Cheater's Lament

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The Cheater's Lament is a headwear item, wearable by all classes. It is a glowing golden halo attached to the wearer's head by two slightly crooked wires.

This hat was awarded on September 2, 2009 to all players who had not used external idling programs and had played at least once since the introduction of the item drop system. During the Mann-Conomy Update, the hat was dropped a second time for players who did not receive it during the initial drop. This includes those who were excluded from the first drop for using external idle programs.

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

Update history

September 2, 2009 Patch

  • [Undocumented] Added the Cheater's Lament to the game and gave it to non-idling players.

September 15, 2009 Patch

  • Fixed this hat's glow effect not being hidden for Cloak/disguised enemy Spies.

September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)

  • [Undocumented] Added a community-contributed description for this hat.

October 8, 2010 Patch

  • This hat is now nameable.

January 19, 2011 Patch

  • Updated model with optimizations and new LODs.

Bugs

  • The Cheater's Lament doesn't cloak on friendly cloaked Spies.
  • Though many players who had not used external-idling programs and had launched TF2 at least once were supposed to receive the Cheaters Lament during the Mann-Conomy update, many did not, due to "technical issues".

Trivia

  • When players viewed their backpacks after receiving the Cheater's Lament on September 2, 2009, the following message was displayed: "Congratulations! Your honesty has been rewarded with a new hat!" The message did not appear, however, when the item was awarded to the community during the Mann-Conomy Update.

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