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Are those older online games even playable anymore?

A few years ago I listened to a podcast[1] where they described playing Team Fortress 2 - spawn, get killed by a bot. Spawn, get killed by a bot.

[1]: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/emh36dn



...yes? I don't know what that podcast is on about. These games are very popular and still updated. TF2 was n particular has been updated several times in the past few weeks (https://www.teamfortress.com/?tab=updates) and has a healthy player count (https://steamcharts.com/app/440).


The situation has been fixed but it was a pretty big issue for multiple years and took a coordinated outcry from players to get Valve to properly address it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_Fortress_2#Bot_accounts_a...




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