Team Fortress 2 aimbots are being quietly banned by Valve

Team Fortress 2 fans are experiencing a "large ban wave" due to the presence of aimbots in the game, following confirmation from a prominent hoster.

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Whilst fans were careful not to get too excited given there's been no formal word from Valve

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Discorder Megascatterbomb said, "The strongest evidence we have of a large banwave is the Steam charts, however the maintenance period may have simply knocked them offline temporarily".

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However, since then, plenty of players have noticed an improvement and even newly-created bot accounts are reportedly getting insta-banned.

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Interestingly, it seems developer Valve itself is banning people, not its Valve Anti-Cheat software.

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"Our team noticed your accounts were involved in majorly disruptive activity in Team Fortress 2.

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Team Fortress 2 fans are experiencing a "large ban wave" due to the presence of aimbots in the game, following confirmation from a prominent hoster.

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