Like I said before, it is way too late for an angry post on reddit. Many of you thought these changes would just kill off the "bad" servers which "obviously" excluded your own, and applauded Valve and even asked for more and more restrictions.
Community players are the minority now. Just last week I talked to a player who had no idea that community servers existed even though he was in one. All the communities that spammed /r/tf2 to get players have irreversibly died (it would take them years to rebuild now) and have no incentive to help. In fact I see them insulting the communities that are still around. If they failed, then others must too. When competitive matchmaking comes out sometimes early next year, that will be the final nail in the coffin for community servers. There's not much we can do other than to serve as a warning to never get involved with anything Valve does beyond playing their game. Don't get involved with their ecosystem as they will screw you over whenever it suits them.
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