The Seven Stages of Death, applied to TF2...

1. Shock or Disbelief
"Random updates? Like really random?? You can sit in a server overnight and still get achievements?!"

2. Denial
"No no no...this can't be right. It can't be just random drops, that makes no sense."

3. Anger
"Valve you cocksucking motherfuckers! Do you have no fucking idea how to create an FPS game?!"

4. Bargaining
"Okay, if I just get the huntsman and the dead ringer, I'll be happy. Just give me those two, and I can wait for the others."

5. Guilt
"What did I do to deserve this?! What flaw do we as the TF2 community possess to entice you to do such a stupid thing?"

6. Depression
"I'd go and play fallout 3, but I can't because I'm sitting in an idle server wasting my CPU. I hate TF2 and what it's become."

7. Acceptance and Hope
If I just play a little each day, I might earn some new items. Who knows, Valve might even fix the system on Tuesday! If not, I'll have em in a month or less. It's not that bad."

So, what stage are you guys on?  I'd say 6, except I can run TF2, minimize it and still play Mass Effect or anything else.  The second line of number six is perfect though, I do rather hate what TF2 has become on public servers.  That's why we've got our own TF2 box!