Valve is holding TF2 hostage!! Here's how this could be stopped.
0Recently, there's been rumors about Valve handing TF2 out to third parties, so they can take care of the game and fix the bot issue. I personally don't think that's actually true, but I understand why people would be worried about that. In this video I discuss a way in which Valve could indeed hand out the game to others, but avoiding the most common pitfalls and problems that would come with that change.
I really believe Valve should open up TF2's development to the community, making it shared source or even open source. I know a lot of viewers and general players think that proposing this is reckless, but that's because when they hear "TF2 should be open sourced" what they understand is "TF2's code should be publicly available", as if in a leak, like already happened in the past. In reality, making TF2 an open source project would mean a lot more than just making the code available: it would actually mean creating a community structure capable of managing itself, so we wouldn't rely solely on Valve to take care of the game, push updates and fix issues. Think about all the open source programs I've mentioned throughout the video: they are a lot more than just code publicly available on the web, they are actually community driven projects, with a hierarchy and structure defined by the community. They also aren't dependent on a single company to continue existing, and that's exactly what TF2 needs. The community has a right to participate in TF2's development and, if Valve won't maintain and support this game, the community should be allowed to do that themselves, without needing previous approval from Valve.
But I'm aware not everyone will agree with this, so feel free to comment below what you think about such an idea. Depending on what comes up on the comments, I might do a follow up video addressing your concerns. Regardless, I think it has become very obvious in the last few years that we can't rely on Valve. I truly believe going open source is the only way for TF2 to last, as a monument. Either that becomes a reality, or we'll have to resource to much more questionable measures, like it already happens with other games and software that eventually became abandonware. I would much prefer the open source route.
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