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{{needimage|Heart on the badge as the user gives more gifts}}
 
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{{Item infobox
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| type              = misc
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| type              = cosmetic
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| image              =  
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| image              = Spirit of Giving.png
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| used-by            = [[Classes|All]]
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| used-by            = [[Classes|All classes]]
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| released          = [[December 21, 2011 Patch]]
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| equip-region      = medal
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| availability      = {{avail|promotional}}
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| released          = {{Patch name|12|21|2011}}
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| availability      = Distributed (annually)
 
| trade              = no
 
| trade              = no
 
| gift              = no
 
| gift              = no
 
| craft              = no
 
| craft              = no
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| paint              = no
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| rename            = yes
 
| numbered          = no
 
| numbered          = no
 
| loadout            = yes
 
| loadout            = yes
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   | level            = [Rank] - Gifts Given #
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   | prefix          = The
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   | item-description = The more gifts you give away, the bigger your heart will get! Get what gift-givers call "the Smissmass spirit," and what cardiologists call hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
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  | quality          = strange
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  | item-kind        = Badge
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  | strange-icon    = yes
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   | item-description = The more gifts you give away, the bigger your heart will get! Get what gift-givers call "the Smissmas spirit," and what cardiologists call hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
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  | item-flags      = Not Tradable or Marketable
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  | rankson          = Gifts Given
 
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The '''Spirit Of Giving''' is a [[miscellaneous item]] for [[classes|all classes]]. The item tracks the number of [[Secret Saxton]] or [[Pile o' Gifts]] items that are used, and increases the rank accordingly. The Spirit Of Giving is a large grey box pinned on the player's chest, with beating heart and bubble animations.
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{{Quotation|'''The TF2 Team''' on generosity|We strapped an actual decommissioned Soviet-era x-ray machine to several team members' chests, and trust us, the science checks out:  The people in our experiment with the biggest hearts '''were''' in fact the nicest guys on staff. How do we know? You should have '''seen''' how many people showed up at their funerals.}}
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The '''Spirit of Giving''' is a [[Cosmetic items|cosmetic item]] for [[Classes|all classes]]. It is a small grey x-ray machine attached to each class's chest. The machine has a green, [[Self-illumination|phosphorescent]] screen featuring a beating heart and bubbles.
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This item was distributed to all players who had logged in during the [[Australian Christmas 2011]] event and had further logged in during or after the {{Patch name|12|21|2011}}. [[Account types|Premium]] members were also given a [[Secret Saxton]], in addition to the Spirit of Giving.
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This item tracks the number of gifts distributed by the player via [[Secret Saxton]]s, [[Pile o' Gifts|Piles o' Gifts]], [[A Random Robo Community Crate Key Gift|Random Robo Community Crate Key Gifts]], and [[Pile of Robo Community Crate Key Gifts|Piles of Robo Community Crate Key Gifts]]. Each gift given increases the counter displayed.
  
 
== Ranks ==
 
== Ranks ==
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{{Spirit Of Giving ranks}}
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The current rank title forms the prefix of the item name; e.g. a Spirit of Giving with three gifts given appears as "The Competent Contributor's Spirit of Giving". This process is similar to the process of [[Strange|Strange weapons]]: not only does levelling up in ranks upgrade the item's title, the 'heart' shown also increases in size. Consequently, the heart is not visible if a player has never gifted any gifts.
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Although the [[Pile o' Gifts]] is capable of granting 23 gifts to players in the server in a single use, the counter only increases to the amount of gifts distributed. As such, if the server has only 10 connected players, not counting the user, only 10 gifts are granted and the count only increases by 10.
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{{Spirit of Giving ranks|width=65%}}
  
 
== Update history ==
 
== Update history ==
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'''[[December 21, 2011 Patch]]'''
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'''{{Patch name|12|21|2011}} #1'''
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* The item was added to the game.
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* The Spirit of Giving was added to the game.
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'''{{Patch name|3|8|2012}}'''
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* Updated the Spirit of Giving so it can have a [[Name Tag|custom name]] applied to it.
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'''{{Patch name|12|20|2013}}''' ([[Smissmas 2013]])
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* Item grants from previous events (including the Spirit of Giving) have been re-enabled for all players, including those who deleted their earlier grants.
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'''{{Patch name|12|22|2014}}''' ([[Smissmas 2014]])
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* Item grants from previous events (including the Spirit of Giving) have been re-enabled for all players, including those who deleted their earlier grants.
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'''{{Patch name|3|2|2021}}'''
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* {{Undocumented}} Renamed the "Spirit Of Giving" to the "Spirit of Giving".
  
 
== Bugs ==
 
== Bugs ==
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* The [[Mann Co. Catalogue]] describes the item's rank as being incremented by the number of duels (from the [[Dueling Mini-Game]]), instead of the number of gifts granted.
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* The green part of the screen on the model is still visible while the player is [[cloak]]ed as a [[Spy]].
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* The [[Mann Co. Catalog]] describes the item's rank as being incremented by the number of duels (from the [[Dueling Mini-Game]]), instead of the number of gifts granted.
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* A Secret Saxton bug causes the initial user of the item to receive the gift, a current definite cause is to be on a completely empty server and use one. No item is inside, but the Spirit of Giving still updates its gift count.
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* Occasionally, the heart on the screen may disappear.
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* Inspecting an equipped Spirit of Giving of any player who has never given a gift shows the item type as being "The Badge". This is because on a technical level, the Rank 0 prefix is defined as "The" as a way to work around the fact that any leading "The" is only applied if the item in question is of the [[Unique]] quality.
  
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== Notes ==
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== Trivia ==
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* Although the [[Pile o' Gifts]] is capable of granting 23 gifts to players in the server in a single use, the counter will only increase to the amount of gifts distributed; e.g., if the server has only 10 connected players, only 10 gifts will be granted and the count will only increase by 10.
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* The item is a reference to the Dr. Seuss story [[w:How the Grinch Stole Christmas!|''How the Grinch Stole Christmas!'']], whose title character is born with a heart two sizes too small, but when he gives Christmas presents to the Whos of Whoville, his heart grows three sizes.
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* [[w:Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy|Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy]] is the medical term for thickening and growth of the heart.
  
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== Trivia ==
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== Gallery ==
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* The item's appearance is inspired from the final scene of the {{w|Dr. Seuss}} story ''{{w|How the Grinch Stole Christmas!}}''. The main character views his heart through an x-ray, and watches as it enlarges when he discovers "the true meaning of the holiday {{w|Christmas}}".
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* The lowest amount of money that a player can spend on Secret Saxtons alone (not including any Secret Saxtons gained via trading) to increase the level of this item to it's maximum would be $495 (295€, £370). The lowest amount of money that a player can spend on Piles O' Gifts alone (assuming that it is used on a full 24-man server every time) to increase the level of this item to it's maximum would be $439.78 (329.78€, £329.78).
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File:Spirit of Giving Scout.png|[[Scout]]
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File:Spirit of Giving Soldier.png|[[Soldier]]
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File:Spirit of Giving Pyro.png|[[Pyro]]
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File:Spirit of Giving Demoman.png|[[Demoman]]
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File:Spirit of Giving Heavy.png|[[Heavy]]
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File:Spirit of Giving Engineer.png|[[Engineer]]
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File:Spirit of Giving Medic.png|[[Medic]]
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File:Spirit of Giving Sniper.png|[[Sniper]]
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File:Spirit of Giving Spy.png|[[Spy]]
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</gallery>
  
 
== See also ==
 
== See also ==
 
* [[Secret Saxton]]
 
* [[Secret Saxton]]
 
* [[Pile o' Gifts]]
 
* [[Pile o' Gifts]]
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* [[A Random Robo Community Crate Key Gift]]
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* [[Pile of Robo Community Crate Key Gifts]]
  
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{{Australian Christmas 2011 Nav}}
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{{Hat Nav}}
  
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{{AustralianChristmas2011 Nav}}
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[[Category:Self-illuminated]]
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{{HatNav}}
 

Latest revision as of 14:10, 24 December 2023

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Please add a suitable image, then remove this notice. The specific instructions are: "Heart on the badge as the user gives more gifts"
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We strapped an actual decommissioned Soviet-era x-ray machine to several team members' chests, and trust us, the science checks out: The people in our experiment with the biggest hearts were in fact the nicest guys on staff. How do we know? You should have seen how many people showed up at their funerals.
— The TF2 Team on generosity
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The Spirit of Giving is a cosmetic item for all classes. It is a small grey x-ray machine attached to each class's chest. The machine has a green, phosphorescent screen featuring a beating heart and bubbles.

This item was distributed to all players who had logged in during the Australian Christmas 2011 event and had further logged in during or after the December 21, 2011 Patch. Premium members were also given a Secret Saxton, in addition to the Spirit of Giving.

This item tracks the number of gifts distributed by the player via Secret Saxtons, Piles o' Gifts, Random Robo Community Crate Key Gifts, and Piles of Robo Community Crate Key Gifts. Each gift given increases the counter displayed.

Ranks

The current rank title forms the prefix of the item name; e.g. a Spirit of Giving with three gifts given appears as "The Competent Contributor's Spirit of Giving". This process is similar to the process of Strange weapons: not only does levelling up in ranks upgrade the item's title, the 'heart' shown also increases in size. Consequently, the heart is not visible if a player has never gifted any gifts.

Although the Pile o' Gifts is capable of granting 23 gifts to players in the server in a single use, the counter only increases to the amount of gifts distributed. As such, if the server has only 10 connected players, not counting the user, only 10 gifts are granted and the count only increases by 10.

Rank Gifts Given Name
0 0 The
1 1 The Baseline Benefactor's
2 3 The Competent Contributor's
3 7 The Adequate Altruist's
4 12 The Satisfactory Santa's
5 20 The Sufficient Samaritan's
6 28 The Distinguished Donator's
7 37 The Dynamic Do-Gooder's
8 47 The Consumate Contributor's
9 57 The Baron of Bequeathment's
10 68 The Lord of Largesse's
11 79 The Chieftain of Charity's
12 91 The Generalissimo of Generosity's
13 104 The Bigshot Benefactor's
14 120 The Caesar of Pleasers'
15 138 The First-Class Philanthropist's
16 158 The Humanitarian Hotshot's
17 179 The Selfless Samaritan's
18 210 The Uber-Altruist's
19 250 Saxton's Own

Update history

December 21, 2011 Patch #1

  • The Spirit of Giving was added to the game.

March 8, 2012 Patch

  • Updated the Spirit of Giving so it can have a custom name applied to it.

December 20, 2013 Patch (Smissmas 2013)

  • Item grants from previous events (including the Spirit of Giving) have been re-enabled for all players, including those who deleted their earlier grants.

December 22, 2014 Patch (Smissmas 2014)

  • Item grants from previous events (including the Spirit of Giving) have been re-enabled for all players, including those who deleted their earlier grants.

March 2, 2021 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Renamed the "Spirit Of Giving" to the "Spirit of Giving".

Bugs

  • The green part of the screen on the model is still visible while the player is cloaked as a Spy.
  • The Mann Co. Catalog describes the item's rank as being incremented by the number of duels (from the Dueling Mini-Game), instead of the number of gifts granted.
  • A Secret Saxton bug causes the initial user of the item to receive the gift, a current definite cause is to be on a completely empty server and use one. No item is inside, but the Spirit of Giving still updates its gift count.
  • Occasionally, the heart on the screen may disappear.
  • Inspecting an equipped Spirit of Giving of any player who has never given a gift shows the item type as being "The Badge". This is because on a technical level, the Rank 0 prefix is defined as "The" as a way to work around the fact that any leading "The" is only applied if the item in question is of the Unique quality.

Trivia

  • The item is a reference to the Dr. Seuss story How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, whose title character is born with a heart two sizes too small, but when he gives Christmas presents to the Whos of Whoville, his heart grows three sizes.
  • Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is the medical term for thickening and growth of the heart.

Gallery

See also

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