Ever since Valve added random item drops in the Sniper vs. Spy update for Team Fortress 2, there's been a growing number of players who log into the game join an "idle server", and then go about their day as the game runs in the background, hoping to eventually pick up that coveted weapon or hat drop. While this group was already clogging up the server list with "idle servers", the situation only grew more frustrating after someone released a tool that would allow players to log into a server without a need to actually launch and run the game, because heaven forbid that you need to actually play in order to receive your rewards.

Valve has now taken action, sniffing out anyone using the idling software and taking away all of their ill-gotten gains. This was already a positive step towards restoring the difference between: "Hey, look at this cool thing I got from playing Team Fortress 2 this week!" and: "Hey, look at this cool thing I got in Team Fortress 2 while I was asleep!", but the fun didn't end there. In order to rub salt in the wounds of those caught cheating, Valve has given the rest of the game's population (Approximately 95.5% of players) a free hat in the form of a halo.

Since this update, there's been an amazing amount of bigotry online with "Non-Halos" making an effort to make anyone seen wearing their new halo miserable in any way possible, even if they're sharing the same team. Naturally, as with any update, there's also the usual threats of "They've ruined this game, and I'm leaving forever", to which I can only remind those players that their money is now Valve's money, regardless of whether they continue to play the game or not.