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Revision as of 05:21, 13 October 2010
“ | I'm great. You're dead. I think we're done here.
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— The Sniper
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The Shooter's Sola Topi is a headwear item for the Sniper and was chosen by Valve to be released with the first wave of community-contributed content due to its outstanding quality. It appears as a rounded pith helmet.
Painted variants
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Trivia
- Better known as the pith helmet, the sola topi was introduced by the British colonial military in the late 19th Century. Popular amongst Westerners in tropical climates for its light weight, relative hardiness and its ability to cast shade, the hat was traditionally made from "pith": a type of Indian swamp plant.
- This hat is a reference to the Sniper's former life as a hunter of dangerous game.
- When painted the grey strip's color is changed to whichever color paint used. The rest of the hat's beige area remains the same.
- The hat description was written by G.I.R..
- This hat may alo be a reference to Indianna Jones in which the antagonist Rene Belloq wears a similar looking hat
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