Difference between revisions of "Master's Yellow Belt"
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* This may be a reference to the movie [[Wikipedia:The Karate Kid|The Karate Kid]], in which the main character's master gives him a uniform and headband of his own design. | * This may be a reference to the movie [[Wikipedia:The Karate Kid|The Karate Kid]], in which the main character's master gives him a uniform and headband of his own design. | ||
* Disturbingly, yellow may not be this headband's original color. It may have been stained yellow as a result of [[Jarate]] practice. Although modern belts are colored with dyes, traditionally martial artists began their training with a white belt, which eventually became stained black from years of sweat, dirt, and blood. | * Disturbingly, yellow may not be this headband's original color. It may have been stained yellow as a result of [[Jarate]] practice. Although modern belts are colored with dyes, traditionally martial artists began their training with a white belt, which eventually became stained black from years of sweat, dirt, and blood. | ||
| + | ** The new official description ''explains'' that the bandana was white in the distant past. | ||
* In Japanese, there is a phrase that describes the act of putting on a similar headband, and is used as an expression to describe getting down to work. A Western world equivalent to that expression would be 'rolling up one's sleeves'. | * In Japanese, there is a phrase that describes the act of putting on a similar headband, and is used as an expression to describe getting down to work. A Western world equivalent to that expression would be 'rolling up one's sleeves'. | ||
* Much similar to the headless hat item [[Ritzy Rick's Hair Fixative]], if a Sniper taunts with the [[Kukri]] or [[Tribalman's Shiv]] equipped whilst wearing the Master's Yellow Belt, he will hold onto thin air in place of his no longer equipped hat. | * Much similar to the headless hat item [[Ritzy Rick's Hair Fixative]], if a Sniper taunts with the [[Kukri]] or [[Tribalman's Shiv]] equipped whilst wearing the Master's Yellow Belt, he will hold onto thin air in place of his no longer equipped hat. | ||
Revision as of 06:03, 1 October 2010
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— The Sniper
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The Master's Yellow Belt is a headwear item for the Sniper. Released with Classless Update, it appears as a yellow cloth belt tied around the Sniper's forehead.
Trivia
- This may be a reference to the movie The Karate Kid, in which the main character's master gives him a uniform and headband of his own design.
- Disturbingly, yellow may not be this headband's original color. It may have been stained yellow as a result of Jarate practice. Although modern belts are colored with dyes, traditionally martial artists began their training with a white belt, which eventually became stained black from years of sweat, dirt, and blood.
- The new official description explains that the bandana was white in the distant past.
- In Japanese, there is a phrase that describes the act of putting on a similar headband, and is used as an expression to describe getting down to work. A Western world equivalent to that expression would be 'rolling up one's sleeves'.
- Much similar to the headless hat item Ritzy Rick's Hair Fixative, if a Sniper taunts with the Kukri or Tribalman's Shiv equipped whilst wearing the Master's Yellow Belt, he will hold onto thin air in place of his no longer equipped hat.
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