Small sized updates that only address the problem for maybe a week before they're back with no major content patches anymore. The bots are a constant threat and even if they're not in your game currently they weigh down the experience, and when they are they are a nuisance and sometimes impossible to deal with. Valve outright said they'd do something TWO YEARS ago but have hardly done anything meanwhile they're still using it as an idle cash cow off of community content. You said you loved this game too Valve, where's that love. One of your games is being strangled by people that get a kick out of ruining peoples' fun. A classic game that's next to unkillable is slowly being strangled by a rare few of it's community, scaring off newcomers and old veterans alike. How can one of the most famous games come to this and be left to rot.

Small sized updates that only address the problem for maybe a week before they're back with no major content patches anymore. The bots are a constant threat and even if they're not in your game currently they weigh down the experience, and when they are they are a nuisance and sometimes impossible to deal with. Valve outright said they'd do something TWO YEARS ago but have hardly done anything meanwhile they're still using it as an idle cash cow off of community content. You said you loved this game too Valve, where's that love. One of your games is being strangled by people that get a kick out of ruining peoples' fun. A classic game that's next to unkillable is slowly being strangled by a rare few of it's community, scaring off newcomers and old veterans alike. How can one of the most famous games come to this and be left to rot.