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How to get rid of lagbots easilly (OUTDATED)
By ебусь с драконами
As we all know, lagbots are a serious threat. But thanks to the console, you can still fight them back.
   
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A simple, but pretty powerful solution
Original source for this guide is Russian "It's A Secret To Everybody" group in VK, and all rights for this information belongs to them. I've just translated this page so more English speaking people would know about this.

One way to fight lagbots is stay on the server longer than the 25 seconds. Usually, lagbоts automatically disconnects from the game within 25 seconds. To stay on the server more than 25 seconds after its crash, you can enter this command in console: "cl_timeout 1000". Now you wouldn't disconnect after 25 seconds like others do. When lagbоt will leave the server, you would stay and the server would work normally.

Second, before votekicking the lagbоt, you should warn everyone to enter said command AND also press F1 immediately after vote starts. If at least 2 people will vote for kick, then lagbоt would be kicked successfully.

Don't put a "Cheating" or "No reason given" in the Kick reason tab. Somehow lagbоt needs more time to react when people are trying to kick it for other reasons.

[06.04.2020] This no longer works due to how lagbots instantly crash the servers. They even don't allow you to connect, so if your loading bar stops on 2 or 3 bars (which means there are lagbots in this server), leave the server.
127 Comments
ghostypep 11 Apr, 2020 @ 12:14pm 
9/4/20 or 10/4/20 idk: THEY GOT OOFED
Rocko the fox 11 Apr, 2020 @ 8:42am 
eather valve done this or thanos was here! (joke duh)
Krok 10 Apr, 2020 @ 9:14pm 
thanks valve and thanks to this guy (sorry for my inglish)
Dank 9 Apr, 2020 @ 5:51pm 
lag bots are gone thanks to valve
piman.dev 9 Apr, 2020 @ 4:04pm 
GABEN DID A THING
Mike Nolan 8 Apr, 2020 @ 2:32pm 
NO NEED STEAM BOIS NO NEED TO DO THIS, VALVE HAVE DID IT THEY DID IT PLAY FREE, GO TO YOUR FREEDOM DONT SACRIFICE:steamhappy:
Electric 8 Apr, 2020 @ 9:40am 
Thank god they are no more.
Yosoyhendrix 7 Apr, 2020 @ 11:36pm 
funciono :)
chunky maxxing 7 Apr, 2020 @ 10:27pm 
@Sid help me then lol, i have no idea how to use wireshark.
[wp]Blu_X_RE 7 Apr, 2020 @ 7:44pm 
Update: The server exploit is now patched from Valve themselves.