Tip of the Hats
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Tip of the Hats was an annual live streamed charity event held from 2013 to 2021 (without 2020), originated from the competitive Team Fortress 2 community. The purpose of the event was to entertain various game communities and to collect monetary donation from the community for Camp One Step (formerly known as One Step Camp), a nonprofit organization that sends cancer-afflicted children to camp.
Each event had recurring segments that made appearances each year such as Pubbing, Jumping, Surfing, Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes, and Source Filmmaker. Sometimes other events are added into the event such as Dota Fortress and 9v9 Roll the Dice.
Contents
Item auctions
Prior to the last event[1]in 2021, Tip of The Hats would accept in-game item donations from the communities. Since in-game items would be of no use to Camp One Step, a number of donated in-game items ranging from strange weapons to unusual cosmetic items were sold to players for money during multiple silent auctions. These items themselves would often be sold for more than regular value as they were gifted by individuals who have dedicated a vast majority of their time into Team Fortress 2 and are known for it or have contributed a large amount of their time towards making the Team Fortress 2 community a better place.
Medals
Several medals were awarded throughout the events for donating certain amounts to the charity drive, through item or monetary donations.
In 2021, due to the absence of TF2 event content, Tip of the Hats stopped accepting TF2 item donations and distributing the TF2 in-game medals.
2015
This medal was awarded to players who donated at least 20 USD during Tip of the Hats 2015.
It was contributed to the Steam Workshop by truktruk, Jim, Whisker :>, Auzzie, God, uberchain, seanbud, Ruskeydoo, and bunny.
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2016
These medals were awarded to players who donated at least 10, 30, or 100 USD, respectively, during Tip of the Hats 2016.
They were contributed to the Steam Workshop by Bapaul and uberchain.
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2017
These medals were awarded to players who donated at least 10, 30, or 100 USD, respectively, during Tip of the Hats 2017.
They were contributed to the Steam Workshop by seanbud, Lange, Whisker :>, truktruk, alex, Auzzie, sedisocks, ✿ Jasbutts ✿, and uberchain.
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2018
These medals were awarded to players who donated at least 10, 30, or 100 USD, respectively, during Tip of the Hats 2018.
They were contributed to the Steam Workshop by seanbud, Whisker :>, Gadget, Pogey, auzzie, ✿ Jasbutts ✿, and BOO!berchain - tipofthehats.org.
Tip of the Hats 2018 Medals | ||
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2019
These medals were awarded to players who donated at least 10, 30, or 100 USD, respectively, during Tip of the Hats 2019.
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Painted variants
- Jaunty Explorer
- Jaunty Ranger
- Jaunty Mountaineer
Update history
- Added the Tip of the Hats community medal
- Added the Tip of the Hats 2016 community event medals
October 20, 2017 Patch #1 (Jungle Inferno Update)
- Added Tip of the Hats 2017 community medals
October 19, 2018 Patch (Scream Fortress 2018)
- Added Tip of the Hats 2018 community medals
- [Undocumented] Added Tip of the Hats 2019 community medals.
Timeline
The first event, held in April 2013, lasted 36 hours and raised over $35,000. Players from around the world participated in the live stream and helped to make it one of the biggest events in Team Fortress 2 history, with more than 65,000 people tuning in.
The second event, held in March 2014, lasted 36 hours and raised over $108,000, with more than 580,000 people tuning in. This event showed the release of the jump maps jump_jurf and jump_iT.
The third event, held in September 2015, lasted 36 hours and raised over $214,000.
The fourth event, held in September 2016, lasted 36 hours over a span of 3 days, and raised over $183,000.
The fifth event, held in September 2017, lasted 36 hours over a span of 3 days, and raised over $156,000.
The sixth event, held in October 2018, lasted 36 hours over a span of 3 days, and raised over $231,000.
The seventh event, held in October 2019, lasted 36 hours over a span of 3 days, and raised over $190,000.
Event footage
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Gallery
See also
External links
- Official news post
- Official website
- Steam Group
- Official Twitch Channel
- Official Youtube Channel
- One Step Camp's official website
- 2014 Donations
- 2014 Event Schedule
- Tip of the Hats 2016 Announced
- TotH 2016 - Item Donations Open
- Tip of the Hats 2018 - Donations Open
- Tip of the Hats 2019 - Donations Open
- Tip of the Hats 2021 - Content Considerations and Future Direction of the Show
References
- ↑ Hanging up the Hat - Tip of the Hats blog, 3 September 2021, archive.