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How to avoid RACIST/DDoS bots UPDATE: VALVE HAS FIXED THE LAGBOTS!
By Leon Genesis EvangeLeon
Servers filling with DDoS bots? There is a solution
   
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Update: Lagbots have been fixed by valve
The following was a temporary solution that was used until lagbots were fixed.
What are RACIST bots?
RACIST bots are a collection of tf2 bot accounts that join casual games en masse and spinbot.

What makes these bots different, however, is how commonplace they are and their tendency to launch a denial of service attack against their current server when a votekick is initiated against them.
What can you do about it?
There isn't much you can do to stop them from terrorizing others' casual matches, besides spreading this guide, and reporting their profiles, but you can prevent them from ruining YOUR games.
How do I never see these fun-ruiners again?
The answer is surprisingly simple
1. Open the steam overlay in game
2. Click the View Players button
3. Find and view the profile of the bot (usually RACIST _____)
4. Press the "more" button and click "Block all communication"

Doing this will prevent valve matchmaking servers from putting you and this specific bot in the same game. If you manage to do this to enough of them (as they usually join in groups), you should be able to enjoy TF2 again!

Thanks for reading!
69 Comments
Leon Genesis EvangeLeon  [author] 13 Apr, 2020 @ 7:56pm 
I haven't seen any bots after valve's fix, if you're having a lot of trouble with bots still, try playing in another country's servers
Spacy 13 Apr, 2020 @ 2:49pm 
Sadly this won't work. you can stumble upon theese bots.
Leon Genesis EvangeLeon  [author] 12 Apr, 2020 @ 9:53pm 
Make your own guide on how to play with them more I guess?
Ollanius Pius 12 Apr, 2020 @ 9:26pm 
What if I like the bots?
Boffkartoff 12 Apr, 2020 @ 7:24pm 
they are back
Professor Chadstein 12 Apr, 2020 @ 3:16pm 
That isn't how blocking works, all blocks do is make them not able to interact with your profile/send you messages, you will still have them join a server you are in regardless. Don't lie
chesterskk 12 Apr, 2020 @ 1:29pm 
shut up dogs
Dookster 11 Apr, 2020 @ 5:30pm 
yes.
Unsupervised Medic 11 Apr, 2020 @ 5:29pm 
This is good information in case they do come back.
Gypsy [K]han 11 Apr, 2020 @ 3:26pm 
this is old