In 2014, I visited my cousin's house and saw him playing TF2 on his PC. Despite using my Intel i3 2nd Gen CPU laptop, I managed to play TF2, although loading levels caused freezing for a little bit, but playing it is a somewhat playable experience. That's also how I discovered Steam and down the rabbit hole of Valve games like Half Life 2 and Portal. Ah. Fun times.
For me, I was getting into GMod heavily in 2009-2012. Naturally I loaded up on all the source assets you needed for that to work right. My roommate in college was an avid player and told me I should try and play. MvM came out and that was a good entry point into the series since I was new to the game. Been playing since.
I had already had Steam for a little bit because of L4D2, but I saw the Meet the Team trailers on YouTube back in early 2011 (pre-Uber/Medic/F2P) update. I remember asking my mom (I was under 10 at the time) if I could have the game, and I showed her the trailers. I was trying to reassure her that it wasn’t a violent game and that it was safe for me to play—and then the Meet the Demoman trailer played. Needless to say, she wasn’t convinced it wasn’t a peaceful game safe for kids. Despite that, my parents bought the game for me—I guess they saw how much I wanted the game.
True, the community is great (although no community could avoid dramas and disagreements). Although Valve didn't care to put major content updates now, it's still fun to play.
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