I have played this game religiously for about 14 or so years now and it pains not just myself but everyone else who enjoys this masterclass game to see the state its in. Bots have completely taken over casual servers. This means that the main servers used by a majority of the playerbase both new and old are rendered practically unplayable.

We only get about 3-4 "content" updates a year. A handful of maps and cosmetics, bug fixes if we are lucky. Nothing to help with general game health or longevity for the games life span. Bots with all sorts of script kiddie hacks plague the game. Sniper bots with aimbot essentially shutting down games. Our playerbase consists of more bots than real players now while Valve continues to give us the silent treatment.

This has been ongoing for many years. Valve promised us better in the past, but left us behind anyways. It's easy to shrug off the community and the game itself as nothing but an old game that needs to die off but if it happened to us, it can happen to your favorite game too. This is more than just saving "our" game, this is about setting a precedent, that it isnt okay to continue to ask your playerbase to spend money while giving nothing in return and letting the game slip into such disarray.

If you are new or returning to this game, it simply isnt a good time right now, not unless Valve finally addresses these issues. We want the bots gone first and foremost. We believe we still deserve proper content updates as well. New Weapons, Balance changes, and more. Things that are expected from other games but seem to be non existent for us despite this being exactly what we used to get back in the day. This is about raising our standards as a community and as consumers. We all deserve better and so do you.

Valve, fix your ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game. - Sincerely, literally everyone still playing this over decade old game.

I have played this game religiously for about 14 or so years now and it pains not just myself but everyone else who enjoys this masterclass game to see the state its in. Bots have completely taken over casual servers. This means that the main servers used by a majority of the playerbase both new and old are rendered practically unplayable. We only get about 3-4 "content" updates a year. A handful of maps and cosmetics, bug fixes if we are lucky. Nothing to help with general game health or longevity for the games life span. Bots with all sorts of script kiddie hacks plague the game. Sniper bots with aimbot essentially shutting down games. Our playerbase consists of more bots than real players now while Valve continues to give us the silent treatment. This has been ongoing for many years. Valve promised us better in the past, but left us behind anyways. It's easy to shrug off the community and the game itself as nothing but an old game that needs to die off but if it happened to us, it can happen to your favorite game too. This is more than just saving "our" game, this is about setting a precedent, that it isnt okay to continue to ask your playerbase to spend money while giving nothing in return and letting the game slip into such disarray. If you are new or returning to this game, it simply isnt a good time right now, not unless Valve finally addresses these issues. We want the bots gone first and foremost. We believe we still deserve proper content updates as well. New Weapons, Balance changes, and more. Things that are expected from other games but seem to be non existent for us despite this being exactly what we used to get back in the day. This is about raising our standards as a community and as consumers. We all deserve better and so do you. Valve, fix your fucking game. - Sincerely, literally everyone still playing this over decade old game.