Team Fortress 2 - Your most cherished item

Z of the Na'vi

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For some, this may not matter, but for others, it does. Be it a hat, a weapon, or a misc. cosmetic, is there an item you possess in your six pages of backpack that you would never trade away for anything? It could hold sentimental value as a gift from a friend, or merely something you have held onto since the game first introduced the item drop system.

What is the item in your inventory that you consider the most important to your enjoyment of the game, if at all?

I'll start us off with my personal favorite item I possess and use to this day:

Toward the end of the year last year, my roommate and I played (and still play) a lot of TF2. We were enjoying the Austrailian Christmas update that was going on at the time (Spycicles, anyone?). During the very last day of the event, I received a "Naughty" Mann Co Crate in a drop. For those who remember, these were the crates that could only be opened with a "Naughty" Mann Co Supply Key, only purchasable from the Mann Co Store. These were the crates that were guaranteed a "festive" stock weapon, sometimes even a "Strange" version! My roommate, being the generous chum that he was, decided to buy one for me.

I mentioned to him how much it would make me happy to received a Strange Festive Minigun, as the Heavy is my favorite class. Upon creaking open the crate, and waiting the agonizing 5 seconds to see what I got, I sat speechless as I gazed upon the screen before me.



As if my some premonition, I received my Strange Festive Minigun!

To remember the moment forever, I purchased a Name Tag as well as a Description Tag for my new minigun, christening it with the title "The True Meaning of Christmas" with the tagline "Have a holly jolly respawn, tiny baby man." To this day I have wielded this weapon, racking up nearly a thousand kills at the time of this writing.

What about you? Is there any item you possess in TF2 that you would never part with?

My TF2 backpack, for those who are curious. [http://www.tf2items.com/id/datzach/]
 

Mr.Mattress

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Since I cant buy items, I can only get them through trading. And since I've never bought any items yet, I can only take items from people, not give them. So, when the Pyro Update came out, I was able to get 3 lints from some guy and a gold fish from another guy. Stupidly, I gave the goldfish away for free, and I traded the 3 lints for a regular Shahansha (Or however you spell it, the wooden sword for the Sniper). Someone was kind enough to take it off my hands and give me a Strange Overdose, another useless item.

I was basically mad, no one wanted my useless strange overdose, including me. The only reason I started trading at all was to complete my Dr. Grordbort Brainiac Pack for the Engineer. Feeling distraught, I basically wanted to get rid of the Overdose and not get anything in return. However, when I went to a Minecraft Map, I asked people if anyone had Brainiac Hair or Goggles, even though I didn't think anyone would trade them for the Overdose. Someone did have Brainiac Hair, and when I presented the Overdose as my trade item, he was at first skeptical, but then he accepted it and I got my Brainiac Hair!



All I need now are the Brainiac Goggles to complete the set!
 

New Troll

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Don't really have any favorites I use all the time or anything. Have kept my Apertures the longest though so probably that. Or maybe one of my Unusuals. Don't remember them all.
 

ChildishLegacy

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I have a vintage one of those that I found in my first ever hat craft, I have treasured it ever since, you will not see me wearing anything else on my scout, soldier, heavy, pyro, engi, medic or demo.

Some people actually ask me if i want to trade it away. Scoundrels.
 

Z of the Na'vi

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ThriKreen said:
This: http://www.tf2items.com/item/354662563

Only one of two in existence. =D
Mother of God, that puts my Strange Festive Minigun to shame.

Kudos to you, sir!
 

TimeLord

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I do like my Face Melting Wrench. It's less than 200 kills away from Server Clearing status :D

I also love my Maul. It took me forever to get it and about 7 or 8 crafting attempts with tokens before I got it.
ThriKreen said:
This: http://www.tf2items.com/item/354662563

Only one of two in existence. =D
And then some people come along and make it feel inadequate :p

EDIT: Which reminds me. I need to think of a snarky name for my Ballonicorn to abuse the assist kill icon feature thing. I also need to aquire a Name Tag :(
 

therandombear

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ThriKreen said:
This: http://www.tf2items.com/item/354662563

Only one of two in existence. =D
Nice, how did you get that?

OT: I have to say my most cherised item is my Unusual Dr's Dapper Topper with green energy. Mostly cause I said when they added the dapper topper to the game: "I want that hat in unusual with energy cause that is one awesome hat."

I went out of my way to try and trade for one, I gave up several times, but I got a trade friend who kept telling me to get back to it and get that special hat, I was already this far, might as well go all the way.

After a lot of trading and saving up metal for keys, to then trade keys for earbuds and for other unusual hats, I found someone willing to trade their Dapper for my relatively bad unusuals.

 

ThriKreen

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TimeLord said:
And then some people come along and make it feel inadequate :p
therandombear said:
Nice, how did you get that?
Well you don't have to, I do have a slight advantage with having worked at the studio that made RFA, and I can get ahold of someone at Valve to flag the items. I still have to bother Robin about self-made SR3 items though, I want some sparkly fists and luchadore masks and the Saints badge.

I did get to see Robin during GDC and saw him using his Valve Rocket Launcher [http://www.tf2items.com/item/162307172] in action, holy moly that thing is a beast.
 

therandombear

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ThriKreen said:
TimeLord said:
And then some people come along and make it feel inadequate :p
therandombear said:
Nice, how did you get that?
Well you don't have to, I do have a slight advantage with having worked at the studio that made RFA, and I can get ahold of someone at Valve to flag the items. I still have to bother Robin about self-made SR3 items though, I want some sparkly fists and luchadore masks and the Saints badge.

I did get to see Robin during GDC and saw him using his Valve Rocket Launcher [http://www.tf2items.com/item/162307172] in action, holy moly that thing is a beast.
Ah, nice, and the Apoca-fists are awesome. Just saying. ;)
 

TimeLord

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ThriKreen said:
I did get to see Robin during GDC and saw him using his Valve Rocket Launcher [http://www.tf2items.com/item/162307172] in action, holy moly that thing is a beast.
Yeah I've seen some of YouTube videos of it being used... Excessive is an understatement!
 

Chemical Alia

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This thing:

http://www.tf2items.com/item/143017136

And I have absolutely no idea how to use it!

ThriKreen said:
This: http://www.tf2items.com/item/354662563

Only one of two in existence. =D
I've never seen that before, it looks awesome!
 

Solo-Wing

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Well I feel Tiny and like crap now after seeing some of the awesome stuff in here. Guess I will just leave my inventory. If there is anything yo like I guess that would be the item... http://steamcommunity.com/id/SoloWing/inventory/

Chemical Alia said:
This thing:

http://www.tf2items.com/item/143017136

And I have absolutely no idea how to use it!
FUCK I WANT. Nobody can compete with self-made! Stop posting Self-Made!
 

Solo-Wing

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ThriKreen said:
Ooooo I'll take some of those scorched crates. ;)
Mine? Alright... It is not like I can get any Scorched keys anyways... Just throw me a Trade request.
 

DazZ.

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My highlander participation medal, played on the Escapist team and while we may not have done amazingly it was still fun and one of the best games I had was either in that or a practice scrim, can't remember which.

That or my vintage stainless pot, which happened to be my first hat.

Also of note is my strange axeting which was a gift from TheRandomBear, and my Degreaser which was a gift from Wordsmith.

Backpack [http://www.tf2items.com/id/D4zZ] for the nosey ones.
 

hoboman29

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Z of the Na said:
My TF2 backpack, for those who are curious. [http://www.tf2items.com/id/datzach/]
You willing to trade one of those festives (rocket launcher or wrench)

My most prized possesions have to be my strange sandman and vintage fancy fedora.

The sandman is one of them because it was my first strange weapon and I had to trade a lot of stuff to get it (about 8 weps and some refined)

The fancy fedora is my second because it was my first serious hat (that wasn't awarded or anything) and its vintage which added some more satisfaction to it.
captcha: respect me ...no
 

Andrew_Mac

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My most cherished item is The Anger hat. Not because its all that good (though it does look bad ass) but beacause it was the first hat i ever got (except for the one you get for being a paying member). I got it from a trade with a friend, who gave me it because I got a domination on him. He had played a LOT longer than me, and when i got that, he rewarded me with it. Good times.
 

Qtoy

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I got Max's Severed Head.
Also, one of my buddies who's an expert at trading TF2 things for things of actual value appraised it for $100+ in keys, so that's a neat bonus.
http://www.tf2items.com/item/75969809
Plus the Big Kill and Lugermorph.
I've also got a Saxton Hale mask, but that's not as awesome as the Max hat.
 

TheYellowCellPhone

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Most cherished is my Samur-Eye, because it is the sexiest hat for the Demoman. I love it every time I see it.

Also my Strange Charge Targe, last I saw it had almost sixty kills.