Professor Speks

Professor Speks
Basic Information
Worn by:	All
Slot:	Cosmetic
Equip region:	Template:Dictionary/items/er error
Released:	Über Update
Availability:	Unknown
Tradable:	No
Craftable:	Yes
Paintable:	No
Nameable:	Yes
Craft No.?:	No
Available Qualities
Unique Strange
Loadout Stats
Professor Speks 1 - 100 Give your teacher the gift of insight, paper clip and rubber band included.

“

Yeah, that was easy. Click to listen — The Engineer obtaining the item

”

Professor Speks is a miscellaneous item item wearable by all classes. It is a pair of black, thick-rimmed glasses held together with a rubber band and paper clip, similar to the glasses seen on the Professor's Peculiarity.

When a player with a free account upgrades to a premium account by purchasing an item in the Mann Co. Store, they are presented with an option to select, via their Steam friends list, the name of the person who referred them to (or helped them the most with) Team Fortress 2. Any existing premium account player who is selected in this fashion receives the Professor Speks. Contrary to what is implied on the free-to-play FAQ page, coaching new players is in no way a prerequisite for obtaining the Speks. As long as the recipient is on the free account user's Steam friends list, they are eligible to receive the item.

The in-game backpack description of the Speks includes a unique line which reads: "New Users Helped: X", where "X" indicates the number of new users the player has helped. If a player receives multiple votes from free account users, they do not receive a duplicate item. Rather, the description information on their existing Professor Speks updates to reflect the new count.

Update history

June 23, 2011 Patch (Über Update)

• The Professor Speks was added to the game.

Bugs

• The Professor Speks clips with many hats, most notably the Halloween bags, and Soldier's default helmet.
• Performing the Sniper's melee taunt with this item equiped causes them to float around in the air and clip through the Sniper's chest.