Well, valve have gone and done it. They've been "cleansing" tf2 so that any people who ever used the idling program will lose all the items they've gained. And in return to everyone who didn't use the app they'll get a shiny new halo hat. Being that around 95% of all people playing TF2 don't browse the forums constantly they'll just log in to change their gear and see a pop-up saying "Congratulations, you didn't cheat. Here's a shiny prize for you in return" and they'll have no idea what that's supposed to mean, but they're sure going to enjoy finally getting a hat. I know because But this is just for people who used the 3rd app program and not for the people who just joins an idle server in the game. Why it's so much worse in the eyes of valve to use a program to idle whilst you play another game than joining idle servers, I don't understand. On the other hand they've significantly increased the chance for a hat drop so that normal people playing just a few rounds each time they play will be able to get one too, instead of just idlers.

Honestly when I heard about the class updates I was like "how could this be any better?" because the chance to do play the game well & get rewarded with new weapons for it was indeed awesome. But when they released the hat update I could instantly see that this would not end well. On one hand I could see that my spy indeed WOULD look cooler with the fedora, but on the other hand I could see that the very low drop rate would cause a lot of frustration to many people, including me, who could play for several hours in a row without getting anything. And this was not just several hours on one day, in fact the drop rate was as low as 0.3% every 5 hours.

But good news for everybody, the drop rate has apparently increased by a lot, so go play and get that hat you always wanted! Also go check out www.tf2items.com

It's basically just like a kid who can't get what he wants, he sees something that someone else has and then he thinks to himself "Hey, I want that too" so he'll try to get the hat, but in this case there's nothing you can do since the chances of getting a hat is 0.3% every 4-5 hours or so. So of course they start to whine about how unfair it is that some people can brag about having a hat which adds nothing else than a little visual luxury. Truth be told, I was almost gonna ragequit TF2 forever when I found out I couldn't get my sweet fedora, which by this day I still don't have, but if I finally got that hat I don't think I'd care so much about it. It's pretty much like if everyone got the hats noone would care about them, all they add is a little uniqueness and for the people who get the hat it's probably the sweetest thing ever. Plus if you get a hat with someone you don't usually play with you're probably going to play a lot more with that class since you want to show everyone that YOU have a hat and they don't. So if everyone got a hat it wouldn't be special. It'd be just like any other engineer in the game, they wouldn't stand out in the crowd and be able to brag about their new hats and then nobody would care. You people only complain because YOU are not the one able to brag about your cool new hat