Team Fortress 2 News

Tired of waiting around for an official solution to cheaters, the community for Team Fortress 2 has taken matters into their own hands. Anti-cheating bots have been created to police the FPS game, working against any players that enter a round and break the rules.

The "cheater teminators", as they've been dubbed on Twitter, are bots that enter any given match of the multiplayer game to target anyone whose behaviour seems strange. Known in-game as Bot Extermination Services, they're AI programmed with cheating powers, drawn to any other players that use the same untoward abilities, and start killing them. A crude system, sure, but modern problems require modern solutions.

Where these bots originate from appears unknown - one Reddit user speculates they're from LmaoBox, a Team Fortress 2 cheats seller protecting its investment by making sure there isn't a mass exodus due to too many cheaters. Selling cheats, then anonymously supplying the anti-cheat protection, would be a very clever, deeply capitalist, massively gross business model. As it stands, players in the community seem glad they exist all the same, with floods of memes about the game becoming a war of bots against bots.

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Get ready to Jam this weekend! The annual 72-Hour Jam is back for 2020, and the whole community is invited to take part! Starting Friday, September 4th, at 6pm GMT (11 AM PDT), you have 72 hours to make whatever Team Fortress 2 creation your heart desires - whether it be a map, a cosmetic, a game, or even a physical craft - the sky’s the limit!

This year, the Jam’s charity drive is supporting Direct Relief and their COVID-19 relief efforts. Anyone who donates $5 or more to the drive is eligible to receive this year’s in-game charity medal. Donate here!

For more information, check out the thread on TF2Maps or join the TF2Maps Discord. And be sure to follow @TF2Maps on Twitter for live coverage over the weekend!

Happy Jamming!

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• Updated the Hazard Headgear to fix a problem with the material
  
• Updated the Crabe de Chapeau to add the smoke effect
  
• Updated The Sophisticated Smoker
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  • Added the smoke effect
    
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• Updated the Hypno-eyes
  
  
  • Added a style that was not included in the original release
    
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• Fixed bsp-embedded models caching rules to allow for reloading the correct model when transitioning to a different map
  
• Fixed a couple instances that were not correctly checking for anti-aliasing being disabled
  
• Fixed the name of the Replica Titanium Tank 2020 medal
  
• Updated The Flatliner to fix a problem when taunting
  
• Updated the Hazard Headgear to fix a problem with the material
  
• Updated the Crabe de Chapeau to add the smoke effect
  
• Updated The Sophisticated Smoker
  
  
  • Fixed some clipping issues
    
  • Added the smoke effect
    
  • Updated the backpack image
  
  
• Updated the Hypno-eyes
  
  
  • Added a style that was not included in the original release
    
  • Updated the equip_region