Team Fortress 2 is and will always be my most favorite game, the one game I can keep playing endlessly and have all kinds of fun with. However, the newbie experience is absolutely horrendous and I cannot recommend it to new players until Valve finally does something about casual matchmaking.

The vast majority of friends that play this game do so on community servers where it's manageable and without many issues, casual is talked about as a terrible experience with unbalanced teams, games that end just as you join, half empty servers, bots, hackers, most of the maps being unplayed and if ever voted on make players leave.

This just isn't sustainable, TF2 with the current matchmaking has no future, only a bleak fall into irrelevence as old players give up and new players get frustrated and leave.

I wish the best for this game, for it to be as much fun for others as it has been for me.
Please, fix casual matchmaking, Valve.

peanut would love some pets and treats :)
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I haven’t played Team Fortress 2 in about 10 years, and somehow my brain still thinks I’m going to outsmart a Spy while absolutely failing to notice him standing right behind me.

Coming back in my memories, it was chaos in the best way—people rocket jumping like caffeinated squirrels, medics yelling at strangers they just met, and everyone somehow agreeing that hats were more important than survival.

Honestly, it wasn’t a game… it was a lifestyle choice I was wildly unqualified for, but would absolutely ruin my sleep schedule for again.