The Horseless Headless Horseman

[Viridis]

The TF2 Halloween event is back! (http://www.teamfortress.com/screamfortress/)

[Blog post (http://www.teamfortress.com/post.php?id=4567&p=1)] [Release notes (http://store.steampowered.com/news/4566/)]

[Flarecobra]

Only one thing to say: Saddle up, lock and load.

[Shyria Dracnoir]

Last one alive, lock the door!

[Daimo Mac, The Blue Light of Hope]

Cry some more!

[Shyria Dracnoir]

*after her first several deaths fighting this monstrosity*

"RUN! RUN AND SHOOT!"

[Viridis]

New hats! (http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1540842)
During the round a gift will appear randomly on the map, whatever player finds it will receive a class-based paper mask.

The "Horseless Headless Horseman" will spawn at a random capture point during the round. The "Horseless Headless Horseman" will chase and attack one player who is "It". Another player becomes "It" when the other dies. The player who is "It" can tag another player with melee attack to make them become "It".

[mauve]

VALVE I LOVE YOU. Seriously, that post made my day. I love how much effort and humor Valve puts into its free updates for a game that's three years old and sells for less than $20. Valve, I adore you and I totally forgive you for the mild dose of mediocrity that was Zoey's backstory.

Course, now I have to stop updating my L4D so I can get to the Mann Manor stuff before time runs out.... Wirelesssssss.

[Shyria Dracnoir]

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc230/Shyria_Dracnoir/halloweenhat.png

AWWW YEAH

Stinks like a zombie farmer's market and I can't see a damn thing, but TOTALLY WORTH IT

[Flarecobra]

And just how are you lighting it?

[Shyria Dracnoir]

My glowing personality :D

[mauve]

Does the Medic's HP regeneration still work while he's wearing the pumpkin hat? Because that would pretty much negate the 2hp/s damage drain it does, which would (rock/be cheap).

[Viridis]

The hat has no stats. Those attributes in the screenshot are coming form the weapon loadout.

[Shin Amakiir]

So, apparently the blueprints are out for the unusual metal. You need the Unusual Metal, a Skullcutter, and 2 Refined to create his Axe. And I think it was the Unusual Metal plus 4 Refined to get a random Halloween hat?

[Viridis]

So, apparently the blueprints are out for the unusual metal. You need the Unusual Metal, a Skullcutter, and 2 Refined to create his Axe. And I think it was the Unusual Metal plus 4 Refined to get a random Halloween hat?Yep (http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Unusual_Haunted_Metal_Scrap).

I personally am hoping for the Spine-Chilling Skull. It'll be a long time before I have all that metal, though.

[Shyria Dracnoir]

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/cc230/Shyria_Dracnoir/horsemannaxe.png

I also found the new heavy, medic, and engineer halloween masks, but I trade the engie and heavy ones for metal for the axe.

The only way to get the Unusual Haunted Metal Scrap is to get at least one melee hit on the Horsemann just before he dies, without you dying before him. If he kills you early, you have to try again. Also, it's tied to the Achievement so you can only get it on your own once, though apparently it's giftable with the Gift Wrap. So it's your choice; hat or axe.

EDIT: According to the wiki, the pumpkin hat also protects you from the Horsemann's Fear ability.

[Revising Ocelot]

Actually, you can craft the axe with another two refined metal to get a hat.

Personally, I'm sticking with the axe because;
A) You can buy the hats from the MannCo store anyway, and I believe two of them will stay in the store even after Halloween. The axe isn't available from there.
B) I only had two refined anyway...

[Shyria Dracnoir]

Yeah, I went with the axe because I knew I couldn't scrounge up the rest of the metal either.

Note for people going after the hats; you can only craft or purchase the Voodoo Juju and the Spine-Chilling Skull during the Halloween event before they're gone for good. The Horrific Headsplitter will still be avalible after the event ends.

[mudah.swf]

What a time for my PC to suffer severe memory issues :(

[Shin Amakiir]

Little tidbit: If you craft the axe and later get 2 more refined, it seems you can craft the axe into a Halloween hat. I'm a liar! D: