The disconnect between developer and player is currently the highest I feel it has been for TF2 in a long time, if not ever.
Look at where we stand, everyone praised the pyro update but honestly it wasn't that good. It added the fish for pyro, a projectile flamethrower and a new form of mobility for pyro, as well as the banana.
People loved the update, not because it was a good update but because it was actually anything at all after experiences radio silence from the developers for so long.
If the developers knew its community, or made an effort to interact with it anymore then every issue listed above would more than likely have a solution by now.
Meet the Match was a thinly veiled attempt to split what should have been one big update into two small ones. It was to make it seem like they are doing something, but they've been sat on this heavy update for so long now does anyone really care anymore?
I dont know. Honestly, this disconnect from the developers is my least favourite part of TF2.