The shooter Team Fortress 2 has been a cult classic for many years, but has long been struggling with an increasing number of bots and cheaters. Now the community is tackling the problem itself – sending in their own bots to compete.
What’s going on with the shooter? Team Fortress 2 is a hero shooter that was released back in 2007. In 2020, it thrived again due to the coronavirus and the related restrictions.
However popular the shooter is among players, it also has problems with cheaters and bots. They often target honest players with aimbots.
But now a group of frustrated players is fighting back and trying to eliminate the cheaters with the help of their own bots.
What does that look like? User Mr Quattro shared some images on Twitter about the “The Extermination Bot Service”. These bots are specifically programmed to only kill other bots and not honest players.
Therefore, the user recommends not to kick these bots from the game.
Bots versus Bots – Is this still fun?
Why are the bots a problem? While the idea of bots taking out other bots and cheaters sounds fun at first, it is not a lasting solution and does not provide much enjoyment in the game.
Players have long been hoping for a response from the developer Valve. They occasionally release updates for the game and responded relatively quickly to a glitch in the economy in summer 2019. However, the serious problem with bots seems to be something the developers cannot resolve at the moment.
What can be done against the bots? Besides bots eliminating other bots, a popular method is to vote to kick the bots.
If enough players agree, the bot is kicked. However, this does not always work. Some bots are even capable of crashing the servers before a kick can happen (via PCGamer).
Team Fortress was one of the first hero shooters. Now there are several, including Overwatch, Battleborn, and Paladins.
One of the newest titles that can be at least partially assigned to this genre is called Valorant and comes from Riot Games, the developer of League of Legends. We have already played it and presented it to you in detail.
