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Later on, we'll perspire,
As we LAN by the fire
To face unafraid,
The noobs we will slay,
Gaming in a winter Wonder-LAN.
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I'm not creative enough to try more verses.
I like it. Which reminds me, shouldn't we be planning some secret santa game night? Counter Strike? Team Fortress? Quake? I don't care what we play, but this needs to happen.
I like this idea so much. I vote for TF2 or CS. Or some form of Unreal Tournament.
My vote goes for some form of Unreal Tournament or CS. Pretty much everyone has CS nowadays don't they?
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:whistle:
Later on, we'll perspire,
As we LAN by the fire
To face unafraid,
The noobs we will slay,
Gaming in a winter Wonder-LAN.
:whistle:
I'm not creative enough to try more verses.
I like it. Which reminds me, shouldn't we be planning some secret santa game night? Counter Strike? Team Fortress? Quake? I don't care what we play, but this needs to happen.
I like this idea so much. I vote for TF2 or CS. Or some form of Unreal Tournament.
My vote goes for some form of Unreal Tournament or CS. Pretty much everyone has CS nowadays don't they?
I vote for CS as well, with some sort of Christmas themed map would be ideal.
At the risk of seeming rude, I'd just like to note that I am one of the very few PA'ers who does not like shooters at all. (First person, third person, doesn't matter.) Sorry about that. I don't look down on anybody for playing them or anything like that, it's just a quirk of personal taste.
Everyone else should feel free to shoot as many virtual mans as they want (or not, if they're weird like me).
Yours in old-fart-dom,
Norfair
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SirUltimosDon't talk, Rusty. Just paint.Registered Userregular
At the risk of seeming rude, I'd just like to note that I am one of the very few PA'ers who does not like shooters at all. (First person, third person, doesn't matter.) Sorry about that. I don't look down on anybody for playing them or anything like that, it's just a quirk of personal taste.
Everyone else should feel free to shoot as many virtual mans as they want (or not, if they're weird like me).
Yours in old-fart-dom,
Norfair
Quickly, which snack and country are your least favourites? We almost have a K-A style gift going here.
At the risk of seeming rude, I'd just like to note that I am one of the very few PA'ers who does not like shooters at all. (First person, third person, doesn't matter.) Sorry about that. I don't look down on anybody for playing them or anything like that, it's just a quirk of personal taste.
Everyone else should feel free to shoot as many virtual mans as they want (or not, if they're weird like me).
Yours in old-fart-dom,
Norfair
Quickly, which snack and country are your least favourites? We almost have a K-A style gift going here.
At the risk of seeming rude, I'd just like to note that I am one of the very few PA'ers who does not like shooters at all. (First person, third person, doesn't matter.) Sorry about that. I don't look down on anybody for playing them or anything like that, it's just a quirk of personal taste.
Everyone else should feel free to shoot as many virtual mans as they want (or not, if they're weird like me).
Yours in old-fart-dom,
Norfair
Quickly, which snack and country are your least favourites? We almost have a K-A style gift going here.
I don't like shooters either. (Or beef jerky.)
Shooters I can understand, but beef jerky? Not as good as maple syrup sure, but its still meat.
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One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.
Glad you liked it? Did you get the flash drive in the same envelope as the pin too?
It's too bad you can't put up pics though. Second year in a row my santee didn't show any!
Ah yes, I forgot to put the flash drive on there. Sorry about the no pics thing. I'd take some crappy cell phone pics but I just broke the screen on my phone the other day.
Glad you liked it? Did you get the flash drive in the same envelope as the pin too?
It's too bad you can't put up pics though. Second year in a row my santee didn't show any!
Ah yes, I forgot to put the flash drive on there. Sorry about the no pics thing. I'd take some crappy cell phone pics but I just broke the screen on my phone the other day.
No worries. I'm surprised it got there before the weekend.
Edit: Speaking of crappy cellphone pics, I might have one of the air man/spark man sketches somewhere. I'll see if I still do.
It's still a dual G5 powermac, and every time I get an itch for upgrading I sit down in front of it and do the same things I've been doing for years, with no slowdown or oddness. So I figure "well, might as well save the buckos."
So santa, if you want to get me a new iMac I'd appreciate it ;D
So UPS drops off yet another package today and immediately the bet with myself begins: will it be a gift I ordered for my wife, my brother, my parents, or my santee? Wait, what's this? I don't recall ordering anything from this shipper. And how did they know I go by Ketar? Hey, wait a second :!!:
Well, better to be safe than sorry.
Inspectors Coco and Spunky begin according to protocol.
Having watched too much Shark Week, Coco decides that circling it is the best route.
Spunky catches on. Eventually.
Grudging approval is given, and the opening begins.
What's this? A choose your own Christmas adventure? Well clearly I must indeed read before opening anything, Santa. Clearly.
Coco looks on, still wary despite the acceptable nature of the package's exterior.
The Night Before Christmas ensues, with my first choice appearing on page 3. Being a man of infinite jest, the choice is clear.
This may be the first time said infinite jest has brought me so many dicks But let me open gift 5 indeed, anticipation begins to outweigh jest.
Nutella? Hazelnut spread of the gods, closest man shall come to sweet ambrosia? Santa has obviously done his homework. Coco gives closer inspection until a glance at the description reveals the inclusion of cocoa. Apparently too close for comfort, she stalks off.
Egads, I got a bit ahead of myself didn't I
Individual gifts laid out, mostly unwrapped :oops: Coco prepares to pounce on the offending jar.
Somewhat confused, but mainly impressed by your stalking prowess Santa! Time to open gift 6.
A much needed key chain, and perfect since I have somehow never bought a souvenir for myself in Paris, only for family back home. And...wait...is that a beret?
Alas, a picture of myself in the beret will have to wait until sometime this weekend. In the meantime, a quick reaction shot:
"Oh god, look away Spunky. The human looks even more foolish than usual." "I'm not looking, I'm not looking!"
Who is more confused? Santa? Santee? The cats? Gratuitous question mark :?:
You have no idea, Santa. My love for crepes, particularly of the banana nutella variety, brought an electric crepe maker into my home 4 or 5 years ago. Alas, my lack of skill and the use of buckwheat flour (which I rarely have on hand when a crepe hankering strikes) in the recipe I rely on have made for only very occasional use. A recipe that uses only ingredients I am all but guaranteed to have on hand at any time is truly a wonderful thing. Further practice and increased skill is sure to follow!
In which all is revealed...
Ah-ha! I shall proceed to page 9, oh clever Santa.
Time and a half, Santa!
Ooh, a Hugo Award winner I haven't read, with both of its sequels? Oh, and by the author of Flash Forward. This is most excellent Santa, and well-chosen given my taste in books, yet managing to avoid the brazillions I have read or backlogged. Most impressive. But...this is really ringing a bell for some reason...
You "saw" that I wanted that first book? :!: HOLY CRAP SANTA FOUND MY AMAZON WISHLIST :shock:
No really, my name is James Williams. I've always believed that to be about as anonymous as you can get on teh intertubes, and was sure my wishlist was undiscoverable without a link, which I never provided.
Did I applaud your stalking abilities before Santa? Too soon, clearly. Truly, thou art a man of infinite stalking prowess. I am both happy and frightened at the same time
Also, you are correct, books are so not gay. Unlike savvy gamers
But I digress, on to gift 4!
MST3K! I am ashamed to admit I have seen less than half a dozen episodes, though I always liked those I did see. Which episodes do we have here?
zomg, "Manos" The Hands of Fate and Santa Claus Conquers the Martians! The latter is so perfectly seasonally appropriate that it is instantly the new finale to next Saturday's game day/bad movie night with my usual gang. And Manos? Everybody knows of Manos, and yet I have never seen more than a couple of Youtube clips. So perfect for an inveterate host of bad movie nights. I might have to watch this tonight with the wife! Er, plans tonight, make that tomorrow night!
Alas, all good things must come to an end.
Page 12 can remain between me and Santa :winky: :winky:
Packing materials are recognized as the treasures they are, and claimed by their rightful owners.
A final inspection of the haul is provided as Spunky tries to figure out how Coco can be behind him, and in the jar.
Many thanks to Lost for the great gifts! Some skillful Santa stalking indeed, and I really enjoyed the choose your own adventure card. So awesome.
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I'm so glad you enjoyed it. I'm also glad that I astounded you with my stalking prowess.
I just googled your name, your location, and the word amazon and it turned up. :whistle:
Woooooo Gift Get!!! (Well technically from yesterday, but it was received as I was hobbling out the door to my soccer game, that I got drunk at since I can't play (broken ankle) ... so I figured, it would be best to hold off because a drunk pic post may not have been awesome enough)
Low and behold, what is this that I have found?
Wahoooooooo!
As I open the box, what do I see?
More boxes?!
Now part one of the "super-haul ..."
I've got some Play-Doh to goof around with, a gamebridge that I can take with me on business trips now so that I can use my work laptop for things it should be used for, some sweet cookies I've never heard of that I will be making as soon as possible, and a new flash drive! Don't worry Santa, the mug is getting washed, hence it not being in the picture, but the candy looks great!
Remember though, that was only part one, this is part two of "super-haul ..."
I would like to call this, the mother load! I'm an English major so books are ++ and I can't tell you (Santa) how many times I walked past Pride, Prejudice, and Zombies and Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters and had internal civil wars over buying them. I had just never gotten around to it, but now holy shit they will be attacked within days! They are amazing.
Then to continue on, I absolutely loved Firefly and Serenity, so I can't wait to read that and I had World War Z on audio (and loved) so this should be pretty awesome as well! I haven't had too much exposure to Freddy, Jason, or Ash surprisingly, but it definitely looks like something I can get into!
So, all in all, the sum of it all looks like this
So Santa, reveal yourself! I have your real name, but not your forum name, so that is completely unfair and you must now come forth and collect your good tidings from me and all!
Oh and I tried to get the required animal-in-box picture, but my dog wouldn't have it, so here she is looking at me very confused while I opened things up
I'm glad I was able to pick stuff that you enjoy, truthfully I was pretty worried that you would already have had P&P&Z and S&S&S. Merry Christmas.
Did you check on the flash drive? Their may or may not be a letter of christmas tidings and cheer on there...
PS: And those cookies are delicious.
Well you did a damn fine job and I didn't even think to look on the flash drive, I fail at easy things! Awesome letter and you hit the nail on the head! Thank you and Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays!
does canada post accept shipping stuff on weekends
or should i just wait till monday
Post offices are closed on the weekends, and in the event that there is an in-store outlet open (like at Shoppers or what have you), the package wouldn't be sent out until Monday anyway. Go Monday morning.
I've made contact with my Santa. A proxy asked for my Steam ID, shortly afterward I get a friend request. I accept.
A few days pass, I've seen him/her online, but never received or sent a message, I'm not entirely sure who it is but given the timing I'm almost positive it's my Santa.
No clues regarding their ID or on their account page have given me any insight as to who it actually is on the forum. Tonight, I made contact. Asked who it was, and was told I won't know until after Christmas. So my hunch is confirmed.
It was odd speaking briefly to this mysterious gifter.
I've made contact with my Santa. A proxy asked for my Steam ID, shortly afterward I get a friend request. I accept.
A few days pass, I've seen him/her online, but never received or sent a message, I'm not entirely sure who it is but given the timing I'm almost positive it's my Santa.
No clues regarding their ID or on their account page have given me any insight as to who it actually is on the forum. Tonight, I made contact. Asked who it was, and was told I won't know until after Christmas. So my hunch is confirmed.
It was odd speaking briefly to this mysterious gifter.
Page 12 can remain between me and Santa :winky: :winky:
What is occurring here? Homemade Christmas nudie shots? Secret Santa morphs into Secret Cupid?? Will next year's minimum participation be two PS3s and a selection of glamour shots from the wife???
Woo! I put the final touches on craft-gift. I sort of wish I had more time to make it even more awesome, but school can go ahead and suck my lady bits.
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My vote goes for some form of Unreal Tournament or CS. Pretty much everyone has CS nowadays don't they?
XBL |Steam | PSN | last.fm
At the risk of seeming rude, I'd just like to note that I am one of the very few PA'ers who does not like shooters at all. (First person, third person, doesn't matter.) Sorry about that. I don't look down on anybody for playing them or anything like that, it's just a quirk of personal taste.
Everyone else should feel free to shoot as many virtual mans as they want (or not, if they're weird like me).
Yours in old-fart-dom,
Norfair
Quickly, which snack and country are your least favourites? We almost have a K-A style gift going here.
I don't like shooters either. (Or beef jerky.)
Shooters I can understand, but beef jerky? Not as good as maple syrup sure, but its still meat.
Ah yes, I forgot to put the flash drive on there. Sorry about the no pics thing. I'd take some crappy cell phone pics but I just broke the screen on my phone the other day.
What fun we had last christmas...
NSFW
Yes, that is our flatmate's car behind it. We snowcock-blocked him
Edit: My best TOTP so far.
No worries. I'm surprised it got there before the weekend.
Edit: Speaking of crappy cellphone pics, I might have one of the air man/spark man sketches somewhere. I'll see if I still do.
Monster!
How are you even online with that thing?
Wii U NNID: MegaSpooky
So santa, if you want to get me a new iMac I'd appreciate it ;D
The one of X was done by a friend of mine who wanted to contribute. I don't have a pic of it, unfortunatley.
I'm so glad you enjoyed it. I'm also glad that I astounded you with my stalking prowess.
Steam
Eh, it's okay. I kind of suspected it wouldn't be a popular opinion. :P
It looks awesome!!!
Now that is festive. :^:
To further spread the holiday cheer, here is some psychobilly cheer for you guys from the Reverend Horton Heat:
Santa Claus Is Coming To Town (And Apparently He Likes the Batman Theme)
You can pretend that it's a normal-sized tree and then it looks like the presents are HUGE!
The best part is that the balls were the body of a nearby snowman :-)
Just moved into a new apartment, and considering getting myself a cat. You are all tempting me further!
Well you did a damn fine job and I didn't even think to look on the flash drive, I fail at easy things! Awesome letter and you hit the nail on the head! Thank you and Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays!
In above photo, XKatt360 (usually known as Abby) says cats are the perfect gamer companions!
Warning: big ol pictures within
A box from Amazon shows up. But I didn't order anything from Amazon...? What the crap?
Anticipation.... unbearable! Cut that shit open!!
It looks suspiciously.... festive under that plastic.
ZOMG PREZENTS!!! Oh wait there's a note...
There will be MOAR PREZENTS?? Woo!! Let's see what this one is...
Hell. YES. This baby is going in RIGHT NOW.
Oooh yeah. Right in the slot. Just how we like it. :winky:
Santa, whoever you are, you are one magnificent bastard! And you gave me gaming goodness to keep me busy while I wait for the next present to arrive!
or should i just wait till monday
Post offices are closed on the weekends, and in the event that there is an in-store outlet open (like at Shoppers or what have you), the package wouldn't be sent out until Monday anyway. Go Monday morning.
A few days pass, I've seen him/her online, but never received or sent a message, I'm not entirely sure who it is but given the timing I'm almost positive it's my Santa.
No clues regarding their ID or on their account page have given me any insight as to who it actually is on the forum. Tonight, I made contact. Asked who it was, and was told I won't know until after Christmas. So my hunch is confirmed.
It was odd speaking briefly to this mysterious gifter.
Muahahahaha! Myyyyyysteryyyyyyy...
What a mystery this large box with quite a bit of heft to it!? I can't even get the whole thing in frame on my crappy phone camera!
Dramatic reveal!
Hell yeah giant awesome Iron Man bust!
Complete with lights!
The crappy camera makes it hard to tell but this is pretty good sized!
Not picture due to crappy camera is the message that said part 1 of 3. I wonder what could be next from my still mysterious santa!
At least I don't have to play sneak king this time... UEAKCrash!!
I never asked for this!
What is occurring here? Homemade Christmas nudie shots? Secret Santa morphs into Secret Cupid?? Will next year's minimum participation be two PS3s and a selection of glamour shots from the wife???
Page 12 was clearly the secret to eternal life.
Will pack gifts this weekend, will go out first thing on monday!
Shipping today!