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{{Item infobox
 
{{Item infobox
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| type              = misc
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| type              = cosmetic
 
| image              = Gabe Glasses.png
 
| image              = Gabe Glasses.png
 
| used-by            = [[Heavy]]
 
| used-by            = [[Heavy]]
 
| equip-region      = glasses
 
| equip-region      = glasses
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| released          = {{Patch name|07|10|2013}}
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| contributed-by    = {{Steamid|76561197970800450}}
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| availability      = {{avail|crate69}}
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| released          = {{Patch name|7|10|2013}}<br>([[Summer Event 2013]])
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| availability      = {{avail|drop|craft|purchase|crate69|keyless-crate}}
 
| trade              = yes
 
| trade              = yes
 
| gift              = yes
 
| gift              = yes
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| marketable        = yes
 
| paint              = no
 
| paint              = no
 
| rename            = yes
 
| rename            = yes
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| numbered          = no
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| numbered          = yes
 
| loadout            = yes
 
| loadout            = yes
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   | quality          = unique
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   | prefix          = The
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   | level            = Level 1-100 Glasses
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   | item-kind        = Glasses
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   | item-description = These glasses help Heavy read sad stupid poem on your tombstone.
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   | item-description = "These glasses help Heavy read sad stupid poem on your tombstone."
 
}}
 
}}
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{{Quotation|'''Gabe Glasses''' publicity blurb|Like many students, the Heavy earned his PhD in Russian Literature with late nights of studying and paid with his eyesight. These glasses may fix it, but they won't help the wearer learn counting to 3.}}
 
{{Quotation|'''Gabe Glasses''' publicity blurb|Like many students, the Heavy earned his PhD in Russian Literature with late nights of studying and paid with his eyesight. These glasses may fix it, but they won't help the wearer learn counting to 3.}}
  
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The '''Gabe Glasses''' are a [[Steam Workshop|community-created]] [[miscellaneous item]] for the [[Heavy]]. They are a pair of wire-framed reading glasses similar to the ones worn by [[w:Gabe Newell|Gabe Newell]].
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The '''Gabe Glasses''' are a [[Steam Workshop|community-created]] [[Cosmetic items|cosmetic item]] for the [[Heavy]]. They are a pair of wire-framed round reading glasses similar to the ones worn by [[Gabe Newell]], the co-founder and managing director of [[Valve]].
  
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The Gabe Glasses were [http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=156063181 contributed] to the game via the [[Steam Workshop]] under the name "Honcho's Heavy Reader".
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The Gabe Glasses were [https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=156063181 contributed] to the Steam Workshop.
  
 
== Update history ==
 
== Update history ==
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'''{{Patch name|7|10|2013}}'''
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'''{{Patch name|7|10|2013}}''' ([[Summer Event 2013]])
 
* The Gabe Glasses were added to the game.
 
* The Gabe Glasses were added to the game.
  
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== Trivia ==
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'''{{Patch name|8|27|2013}} #1'''
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* The publicity blurb references one of the Heavy's lines from ''[[Poker Night at the Inventory]]'', where he claimed to have gone to college and earned PhD in Russian Literature.  The blurb's ending is a reference to the meme "[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/valve Valve Can't Count to 3,]" which is a joke that arose from an observation that no trilogies have been released by the company, especially one to their flagship ''[http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Future_of_the_Half-Life_series Half-Life]'' franchise.
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* {{Undocumented}} Added the Gabe Glasses to the [[Mann Co. Store]].
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* The item originally came with a hair piece modeled off of Gabe Newell's hair.  
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'''{{Patch name|7|7|2016}} #1''' ([[Meet Your Match Update]])
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* {{Undocumented}} Added [[Strange]] quality.
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<!-- Do NOT add trivia about Valve can't count to 3, it was removed several times before.-->
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== Gallery ==
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<gallery perrow="3">
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File:Gabe Glasses in Steam Workshop.jpg|Steam Workshop thumbnail for the Gabe Glasses.
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</gallery>
  
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{{Summer2013Nav}}
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{{Summer 2013 Nav}}
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{{HatNav}}
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{{Hat Nav}}
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{{Heavy Nav}}
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{{Heavy Nav|state=collapsed}}

Latest revision as of 22:28, 23 June 2024

“
Like many students, the Heavy earned his PhD in Russian Literature with late nights of studying and paid with his eyesight. These glasses may fix it, but they won't help the wearer learn counting to 3.
— Gabe Glasses publicity blurb
 ”

The Gabe Glasses are a community-created cosmetic item for the Heavy. They are a pair of wire-framed round reading glasses similar to the ones worn by Gabe Newell, the co-founder and managing director of Valve.

The Gabe Glasses were contributed to the Steam Workshop.

Update history

July 10, 2013 Patch (Summer Event 2013)

  • The Gabe Glasses were added to the game.

August 27, 2013 Patch #1

July 7, 2016 Patch #1 (Meet Your Match Update)

  • [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.

Gallery

  • Steam Workshop thumbnail for the Gabe Glasses.

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