At least the Whiskered Gentleman is a Misc item so it can be combined with an existing hat instead of wasting the hat slot.

I can't count...he has ten: eight hats with two misc items.

I just got an Engineer's Cap.

In game time, it has appeared at almost exactly four and a half hours after Ritzy Rick dropped a few days ago. Given that I went as long as I did for my first drop, this timing is perverse.

I'm also wondering if I want to craft the Engineer's Cap (it's sooooo stripy) with Baseball Bill's in order to create... whatever the hell else I might end up with. I don't play Engy all that often, after all.

"Random chance at success always equals success!"

Note to self:

DON'T RE-CRAFT ANYTHING.

I smelted together Baseball Bill's Sports Shine and the Engineer's Cap and got... The Bloke's Bucket Hat.

Lead's trying to have a replica of my hats.

You'd think I'd react to my first actual random hat drop with more joy.

Well, I might have done so if I actually liked either of the hats that I've gotten. Now, some people do find the Engineer's Cap cute. I don't. And I can't think of anyone who actually thinks that the hatless Sniper and hatless Scout are actually real hats. The Bucket Hat... what is this, bleepin' Gilligan's Island?

It's all about the choice!

I hate it as well and will craft it once I get the chance. It's better to risk something bad than keeping the bad. I miss the days where this game wasn't about hats.

"America's #1 war-themed hat simulator."

And yes, I decided not to wait around before smelting the hats together because there's little point in keeping a hat that I don't want and which will bother me every time I look in my briefcase. Of course, item trading could come out tomorrow, but still... you'd have to find a truly unusual person that would give up any real hat for a hatless hat.