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Team Fortress 2 petition pressures Valve with microtransaction boycott

Team Fortress 2 is healing. After years of vocal players calling on Valve to do something about the ongoing aimbot crisis, the Steam maker has finally started to take serious action. Bots are being banned, appeals against those bans are being rejected, and the accounts responsible are being wiped out. But the bot plight isn't over yet, and now the community-driven petition demanding Valve fixes the FPS has one more move: boycott microtransactions.

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LAN Downunder 2024

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This weekend the LAN Downunder, Australia's premier Team Fortress 2 tournament, returns with a vengeance! For the first time ever, the event will be held at the Alienware Arena in Melbourne – the largest dedicated esports arena in the country. Prepare for an electrifying showdown as top teams battle it out on the biggest stage yet!

Witness Gaming, the reigning champions, are back to defend their title alongside the formidable Struck Minds. However, their path to victory won't be easy. Six new challengers have emerged from the intense online qualifiers, hungry to prove their worth and shake up the competition. These rising stars have been honing their skills, eager to showcase the very best of Australian TF2 talent!

Don't miss a moment of the action as LAN Downunder 2024 unfolds! The tournament will be streamed live from Melbourne on CappingTV, July 6-7. Witness the drama, the excitement, and the crowning of a new Downunder champion!

LAN Downunder 2024

This weekend the LAN Downunder, Australia's premier Team Fortress 2 tournament, returns with a vengeance! For the first time ever, the event will be held at the Alienware Arena in Melbourne – the largest dedicated esports arena in the country. Prepare for an electrifying showdown as top teams battle it out on the biggest stage yet!

Witness Gaming, the reigning champions, are back to defend their title alongside the formidable Struck Minds. However, their path to victory won't be easy. Six new challengers have emerged from the intense online qualifiers, hungry to prove their worth and shake up the competition. These rising stars have been honing their skills, eager to showcase the very best of Australian TF2 talent!

Don't miss a moment of the action as LAN Downunder 2024 unfolds! The tournament will be streamed live from Melbourne on CappingTV, July 6-7. Witness the drama, the excitement, and the crowning of a new Downunder champion!

Team Fortress 2's player count doubles after fan pressure sees Valve step in with a bot-demolishing banwave and a firm line on appeals: 'No'

Team Fortress 2's bot problem is an ongoing drama in PC gaming land: the issue seemingly went into overdrive when developer Valve stepped back from major work on the game in 2017. To be clear, whatever some in the community may say Valve has never abandoned TF2, and continues to periodically release bug fixes and community-authored expansions for the 17-year-old game. But the bots… the bots have definitely gotten out of hand...
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Valve rejects Team Fortress 2 ban appeals with a resounding "no"

Valve's answer to Team Fortress 2 ban appeals amid its aimbot purge is a thunderous "no." After players started a petition demanding Valve act against the bot crisis, the Steam maker is finally taking action against these accounts. This includes a new TF2 support page for anyone banned in the game, with the answer to every question a simple, and savage, denial.

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