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G&T Secret Santa 2017: Assignments now! Do the thing!
Radiation
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Sign-ups are now OPEN (until Oct. 28)!
What is this?
It's pretty much Secret Santa, except with partial strangers.
You sign up, you buy a forumer a gift, you get a gift, you post your gift on the thread, we all experience the joy that comes from getting gifts from strangers that are probably better than the gifts your own family gets you.
How does it work?
(1) Read this entire post
(2) Sign up using the instructions below
(3) Wait until I dole out your Santee
(4) Stalk your Santee and figure out what he or she likes
(5) Buy your Santee something he or she will like (minimum $25) & ship it to them by December 31, 2017.
(6) You, yourself, will receive a gift. Take pictures of it and post them. This is not optional.
(7) Take joy in an awesome tradition of happiness and goodwill towards your fellow P-A forumers!
You will be BANNED if you do not send a gift by the deadline.
Also a lot of forumers will have your address. I'm not condoning anything...I'm just saying.
Sign-up Conditions
You may only sign up if:
You joined the forums before January of this year. If you joined after this contact me and you may be admitted on a case-by-case basis.
You are full of joy and awesomeness and prefer giving to receiving.
You are willing to pay international shipping. If you get someone on Mars, then prepare to ship something to Mars. NOTE: The cost of shipping does NOT count toward the $25 minimum.
You can afford $25 + shipping, or create something at least $25 worth of awesome. I will leave this to your discretion, but if you send a box of leaves or poop or a drawing of a penis then expect RETRIBUTION. Unless of course it's a particularly good penis drawing. Okay seriously don't send a penis drawing.
You're okay with maybe getting something that you don't like, up to and including something you cannot verify the price of. If members of your own family get you crap that you don't like, I wouldn't have high hopes for strangers on the internets. I will not entertain complaints that LewieP gave you Halo 3 and beef jerkey wrapped up in an American Flag; but you only like stuff from Japan.
You are going to send an appropriate gift. Seriously, no porn, anything dangerous, anything illegal, or anything that could be considered bad by someone's parents. You don't know how old your Santee is, his moral leanings, and all that. If you have to ask, I wouldn't send it. Err on the side of caution.
The Nitty Gritty Big 3, TAKE NOTE
Here's the low-down, or the rules, that have been grinched up because of past administrative issues:
(1) Get proof that you sent your package. This is the crazy time of year, packages sometimes get lost. Most of the time it works out. Sometimes it doesn't. If you can't provide a tracking number and proof that you sent a gift of sufficient value, you'll get banned unless you send the gift again.
(2) When choosing a gift, please try to pick something that unquestionably meets the minimum. Generally this is a no brainer, but if someone receives a crayon that you claim you bought at a charity event for $100, I am sadly unable to verify that it is a golden crayon and that it meets the minimum.
(3) Due to past issues, I reserve the right to refuse admittance anyone.
Sign Me Up!
To sign up, please send me (Radiation) a PM on these forums with the following information by October 28:
Note: If you do not PM me you did not sign up!
What happened to Hypatia?
Festive overdose. Currently recovering in the North Pole.
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Your real name (for mailing purposes):
Address (as they should print it to get stuff to you):
Your e-mail (if they need to contact you):
Delivery information (stuff they need to know to get your stuff to you):
Hints (what you want me to pass on immediately, examples: Gamertags, systems owned, etc.):
Notes (e.g., "Mr. X is my spouse, please don't assign us together" or "I changed forum names, I used to be OldForumName"):
Are you willing to be a bunny?
(Bunnies volunteer to give an extra gift, if needed, to someone who got a deadbeat Santa)
****************************************************************************************
Past Highlights
Last year's thread
Current Participants!
Total: 57
GIFT WALL:
What is this?
It's pretty much Secret Santa, except with partial strangers.
You sign up, you buy a forumer a gift, you get a gift, you post your gift on the thread, we all experience the joy that comes from getting gifts from strangers that are probably better than the gifts your own family gets you.
How does it work?
(1) Read this entire post
(2) Sign up using the instructions below
(3) Wait until I dole out your Santee
(4) Stalk your Santee and figure out what he or she likes
(5) Buy your Santee something he or she will like (minimum $25) & ship it to them by December 31, 2017.
(6) You, yourself, will receive a gift. Take pictures of it and post them. This is not optional.
(7) Take joy in an awesome tradition of happiness and goodwill towards your fellow P-A forumers!
You will be BANNED if you do not send a gift by the deadline.
Also a lot of forumers will have your address. I'm not condoning anything...I'm just saying.
Sign-up Conditions
You may only sign up if:
You joined the forums before January of this year. If you joined after this contact me and you may be admitted on a case-by-case basis.
You are full of joy and awesomeness and prefer giving to receiving.
You are willing to pay international shipping. If you get someone on Mars, then prepare to ship something to Mars. NOTE: The cost of shipping does NOT count toward the $25 minimum.
You can afford $25 + shipping, or create something at least $25 worth of awesome. I will leave this to your discretion, but if you send a box of leaves or poop or a drawing of a penis then expect RETRIBUTION. Unless of course it's a particularly good penis drawing. Okay seriously don't send a penis drawing.
You're okay with maybe getting something that you don't like, up to and including something you cannot verify the price of. If members of your own family get you crap that you don't like, I wouldn't have high hopes for strangers on the internets. I will not entertain complaints that LewieP gave you Halo 3 and beef jerkey wrapped up in an American Flag; but you only like stuff from Japan.
You are going to send an appropriate gift. Seriously, no porn, anything dangerous, anything illegal, or anything that could be considered bad by someone's parents. You don't know how old your Santee is, his moral leanings, and all that. If you have to ask, I wouldn't send it. Err on the side of caution.
The Nitty Gritty Big 3, TAKE NOTE
Here's the low-down, or the rules, that have been grinched up because of past administrative issues:
(1) Get proof that you sent your package. This is the crazy time of year, packages sometimes get lost. Most of the time it works out. Sometimes it doesn't. If you can't provide a tracking number and proof that you sent a gift of sufficient value, you'll get banned unless you send the gift again.
(2) When choosing a gift, please try to pick something that unquestionably meets the minimum. Generally this is a no brainer, but if someone receives a crayon that you claim you bought at a charity event for $100, I am sadly unable to verify that it is a golden crayon and that it meets the minimum.
(3) Due to past issues, I reserve the right to refuse admittance anyone.
Sign Me Up!
To sign up, please send me (Radiation) a PM on these forums with the following information by October 28:
Note: If you do not PM me you did not sign up!
What happened to Hypatia?
Festive overdose. Currently recovering in the North Pole.
**************************************************************************************
Your real name (for mailing purposes):
Address (as they should print it to get stuff to you):
Your e-mail (if they need to contact you):
Delivery information (stuff they need to know to get your stuff to you):
Hints (what you want me to pass on immediately, examples: Gamertags, systems owned, etc.):
Notes (e.g., "Mr. X is my spouse, please don't assign us together" or "I changed forum names, I used to be OldForumName"):
Are you willing to be a bunny?
(Bunnies volunteer to give an extra gift, if needed, to someone who got a deadbeat Santa)
****************************************************************************************
Past Highlights
Last year's thread
Gift Wall links don't seem to work.
Last year's gift wall (2015)
Gift wall from 2014
Gift wall from 2013
Gift wall from 2012
Gift wall from 2011
Gift wall from 2010
Gift wall from 2009
Gift wall from 2008
Last year's gift wall (2015)
Gift wall from 2014
Gift wall from 2013
Gift wall from 2012
Gift wall from 2011
Gift wall from 2010
Gift wall from 2009
Gift wall from 2008
Current Participants!
Total: 57
Radiation
Urahonky
Jam Warrior
Elin
Mace1370
Imperfect
ArcSyn
KoopahTroopah
Stabbity Style
Farangu
Madpoet
Handkor
Dyvion
Kyougu
JaysonFour
TheRoadVirus
SniperGuy
Cameron_Talley
vhannroy
Halfazedninja
lwt1973
Lindsay Lohan
Minirhyder
MagicPrime
ArcTangent
Elvenshae
MNC Dover
Nessticle
Antoshka
Custom Special
Bloodycow
thejaxx
Meglish
anoffday
ArcticLancer
Dalith14
Zython
Maguano
Dac Vin
Forar
Initiatefailure
WillyDub
Wickedkarma
Vegeta_666
Cooljammer00
See317
darunia106
Delduwath
jclast
Cj iwakura
Bobkins Flymo
Mechanical
The_Spaniard
Shadowane
Wunderbar
Theoriginalz
Kendrik
Urahonky
Jam Warrior
Elin
Mace1370
Imperfect
ArcSyn
KoopahTroopah
Stabbity Style
Farangu
Madpoet
Handkor
Dyvion
Kyougu
JaysonFour
TheRoadVirus
SniperGuy
Cameron_Talley
vhannroy
Halfazedninja
lwt1973
Lindsay Lohan
Minirhyder
MagicPrime
ArcTangent
Elvenshae
MNC Dover
Nessticle
Antoshka
Custom Special
Bloodycow
thejaxx
Meglish
anoffday
ArcticLancer
Dalith14
Zython
Maguano
Dac Vin
Forar
Initiatefailure
WillyDub
Wickedkarma
Vegeta_666
Cooljammer00
See317
darunia106
Delduwath
jclast
Cj iwakura
Bobkins Flymo
Mechanical
The_Spaniard
Shadowane
Wunderbar
Theoriginalz
Kendrik
GIFT WALL:
- Santee | Santa | post(s)
- Madpoet | Radiation | Gift
- Radiation | Mechanical | Gift
- Mechanical |Antoshka | Gift | Gift 2
- Antoshka | theoriginalz | Gift
- theoriginalz | Bobkins Flymo | Gift
- Bobkins Flymo | vhannroy | Gift
- vhannroy | Lindsay Lohan| Gift
- Lindsay Lohan | wunderbar | Gift | Gift 2
- wunderbar | The_Spaniard | Gift
- The_Spaniard | miniryder | Gift
- miniryhder | theroadvirus | Gift | Gift 2
- theroadvirus | Bloodycow | Gift | Gift 2
- Bloodycow | jclast | Gift
- jclast | thejaxx | Gift
- thejaxx | Forar | Gift
- Forar | Jam Warrior | Gift | Gift 2
- Jam Warrior | Darunia106 | Gift | Gift 2
- darunia106 | urahonkey | Gift
- urahonkey | Maguano | Gift
- Maguano | Imperfect | Gift
- Imperfect | Stabbity Style | Gift | Gift 2 | Gift 3
- Stabbity Style | shadowane | Gift | Gift 2
- shadowane | cj iwakura | Gift
- cj iwakura | KoopahTroopah | Gift | Gift 2
- KoopahTroopah | ArcticLancer | Gift
- ArticLancer | JaysonFour | Gift
- JaysonFour | ArcTangent | Gift
- ArcTangent | Handkor | Gift
- Handkor | Custom Special | Gift
- Custom Special | cooljammer00 | Gift | Gift 2 | Gift 3
- cooljammer00 | anoffday | Gift
- anoffday | see317 | Gift
- see317 | vegeta_666 | Gift
- vegeta_666 | SniperGuy | Gift
- SniperGuy | lwt1973 | Gift | Gift 2
- lwt1973 | WillyDub | Gift
- WillyDub | MNC Dover | Gift
- MNC Dover |initiatefailure | Gift | Gift 2
- initiatefailure | Halfazedninja | Gift
- Halfazedninja | Kendrick | Gift | Gift 2
- Kendrick | Delduwrath | Gift | Gift 2 | Gift 3
- Delduwath | Kyougu | Gift
- Kyougu | ArcSyn | Gift
- ArcSyn | Elvenshae | Gift | Gift 2
- Elvenshae | MagicPrime | Gift
- MagicPrime | WickedKarma | Gift
- WickedKarma | Mace1370 | Gift
- Mace1370 | Farangu | Gift | Gift 2 | Gift 3
- Farangu | Elin | Gift | Gift 2
- Elin | Dyvion | Gift
- Dyvion | Cameron_Talley| Gift
- CameronTally | Zython | Gift
- Zython | Dac Vin | Gift | Gift 2 | Gift 3
- Dac Vin | Meglish | Gift
- Meglish | Nessticle | Gift
- Nessticle | dalith14 | Gift
- Dalith14 | Madpoet (?) | Not yet posted
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I AM FILLED WITH THE GIVING SPIRIT.
IT'S GIFTING TIME
Chicago Megagame group
Watch me struggle to learn streaming! Point and laugh!
I have been in this for last, I can't even remember. Many years. I am definitely in again though!
Steam: abunchofdaftpunk | PSN: noautomobilesgo | Lastfm: sjchszeppelin | Backloggery: colincummings | 3DS FC: 1392-6019-0219 |
Heck yeah I'm signing up! Get ready for The Cheerening!
Steam: Elvenshae // PSN: Elvenshae // WotC: Elvenshae
Wilds of Aladrion: [https://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/43159014/#Comment_43159014]Ellandryn[/url]
October already? I'm in!
Twitch: KoopahTroopah - Steam: Koopah
This is one of the things I always look forward to every year.
I'm of course in.
3DS Friend Code: 2165-6448-8348 www.Twitch.TV/cooljammer00
Battle.Net: JohnDarc#1203 Origin/UPlay: CoolJammer00
Also I like cooking and really want a sous vide machine. But that's kinda spendy.
Perhaps I can interest you in my meager selection of pins?
You can probably just send a follow-up PM.
I got you, Arc.
https://www.amazon.com/Melissa-Doug-Giant-Hippopotamus-Lifelike/dp/B00LH1WN5G/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1506889006&sr=8-2&keywords=plush+hippo+giant
P. S. Don't buy this for me, even as a joke. I already have a daughter with a 3.5' stuffed pony. It was bigger than she was when her grandmother bought it for her.
At this point, I'm not sure if I'm participating this year. Nothing too serious, last year of college after dropping out and coming back and I want to make sure I'm not failing this time.
3DS Friend Code: 0404-6826-4588 PM if you add.
My favorite part is collecting all of your addresses over the years in my Amazon shipping list because I never bother to delete them.
Removing addresses from Amazon so people don't receive your cases of dildos and sex swings and link catapults and tantric trebuchets
Switch FC: SW-7588-7027-0113, Steam/PSN: Halfazedninja
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Twitch: KoopahTroopah - Steam: Koopah
Steam: Elvenshae // PSN: Elvenshae // WotC: Elvenshae
Wilds of Aladrion: [https://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/comment/43159014/#Comment_43159014]Ellandryn[/url]