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The '''Hat Describing Contest''' is a contest that was announced on August 24, 2010.

Following criticism that previous TF2 contests shunned players without a more than average skill in computer modelling, the TF2 team announced this contest in the blog post with an aim to reach the majority of the community, albeit those registered on the forums. The object of the contest is to allow members of the community to give descriptions to the various in game [[hats]].

== Guidelines and Deadline ==
The deadline for the Hat Describing Contest was August 27, 2010. Submissions were posted in their proper threads on the [[Steam Users' Forums]].

=== Submission Rules ===
* Give a brief, interesting description of the item in 75 words or less.
* You must be the sole author of the description and the material must be original to you.
* The winning descriptions for each item will be determined by the TF2 team and may be used in game.

== Prizes ==
There are no prizes per se, besides the winner's entries being added to the game.

== Winners ==

=== Scout ===

{| class="wikitable grid"
|-
! class="header" | Winner
! class="header" | Item
! class="header" | Description
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16703947&postcount=92 TheTwoTonHammer]
| [[Image:Backpack_Batter's Helmet.png|100px|frameless|link=Batter's Helmet]]
| You'll be batting a thousand (skulls in) when you don this red piece of plastic!
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16728530&postcount=238 PrO-bOy]
| [[Image:Backpack_Bonk Helm.png|100px|frameless|link=Bonk Helm]]
| When drinking one radioactive beverage at a time is not enough.
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16691190&postcount=15 Doreauxgard42]
| [[Image:Backpack Ye Olde Baker Boy.png|100px|frameless|link=Ye Olde Baker Boy]]
| Extra! Extra! You're frickin' dead!
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16696136&postcount=84 AndyAML]
| [[Image:Backpack Baseball Bill's Sports Shine.png|100px|frameless|link=Baseball Bill's Sports Shine]]
| Everyone knows that speed is a Scout’s best friend. Why weigh yourself down with bulky hats when you can break the sound barrier without them?
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16698209&postcount=73 spam_word]
| [[Image:Backpack Troublemaker's Tossle Cap.png|100px|frameless|link=Troublemaker's Tossle Cap]]
| Straight outta control point.
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16691818&postcount=22 Sketch56]
| [[Image:Backpack Whoopee Cap.png|100px|frameless|link=Ye Whoopee Cap]]
| You'd have to be a jughead not to realize this cap is the pinnacle of fashion for the discerning youth.
|}

=== Soldier ===

{| class="wikitable grid"
|-
! class="header" | Winner
! class="header" | Item
! class="header" | Description
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16694513&postcount=60 Man Of Faith ™]
| [[Image:Backpack_Soldier's Stash.png|100px|frameless|link=Soldier's Stash]]
| This hat does not in any way, shape or form, promote smoking or gambling.
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16701458&postcount=143 DrMelon]
| [[Image:Backpack_Tyrant's Helm.png|100px|frameless|link=Tyrant's Helm]]
| I kicked your ass so hard it went back in time and got me this VIKING HAT.
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16705785&postcount=235 cypherx82]
| [[Image:Backpack Stainless Pot.png|100px|frameless|link=Stainless Pot]]
| Protects cranium from bullets and shrapnel. Also heats soup.
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16711456&postcount=33 Lamech]
| [[Image:Backpack Gentle Manne's Service Medal.png|100px|frameless|link=Gentle Manne's Service Medal]]
| Given to those few, brave soldiers whom stood guard valiantly, without sleep, nourishment, or a social life.
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16742747&postcount=299 f3doraman]
| [[Image:Backpack Killer's Kabuto.png|100px|frameless|link=Killer's Kabuto]]
| A haiku for war. To defeat one's enemies. Honor the crocket.
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16691028&postcount=19 peregrine7]
| [[Image:Backpack Sergeant's Drill Hat.png|100px|frameless|link=Sergeant's Drill Hat]]
| This hat is a handy replacement for profanity-filled ranting when you don't feel like shouting yourself hoarse.
|}

=== Pyro ===

{| class="wikitable grid"
|-
! class="header" | Winner
! class="header" | Item
! class="header" | Description
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16696827&postcount=131 Colonelcool]
| [[Image:Backpack_Respectless Rubber Glove.png|100px|frameless|link=Respectless Rubber Glove]]
| It doesn't matter how much people respect you when they're on fire.
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16714048&postcount=308 crushilista]
| [[Image:Backpack_Triboniophorus Tyrannus.png|100px|frameless|link=Triboniophorus Tyrannus]]
| At least he's still telling you to burn things.
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16695914&postcount=65 ASpieboy]
| [[Image:Backpack Vintage Merryweather.png|100px|frameless|link=Vintage Merryweather]]
| Pyro wears this in tribute to the many firefighters who have perished trying to quell his flames.
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16708083&postcount=15 JJ10DMAN]
| [[Image:Backpack Whiskered Gentleman.png|100px|frameless|link=Whiskered Gentleman]]
| The most distinguished tape-on fire-retardant facial hair available, for the discerning gentleman of conflagration.
|}

=== Demoman ===

{| class="wikitable grid"
|-
! class="header" | Winner
! class="header" | Item
! class="header" | Description
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16692128&postcount=27 icenine0]
| [[Image:Backpack_Tippler's Tricorne.png|100px|frameless|link=Tippler's Tricorne]]
| Three sharp corners mean one sharp hat. Don't poke your eye out.
|}

=== Heavy ===

{| class="wikitable grid"
|-
! class="header" | Winner
! class="header" | Item
! class="header" | Description
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16691082&postcount=21 Potatoblight]
| [[Image:Backpack_Officer's Ushanka.png|100px|frameless|link=Officer's Ushanka]]
| This hat was made of bear hands. That bear was killed with bare hands.
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16691575&postcount=21 FarazParsa]
| [[Image:Backpack_Tough Guy's Toque.png|100px|frameless|link=Tough Guy's Toque]]
| Because when you're the toughest Mother Hubbard in the fort, nobody's criticizing your fashion sense.
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16692791&postcount=45 Silentman]
| [[Image:Backpack Hound Dog.png|100px|frameless|link=Hound Dog]]
| Your opponents will be all shook up when they see these sweet shades and coif.
|}

=== Engineer ===

{| class="wikitable grid"
|-
! class="header" | Winner
! class="header" | Item
! class="header" | Description
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16725207&postcount=175 ravn0s]
| [[Image:Backpack_Mining Light.png|100px|frameless|link=Mining Light]]
| For Engineers with bright ideas.
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16691913&postcount=24 drewhead118]
| [[Image:Backpack_Texas Ten Gallon.png|100px|frameless|link=Texas Ten Gallon]]
| Though it looks like a simple ten-gallon hat, this modern feat of engineering actually contains more moving parts than a level 2 Sentry Gun.
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16691465&postcount=34 FarazParsa]
| [[Image:Backpack Texas Slim's Dome Shine.png|100px|frameless|link=Texas Slim's Dome Shine]]
| Sometimes you just need a little less hat.
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16690629&postcount=9 Shapechanger]
| [[Image:Backpack Hotrod.png|100px|frameless|link=Hotrod]]
| Mock the sun with streaks of flame as the UV rays bounce harmlessly away from your eyeballs.
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16740730&postcount=320 foxtrot261]
| [[Image:Backpack Safe'n'Sound.png|100px|frameless|link=Safe'n'Sound]]
| It gets difficult trying to calculate the total external applied torque to a body's rotational motion through its moment of momentum vector while the distracting sounds of gunfire and death are all around you. Build a better, safer machine with the silence of the Safe'n'Sound!
|}

=== Medic ===

{| class="wikitable grid"
|-
! class="header" | Winner
! class="header" | Item
! class="header" | Description
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16690736&postcount=9 This_Is_Not_Spy]
| [[Image:Backpack_Prussian Pickelhaube.png|100px|frameless|link=Prussian Pickelhaube]]
| A relic from one war brought into another. Your enemy will get the point.
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16691543&postcount=16 CptObvious]
| [[Image:Backpack_Otolaryngologist's Mirror.png|100px|frameless|link=Otolaryngologist's Mirror]]
| We can't pronounce it either.
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16709521&postcount=23 AgentJAK]
| [[Image:Backpack Physician's Procedure Mask.png|100px|frameless|link=Physician's Procedure Mask]]
| Scrub in... things are about to get messy.
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16741120&postcount=124 Esquilax]
| [[Image:Backpack Gentleman's Gatsby.png|100px|frameless|link=Gentleman's Gatsby]]
| While lacking the cachet of other hats, the Gatsby nonetheless possesses its own sartorial elegance. Its understated and affable charm appeals to everyone, whether playing a round of golf with friends or performing non-elective surgery with a well-polished Bonesaw.
|}

=== Sniper ===

{| class="wikitable grid"
|-
! class="header" | Winner
! class="header" | Item
! class="header" | Description
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16699324&postcount=81 Limeaide]
| [[Image:Backpack_Trophy Belt.png|100px|frameless|link=Trophy Belt]]
| Any old sap can pull teeth from a dead crocodile. It takes a man to pull teeth from a live one.
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16690063&postcount=3 Nineaxis]
| [[Image:Backpack_Professional's Panama.png|100px|frameless|link=Professional's Panama]]
| A polite, efficient hat to wear when killing everyone you meet.
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16690008&postcount=3 Magi Kavin]
| [[Image:Backpack Master's Yellow Belt.png|100px|frameless|link=Master's Yellow Belt]]
| Only a master of Jarate earns the right to wear this once-white bandanna, stained yellow from the rigors of a harsh training regimen.
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16723126&postcount=172 Jinbei]
| [[Image:Backpack Ritzy Rick's Hair Fixative.png|100px|frameless|link=Ritzy Rick's Hair Fixative]]
| His bullet was close. I lost my hat. My bullet was closer. He lost his head.
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16690574&postcount=5 G.I.R.]
| [[Image:Backpack Shooter's Sola Topi.png|100px|frameless|link=Shooter's Sola Topi]]
| Perfect for exploring the outback and the inside of people's heads.
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16692146&postcount=22 Reclaimer077]
| [[Image:Backpack Bloke's Bucket Hat.png|100px|frameless|link=Bloke's Bucket Hat]]
| Gone Snipin'.
|}

=== Spy ===

{| class="wikitable grid"
|-
! class="header" | Winner
! class="header" | Item
! class="header" | Description
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16693016&postcount=50 Kenori]
| [[Image:Backpack_Fancy Fedora.png|100px|frameless|link=Fancy Fedora]]
| This smooth, suave, silk-lined beauty can turn any amateur backstabber into a handsome rogue.
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16691126&postcount=11 caeonosphere]
| [[Image:Backpack_Backbiter's Billycock.png|100px|frameless|link=Backbiter's Billycock]]
| For when you wish your head was a little taller, but just as round on top.
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16732315&postcount=176 Codo]
| [[Image:Backpack Camera Beard.png|100px|frameless|link=Camera Beard]]
| You wouldn't mind if I read this top secret document with my beard, would you?
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16691131&postcount=18 Shapechanger]
| [[Image:Backpack Magistrate's Mullet.png|100px|frameless|link=Magistrate's Mullet]]
| They say justice is blind. What they don't tell you is that justice is also invisible, and also less interested in justice than murder.
|}

=== All class ===

{| class="wikitable grid"
|-
! class="header" | Winner
! class="header" | Item
! class="header" | Description
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16697084&postcount=112 AndyAML]
| [[Image:Backpack_Cheater's Lament.png|100px|frameless|link=Cheater's Lament]]
| Though some would stop at nothing to achieve hats, you remained resolute and incorruptible in your quest for head decorations. For that, you have been rewarded.
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16695701&postcount=65 Esquilax]
| [[Image:Backpack_Ghastly Gibus.png|100px|frameless|link=Ghastly Gibus]]
| Elegant simplicity and old-world charm combined with the heady aromas of mould and grave dust.
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16697847&postcount=87 Duffren]
| [[Image:Backpack Mildly Disturbing Halloween Mask.png|100px|frameless|link=Mildly Disturbing Halloween Mask]]
| Brown paper never looked so mildly disturbing.
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16711985&postcount=191 Calvary]
| [[Image:Backpack_Bill's Hat.png|100px|frameless|link=Bill's Hat]]
| Left 4 You.
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16703909&postcount=109 Fredrik1ST]
| [[Image:Backpack Modest Pile of Hat.png|100px|frameless|link=Modest Pile of Hat]]
| Because a Gentleman is not one without one.
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16706550&postcount=86 Nekopawed]
| [[Image:Backpack Noble Amassment of Hats.png|100px|frameless|link=Noble Amassment of Hats]]
| For the Gentleman who believes even his hat deserves a hat.
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16720507&postcount=238 Coconuts]
| [[Image:Backpack Towering Pillar of Hats.png|100px|frameless|link=Towering Pillar of Hats]]
| A-ha-ha! You are as PRESUMPTUOUS as you are POOR and IRISH. Tarnish notte the majesty of my TOWER of HATS.
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16712168&postcount=27 crushilista]
| [[Image:Backpack Mercenary.png|100px|frameless|link=Mercenary]]
| Even though you were late to the party, you were still the life of it.
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16716237&postcount=27 Optimus357]
| [[Image:Backpack Soldier of Fortune.png|100px|frameless|link=Soldier of Fortune]]
| Sure, some may have been doing it longer. But you've proven few can do it better.
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16708532&postcount=7 SappinMySentry]
| [[Image:Backpack Grizzled Veteran.png|100px|frameless|link=Grizzled Veteran]]
| Display this on your chest proudly, Soldier. Each time you kill someone, they'll know they weren't the first.
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16707885&postcount=7 NB820]
| [[Image:Backpack Primeval Warrior.png|100px|frameless|link=Primeval Warrior]]
| A true warrior's medal, given to those who fought before the battle even started.
|-
| [http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16690096&postcount=9 Grug]
| [[Image:Backpack Alien Swarm Parasite.png|100px|frameless|link=Alien Swarm Parasite]]
| This cute little guy was once the scourge of humanity in another time and place. Now he's content to ride on your head and keep the sun off.
|}

==External Links==
*[http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=960| Hat Describing Contest]

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