Does Team Fortress 2 Lag?

Does it still happen? Cause im thinking about buying the Orange Box but I wanna know if they patched up the lag cause I read reviews when the game first came out that it was laggy and I want to know if its fixed. And did they change it so game modes are not tied down to one map?

Plz I need to know if the game is laggy I dont want to waste money.

1. Lag is still there but it seems to be pretty random. Sometimes i wont lag for a while and other times it will lag. I haven't experienced game breaking lag in months at most i will disconnect but i think they are just hackers that are doing it. No lag whatsoever and then i randomly disconnect with six others on my team do as none of them disconnect?

2. Yes game modes are still connected to the map. Though there are some hackers that have changed the game around and some are rather friendly.

1. Lag is still there but it seems to be pretty random. Sometimes i wont lag for a while and other times it will lag. I haven't experienced game breaking lag in months at most i will disconnect but i think they are just hackers that are doing it. No lag whatsoever and then i randomly disconnect with six others on my team do as none of them disconnect?

2. Yes game modes are still connected to the map. Though there are some hackers that have changed the game around and some are rather friendly.

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