A lot happened for TF2 in 2023, with more content than the "usual". This is also my second year playing TF2. I want to see how everyone felt about TF2 in 2023 in general.
Valve servers sucked. Uncletopia has not. Game is fun, the last 3 or so major updates were all downgrades so fuck it I'm glad we didn't get downgraded this year, and I have every confidence it won't get downgraded again next year either (excluding the addition of yet more hats).
The only thing i dislike about uncletopia is that they only seem play 5 maps over and over.
You have to join 5 casual servers in quickplay to not have bots and play the new maps. Valve should start working against them again if it is possible.
I had a good bit of fun playing casual. It’s not too hard to find a decent server in my region. I find the continued heavy monetization of the game frustrating given the lack of significant support.