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I was once like you as well, defending the game, being in denial about the games decline. I've played this game for 6 years, stuck through all of the changes, the good and the bad ones, but my passion for it just slowly and slowly faded away over time because of the decisions and implementations that the devs have given us.
We all expected it at some point, it was bound to happen. The game has been declining for years, the whole "ded gaem" meme has always kinda been true. It's not a recent thing, there's been these kind of posts since 2016 and easily earlier and imo 2015-2016 was Vindi's peak. The game runs badly because the source engine is so old that it's about to hit puberty. There's better games in development and being released.
Just give the game the respect and dignity it deserves and let it die. It's like beating a dead horse. It won't get up.
I give you all respect for trying at least. It's nice to see people still do care.