Backbiter's Billycock
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| Basic Information | |||||
| Worn by: | Spy | ||||
| Slot: | Cosmetic | ||||
| Equip region: | Hat | ||||
| Released: | August 13, 2009 Patch (Classless Update) |
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| Availability: | Drop, Craft, Purchase, Promotional (expired), Uncrate #14, Uncrate (Unusual), Chemistry Set (Collector's) or Unlocked Cosmetic Crate (Unique, Strange and Unusual) | ||||
| Tradable: | Yes | ||||
| Giftable: | Yes | ||||
| Craftable: | Yes | ||||
| Paintable: | Yes | ||||
| Nameable: | Yes | ||||
| Craft No.?: | No | ||||
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 Backbiter's Billycock |
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| “ | You know, hiding won't save you.
Click to listen
— The Spy to his cowering enemies
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The Backbiter's Billycock is a cosmetic item for the Spy. It is a team-coloured billycock with a lighter coloured stripe that sits atop the Spy's regular balaclava.
The item's description was written by caeonosphere for the Hat Describing Contest.
This item is awarded in Genuine quality to players who purchase the RED Spy Action Figure and redeem the code that comes with it.
Painted variants
Main article: Paint Can
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Due to how the textures are set up, painting the Backbiter's Billycock with single color Paint Cans results in different colorization on the paint regions between teams.
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| An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge (RED) | An Extraordinary Abundance of Tinge (BLU) | Color No. 216-190-216 (RED) | Color No. 216-190-216 (BLU) |
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| Peculiarly Drab Tincture (RED) | Peculiarly Drab Tincture (BLU) | Aged Moustache Grey (RED) | Aged Moustache Grey (BLU) |
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| A Distinctive Lack of Hue (RED) | A Distinctive Lack of Hue (BLU) | After Eight (RED) | After Eight (BLU) |
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| Radigan Conagher Brown (RED) | Radigan Conagher Brown (BLU) | Ye Olde Rustic Colour (RED) | Ye Olde Rustic Colour (BLU) |
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| Muskelmannbraun (RED) | Muskelmannbraun (BLU) | Mann Co. Orange (RED) | Mann Co. Orange (BLU) |
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| Australium Gold (RED) | Australium Gold (BLU) | The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants (RED) | The Color of a Gentlemann's Business Pants (BLU) |
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| Dark Salmon Injustice (RED) | Dark Salmon Injustice (BLU) | Pink as Hell (RED) | Pink as Hell (BLU) |
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| A Deep Commitment to Purple (RED) | A Deep Commitment to Purple (BLU) | Noble Hatter's Violet (RED) | Noble Hatter's Violet (BLU) |
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| A Color Similar to Slate (RED) | A Color Similar to Slate (BLU) | Zepheniah's Greed (RED) | Zepheniah's Greed (BLU) |
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| Drably Olive (RED) | Drably Olive (BLU) | Indubitably Green (RED) | Indubitably Green (BLU) |
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| The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime (RED) | The Bitter Taste of Defeat and Lime (BLU) | A Mann's Mint (RED) | A Mann's Mint (BLU) |
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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
August 13, 2009 Patch (Classless Update)
- The Backbiter's Billycock was added to the game.
September 30, 2010 Patch (Mann-Conomy Update)
- The Backbiter's Billycock was made paintable.
- [Undocumented] Added a community-contributed description for the Backbiter's Billycock.
- [Undocumented] The Backbiter's Billycock can now be uncrated with Unusual quality.
- Paint affects the Backbiter's Billycock's color more, colors are less washed out.
- The Backbiter's Billycock's painting texture was improved.
- [Undocumented] Revealed the rest of the NECA action figure promos.
July 7, 2016 Patch #1 (Meet Your Match Update)
- [Undocumented] Added Strange quality.
Bugs
- The backpack icon shows this item as being grey, but it is team-coloured unless painted.
Trivia
- A backbiter is a person who says nasty things about others, referencing the Spy's tendency to badmouth opponents, as well as his penchant for backstabbing.
See also
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