I'm still playing this game after all these years! I actually tend to be on and off, but this past year I've been playing more because of a newer computer and a Steam Controller.
This year's casual mode drama hasn't affected me too much since I mostly play on community servers...if anything, it's benefitted me because some servers I bookmarked years ago and seemingly died out have been seeing more activity since the update.
I'm usually on the Skial, Top Notch, and No Heroes payload servers.
Somehow Engineer became my most played and most successful class (less reliance on twitch reflexes and perfect aim, more about picking spots and maintaining awareness), but the small and speedy Scout is my favorite actual character so I've recently been putting more time into playing Scout...except it hasn't gone as well as I'd hope (too many early deaths and unexpected missed shots
).
Perhaps someday I'll have the guts and patience to give Spy more playing time...