Apparently the earlier you have an account the longer you have to wait for hats

[QuickSnapz]

Not true. I got a new account at the spy update and what do I have? Fuck all

[Dirt Bastard]

06 and 3 hats

Your logic is flawed

[Stinky]

My cousin got his account and TF2 just last month and got a hat for his Spy, and since he's stupid, he deleted it. I've been on Steam for about two years, no freakin hats or anything.

[redBadger]

2004, 3 hats

[Elexar]

OP is worrying over an idea thrown up by an 8 year old.

[Jojje]

November 19, 2004, have Mining Light.

[Commando123]

I'm an 05 on steam. Fuck.

0 Hats

[scout2]

Steam'er since 04, 2 hats, no idling. Besides it's steampowered AND based on rumor. The entire thing is bullshit

[Overpowered]

09er, four hats. :/

[BaconDioxide]

If this turns out to be true, at least I'll know WHY I've been getting nothing.

Somehow doubt it though.

07'er (I think? I got it for gmod) and no hats.

[OscarLimaEcho]

hey giuse a dude at the spuf said someone said valve said something about hats and accounts

it mutse be tru

[TheHydra]

oh god, my account is from 2003

[john_frohman]

07'er,2 awesome hats

[Kindlinho]

+1 post ? Cool.

2005, got a beanie and soon getting another hat..

[dass]

04 account and after getting the mining light, 1 month later I get the fancy fedora

Id say its completly random

[Hokan]

04 or 05 (don't remember) tons of hours, including some idling and still no hats :(

[Velguador]

i signed up during 2008 or something, and I still have no hats, sp quit your whining, this theory is as fake as the Steam Forums IQs.

[DJ nsGrif]

05 and 2 hats.
Created account like a few months or so after HL2 came out.
My friend started in 06 and has 1 hat.

I posted this in my own forums, but I'll also post here.

[quote]Every 15,430 seconds (4 hours, 17 minutes, and 10 seconds) you have a 1.1905% chance to receive a hat. These are the exact values used and is not something that was determined by using data collected from idlers.

I verified this by checking against people who received two hats real close together and the difference in time was divisible by 15,430.

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Every 4 hours, 17 minutes, and 10 seconds you roll an 84 sided die and if it shows a "1" then you get a hat.[/quote]
I rolled 4, 84 sided dice 2 were 1's.
That's like 20 hours between hats and I got my soldiers medal like a 48 hours before that.

[リア充]

Member since:December 24, 2004

Just got my first hat after idling nonstop since the hat update.

[Deathbucket]

This is bunk, signed up in 08, have 40 hrs as scout, no hats.

[BlackRainbow]

[QUOTE=Jessey;16986920]06 account and 0 hats.[/QUOTE]

This