Bill's Hat

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“
Godspeed, you magnificent bastard!
Click to listen
— The Soldier on William "Bill" Overbeck.
 ”

Bill's Hat is a promotional headwear item for all classes. It is styled after the hat worn by the eponymous William "Bill" Overbeck in Left 4 Dead. It is a slightly worn team-colored beret, with a yellow shield insignia, or "flash", indicating that Bill was a member of the Template:W.

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.

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

Painted variants

Main article: Paint Can
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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

November 2, 2009 Patch

  • 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.

December 2, 2010 Patch

  • The hat's painting texture was improved.

February 14, 2011 Patch

April 14, 2011 Patch (Hatless Update)

  • Fixed not being able to see the correct colors for painted hats when running with DX8.

Bugs

  • 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 back-story; "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.

Gallery

See also

References

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

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