metric for calculating popularity of a game and Valve is openly fudging the numbers without anyone caring. I feel like I’m taking crazy pills.
minus-squarekn33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·5 months agoBecause it’s not Valve doing it
minus-squareGreatAlbatross@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoYep, it’s just random people running bots that trade keys for hats.
Bots and cheaters have completely overtaken it and the small community that still plays has finally had enough
You and I have very different concepts of small.
Check this video, bots count as players in the stats, the real player numbers are like 15k/10k.
https://youtu.be/2stmQfv93oQ
Not bad for a 20 years old game.
How is Valve pumping up the concurrent player count not a bigger news story? That is like the metric for calculating popularity of a game and Valve is openly fudging the numbers without anyone caring. I feel like I’m taking crazy pills.
Because it’s not Valve doing it
Yep, it’s just random people running bots that trade keys for hats.