I don't think I'll ever forget the pure joy I got out of being in the earliest public beta of that. The only map in that release was this one with a long jump over empty space with this springboard thing that propelled you from one spot to the other. There was nothing better than sitting out at the far end of it and railgunning people midair as they tried to come get you. Even if the hit didn't kill them outright, it would completely stop their forward momentum, causing them to fall into an abyss. Good times.
That is some serious funny, and I hadn't seen the photo at a high enough resolution to notice the hat before. Congrats on the new gig; here's hoping it's everything you want it to be.