Game just gained 40k players on SteamCharts in 2 days after the bot ban wave

[The Wok]

But I barely see a difference on teamwork tf, explain this sh*t.
I don't even know which website to trust anymore....

[green sheep]

Ok, so. Those extra "40k players" are idle/trade bots being reactivated, they have code stating "if server goes down --> wait/look for server mantinance --> restart" or something like that. Since the ban wave was, well, maintenance, the bots (who weren't deleted) reactivated when it was over.

[UNBREAKABLE]

It's the cheater bots Valve has been wiping out, not trader bots. Game is still going to have inflated numbers either way which is why obessing over player numbers is silly.

[RedReimu]

Don't forget afk people who just stare at the menu and idle trade bots exist as well.

[The Wok]

Originally posted by houseplant:

Ok, so. Those extra "40k players" are idle/trade bots being reactivated, they have code stating "if server goes down --> wait/look for server mantinance --> restart" or something like that. Since the ban wave was, well, maintenance, the bots (who weren't deleted) reactivated when it was over.

Take a look at SteamCharts, For the past months, before the ban wave, the game had an average of 50-70k, now it went up to 100k+

[Bocchirisu]

they just created a new bot wave lol

[green sheep]

Originally posted by The Wok:

Originally posted by houseplant:

Ok, so. Those extra "40k players" are idle/trade bots being reactivated, they have code stating "if server goes down --> wait/look for server mantinance --> restart" or something like that. Since the ban wave was, well, maintenance, the bots (who weren't deleted) reactivated when it was over.

Take a look at SteamCharts, For the past months, before the ban wave, the game had an average of 50-70k, now it went up to 100k+

Steam charts are not accurate.

[Alastor]

Perchance