Valve finally released the controversial anti-idler update people have been buzzing with rumors about for a few days now.  It does exactly as advertised: removes items acquired through use of the SteamStats idle program from SourceOP, and adds a super-special moral high-horse halo hat for people who never used the idler.  Valve also mentioned two items of interest in their official blog, namely they're working on a system to "craft" dupes into desired items and they've increased the hat drop rate overall.

Of course the Steampowered boards and everwhere else is caught between "FUCK VALVE FOR TAKING MY ITEMS" and "haha faggots shouldn't have used the idler".  I don't particularly care, since the only item I had removed was the flare gun and a couple dupes from the two times I used the idle app.  Thanks to the Equipment Manager, waiting around to find hats is of no concern.

On a related note I'll be adding more hats to the server this weekend.  Congrats to Daimao on being approached by Valve for official hats.

P.S. - I also added the "Cheater's Lament" halo as a usable hat on the server, for all players as always.  A little ironic.