TF2 Will Die of a Broken Heart.

The title of this video is a bit of a bold one. "TF2 Will Die of a Broken Heart." If you want the tl;dr on what exactly I mean by that, here's the thesis of this essay. Valve may have finally taken action to fight the bots, but for myself and probably quite a few others, it's too late. The stagnation of the game, the lack of meaningful gameplay changes via balance/additions, and the comparatively active scene of the rest of the gaming industry has left many dedicated TF2 fans just feeling tired. If TF2 ever dies, it'll be because the stagnant feeling of perpetual tiredness seeps deep enough into the community that it well and truly breaks the community's heart. It was close to doing that recently, and Valve's action staved off the worst of it for a bit. But unless Valve SERIOUSLY changes their hands-off strategy regarding updates to the game, it's pretty much joever for me, at least.
That make any sense? Obviously I can't see your mental responses, but I hope so. Sorry 'bout the whole White Man Video Essay thing, but it was necessary. Here's hoping future content on the channel can match the effort I put into this one.
Thanks again for being here, and cheers. :)
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:16 Chapter 1: Allegiance
4:53 Chapter 2: Grievance
13:04 One Mann's Fighting Points
27:43 Chapter 3: Deliverance
34:21 Chapter 4: Acceptance
Thumbnail by ‪@KasaiCantDraw‬
That document about the bot hosters I mentioned at one point: drive.google.com/file/d/1goBP...
(As a reminder I can't confirm the validity of anything it says, but it did make the rounds and the stuff it says has had a notable enough impact on the perception of the community that it's at least worth mentioning.)
Music:
Evil Eye - Hades 2
Galleons - Rise of Nations
Archimedes - TF2
Last Stand - FTL
In The Blood (Acoustic) - Hades
Fifth of a Dime - TF2 Classic
Punch-Out!! Main Theme - Punch Out Wii
Dark Forest - Rise of Nations
Across the Bog - Rise of Nations
Kakoriko Village - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
#TF2 #SaveTF2 #FixTF2
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[@Samwiz1]

Sorry this video took so long. As you can probably guess, burnout had a little to do with that. And Valve waking up out of nowhere for the first actual time in 7 years. That too. ...all that said, did I cook or did I burn the soup?

[@cyber_stealth9743]

how hard do you poop

[@kelfo4997]

idk you posted the video 2 minutes agi

[@Avg9erfan]

Coming back stronger is all that matters! 💪

[@scrowfunk8109]

Imagine you don’t come into work one day and you tell your boss “sorry man I’m burnt out”

[@tabbottinator]

Honestly, I don't play that often. Still a fan of TF2, but most of my interaction with it is via fanmade animations on KZbin. I do enjoy it when I do play, though. And now I might just try playing casual again instead of just public servers!

[@DreamGuyKk]

Medic can fix the heart

[@Samwiz1]

save us robin atkin downes

[@MysterySymbols]

Or you could say he could replace it baboon heart

[@netherlordgaming995]

Nien *runs off laughing*

[@simpIeidiot]

Don’t worry, hearts grow back

[@creeperkirby201]

​@@simpIeidiot no ze dont

[@LedosKell]

The ghosts of Redmond and Blutarch put aside their differences to strangle the ghosts in the machine.

[@merlinfazbeartheinquisitor5747]

Amen. 😇

[@talison461]

morreu de disgosto

[@pyrotf2198]

you may be red, you may be blu, but we both agree that greymann was the worst

[@merlinfazbeartheinquisitor5747]

@@pyrotf2198 that's an agreement I never cease to be amazed.

[@WeFightForKarl]

Yes!

[@EsArchiveYT]

Credit where credit is due, Valve finally counted past the number 3 with the TF2 comics💀

[@frostblackadamlkhider1484]

wait....the comic is BACK?!

[@happymark1668]

Left 4 Dead

[@xavierdaniel4608]

Doesn't count. They skipped 3​@@happymark1668

[@happymark1668]

@@xavierdaniel4608 Left 3 Dead

[@frostblackadamlkhider1484]

Goddamnit i was excited

[@DEWILL]

I've turned to straight up pessimistic to cautiously pessimistic since the ban wave. Hope Valve stays on the treadmill now. Most game developers would kill for TF2's level of playerbase and community. It's so obvious, damn it, Valve.

[@Samwiz1]

That’s what I’m sayin. Any other company in Valve’s shoes would have a gold mine. Why Valve doesn’t treat it as such confuses me to no end.

[@brayden9667]

It is probably because the outdated source engine and everything else is a bit too scary for little ol valve :/

[@plussygold]

Its sad that Valve did that because of their new shitty game and not because of the outcry of literal hundreds of thousands

[@brayden9667]

@@plussygold that’s the universe we live in I guess

[@elt2666]

@@plussygold Deadlock is kinda amazing, don't hate on it just because of TF2. Judge it on it's own merits.

[@mrkripo6227]

Since last time Valve released updated to this game. My snail managed to die from old age. I am not even joking

[@jamessimon2002]

What was your snails name?

[@mrkripo6227]

@@jamessimon2002 Dusya

[@jasonanthonywilper]

How long do snails live?

[@alienboi2164]

@@jasonanthonywilper Up to 20 years if kept as a pet

[@user-oi8zq8jf5g]

honestly, i'm extremely (and deeply) sorry for losing your beloved pet that stick with you for a very long time no seriously, losing something that has been with you for years will hurt a lot, i'm not even joking

[@terrorkaka]

“Even though you were late to the party, you were still the life of it.”

[@plussygold]

😭😭😭😭😭

[@thehollowg.o.d.7348]

That goes fucking hard

[@MsGhoulz]

I just hope it's not a 3rd year of suffering scream fortress with bots.

[@mrjuicejunior]

I don't think they can count to 3 so hopefully not

[@timtaylor8577]

​@@mrjuicejunior half life 2 part 2 💀

[@Inferno_Engineer]

Hey if you need something new, take this invitation to the library. May for you find your book at that place

[@Samwiz1]

I’ve been listening to a lot of a audiobooks, for what that’s worth. Would recommend Red Mars if you get the chance. 👍

[@Inferno_Engineer]

@@Samwiz1 That’s not what I mean… but have you heard of Project Moon? Ever heard of the Red Mist of Black Silence? Or Library of Ruina? Will check out Red Mars if I can find it

[@waterflare9780]

​@@Samwiz1be warned project moon has been referenced soon more will come (hes recommending a game called libray of ruina [great game] however audio books are also fun

[@waterflare9780]

Project moon mentioned

[@ReissValkner]

If such, then I recommend the Floor of Natural Sciences. [This is an elaborate LoR reference right?]

[@ZevRocX]

Tf2 Wont die of Broken heart, Tf2 has a Baboon heart

[@kingdingaling3376]

Tf2 will die of an exploded baboon heart with fried circuits stuffed into its arteries after a failed experiment to turn it bulletproof

[@fjtcreotec6351]

Baboons get heartbroken too

[@JohnHelldiver4724]

*mega baboon heart We also have spies' head as a backup 😊

[@syco9008]

@@fjtcreotec6351no they don’t we’re your source? Mine is source2

[@MrCanKnotNot]

Nuff said let's hope valve doesn't remove it and save it for later

[@Four_Shadowing]

Reminder to ping Sam in the discord server on exactly March 6th, 2025 within an hour of 2:28pm EST about Helldivers

[@BlackdragonTheShadow]

This is a fucking deathwish and you know it Fourshadowing

[@cheemsman6789]

got it

[@firepeaman2440]

For Democracy!

[@Quickstein]

Understood Four, deploying the (Annoy Sam)kg bomb.

[@Shadedsun011]

Good soldiers follow orders

[@Adder6112]

skill based matchmaking is honestly a terrible idea for tf2

[@jeshegames]

I watched a video earlier on how TF2 content creators get caught in a content bubble where their channel depends on TF2 content.

[@Samwiz1]

pop

[@PotentialGrim]

To be honest is their fault for not playing anything else on their channel. I get you like that game but come on, does your Steam account have only one game?

[@firebane000]

I loved asteroid

[@queasc0220]

Me too love asteroids. GreT videogame

[@JohnJones-mp3in]

BASED

[@Smthn_Wicked]

All these years was Gaben building up Ubercharge.

[@sturddlefish443]

Bro what are you doing here you gotta go get v1

[@Smthn_Wicked]

@@sturddlefish443 No

[@Couriday]

It's crazy to think we're coming up on 7 years since Jungle Inferno. 7 years before Jungle Inferno, TF2 was getting the Mannconomy update, the second scream fortress, and they STILL hadn't finished adding achievement unlocks. TF2 released in 2007, so in 3 years, we'll cross the line of tf2 being dead longer than alive. I mean, it doesn't even make sense. In 7 years, we've seen almost nothing in terms of weapon rebalance (outside of bugfixes and like, that one weird Mannpower update), are we really to think that in 7 years, no one at valve even sat down at the desk and decided "Actually, maybe the Pomson should just be a damage dealing weapon and not garbage with slight utility"? Valve, I'd reckon, has a policy towards TF2 more hostile than "hey, employees, you can work on it if you want, just don't spend too much time". I hold out more hope than I have since 2019 that *sometime* things will get back to working order. At least they finally started adding maps to the yearly pool again. Not that all of them feel properly playtested / QA'd but still. Bit of a ramble but, idk, i care about this game, I want to see some meaningful addition to it, not just a map with a seal or 5 more ICS maps.

[@dangdudedan8756]

i care about ricochet! #savericochet! valve needs to fix ricochet! ricochet for source 2! new ricochet maps! what will happen to richard ricochet? I NEED CLOSURE!!!!!

[@blackisbackblack9105]

Farewell Samwiz1. I was actually in one of your videos for a short point, it was TF2: Eggheads. And I TECHNICALLY wasn't featured on the video, but what I made was even if just for a very very brief moment. It was at 8:35. pyro had just killed you and you were complaining on how he wasn't dead. and to me it surprised me where someone had a picture I had made as their PFP. when I saw that I went absolutely insane and was so happy with myself that what I had made, someone had chose, and had gotten lucky enough to play with the legendary samwiz1. its inspired me to keep going, and even if you want to stop playing tf2 Ill be fine with it because ill be watching still. Thanks.

[@SonnyCamburn]

🥨

[@SquadStar]

Man's is making variety it's not like he's gone

[@brainlesspyro5430]

Tf u mean farewell? Bros still here

[@damiangaming5696]

@@SquadStar some of us dont really want to watch some other games its quite literally the TF bubble when you leave the residue stays while you move on

[@Eliphand]

the glazing is crazy

[@SomeCertainMycorian]

That is actually completely understandable

[@Pudding404]

Life moves on, with or without the some of it's parts. We appriciate the real-life update at the end, congrats on graduating, Sam. Just gotta look straight forward.

[@netherlordgaming995]

They have helped fix the bot issue but with all the neglect it's like putting a single bandaid on a blown off limb

[@theodoresmith3829]

I'd say that's pretty apt. A sentiment I ran into a lot prior to the recent banwave was "we don't need content updates just fix the game and we'll be fine", but personally I think most of this was just cope. As evidence for this, most of the responses to it that I've seen have all had a "this is the bare minimum we shouldn't just be satisfied now" message. I think the second one not only reflects the community's true feelings, I think it reflects reality better as well. We were selling ourselves short to accept a future where valve continues to make profits off a game with such little effort put in from their end. The way I see it, even without the bot crisis Valve's inaction would still be slowly killing the game. I think we just needed the bogeyman out of the picture for a moment in order to truly appreciate the magnitude of Valve's other failings in regards to the game. The consequences of neglect, if mentioned at all, were always overshadowed by the bot spam. Now that we can actually foresee a future where the bots can never cause such trouble again, it is much easier to survey the landscape and spot the other rotting flesh wounds Valve has left untouched because they're not as visible.

[@Taxevader-gk9ms]

You know it's bad when we don't even really want the heavy update anymore

[@Slapperman]

"swapping out my favorite strategy games for new ones" mein fuherer... does this mean IronHarvest is back

[@s4turn943]

Looks like Warhammer is back on the menu boys!!!

[@WeFightForKarl]

​@@s4turn943 WAAAAAAAHHHH!!

[@fiendish9474]

Glory to Polania

[@Pinkooru]

Y'know what I'd love as a refined sink? Silver versions of australiums They're not very flashy, they use a lot of refined to make, and most importantly they are UNTRADABLE UPON CRAFTING I cannot stress enough how important it would be to make a refined sink like that completely untradable.

[@WallaWaller]

You'd need to use thousands of refined metal to make it really worth it considering refined metal is about $3 for 100 of it. Considering refined metal started off at $3 for 3 metal it's kind of hard to make the sink deep enough to make an impact. Furthermore this would just incentivize the production of yet more metal by idle bots because then they could sell it for more money to players wanting to make those silver aussies. Finally I don't think Valve even really wants a metal sink anymore. It's obvious the economy can survive with metal being near worthless and because you can't go from trading metal to trading unusuals anymore it means anyone who wants to get into the trading game has to start off by buying keys instead, which brings in money for Valve.

[@RubberMango]

Smile because it happened

[@TylerGoatMan]

I’m still crying regardless. 😭

[@ChineseGlobalism]

Too real

[@plussygold]

So bittersweet 😔😔

[@theCater_]

🥲

[@Herobryce1075]

Wait guys who am I?

[@ghazbag1]

Something i wish we got more of were weapon crates, and more strange variants for weapons that don’t have one, or strangifiers for collaboration weapons like short circuit One day, i hope we could get stranges for the jumper weapons that track either air time or distance rocket jumping/sticky jumping. And i know this can be done because we have ACHIEVEMENTS that track distance traveled

[@BlackdragonTheShadow]

Wait the Short circuit was a collab weapon?

[@ghazbag1]

Sorry i mistook collab with promotional, its specifically a community-made promotional weapon Valve worked around with strange variants by making the strangifier tool, to add strange counters to promotional items. But for whatever reason the short circuit never got one, despite being released alongside the widowmaker, which also a was community made promo weapon *and* got a strangifier for it

[@randomperson-qj1oq]

Since you're going to be moving on from TF2 soon, I think just before you do, you should do a short and sweet final goodbye video. I think that'd be really nice. One other thing, since you are going to be moving on from TF2, could I, perhaps, suggest some fun games for you to try on the channel?

[@pastaman7278]

"Throughout PC and console, I alone am the lazy one, imaginary technique:unlimited bans"

[@mrpopcornman3410]

It was good ride. You've done a lot for the community during your time here. I hope you can find success and enjoyment in your future endeavors.

[@TurnipTheBee]

It's like a family member finally waking up from a coma 7 years later After half of the people who knew them went to their funeral. After the doctors took them off bypass.

[@MaccaDacca_9]

This game's state is like spamming E for Medic knowing damn well we don't have one. Maybe we may get a Medic, but until then, the 10k hour plus Soldiers thinking a Medic will pocket them because they have an unusual calls will ring out into the empty void that is the Valve office... and our hearts.

[@lPsychoMax]

One thing I never understood is the pip-boy. It's a cosmetic thst changes the pda hud... so why isn't it in the pda slot? It takes up a cosmetic slot that really should be open. It does the job a reskin usually does and there are already items that replace a default cosmetic as a weapon. The pip boy does the same as the cozy camper, just without any stats.

[@kingdemomidas2397]

I know this feeling all too well. I joined TF2 in 2012, got into the mod scene and TF2 custom server admin scene shortly after. I spent 7 or so years as a community admin for a server before dipping out due to its corruption. Tried to get into making my own community servers, got three up, was betrayed by a person pretending to be a brother to me, slandered, defamed, and derided by people he gaslit into believing him. Shithead even tried attacking my marriage. Hopped from server to server at that point while picking up the pieces after the asshole backdoored my servers, stole my mods/mappers and broke my servers before running off with all of it to claim as his own creation elsewhere. Tried getting into voice acting as a way to fill the gap after all that, only to then be harassed by one of the cheaters caught in that recent vac wave who recorded me drunk and used it out of context to make me look like an asshole. This game for around 7 years or so gave me smiles, back from 2012-2019. After that, it went downhill, and FAST. Toxicity, betrayal, lies, slander and even more toxicity. This game used to bring me joy, to the point I put thousands into it, I even ended up running the official golden pan group on steam. But despite having an item like that, despite all of it, the current state of the game, compounded with all the hell I have been though has made this game a SLOG to want to play. Even now if I tell my story these stalking little shitholes will harass me, they did it a few months ago. So either I crawl under a rock, or quit entirely. This is the state of the game that I loved. That says nothing to the myriad of cheaters, and assholes in lobbies nowadays that has left me tired, traumatized, cynical and bitter. Like a family member watching their patriarch fall into Alzheimer's and turn from a once caring person into a toxicity spewing cesspit that sees family as targets. This ban wave is nice, but you are right, for us old heads, it is too little, too late. They should have gotten rid of them years ago, they should have taken reports seriously so voices like mine would not have been lost in the crashing waves of negligence of this company. I love TF2, I always have loved TF2, but now, I have to struggle to even play a 2fort lobby with friends before some toxic dickhead makes me wonder why I still play this game. I just want to play with my friends and do acting. I once wanted to bring new gamemodes to TF2 and bring back that old energy, but at this point I dont feel it's even worth it.

[@shellshockhkmk7816]

It has been a good journey, I wish you luck on the road ahead, Samuel. (PS. You still owe me a shard of Gromit mug mug)

[@ambi_cc8464]

“Good news! We’re going to live forever”

[@s4turn943]

Despite the events from the past few years, TF2's legacy will still be a positive one. We "nitpick" some of TF2's issues because of how good the rest of the game is. It's unique, revolutionary, insane, comedic, and FUN!!! You can see how the market has changed due to the influence of TF2 and the games directly inspired by it. Being in the TF2 community as long as I was allowed me to see KZbinrs rise, inspire, and sometimes leave. YOU ARE A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THIS! I saw your tf2 Jaws video in early 2020 and joined your discord server soon after. I participated in multiple community events, made friends, and left a legacy that affects the servers today (look at the strategy gamer category). I'm no longer on the server as I've attempted to focus on IRL issues, but I still interact with the friends I made on that server very often. Heck, I've been doing EU4 modding for an event Py is hosting. Something important that we can all take away from tf2 is that nothing great lasts forever. I've had my time and moved on to other games (for better and for worse). Thank you for entertaining us for the past 4 years, and good luck in your future endeavors.

[@ZombieNek0]

the thing is this game is one of the longest standing online games that is still being played by a lot of people. And its still loved Valve wants it gone so they can move on to not making half life 3

[@loonateek7013]

It's like watching a dog live it's life, at first u don't know what to do, then memories start appearing, but when it grows old and you know what's gonna happen. That's the feeling we have.

[@blackcongamer1300]

Achievement unlock: Heartbreaker

[@spingebulb]

An entire Great Book of Grudges against Valve. They fill the entire book.

[@JayFeather321]

Sam you still need to sing bad apple We need to hear it

[@schmorgus4592]

I haven't touched this game in 3 years. My reaction to the ban wave was "neat" and I went to do other things. I don't like saying it but I just don't care about tf2 anymore Edit: if you're looking for a new game to get addicted to, look at Darktide. It's good

[@Samwiz1]

That's pretty much the gist of what I'm saying here. Sucks to agree with someone on a matter like this, but I'm cynically glad I'm not alone in that feeling. :/

[@cosmicsnacks1191]

​@@Samwiz1i like the game but i never really felt like i could break into the community i always felt so distant to the community /:

[@Barmem]

@@Samwiz1 the thing is - i wanna care about tf2, i try to care about tf2, but i really don't

[@SanT6]

Literally the same happnede to me. I just remembered this game when I was doing some clean-up on my pc and gave it a go since I hadn't played since early 2022. Even playing a few matches bot-free I did not like this game anymore, but I was glad some people did.

[@JohnJones-mp3in]

play tf2 !

[@Detah_]

Tf2s update and bot crisis has lasted longer than the third reich. Imagine being so shit you last less time than a games update drought

[@cw4106]

Ex-longtime player here; joined in late 2014 and quit ~mid 2023 Even if Valve decided to fix everything and update the game again, I don’t think I will rejoin the game. For many of us, the passion for the game while still there, the passion to play the game is just gone. I missed the days when I can hop on to the game with my friends right after school, excited about updates like Gun Metal, Invasion, and Tough Break. But those days will never return. We have simply just moved on. I was only a silly little S.1 student when I first started, now I have I Year 4 into University and preparing for my Master degree. We have more important things that require our attention. Sure, I can still play it casually, but it’s just not the same anymore. The friends I met have either moved on or haven’t talked in years. Servers I used to goof around no longer exist. I want to love the game, but I just can’t.

[@lautarogomez9711]

. you're just like me, I've lost the motivation that I Once had for these games. And right now I wait for their downfall after so many bad decisions.

[@Micha-Hil]

I hope Team Fortress meets the same fate as most arena shooters - delegated to a quick download, a hyperfixation, a competitive analysis, and then a quiet deletion from five or so dozen players. It's all I ask for.

[@Isaax]

Helldivers as a positive example? Uhhhh...

[@TrafficPartyHatTest]

>mfw the best example of the entire gaming industry is one that roughly 70% humanity is region locked from playing god I love how well things are going, so healthy too!

[@Isaax]

@@TrafficPartyHatTest And that's just the tip of the ice berg lol, last time I checked in you've got a single guy on the balancing team destroying fun by making the player absurdly weak in a damn PvE game

[@Nekyomi]

TF2 is like on a deathbed, diagnosed with chronic bot cancer and failing update system but surrounded by loving community and fans watching it slowly die.

[@TheVampireFishQueen]

But that the thing its not dying.

[@lautarogomez9711]

​@@TheVampireFishQueenand it's a torture.... sometimes is best to put the plug out and end the suffering. I know is hard to accept but there's no other choice. When we face the inevitable, we have to embrace it and face certain death. So do it, put the plug out...just do it. There's no hope for this game anymore. And for me?, well. I'll just wait sitting down on a chair doing nothing as I see this world being destroyed and my hopes and dreams being taken away.

[@user-xn9gd5dn9s]

@@lautarogomez9711Bro is talking about a video game like it's their mom on their death bed

[@magicalgirlmyou8560]

Also about the Tutorials: The spy one doesn't work since like 7 years or sth,which also means you can't do the ones that come after it,since to unlock them you have to do spies first,for reasons?

[@Banjo3440]

I think one of the few saving graces of TF2's stagnation is that you can take a thorough break from it and come back pretty much whenever. In a sense, it's not going anywhere, for better or for worse.

[@enternamehere4124]

Since you're moving away from TF2 you could change your profile pic to an actual piece of cheese that looks really close to your heavy's hat and give us all the biggest mandela effect

[@shpeecrayb5988]

Martin Luther Fortress showed up and pinned a list of grievances to the doors of KZbin.

[@Bio-Hazard.MP4]

TF2 is how you do casual team shooters right, the freedom Overwatch lacks, the easy going that valerent lacks, but the option to go to those styles is there, there is a lot to do and I can’t help but love it, but some much come and go as they need so new life can take root in themself

[@shawnlam3109]

I, myself, did not know TF2 existed until half a year until I found you, and when I did, I fell in love with the community. Seeing one of my favorite creators hang up his hat, or in this case, Fez, told me that this game, despite having never played it myself tells me that TF2 is a gem that should be remembered. Thanks Sam for your help in me finding a good community to enjoy.

[@ДимитърАлексиев]

Dying means that we are still living. And living gives time to heal.

[@AJ_the_Dragon]

Turbulence got me interested in animation and sfm opened the door to 3d animation for me. I miss those days of just messing around and making little skits, but then sfm started blue screening my computer. Blender just isn’t the same, it’s not as easy to just import and go. I lost a lot of passion for 3d animation because of that.

[@volcanowater]

S2FM is a bit better then SFM, but it lacks the same community as SFM, maybe when S&box releases, S2FM will overtake SFM

[@DuneDudeNG]

Love how the video in the page is for the saxxy of "most pwnage", which is the one that got destroyed a week or two ago

[@supersanttu7951]

Samwiz started and finished college (and maybe a couple years of high school as well) in the time it took Valve to do basic security updates. Man. I hope that severing the basically toxic relationship you have with tf2 will help with making content that's enjoyable for us AND you, Sam. Thank you for your service to the game, you magnificent bastard. You did more than could be expected of anyone.

[@mythos951]

This game is 16 years old and the community fought with everything it had for 7 of them just for valve to do the bear minimum. This game is alive, and probably will be for a long time. But there really is nothing left to explore and innovate with. I will continue to play so long as I have fun, but you are right. This game doesn’t have a future.

[@meme-bo6hq]

the writings been on the wall for a long time

[@MrETF2]

This video is the five stages of grief

[@luuc4sflp]

As much as I don't watch your videos anymore, I can't thank you enough, your community is the best place I've ever found and I wouldn't know what to do without it. (I did watch this video fully though)

[@sketchywav7741]

I know ppl who’ve raised an entire family since the last time valve had laid eyes on tf2

[@tigerlover2853]

Sam, it’s unfortunate to see you leave the community, your time and effort has been much appreciated and we are honoured that you’ve spent as much time with us as you have, organising as many community events as you did despite being busy with college. Your content and style of humour was immaculate, and you managed to breathe so much life into a quite frankly decaying community, your work has brought joy to so many, and although we’re sad to see you go, we’ll support you on your future endeavours. Congrats on graduating college, and on behalf of the whole TF2 Community… Thank you for everything, and we can’t wait to see what you do in the future!

[@MrLocurito]

i loved this game, i loved playing it with friends, i loved playing it with the randos taht were on the server, i loved hearing people talk about their day to day, do dumb jokes or just chat on the voicechat, i loved that this game ment a lot to me when i was a kid, now is all nostalgia and cant be arsed to even try to play it, i rather go play something else where i can have friends than this... it was a good run, and i am happy i was there. good luck sam, your videos were really good.

[@Mr.-JBull]

I’m all seriousness this was a spectacular video man and while dour in subject it still was an enjoyable viewing experience. I wish only the best for ya moving forward and I should probably stop procrastinating my finals right about now.

[@insertnamehere6659]

Looking forward to wherever else you go with your channel, Sam. I thoroughly enjoy all your content, not just the TF2 stuff. I'm glad that Valve is finally being responsible, but it honestly feels like too little, too late.

[@mateobergman6907]

Sam I enjoy your content so much and I am so happy for you that you decided to move in a forward direction for your channels sake cannot wait to see what you do and I hope if you come back to TF2 you do it for the sake of enjoyment only :)

[@explodinghammeronthe17thof36]

How are you suppose to take this video serious??? I'm on my limit when it comes to cringing

[@PanthalassaRo]

Man that last segment was a great puts a lot of fhings into perspective, congrats on graduating, keep growing man :3

[@originalname9789]

its like a post-apocolyptic scenario

[@Caragoner]

I've been with you since the silly british snipers sitting in the sewers. Since then I've graduated highschool, moved on to becoming a full adult, had 3 jobs, and am now old enough to drink. I can say it was one hell of a ride with you Sam. Maybe if you get back into the swing of things I can fall back in love with your content. That or you can always go back to being a bad piggies youtuber.

[@HuskyThePuppy]

This is a great summary of the problem this game has faced for years now I remember even before bots started taking over the problem was that the game just didn't get enough updates but after the bots and cheaters showed up that sentiment changed to most players being happy with whatever scraps of content valve threw at the game until now. I love this game and I really do wanna see it grow strong again and flourish like I know it can, I just don't think I can trust valve to do it especially with how they have launched and maintained CS2 as of late. It's genuinely depressing to watch how far valve has fallen from "God like game company" to "The money hungry owners of steam" just kinda hurts, but in the end we cant force them to do anything unless we stop supporting these practices and even then that doesn't guarantee anything sadly.

[@pathfind_]

I appreciate this video. It put into words what I've been feeling for so long. For many years, I was the newbie at tf2 looking up at my veteran friends, but since that decade has past when I first installed the game, life has happened. I am now the person among all of my friend groups that has been playing tf2 the longest and I have seen so much. Admittedly not the most as many others, but I am just tired too. I miss the peak that I saw, and I remember hearing people complain about the game even back then. If only we all knew what'd happen. The only reason I open the game now is to play with my friends who are the newbs, teach them the ropes, help them learn, and hope they get to experience what I can't anymore. It's so melancholic. Playing with them sometimes lets me re experience the wonder and fun I had years ago, but it's just not the same and I'm just tired... I miss my childhood

[@Cr00iser]

I sure chose a good day to subscribe! Even if this wasn't what I was expecting to see. I've been enjoying your content for a few years now in the background and I hope that where ever your channel goes after TF2, that it all works out!

[@ScipioCSouza]

Tf2 is an source spagetthi mess, thats why the developers dont like working on it. Thats why we dont get updates, i love TF2 but thats the awful truth.

[@matstick199]

I started playing tf2 in 2023, and I've convinced my friends and girlfriend to pick it up too this year, you can take solace in knowing it is indeed safe for a next generation of players :)

[@MrDrManPerson]

Why would you pick up this game where the devs intentionally ignore it? You're picking up a corpse and trying to have fun with it and ignore that it's dead. For the longest time you could not even enjoy it casually as bots completely wrecked the game for years on end. Just go play something that actually cares about you. Go play co-op elden ring, go play co-op deep rock galactic.

[@matstick199]

@@MrDrManPerson my current laptop cant handle much, and my girlfriend and I love the charm that the characters have, but then again I play mostly old games, I'm still playing battlefield 2 from 2005 after all

[@MrDrManPerson]

@matstick199 Your laptop can handle Deep Rock Galactic of it can handle TF2. DRG is smaller and less intense. I play a lot of old games, too, using an emulator. Also huge fan of BF2. I love TF2, I really do but I can't respect something that does not respect me. Since you play older games like me I'm sure you understand the fatigue of modern gaming. TF2 has had that symptom for years and I see no reason to reward that behavior. Imagine falling in love with it again only to realize it has never changed like a bad ex ready to abuse your time once more. Valve is working on a hero shooter and as soon as that's out, you can expect TF2 to get ignored even harder.

[@SanT6]

That part about being a "pillar" in the community and how much importance one gives to tf2 as a player made me have a fucking eureka moment. While I was never a content creator, I engaged with the community and felt partially responsible for keeping it alive, and just *now* I am realizing how this kind of shaped my current mentality towards life's responsibilities. 2020-2022 was a terrible period for my mental health because trying to save tf2 was just out of my control and it was my world. Today I could not care less and it's bittersweet how far behind me this is.

[@FriendlyFriendx]

the game died in the late 2010's, after it was beyond saving.

[@starwarsshooter336]

congrats on graduating as on everything else, I agree with your mentioned issues and a lot has to be fixed. I personally play a lot sometimes and then not for months. The banning of the bots was a reason for me to get back into it and I've been enjoying it outside of SOME matchmaking issues. I hope valve really goes back to fix (some of) your mentioned issues and making the game better in general

[@sylweknowakowski5613]

Tf2 never dies . Bots got banned .we are returning bro now we gotta work together to just force them to do some huge heavy update or something

[@JohnJones-mp3in]

yup

[@Frozen_Ketchup]

14:35 did samwiz really call the fiestibrero a bad hat while not circling the cozy catchers, the elf cosmetics, brain cane, and jolly jester? those are EGREGIOUS

[@poot6365]

tbh tf2 is still infinitely replayable

[@JohnJones-mp3in]

CORRECT AND BASED !!

[@instisalizingyoutube9998]

If TF2 gets a new update with actually substantial content EG, Guns or a New Map 90% of the players will come back.

[@theghosttm8245]

Well the summer update is coming in a week or two. New maps are coming but I do agree with your message. An update that is more than just maps and cosmetics like new weapons and balances changes would bring a ton of people back.

[@Jack_Axe]

Man I usually don’t feel strong feelings for some things but yknow when you said you just wanted to play with your friends that hit me in the feels

[@emfen]

TF2 is like a dysfunctional relationship, you knew they were good in the past to you, but over time they grew more distant and uncaring. Despite you begging and pleading to make things better, because you love them very dearly, they never listened. It's only now, in the wake of disappointment, that they realize they are about to lose you and will try to fix everything. But, you have already moved on emotionally, viewing the "us" you were through a distant lens. You will always love them, but not like you used to, not like when they were good. It's a sad type of nostalgia.

[@blastrbeam3186]

SAMWIZ! RELEASE THE DESTINY 2 GAMEPLAY! AND MY LIFE! IS YOURRRSS!

[@Jab_Shadow]

I'm fine with the game not having updates. It's not Valve who made the game memorable, it's the players and the community.

[@tgnm9615]

People need to remember this is not the Valve they love anymore. Valve is just business these days. What do they care? Only money

[@yagagang1854]

I don’t understand how tf2 has even survived all these years. Other games have died for less. What a community, but I genuinely don’t understand why everyone just moves on. Its very clear valve wants it to die. Im calling it now this will be the last mechanical update for atleast 10 years but i do see them doing a couple more give me ur money “updates”

[@JpGriZz]

Samwiz, if you are burned out on TF2, then play TF Classic. Give it a little try. You might like it. Love your content, man, and I hope you keep up the good work!😁

[@HybridHenderson]

He has played it before, he made videos about it on his channel

[@Samwiz1]

I’ve tried it, and it’s alright, but it’s just more of the same, except without an active community and with just as long update cycles as Valve itself. If it didn’t take them two years to add a handful of new weapons that don’t even do that much different from the originals then maybe it’d grow, but as it stands their activity times are what kill it for me. If I’m going to play a TF2 alternative I’d like it if it didn’t have the same fundamental problems that have tired me out of TF2.

[@sniperhyper1206]

the class action lawsuit with the crit sound was fucking amazing i loved thaet joke man and the whole video keep it up :D

[@Cherno_Lad]

25:05 the pomson literally looks like a Roblox item that’s how bad it is

[@InkblotHyena]

I love Team Fortress 2, but I haven't really sat down and played a full "play session" since October of 2021, which I only really did to celebrate ten years of playing the game. I have played here and there since then, but I haven't really done so for more than one or two matches, only really playing more if I'm queued up with friends. Even now, with all of these bad actors finally being taken care of, it just doesn't feel like it's enough anymore. Nearly seven years of _nothing,_ and five years of the game being downright unplayable at various points of the day and _completely_ unplayable during any events due to hosters ramping up for any in-game events. It's been years. My niece was born three days after Jungle Inferno, and she's already in school. I love Team Fortress 2, but the bots were just the tip of the iceberg. Your points are all problems I've had in the past, and still have. The Southern Hospitality still doesn't track Sentry Kills, by the way. No, I don't care if "that's the point". Every other Wrench _tracks Sentry Kills, dude!_ I'd love balance updates. I'd love bug fixes. I'd love new weapons. I'd love to finally have the conclusion to the comics. Are we going to get them, though..? I don't think we will. I agree with your points. I want this game to be better, but Valve just doesn't care enough to get us what the game needs. They're too used to be hands-off now. I want this game to be better. I want this game to be fixed, but I know it won't happen. Please, Valve, prove me wrong.. As for you, Sam? I wish you luck. Moving away from TF2 content is always a hot topic for many a KZbinr, and I pray it works out for you.

[@someguy1894]

people need to realize (this is from a comment i saw on another video) "that valve isnt the same company that released Half Life 2." I think there was more but valve is just sitting on a few rusty, old, old, games, and one of those games is TF2, infected by bot tetanus, valve only tried to spray some cleaning stuff on it, theyre barely fixing anything

[@TJ-Henry-Yoshi]

Sam, you have been one of my biggest inspirations in the world of content creation for the better part of the last 5 years. So many times before then, I looked at an idea and waved it aside for one reason or another and it wasnt until I found your channel where I finally let the pressure i felt subside. Your attitude towards streaming and video creation has always felt so low key and free of pressure. The way you would just sit down with a dumb gimmick for 1 stream and say "yep thats food enough for a video" for no other reason than the fact that was fun is insanely inspirational to me. And no where is this demonstrated better than your variety content. To this day, your Bad Piggies videos are some of my favorite on the channel, not because they are particularly well made videos, but because you found a way to make a shitty mobile game I did not remotely care about insanely fun to watch. Just know that wherever you go next, i will be sure to follow

[@Splat-nx7pl]

Half an a press

[@kwagar9810]

@@Splat-nx7pl Bro. Read the room. That joke is not funny.

[@adampescosolido5413]

Your point about just wanting to play video games with your friends really hits me some way. I first started playing Tf2 in the immediate aftermath of the pyro update, and didn’t get fully immersed in the game until Covid, so I never got to see the game the same way that many older players experienced it. But I think that all of us just wanted to play video games with our friends, and there’s something very beautiful about that.

[@MysterySymbols]

Dude, you're completely fine if I were in your shoes I would probably do the same thing neglect the game and the problems with it. And the issues with all of the TF2 and source maker and all that And you make all these valid points and all that so take a break from TF2, play other games, and have fun with others! Just have some fun with new stuff but the TF2 community will always welcome you back if you ever come back hopefully in the future, some changes could save it But overall it's understandable.

[@LukeRkam]

Please let this blow up

[@sindriwulver7818]

I'm hoping that Valve will fully commit to this TF2 movement and bring in a decently big update for this summer update, though I do know it's not impossible for them to just leave it at bot bans and bug fixes, I dearly do hope and wait to see what else they may do now that they've shown public efforts in fighting and crushing the bot crisis in this swift move after possibly a long planning and setup to it if what I've heard about them working behind the scenes over the 2 years is true, also congratulations on graduating!

[@main_thing]

Easily fixable dated features: 1. They do have a better server browser too, the ''simplified list" option. If only it was the default setting. 2. All that valve needs to do for the create server button is to enable steam datagram relay in-game. It is possible to do so with -enablefakeip launch option but that requires you to go out your way to do so.

[@evdestroy5304]

TF2 does have skill based matchmaking. it's just that in a game like TF2, it's basically useless.

[@glitch_wurld]

bro this is a YAP sesh