SECRET SANTA EPILOG: So @aioua definitely made me work for my bounty of gifts, with a crazy code it took a village to solve, an embedded code in an image, perilous underground mining in Minecraft, many, many ship explosions in FTL, a chess puzzle and, finally, an incomplete QR code. It turns out the solution to the QR code involved using the position of the chess pieces in the solved puzzle to recreate the pixels. Very clever. Here's the web link embedded in the code I'm posting for all to see:
life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
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That's lovely. I had my Santee send me a recipe for deviled eggs for no reason whatsoever. Well, I asked for a recipe using paprika. He made the leap to deviled eggs. It was amusing for me, mainly. And that's what's important in the end.
Ah, it stinks, it sucks, it's anthropologically unjust
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SECRET SANTA EPILOG: So @aioua definitely made me work for my bounty of gifts, with a crazy code it took a village to solve, an embedded code in an image, perilous underground mining in Minecraft, many, many ship explosions in FTL, a chess puzzle and, finally, an incomplete QR code. It turns out the solution to the QR code involved using the position of the chess pieces in the solved puzzle to recreate the pixels. Very clever. Here's the web link embedded in the code I'm posting for all to see:
That's lovely. I had my Santee send me a recipe for deviled eggs for no reason whatsoever. Well, I asked for a recipe using paprika. He made the leap to deviled eggs. It was amusing for me, mainly. And that's what's important in the end.
To really activate the flavor of paprika, you want to heat it in oil. I use it in stir fry with peppers, onions, and zucchini. Stir fry those veggies together, and serve them over a small bed of brown rice.
I'll be traveling for a week starting Monday, so just in case this is all over by time I get back I wanted to say thanks again to my awesome Santa @Elkatas and awesome Santee @Turkey! Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and I can't wait for the G&TSS 2013!
SECRET SANTA EPILOG: So @aioua definitely made me work for my bounty of gifts, with a crazy code it took a village to solve, an embedded code in an image, perilous underground mining in Minecraft, many, many ship explosions in FTL, a chess puzzle and, finally, an incomplete QR code. It turns out the solution to the QR code involved using the position of the chess pieces in the solved puzzle to recreate the pixels. Very clever. Here's the web link embedded in the code I'm posting for all to see:
goo.gl/QMET
Well played, aioua. :P
Hahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All that time and work and that is simply perfect.
After it sitting under my tree for weeks, I finally opened my present.
First of course I forced my cats to pose with the box. They were less than impressed.
So I guess I'll just open it
Awesome! I have the base game, but none of the expansions, so this will go really well. Dominion is great for coming up with insane card combos.
And of course now that the box is empty...
*sigh*
Thanks Blackbeard7
I'm glad you like it! The shipping gods deemed it that I could not ship to you my original idea via any means known to man, so I'm happy this worked out too.
Was it a human hand? I'm pretty sure you can't ship those
Nah, there's no problem with shipping limbs, you just have to add the word "Novelty" in front of it on the forms.
Pretty sure you could ship just about anything that way.
Alas, I must go to work. Pictures have been taken and I am in AWE. In addition to a boatload of awesome Steam Gifts, my santa got me a handcafted AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME thing, and a huuuge box of chocolate. Oh, and some cat toys that my cat is now desperately trying to annihilate. PICS TO COME but THANK YOU SO MUCH @12gauge
Alas, I must go to work. Pictures have been taken and I am in AWE. In addition to a boatload of awesome Steam Gifts, my santa got me a handcafted AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME thing, and a huuuge box of chocolate. Oh, and some cat toys that my cat is now desperately trying to annihilate. PICS TO COME but THANK YOU SO MUCH @12gauge
Haha, great that it got to you in reasonable time - and good to know that the tracking is worth nothing.
So, stopped by the post office today. Still nothing. No messages, e-mails, tracking numbers, nothin' from my Secret Santa.
I hate to say it, but I think I've been scrooged.
So, stopped by the post office today. Still nothing. No messages, e-mails, tracking numbers, nothin' from my Secret Santa.
I hate to say it, but I think I've been scrooged.
This is my boat. Well except I haven't been home yet today.
EDIT: Scratch that, I have been proxied, christmas is still on it's way for me, and all is well with the world.
Aioua on
life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
I have no pets but I figured Cubebot could help me out with the unwrapping.
Two packages! Cubebot is happy about where this is going. Let's check out the first one!
YOU SLY DOG! You got me the Mass Effect Trilogy! Complete with autographs from what I assume is the dev team! This is amazing. I can't believe it. So so so so happy right now.
What's in the next package?
SON OF A BEE STING! What have you done!? I was thinking to myself "Yeah I'll take it nice and slow into the Mass Effect universe" and what do you do? You push me into the deep end my friend! Several Mass Effect comics and a novel. Not in the picture is a car decal with the N7 logo, also a NHL arcade voucher for PS3. The Mass Effect skin for iPhone is awesome, and a book all about Pokémon. I love it!
Upon closer inspection:
BY THE BEARD OF ZEUS! You got them to sign the Art book too?!
This is the best Christmas ever!
I want to scream your name from the mountains.. however there is no name..
I have no pets but I figured Cubebot could help me out with the unwrapping.
Two packages! Cubebot is happy about where this is going. Let's check out the first one!
YOU SLY DOG! You got me the Mass Effect Trilogy! Complete with autographs from what I assume is the dev team! This is amazing. I can't believe it. So so so so happy right now.
What's in the next package?
SON OF A BEE STING! What have you done!? I was thinking to myself "Yeah I'll take it nice and slow into the Mass Effect universe" and what do you do? You push me into the deep end my friend! Several Mass Effect comics and a novel. Not in the picture is a car decal with the N7 logo, also a NHL arcade voucher for PS3. The Mass Effect skin for iPhone is awesome, and a book all about Pokémon. I love it!
Upon closer inspection:
BY THE BEARD OF ZEUS! You got them to sign the Art book too?!
This is the best Christmas ever!
I want to scream your name from the mountains.. however there is no name..
How can I properly thank you?!
HO. LEE. CRAP. It's a good thing I don't know your real address because I would definitely be breaking into your house to steal that haul. That is AWESOME!
Many MANY thanks to @12gauge for an awesome gift! Check all this craziness out!
Xcom, I wonder?
Roland the cat pounces on his toys immediately. I have some mice that are like the little rope mice but mine were made out of fuzz and cardboard and he soundly removed their heads. These are MUCH sturdier though and will vex him for quite a while. He says thank you! And what's that?!
A MOTHERFUCKING CHRYSSALID GUARDING MOTHERFUCKING KINDER EGGS?!
One of my favorite unavailable-where-I-live treats and a badass pixel/bead chryssalid thing? I cannot be more in love with this thing. It's amazing. @12gauge for CLASSIEST OF LADS
At this point, if you haven't received anything, you should probably fire a PM off to Hypatia. If you mailed something recently and your Santee has yet to respond, then I suggest grabbing receipts, tracking numbers, and whatever proof you have that belated holiday joy is en route. If you haven't sent shit yet, then you gotta a lotta 'splainin' to do. Grovel appropriately, send something a damn good gift ASAP, and you may yet escape Yuletide wrath. No guarantees, however! Whatever a your situation, I suggest sending your Santee a PM to let him or her know what is up. It ain't Christmas no more, and we're done with reindeer games. Get those gifts out.
If you are a Santee and remain giftless with any recent word from your Santa, then send Hypatia a PM too. Mail might be a bit slow due to holiday traffic, so wait a day or two if you Santa contacted you a some point last week.
Perler beads are awesome. I spent some time making sprites out of them but got out of it and haven't made any in awhile. They work really well for making sprites though. It's just kind of hard to get the colors exactly right. You always need certain colors, especially black.
I finished the Amazing Spiderman @urahonky! out crashed so much but it's a testament to how fun it is that I managed to complete it! They did a crazy good job with the story keeping it set after the events of the film. Thanks again mate!
Also, I am so glad you're enjoying your gift @mr_grinch! Have you let the missus have a go on Uncharted yet?
I gotta delay the purchase of my own vita a bit due to needing a new phone and a few other things but rest assured, we'll be multiplaying soon enough!
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Well played, aioua. :P
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fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
As they say, it's all about the journey.
To really activate the flavor of paprika, you want to heat it in oil. I use it in stir fry with peppers, onions, and zucchini. Stir fry those veggies together, and serve them over a small bed of brown rice.
Hahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All that time and work and that is simply perfect.
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I'm glad you like it! The shipping gods deemed it that I could not ship to you my original idea via any means known to man, so I'm happy this worked out too.
Nah, there's no problem with shipping limbs, you just have to add the word "Novelty" in front of it on the forms.
Pretty sure you could ship just about anything that way.
I am back home - if you intended to send a package, it has not arrived. Please contact me if you need anything from me.
Forgive me Santa. This is long overdue!
Chandler clearly does not trust me, or the strange box I have placed near her.
A beautiful blue box!
I am ashamed to admit that even with this super clear hint smacking in my face...I had no idea what was behind the wrapping paper.
Ah! Of course! I only play Starcraft...so what else could it have been? This is wonderful! Now I can bm my friends and family in person!
Thank you so much @mxmarks ! Sorry i took so long to post this. :oops:
Christmas to come in 2013.
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Alas, I must go to work. Pictures have been taken and I am in AWE. In addition to a boatload of awesome Steam Gifts, my santa got me a handcafted AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME thing, and a huuuge box of chocolate. Oh, and some cat toys that my cat is now desperately trying to annihilate. PICS TO COME but THANK YOU SO MUCH @12gauge
Haha, great that it got to you in reasonable time - and good to know that the tracking is worth nothing.
Happy New Year!
I hate to say it, but I think I've been scrooged.
This is my boat. Well except I haven't been home yet today.
EDIT: Scratch that, I have been proxied, christmas is still on it's way for me, and all is well with the world.
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
For paintings in progress, check out canvas and paints
"The power of the weirdness compels me."
Wife informed me that gifts had arrived!
I have no pets but I figured Cubebot could help me out with the unwrapping.
Two packages! Cubebot is happy about where this is going. Let's check out the first one!
YOU SLY DOG! You got me the Mass Effect Trilogy! Complete with autographs from what I assume is the dev team! This is amazing. I can't believe it. So so so so happy right now.
What's in the next package?
SON OF A BEE STING! What have you done!? I was thinking to myself "Yeah I'll take it nice and slow into the Mass Effect universe" and what do you do? You push me into the deep end my friend! Several Mass Effect comics and a novel. Not in the picture is a car decal with the N7 logo, also a NHL arcade voucher for PS3. The Mass Effect skin for iPhone is awesome, and a book all about Pokémon. I love it!
Upon closer inspection:
BY THE BEARD OF ZEUS! You got them to sign the Art book too?!
I want to scream your name from the mountains.. however there is no name..
How can I properly thank you?!
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HO. LEE. CRAP. It's a good thing I don't know your real address because I would definitely be breaking into your house to steal that haul. That is AWESOME!
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"The power of the weirdness compels me."
@vsove would be my guess.
Edit: nope, he didn't take part this year according to the OP.
For paintings in progress, check out canvas and paints
"The power of the weirdness compels me."
Many MANY thanks to @12gauge for an awesome gift! Check all this craziness out!
Xcom, I wonder?
Roland the cat pounces on his toys immediately. I have some mice that are like the little rope mice but mine were made out of fuzz and cardboard and he soundly removed their heads. These are MUCH sturdier though and will vex him for quite a while. He says thank you! And what's that?!
A MOTHERFUCKING CHRYSSALID GUARDING MOTHERFUCKING KINDER EGGS?!
One of my favorite unavailable-where-I-live treats and a badass pixel/bead chryssalid thing? I cannot be more in love with this thing. It's amazing. @12gauge for CLASSIEST OF LADS
ALL MY THANKS!
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You better. Or we'll kick your ass.
(Because the meaning of Christmas is intimidation and peer pressure)
It's a thick sheet of plastic with little multicolored beads on it. @12gauge what are these? I want to make one too! This is so cool.
If you have a SHIT TON of time you can make awesome stuff like this guy does: http://www.atimewellwasted.com/
At this point, if you haven't received anything, you should probably fire a PM off to Hypatia. If you mailed something recently and your Santee has yet to respond, then I suggest grabbing receipts, tracking numbers, and whatever proof you have that belated holiday joy is en route. If you haven't sent shit yet, then you gotta a lotta 'splainin' to do. Grovel appropriately, send something a damn good gift ASAP, and you may yet escape Yuletide wrath. No guarantees, however! Whatever a your situation, I suggest sending your Santee a PM to let him or her know what is up. It ain't Christmas no more, and we're done with reindeer games. Get those gifts out.
If you are a Santee and remain giftless with any recent word from your Santa, then send Hypatia a PM too. Mail might be a bit slow due to holiday traffic, so wait a day or two if you Santa contacted you a some point last week.
Let's wrap this up in a timely fashion, people.
Here's some of the ones I made if anybody wants to see.
Also, I am so glad you're enjoying your gift @mr_grinch! Have you let the missus have a go on Uncharted yet?
I gotta delay the purchase of my own vita a bit due to needing a new phone and a few other things but rest assured, we'll be multiplaying soon enough!
@Sniperguy - here is a link to a US site - http://www.pixelhobby-usa.com/
They are excellent for 8-bit stuff (if you want to do an exact replication).
That pixelhobby site looks awesome though! Might have to use that for a few fun projects.