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== Trivia ==
 
== Trivia ==
 
* Bill's Hat has its own intricate back-story, which reads as follows: ''"While conducting a science experiment on parallel dimensions, Bill's Hat fell off a table into the Team Fortress universe."''<ref>"[http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=3045 Pre-Order Giveaway Madness]", [[TF2 Official Blog]], November 2, 2009.</ref>
 
* Bill's Hat has its own intricate back-story, which reads as follows: ''"While conducting a science experiment on parallel dimensions, Bill's Hat fell off a table into the Team Fortress universe."''<ref>"[http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=3045 Pre-Order Giveaway Madness]", [[TF2 Official Blog]], November 2, 2009.</ref>
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* Bill's Hat will appear black when running the game under DirectX 8.
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* Bill's Hat will appear black when running the game under DirectX 8.Bill's hat appears in the backpack as a 'Level 10 Veteran's Beret'.
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*This is the same hat that zombie apocalypse survivor Bill wears in the original Left 4 Dead, rendered to the Team Fortress 2 art style.
 +
*Bill's hat has its own intricate back-story, which reads as follows: "While conducting a science experiment on parallel dimensions, Bill's hat fell off a table into the Team Fortress universe."
 +
*The logo on the hat is not exactly correct to the original in Left 4 Dead.
 +
*Although Bill wears a green beret, the hat is either brown or grey depending on the wearer's team. However, painting the beret using the colour "Zephaniah's Greed" will result in it looking nearly identical to Bill's original green beret.
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*The magazine cover Hat-Wearing Man seen on the Sniper vs Spy Update published an article titled "Wearing Berets: Not on our Watch! How You Can Help...". It seems the teams didn't take their suggestions to heart.
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*This hat cannot be crafted with a second hat to make a new hat in the same way that most class specific hats and misc items can be.
 +
*This hat was the second item to be released which could only be acquired within a specific time, including the Cheater's Lament, The Sam and Max items, The Gentle manne's service medal, the 119th Update medals and the Earbuds.
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*Following the Mann-Company(Mann.Co for short) Update, this hat gained the description "Left 4 You." It look similar but the red hat that has the symbol is litte more brighter than the blue has.
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*This is the first ever promotion item.
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*This happens to be one of the most wanted items in the Game.
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*A small number of Bill's Hats became "Vintage" after the "Scream Fortress" on October 27th, 2010.
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*Amazingly, The percentage of players who owned this hat from the first time it came out from now has drastically change from 34% to 16.4% the reason for this is unknown.
  
 
== Gallery ==
 
== Gallery ==

Revision as of 08:58, 28 January 2011

“
You were good son, real good. Maybe even the best.
Click to listen
— The Soldier on William "Bill" Overbeck.
 ”

Bill's Hat is a headwear item for all classes. It is the same hat Bill wore in Left 4 Dead. It appears as a slightly worn brown-colored veteran's beret when the player joins the RED team, or grey-colored beret when the player joins the BLU team. Both variations possess a yellow shield insignia, or "flash", indicating that Bill was a member of the Template:W. The hat was awarded to players that had pre-ordered the Valve title Template:W on Steam or for PC through Template:W.

The hat description was written by Calvary for the Hat Describing Contest.

Painted variants

Main article: Paint Can
Mouseover cells to preview the images on a dark background. Click on the images to enlarge them.
Single colors
Painted Bill's Hat E6E6E6.png Painted Bill's Hat D8BED8.png Painted Bill's Hat C5AF91.png Painted Bill's Hat 7E7E7E.png
An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge Color No. 216-190-216 Peculiarly Drab Tincture Aged Moustache Grey
Painted Bill's Hat 141414.png Painted Bill's Hat 2D2D24.png Painted Bill's Hat 694D3A.png Painted Bill's Hat 7C6C57.png
A Distinctive Lack of Hue After Eight Radigan Conagher Brown Ye Olde Rustic Colour
Painted Bill's Hat A57545.png Painted Bill's Hat CF7336.png Painted Bill's Hat E7B53B.png Painted Bill's Hat F0E68C.png
Muskelmannbraun Mann Co. Orange Australium Gold The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants
Painted Bill's Hat E9967A.png Painted Bill's Hat FF69B4.png Painted Bill's Hat 7D4071.png Painted Bill's Hat 51384A.png
Dark Salmon Injustice Pink as Hell A Deep Commitment to Purple Noble Hatter's Violet
Painted Bill's Hat 2F4F4F.png Painted Bill's Hat 424F3B.png Painted Bill's Hat 808000.png Painted Bill's Hat 729E42.png
A Color Similar to Slate Zepheniah's Greed Drably Olive Indubitably Green
Painted Bill's Hat 32CD32.png Painted Bill's Hat BCDDB3.png
The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime A Mann's Mint
Team colors
Painted Bill's Hat A89A8C.png Painted Bill's Hat 839FA3.png Painted Bill's Hat 3B1F23.png Painted Bill's Hat 18233D.png
Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED) Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU) Balaclavas Are Forever (RED) Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU)
Painted Bill's Hat B8383B.png Painted Bill's Hat 5885A2.png Painted Bill's Hat 483838.png Painted Bill's Hat 384248.png
Team Spirit (RED) Team Spirit (BLU) Operator's Overalls (RED) Operator's Overalls (BLU)
Painted Bill's Hat 803020.png Painted Bill's Hat 256D8D.png Painted Bill's Hat 654740.png Painted Bill's Hat 28394D.png
The Value of Teamwork (RED) The Value of Teamwork (BLU) An Air of Debonair (RED) An Air of Debonair (BLU)
Painted Bill's Hat C36C2D.png Painted Bill's Hat B88035.png RED Bill's Hat.png BLU Bill's Hat.png
Cream Spirit (RED) Cream Spirit (BLU) Unpainted (RED) Unpainted (BLU)

Update history

December 2, 2010 Patch

  • The hat's painting texture was improved.

Trivia

  • Bill's Hat has its own intricate back-story, which reads as follows: "While conducting a science experiment on parallel dimensions, Bill's Hat fell off a table into the Team Fortress universe."[1]
  • Bill's Hat will appear black when running the game under DirectX 8.Bill's hat appears in the backpack as a 'Level 10 Veteran's Beret'.
  • This is the same hat that zombie apocalypse survivor Bill wears in the original Left 4 Dead, rendered to the Team Fortress 2 art style.
  • Bill's hat has its own intricate back-story, which reads as follows: "While conducting a science experiment on parallel dimensions, Bill's hat fell off a table into the Team Fortress universe."
  • The logo on the hat is not exactly correct to the original in Left 4 Dead.
  • Although Bill wears a green beret, the hat is either brown or grey depending on the wearer's team. However, painting the beret using the colour "Zephaniah's Greed" will result in it looking nearly identical to Bill's original green beret.
  • The magazine cover Hat-Wearing Man seen on the Sniper vs Spy Update published an article titled "Wearing Berets: Not on our Watch! How You Can Help...". It seems the teams didn't take their suggestions to heart.
  • This hat cannot be crafted with a second hat to make a new hat in the same way that most class specific hats and misc items can be.
  • This hat was the second item to be released which could only be acquired within a specific time, including the Cheater's Lament, The Sam and Max items, The Gentle manne's service medal, the 119th Update medals and the Earbuds.
  • Following the Mann-Company(Mann.Co for short) Update, this hat gained the description "Left 4 You." It look similar but the red hat that has the symbol is litte more brighter than the blue has.
  • This is the first ever promotion item.
  • This happens to be one of the most wanted items in the Game.
  • A small number of Bill's Hats became "Vintage" after the "Scream Fortress" on October 27th, 2010.
  • Amazingly, The percentage of players who owned this hat from the first time it came out from now has drastically change from 34% to 16.4% the reason for this is unknown.

Gallery

References

  1. ↑ "Pre-Order Giveaway Madness", TF2 Official Blog, November 2, 2009.
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