I'm so butthurt/MATI/whatever the fuck you want to call it, all because of this stupid fucking game.
I own this game physically. Not the Orange Box. The actual standalone copy of Team Fortress 2. Despite having a shitty laptop I found ways to enjoy my games. You couldn't believe my rage when TF2 became free to play. It's at the point where I'm seriously considering selling off my entire inventory, despite all the time and memories cherished, because what is the point anymore if Valve and the industry are too retarded to just make something functional and enjoyable? I'm pissed off about the bots/bot hosters, I'm honestly more pissed off at the rampant cheating. I'm pissed off that the "DEI" mindset has been adopted into the community and nobody wants to question it or even be against it. Getting something stupid like the "bot detector" program instills the mindset that you should be okay with giving up your digital privacy all for the sake of "the fight" against people like this. There are options to label people as "offensive" or "racist" next to the "cheater" label.
I'm SO fucking tired of this shit. I just want to play one of my favorite games. Everything else "sacred" to my childhood media has already been tarnished and fucked with enough. I just want this garbage to be done and over with. It's crazy how the cosmetic servers going down that one time a few months back, if you got into a casual match during that time (and also managed to kick bots well enough), the game actually felt fresh and exciting again. It was just joyous.