Bill's Hat
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| Basic Information | |||||
| Worn by: | All | ||||
| Slot: | Cosmetic | ||||
| Equip region: | Template:Dictionary/items/er error | ||||
| Released: | November 2, 2009 Patch | ||||
| Availability: | Promotional (expired) | ||||
| Tradable: | Yes | ||||
| Giftable: | Yes | ||||
| Craftable: | Yes | ||||
| Paintable: | Yes | ||||
| Nameable: | Yes | ||||
| Craft No.?: | No | ||||
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| “ | Godspeed, you magnificent bastard!
Click to listen
— The Soldier on William "Bill" Overbeck
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Bill's Hat is a promotional headwear item for all classes. It is a slightly worn team-colored Template:W, with the yellow shield insignia (or "flash"), of the Template:W. It is styled after the hat worn by the eponymous William "Bill" Overbeck in Left 4 Dead.
Bill's Hat was awarded to players who had pre-ordered the Valve title Left 4 Dead 2 on Steam or for PC through Template:W before November 17, 2009.
The hat description was written by Calvary for the Hat Describing Contest.
Painted variants
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| An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge | Color No. 216-190-216 | Peculiarly Drab Tincture | Aged Moustache Grey |
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| A Distinctive Lack of Hue | After Eight | Radigan Conagher Brown | Ye Olde Rustic Colour |
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| Muskelmannbraun | Mann Co. Orange | Australium Gold | The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants |
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| Dark Salmon Injustice | Pink as Hell | A Deep Commitment to Purple | Noble Hatter's Violet |
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| A Color Similar to Slate | Zepheniah's Greed | Drably Olive | Indubitably Green |
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| The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime | A Mann's Mint | ||
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| Waterlogged Lab Coat (RED) | Waterlogged Lab Coat (BLU) | Balaclavas Are Forever (RED) | Balaclavas Are Forever (BLU) |
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| Team Spirit (RED) | Team Spirit (BLU) | Operator's Overalls (RED) | Operator's Overalls (BLU) |
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| The Value of Teamwork (RED) | The Value of Teamwork (BLU) | An Air of Debonair (RED) | An Air of Debonair (BLU) |
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| Cream Spirit (RED) | Cream Spirit (BLU) | Unpainted (RED) | Unpainted (BLU) |
Update history
- Bill's Hat was added to the game
September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)
- This hat was made paintable.
- [Undocumented] Added a community-contributed description for this hat.
- The hat's painting texture was improved.
- Made this hat always tradable.
April 14, 2011 Patch (Hatless Update)
- Fixed not being able to see the correct colors for painted hats when running with DX8.
- [Undocumented] This hat can now be used as a crafting ingredient.
Bugs
- When equipped on the Soldier, this hat moves around on his head in the same way as the default helmet. This causes the hat to slide around on his head during certain taunts, such as with the Shovel (and all weapons that share the taunt) and the Director's Vision.
- A wrapped Bill's Hat will appear as "L4D Hat" on the gift's description thumbnail from within the sender's backpack.
Trivia
- Bill's Hat has its own intricate backstory: "While conducting a science experiment on parallel dimensions, Bill's Hat fell off a table into the Team Fortress universe."[1]
- The Template:W on the hat is that of the Template:W which is based out of Template:W which is near Valve's headquarters in Template:W.
- The Bills hat's texture is found in the Demoman's hat path. This hat may have been originally intended for only the Demoman. This can be found by decompiling the bills hat and looking at the qc.
Gallery
William "Bill" Overbeck, featured in Left 4 Dead
First promotion photo from Steam popup
Second promotion photo from Steam popup
See also
References
- ↑ Pre-Order Giveaway Madness, TF2 Official Website, November 2, 2009
