In the game's current state? Unless you are handholding a friend and are a veteran of the game you should not just ask them to go and play TF2, and even then the only way to actually properly enjoy it is third party servers. TF2 is UNPLAYABLE in its proper form and Valve's actions border on illegal for facilitating what these bots are doing.

Valve needs to speak up. Something needs to change. Soon.

In the game's current state? Unless you are handholding a friend and are a veteran of the game you should not just ask them to go and play TF2, and even then the only way to actually properly enjoy it is third party servers. TF2 is UNPLAYABLE in its proper form and Valve's actions border on illegal for facilitating what these bots are doing. Valve needs to speak up. Something needs to change. Soon.