G&T Secret Santaxtravaganza Thread II! Get to stalking!

Doc Holliday

'Tis the season! Santees have been given out and the smell of stocking (stalking) is in the air. If you're feeling a little lost, hopefully this new and improved OP is of some solace.



http://santa.chargingwombat.com




http://twitter.com/gntsanta





Forum stalk your Santee! Do not ACTUALLY stalk him! This is as far as I know illegal and I will testify against you in a court of law.

Buy your Santee a present! The goal here is to make your Santee as happy as possible! Challenge yourself to find out what s/he likes and send an appropriate gift of happiness!

Ship your present to your Santee! Double, triple and quadruple check the address, and make sure your package has a return address!

Leave a note telling your Santee who you are so he knows who to thank!

Receive a gift from your very own Santa!

POST PICTURES of your gift This is not optional this year.

This is a good example of a picture post: http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showpost.php?p=12877463&postcount=1639

Here are some free image hosts: imgur, flickr, photobucket–*and if you don't know how to do this then just PM me and we'll figure something out.





HOLY CRAP I GOT SOMEONE FROM A DIFFERENT COUNTRY

ZackSchilling wrote: »

There should be a section in the OP called:

Q: How I ship outside US of A
A: United States Postal Service (USPS)

Really, it's the best if you're looking to not pay $60 for shipping. The proper customs forms are on the website, the post office has the proper plastic window guys to put the forms on the boxes. The package will get there and you won't have to sell your organs.

liquidlogan wrote: »

By the way, if you are sending a gift from the US to another country, if you mark on the package that it is a "gift," your receiver avoids paying taxes on stuff when it arrives. This is the case for a lot of the stuff that I have bought from Asia. Nothing is more annoying than having to pay for your gift.

These people speak truth! (and thanks to whomever else provided this info) Be sure and use USPS and be sure and MARK IT AS A GIFT!

CAN I SHIP SOMETHING STRAIGHT FROM AMAZON OR SOMETHING?
Yes you can, and it's a good idea to shop at the Santee's home country's Amazon site (www.amazon.ca for instance) if you want to save a bit on shipping. Be sure and provide a note upon checkout saying who you are, though!

BE SURE AND SHIP WELL IN ADVANCE
Get your act together NOW and try and ship your stuff by Dec 10th or so to make sure it arrives before the crazy Christmas rush that always happens at the latter half of December.



A SWEET GUIDE ON HOW TO STALK!


Interesting Internet stores:
www.thinkgeek.com - general geeky stuff. Shipping can be high so be sure and shop around. Google for discount coupons.
www.play-asia.com - junk from Japan. Nearly everyone likes the little toys they have. Google for discount coupons.
www.square-enix-shop.com - for that Final Fantasy or RPG fan.
www.bigbadtoystore.com - the absolute best place to get action figures.

Got another sweet store people should know about? PM me!



Things to Note:
360 points are not cross-country compatible.
Most consoles are region restricted. The Nintendo DS is a notable exception to this, though.


Stalking / General Shopping Help:
If your Santee has a unique forum handle, be sure and Google it. You never know where else s/he might post.
Keep an eye on the systems he owns if you're thinking of buying a game.
If your Santee has a PS3, don't forget it can play Blu-Ray movies.
If your Santee has a XBox Gamer ID, it's not hard to figure out what games he has / likes.
Be creative! We have lives other than video games! Is your Santee taking up an instrument? Does he want to start painting? Does he like tabletop games? Does he seem to like cars? This is your chance to get an interesting gift they hadn't thought of, yet!
Does your Santee have a favorite game, ever? Consider something related to that! Toys, old complete copies, art books, etc. are always fun.
Do you have something in your city / state / country that your Santee doesn't have access to?
Interesting candies, foods, posters / prints, and other various knick-knacks make for good box-stuffers.
If your Santee has a unique name, you never know what you'll find out by Googling him or her! They might have a twitter account or something!

If you need to ask your Santee something, then Proxy the Elf is lending you his services!
http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?p=17269591#post17269591





Last year's thread

2008's thread
2008's gift wall

Certifiably Awesome posts from 2008's festivities:
Hand Made Bowser
Kate of Lokys Battles the Post Office
Doc Holliday is armed with mining equipment


2009 memories coming soon!



Hey guys remember this?

MrDelish wrote: »

MichaelLC wrote: »

Hypatia wrote: »

AbsoluteZero wrote: »

Just watched Nightmare Before Christmas the other night, officially getting Halloween out of my system and prepping for Christmas!

This is Halloween Halloween Hallowee--err, wait, umm...the children all are singing, instead of throwing heads?

Doc's Lament

There are few who'd deny, at what I do I am the best
For my stalking is renowned far and wide
When it comes to books in the moonlit night
I lurk without ever even trying
With the slightest little Googling of my ghostlike charms
I have seen grown men give out a shriek
With the stroke of her brush, and a well-placed pwned
I have swept the very bravest off their feet

Yet year after year, it's the same routine
And I grow so weary of the lack of pics
And I, Doc, the Santa King
Have grown so tired of the same old thing

Oh, somewhere deep inside of these bones
An emptiness began to grow
There's something out there, far from my home
A Brawl tourney that I'd never known

I'm a master of Santees, and a demon of Bunnies
And I'll ban you right out of your pants
To a guy in Turkey, I'm Mister beef jerky
And I've shiped throughout England and France

And since I can't sticky, I can't be picky
To perform moderator functions
No animal nor man shows spirit like I can
With each gift post introduction

But Khoo here would ever understand
That the Santa King with the bleached grin
Would tire of his Bowser, if they only understood
He'd gay it all up if he only could

Oh, there's an empty place in my bones
That calls out for something unknown
The cheer and joy come year after year
Does nothing for these empty tears

I took this and ran with it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8PO5ypN_uI

I don't think I've come back yet

If this doesn't put you in the spirit then nothing will.

Nothing.




Participants!
AaronKI
AbsoluteZero
acidlacedpenguin
Adda
Agentflit
Ah_Pook
Aioua
Akira part 2
Alegis
Alfred J. Kwak
Anarchy
Angel177
anoffday
apogee
ArcSyn
area
Arikado
Arminas
Asiina
battledrill
belligerent
Beltaine
bigwah
Blackbeard7
BlueBlue
Bursar part 2
Cameron_Talley
CangoFett
CCF23
Chance
Chen
cj iwakura
cloudeagle
cmsamo
Cornell002
crucialityfactor part 2
Custom Special
Daemonion
dantree
darkenedwing
darunia106
Dawasaurus
Death Cab for Albie
Dehumanized
DekuStick
deveric
DHS Odium
DiannaoChong
Digeridoo
Disco11
Doc Holliday
Draysoth
Dunxco
DuoRCN
Dyvion
earthwormadam
El Mucho
elevature
elkatas
EvilBadman
exis
Feels Good Man
Fig-D
Figgy
Forar
ForceVoid
FreeBryd!
Frem
galenblade
Grim123
Grove
HallowedFaith
handkor
HardKase
Hardtarget
harvest
Hearthjaw
Henroid
Hypatia
Icemopper part2 part 3 part 4 part 5
iMatt
Imperfect
ImthebOHGODBEES
JAEF
Jakesully
Jam Warrior
JaysonFour
jclast part 2
jeddy lee
JerikTelorian
JHunz
Joeslop
John Zoidberg
joshgotro
Judge-Z
k0dos
Kendrik
Ketar
Kias
Klyka
kor
KSK
Kyougu
laiceps1983
LewieP
LewieP's Mummy
Lord Yod part 2
Louie
Lunysgwen
mere_immortal
Mighty
Mister_Penguin
mntorankusu
Mooshoepork
Mr Heist
Mr_Grinch
MrDelish
Mullitt the Wise
mxmarks
Nackmatholn
NickTheNewbie
noir_blood
Norfair part2
parabola
Peewi part 2
PepperSinclaire
proyebat
Radiation
redfield85 part 2
remlap13 part 2
Rent
RisenPhoenix
Robert Khoo
Rook
Rorus Raz
Ross Mills
S-Starwind
Sceptre
Schide
see317
shadowane
Shady3011
Shrieking Emu
sirchrissypoo
SirUltimos
Slacktron
SniperGuy part 2
spookymuffin
stavesacre
stevemarks44
Stormwatcher
strebalicious
Sweeney Tom
Szechuan
TeeMan
The Count of Midget Fisto
The Dude With Herpes
The_Spaniard part 2
TheOtherHorseman
THEPAIN73
TheScruple
toolbert part 2
TSI|Awesome
Two Headed Boy part 2
UEAKCrash
Uldor
UnbreakableVow
urahonky
vegeta_666
VThornheart
WIckedkarma
WilDPanthA05
Willeth
wobblyheadedbob
WraithXt1
Xaviar
Ziggymon

AaronKI

Part 1 of this year's Secret Santa for easy access: http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=130694


Christmas is Saved!

The Dude With Herpes

Do we need a new thread?

I thought last year we just stuck with one for the entire thing.

Alegis

Nah last year Tube made a thread I think, and doc couldn't update the OP anymore because of that. Better safe than sorry!

Chance

Nah apparently Tube said no dice, locked the old thread and made a new OP that we couldn't edit, and the first ten pages were just drama on our end.

This year it's all wrapped up in a nice little ribbon.

Mr Heist

Sorry, there's just too much Christmas cheer this year.

Alegis

Also, could someone santa-ify my avatar? (christmas cap and maybe a santa beard) thanks!

Chance

God bless us everyone.

Hardtarget

Chance wrote: »

God bless us everyone.

heh this made me lol

Arikado

This is the best season.

Dyvion

Hooray for Christmas Magic!

Cameron_Talley

Ok, Thanksgiving is over, so it is now officially CHRISTMAS 100% OF THE TIME HOORAY!

BlueBlue

Who is this Tube person everyone is speaking of? I don't know anyone by that name~

Anyway! Santee! Your gifts are all on the way (to me)

Kyougu

Carboard_Tube, the mod around these places. Otherwise known as the Grinch!

Not to be confused by Mr. Grinch, who's a swell guy.

ArcSyn

Cardboard Tube, he's a mod, or supermod, or something.

Anyway, Santee! Part 1 of your gift is sent!

vegeta_666

I think BlueBlue was just making a joke referring to his name change. :P

I have now recieved my first gift from my Santa and hopefully the things for my Santee come soon too!

UnbreakableVow

There is no Tube

Only [strike]Zuul[/strike] Lewie P's Stepdad

BlueBlue

Maybe one of you guys could link me to one of his posts, that name is just not ringing any bells

Edit: damnit guys

ArcSyn

Wait, what? Tube changed his name?!

Also, any late night (EST) mods that can sticky this?

UnbreakableVow

You didn't know? There was a charity auction for Child's Play in SE++, and one of the items was a name-change for Tube

Over $2,000 was raised and a vote was taken for the name to change it to

I voted for Ask Me About Hitman 2, my second choice would have been The Geebs That Is An Admin, but I still really like the winner.

ArcSyn

Ah, I generally only enter SE++ for the comic edit thread and PATV threads.

Was it changed yet? What is it now? (I'm failing to find the auction thread)

Mighty

so will this one get stickied, and the other locked? what about the gift images therein?

Chance

ArcSyn wrote: »

Ah, I generally only enter SE++ for the comic edit thread and PATV threads.

Was it changed yet? What is it now? (I'm failing to find the auction thread)

Looks like it was changed to Lewie P's Stepdad.

spookymuffin

That is an awesome new name.

redfield85

So, I bought one more thing tonight and have to get one more thing tomorrow and then I wait for everything to be delivered to me for the wrapping.

anoffday

Yay new thread and it's not even December yet. Lots of Christmas cheer still ahead!

Mr_Grinch

Kyougu wrote: »

Carboard_Tube, the mod around these places. Otherwise known as the Grinch!

Not to be confused by Mr. Grinch, who's a swell guy.

Why thank you. I'm not that swell though, I'm still struggling away on what to buy my santee. They don't post very much AND I know little of their interests.

I'm getting there though!

LewieP's Mummy

UnbreakableVow wrote: »

You didn't know? There was a charity auction for Child's Play in SE++, and one of the items was a name-change for Tube

Over $2,000 was raised and a vote was taken for the name to change it to

I voted for Ask Me About Hitman 2, my second choice would have been The Geebs That Is An Admin, but I still really like the winner.

Over $3,000 was raised for his name change!

UnbreakableVow wrote: »

There is no Tube

Only [strike]Zuul[/strike] Lewie P's Stepdad

Nope, Tube created another account as Cardboard Tube, and has been posting as both people in this thread!

Anyway, I've just to buy some chocolate for my Santee (I forgot!) and then it can all be posted to someowhere far, far away.

Alfred J. Kwak

This is lame and awesome at the same time. How weird!

Dunxco

Santee your box has been mailed. Soon you will be recieving gifts and cryptic messages from yours truly.

Jam Warrior

Beginning to regret getting something sent from China to England before I repackage it to go to the US. The tracking number has its last known location as Beijing airport for quite a while now...

Oh well, better late than never and in the meantime I just keep coming up with new stuff to throw in the box.

I fear when it comes to posting this on it's going to cost enough that I almost might as well have bought a PS3 from Santee's local Amazon!

Adda

Jam Warrior wrote: »

Beginning to regret getting something sent from China to England before I repackage it to go to the US. The tracking number has its last known location as Beijing airport for quite a while now...

Oh well, better late than never and in the meantime I just keep coming up with new stuff to throw in the box.

I fear when it comes to posting this on it's going to cost enough that I almost might as well have bought a PS3 from Santee's local Amazon!

My thoughts exactly, the shipping costs out of the UK are exorbitant.

Stormwatcher

New thread yay!
so... much... cheer...

Radiation

Stormwatcher wrote: »

New thread yay!
so... much... cheer...

AND SO MUCH MORE YET TO BE RELEASED!

Dawasaurus

Hopefully tomorrow (by that I mean later today) will be the day for putting up Christmas decorations. :D
It will also hopefully be the day for putting the finishing touches on Santee's package and maybe even shipping it out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ycfuj5y7qds

Peewi

I now have the things I am gifting. Time for packing! I went out to check my mailbox and it happened to be exactly at the time the mailman arrived.

Alfred J. Kwak

Chocolate-related qustion: Are Kinder Eggs he only product from the Kinder brand that isn't readily available in the US?

e: and Santa, I really hope you didn't send me a copy Fallout Vegas - because that's totally what I just bought!

Willeth

I woke up this morning to a proxy message! It's like a reward for sending my package out yesterday.

That's how it works, guys, I swear - the sooner you send out your packages, the sooner you get yours!

TeeMan

Rest easy, dear Santee You haven't gotten your gift yet because I come from a land far, far away. Stay strong!!

Radiation

Alfred J. Kwak wrote: »

Chocolate-related qustion: Are Kinder Eggs he only product from the Kinder brand that isn't readily available in the US?

I sent off some of the Hippo candy stuffs, because those are awesome...and I'm pretty sure those aren't available.

WraithXt1

Excited that everything for my santee is on the way. It needs to be boxed up and have the labels peeled off, but after that....youre going to get it. Oh yes you are.