Bill's Hat

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Bill's Hat is a headwear item available to all classes. It appears as a slightly worn brown colored beret for RED or gray colored beret for BLU, both with a yellow shield insignia. It was awarded to players who pre-ordered the Valve title Left 4 Dead 2 on Steam or for PC through Gamestop.

Trivia

• 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 gray depending on the wearer's team.
• 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.
• It is possible to get more than 1 Bill's Hat, according to this backpack.

External links

• TF2 Blog - Pre-Order Giveaway Madness!