Team Fortress 2 Server Owners Begin Banning F2P Players - News

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by, posted on 02 July 2011

When Valve announced that Team Fortress 2 was to become a full-on free-to-play title, I think it's safe to say that we were all shocked by it. Some were shocked in a good way, while some who paid for Team Fortress 2 became upset and angry, demanding that Valve refund them.

Now the anger of some paying customers has taken a strange turn. A new mod for Team Fortress 2 server owners was made public recently which, when applied, will automatically kick free-to-play users.

Here's what the official description has to say:

Are you fed up with your server full of people that don't know one end of the direct miss from the other?

People that feel the need to just keep coming back after you permaban them?

Or just people that haven't contributed some of their hard earned cash to your favourite war-themed hat simulator? Then you know what you need? This plugin.

According to the mod's statistics, there are currently 12 servers using it.

While some may argue that this is completely unfair, at the end of the day, it is their server, so they're allowed to make their own rules. Many F2P users have simply stated that they'll be sure to mark and avoid these type of "elitist" servers.

What are your thoughts on this? Is this just a step too far?

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