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'''Tip of the Hats''' is an annual charity livestream event benefiting One Step Camp, a nonprofit organization that sends cancer afflicted children to camp. Hosted by the competitive Team Fortress 2 community. Players donate money or in game items that are sent to one step camp and used as incentives for donations respectively.
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'''Tip of the Hats''' is an annual live streamed charity event hosted by the competitive Team Fortress 2 community. The purpose of the event is to entertain the community and to collect monetary and in-game item donations from the community for One Step Camp, a nonprofit organization that sends cancer-afflicted children to camp.
  
 
A list of 2014 donators can be found here: [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AmSDfbEASJaCdGFFTnVCZkNSdExVMHphaWk0VzhoV2c&output=html]
 
A list of 2014 donators can be found here: [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AmSDfbEASJaCdGFFTnVCZkNSdExVMHphaWk0VzhoV2c&output=html]
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== Timeline ==
 
== Timeline ==
The first event, held in April 2013, lasted 36 hours and raised over $35,000. Players from around the world participated in the livestream and helped to make it one of the biggest events in Team Fortress 2 history, with more than 65,000 people tuning in.
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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.
 
The second event, held in March 2014, lasted 36 hours and raised over $108,000, with more than 580,000 people tuning in.
  
== Prizes ==
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== Item auctions ==
  
A number of donated prizes range from unusuals to strange variant weapons were given out in multiple silent auctions.
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Since in-game items would be of no use to One Step Camp, a number of donated in-game items ranging from [[strange]] weapons to [[unusual]] hats were sold to players for money during multiple silent auctions.
  
== Footage of an event ==
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== Event footage ==
  
 
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Revision as of 19:16, 12 June 2014

Tip of the Hats fundraiser logo.
Thanks for the aid!
The Soldier

Tip of the Hats is an annual live streamed charity event hosted by the competitive Team Fortress 2 community. The purpose of the event is to entertain the community and to collect monetary and in-game item donations from the community for One Step Camp, a nonprofit organization that sends cancer-afflicted children to camp.

A list of 2014 donators can be found here: [1]

2014 event times and dates can be found here [2]

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.

Item auctions

Since in-game items would be of no use to One Step Camp, a number of donated in-game items ranging from strange weapons to unusual hats were sold to players for money during multiple silent auctions.

Event footage

External links