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Secret Santa 2008! No one on the corner gives swagga like us.
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Secret Santa 2008
SIGN UPS ARE CLOSED
Are you ready for some SERIOUS GIFT GIVING?
WHAT DO I DO NOW?
-> Find your name on the list below. If it is not there, then we have a problem! PM me as soon as you can!
-> Wait for a PM from me providing your Santee's information. I should have them all sent out by EOD 10/21. If you do not receive one, then (again) we have a problem! PM me as soon as you can!
-> 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! Also leave a note telling your Santee who you are so he knows who to thank!
-> Receive a gift from your very own Santa!
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EMAIL ME WHEN YOU HAVE RECEIVED YOUR GIFT (email address: gandtsecretsanta@gmail.com)
**************
This is a new step. This saves me a load of time later on, so please do it!
-> Post pictures of your haul! The more pictures, the better!
This is a good example of a great picture post!
getdropbox.com, imageshack.us, photobucket.com, and flickr.com all provide free picture hosting so you have no excuse!
SHIPPING TIPS
HOLY SHIT I GOT SOMEONE FROM A DIFFERENT COUNTRY
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.
SHOPPING TIPS
Interesting Shops:
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.buy.com - one of the best places to get used games, books and DVDs.
www.square-enix-shop.com - for that Final Fantasy or RPG fan.
www.bigbadtoystore.com - the absolute best place to get action figures.
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!
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If you need to contact your Santee through a Santa Proxy, the following forumers have provided their proxy services:
RoundBoy
Improvolone
FireWeasel
Wezoin
Judge-Z
Arminas
GIFT POSTS
Note: The gift posts listed below have no bearing on whether or not a Santa has been added to the "Good Santa" list. So please E-mail me (gandtsecretsanta@gmail.com) when you receive your gift.
CLICK HERE FOR GIFT POSTS
SIGN UPS ARE CLOSED
Are you ready for some SERIOUS GIFT GIVING?
WHAT DO I DO NOW?
-> Find your name on the list below. If it is not there, then we have a problem! PM me as soon as you can!
-> Wait for a PM from me providing your Santee's information. I should have them all sent out by EOD 10/21. If you do not receive one, then (again) we have a problem! PM me as soon as you can!
-> 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! Also leave a note telling your Santee who you are so he knows who to thank!
-> Receive a gift from your very own Santa!
**************
EMAIL ME WHEN YOU HAVE RECEIVED YOUR GIFT (email address: gandtsecretsanta@gmail.com)
**************
This is a new step. This saves me a load of time later on, so please do it!
-> Post pictures of your haul! The more pictures, the better!
This is a good example of a great picture post!
getdropbox.com, imageshack.us, photobucket.com, and flickr.com all provide free picture hosting so you have no excuse!
SHIPPING TIPS
HOLY SHIT 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.
liquidlogan wrote: »
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.
SHOPPING TIPS
Interesting Shops:
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.buy.com - one of the best places to get used games, books and DVDs.
www.square-enix-shop.com - for that Final Fantasy or RPG fan.
www.bigbadtoystore.com - the absolute best place to get action figures.
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 contact your Santee through a Santa Proxy, the following forumers have provided their proxy services:
RoundBoy
Improvolone
FireWeasel
Wezoin
Judge-Z
Arminas
GIFT POSTS
Note: The gift posts listed below have no bearing on whether or not a Santa has been added to the "Good Santa" list. So please E-mail me (gandtsecretsanta@gmail.com) when you receive your gift.
CLICK HERE FOR GIFT POSTS
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Haha mail fraud.
edit: liquidlogan, maybe your Santa can give you a box and a pen for Christmas, then you'll have to turn around and send it pretty quick, so I dunno...
Is there a step in the verification process where you make sure someone signed up under their real username? Seems like someone can sign up with a false one~
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So uh, when you sign up, post in this thread! Step added to the OP!
edit: Ah ha I figured it out, I'll PM you the confirmation from now on. I R SMRT.
If I do end up joining this, something tells me I'm going to get a box and a pen. For the record, I want neither. Unless the box is full of awesome and the pen is made of solid gold.
Plus if your santee lives abroad, you can send your gift via a balloon filled with said helium
Hmmm, helium...
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Oh ho ho. So begins the fun of Secret Santa-ing!
That said I'm a classic video game collector. Atari-era through N64-era. I own 28 consoles including handhelds and duplicates (yet I still don't have a 32x or Sega CD). I find most of my stuff in garage sales.
I love Final Fantasy and Nintendo (Zelda and Mario mostly). I do not have an XBox 360, and I just bought (it hasn't even arrived yet) a PS3 just so I can play Resident Evil 5 when it comes out, but other than that I'm not sure what to do with it until then (other than watch Iron Man on Blu-Ray over and over again).
I like hand-crafted stuff.
I have all the Penny-Arcade books I can handle
Yeah, I need to avoid PMs as much as possible, because they get full very quickly and signing up through the form auto-puts things into my spreadsheet, which is less room for error.
I'll PM confirmation though no problem, in case someone decides to sign up under someone else's name in the form.
edit: and I can PM the Santee information, too, if that's the preferred way of doing things. I'm impartial to that.
Oh, and Doc? A box full of sheep porn it is then!
A big, big thanks to Doc Holliday for running the show. I can't imagine how difficult it must be!
I can't wait to start the stalking, oh, and also have someone stalk me!
Read... gosh. It says Don't Sign Up If... right above that list.
Gosh gosh gosh.
Liquidlogan will definitely get a box and pen from me! Or maybe a painting of a box and pen. Anyone else will get a painting and some other stuff (except Lewie, who will get coal)(if he's lucky).
For paintings in progress, check out canvas and paints
"The power of the weirdness compels me."
Hey, you're right... who is this Doc Holiday character, anyway?!
Also, because of this I can confirm the gift has arrived but not post images of it until like the 5th January. But as soon as it arrived I will confirm that my santa is not deadbeat but I cant open it (even after christmas day) for a while.
Cause of this I'll be an Easter Bunny no worries.
AND SHE WOULDN'T GIVE IT TO ME
Don't like me? Don't sign up.
I'm an alt of someone who's been around since 2005 if that makes you feel better, this just a much better name.
I'm cool with books, DVDs, and games. I have a DS, a 360, and my PC. I enjoy graphic novels like "The Watchmen" (which I own) and other Marvel prints (most of which I do not own). I'm a nerd for music but I prefer not to get a music related gift, I have plenty to work with for now. My shirt size is XL. Uh...what else...
Forgive me for being snippy! Hugs all around. I've participated in (all since I've been a member) 3 G&T Secret Santas thusfar, and decided to help Cap. K out this year.
Anyway, most of my gaming time is spent on the DS. Tee size is M. Hobbies are, well, stalk and you'll find out!
That is not a bad idea. Get this out of the way so we can bask in the Secret Santa greatness.
I think the most important thing with me is that I don't have a PS3 or a Wii. I have a PS2, Xbox, Xbox360, and PC. But my PC isn't really for running games, and I don't play to many PC games anyhow.
My shirt size is XXL, yeah, I'm a chubby bastard.
And let it be known, I am gonna stalk the hell out of my Secret Santa and get him/her something totally awesome. This being my first year, I have to go all out. Plus I am greedy, I want pictures of the stuff I send out posted here. It's all about me!!!
Edit: For the rest of the stuff I like, you're gonna have to stalk!
So once I get my brother's address, sign ups will be had!
3DS: 5284-1576-2362
whoever i get is totally getting my metal bands demo thrown in with their swag. just a warning
AND SHE WOULDN'T GIVE IT TO ME
Edit: I just noticed I have the perfect avatar for this!
I love RPGs, platformers, horror, scifi, books, Pokemon, dragons, final fantasy, anime, manga, comics, card games, cartoons, baggy t-shirts (like really, really big, they're just better that way), rock and roll, j-pop, the colours blue and red.
The cards games I play are WoW tcg and YuGiOh, MtG and Pokemon.
Some of my fave writers are Terry Brooks (haven't read Word & Void series or Genesis of Shannara trilogy), Anne McCaffrey (read all pern books and all but one of Talent books, The Tower and the Hive), Jasper Fforde (haven't read The Eyre Affair), Douglas Adams, Sergei Lukyanenko, Terry Pratchett.
I love reading j-horror, the Princess Bride, the Neverending Story.
The sort of manga I like is Bleach (vols. 1-18), One Piece (vols. 1-5, 9, 13), Shutterbox (1st volume), Ragnarok (1st 2 volumes), Naruto (vols. 1-19, 22-24), Comic Party (have 1st 4 volumes and is my fave), Blood+ (vol. 1), Trigun Maximum (vol. 1), Rurouni Kenshin (1-3, 5)
My fave anime/cartoons/tv shows are Excel Saga, Simpsons, Futurama, Avatar, One Piece, Stargate/Stargate Atlantis/Rodney McKay, Dr Who, Bones, CSI, Battlestar Galactica, Heroes.
Some of my fave films are Dracula, Lost Boys, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, FF7 Advent Children, Star Wars, Ringu (the Japanese one), Black Water (the Japanese one), Wall-E, Indiana Jones.
Some of my fave games are Phoenix Wright (I don't have number 3 yet), Final Fantasy 1, FF10, FF12, LocoRoco, Patapon, Crisis Core, Monster Hunter Freedon 2, Psychonauts, Faherenheit, Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, Tetris (on the gameboy), Dragon Quest 4, Silent Hill 2, MGS2, Hotel Dusk, The World Ends With You, Eledees, Twilight Princess, Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2, Daxter, Jax and Daxter, Apollo Justice, 42 All Time Classics, Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth, Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria, God Hand, Dragon Quest Journey of the Cursed King. And I have an x-guardian on Adventure Quest, called Rheannon.
Stuffed toys are awesome.
I love chocolate, cake, toffee, fudge, crisps, carrot cake, etc. And fruit and veg.
EDIT: Please, no porn! And nothing I can't open in front of my 75 year old dad. Also, I'm female.
shirt size xl
EDIT:
Got a 360 and tons of games for it. Got a PS3 with all the big exclusives. I have a Wii, which collects dust because it sucks (imo) unless I have some friends over for Wii bowling and what-not. I have a PSP & a DS, but I don't really need any more games for those things. I'm gonna be a hard guy for my Santa because I have massive collections already, but I can't wait to get my Santee something nice.
I also use the PS3 for blu-ray movies.
Doc : Since you have a handy google form... why not add some extra check items like :
1) NSW gifts are NOT appropriate (keep mine clean)
2) ... I can't remember what the suggestion thread had for other ideas
For those searching on me:
I enjoy long walks on the beach, gonzo porn, and unique items. I like things that I can't just fire up and get via amazon, or in my country. Hand made is a-ok with me. The experience trumps the gift.. cool packaging too m'kay?
XXL shirts for me.. Roundboy indeed.
(oh god, please don't send gonzo porn)
Librarians harbor a terrible secret. Find it.
Things I don't think my santa would be able to find out stalking me:
I wear a large size shirt
I currently have an original xbox, PS2, GBA, and am picking up a 360 between now and christmas (almost certainly with only Dead Rising on it)
Hard!
Also, I just realized I'm not going to be living in the same place come December. So, I put my parents address on there, so please keep it appropriate.
Edit:
Also, Small/ Medium tee shirt. Xbox360/ PC.
Man, I am going to gift the crap out of my Santee. He/She won't know what hit him/her! I can't wait to make with the holiday stalking (there's a pun in there somewhere).