Tip of the Hats

Tip of the Hats fundraiser logo.

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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: [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 cosmetic items were sold to players for money during multiple silent auctions.

See also

• Tipped Lid

External links

• http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=12727
• http://tipofthehats.org/
• http://steamcommunity.com/groups/TipoftheHats
• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AmSDfbEASJaCdGFFTnVCZkNSdExVMHphaWk0VzhoV2c&output=html
• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AmSDfbEASJaCdGo0anRZNV9jYXVMaU9SSDZJRDBsVGc&output=html
• http://www.twitch.tv/tipofthehats