So! I got home to my parcel and it seems it's been ordered FROM new Zealand(On account of it being paid in NZD :P) . An order via the book depository in the UK.
Pretty sizeable parcel
Holy moly these are so cool!
Thing is, i'm ASSUMING these are secret santa related - on account of there being no note inside. So if they are - thank you SO MUCH.
I don't do nearly as much reading as i should (i'm starting to get a backlog of books bought for me that before long could rival my steam backlog), and I don't do anywhere as much cooking as i should (none pretty much) so if this can turn a vegetable-phobe like me into someone who can cook actual vegan meals (ten points for understanding i'm vegan and going with something along those lines btw) then this is perfect!
Seriously. Thanks so much. This is a great present.
So! I got home to my parcel and it seems it's been ordered FROM new Zealand(On account of it being paid in NZD :P) . An order via the book depository in the UK.
Pretty sizeable parcel
Holy moly these are so cool!
Thing is, i'm ASSUMING these are secret santa related - on account of there being no note inside. So if they are - thank you SO MUCH.
I don't do nearly as much reading as i should (i'm starting to get a backlog of books bought for me that before long could rival my steam backlog), and I don't do anywhere as much cooking as i should (none pretty much) so if this can turn a vegetable-phobe like me into someone who can cook actual vegan meals (ten points for understanding i'm vegan and going with something along those lines btw) then this is perfect!
Seriously. Thanks so much. This is a great present.
It wasn't the end! Why wasn't it the end?!
I guess DyasAlure was my secret santa because...
Thanks sooooooo much!
You know, as much as you think it is me, I'm not your secret Santa. Lets see, I'm not secret Santa, we all ready have Easter Bunnies, I'm the Thanksgiving Turkey, and I want to stuff things. Yes that's it, stuff presents at you.
So! I got home to my parcel and it seems it's been ordered FROM new Zealand(On account of it being paid in NZD :P) . An order via the book depository in the UK.
Pretty sizeable parcel
Holy moly these are so cool!
Thing is, i'm ASSUMING these are secret santa related - on account of there being no note inside. So if they are - thank you SO MUCH.
I don't do nearly as much reading as i should (i'm starting to get a backlog of books bought for me that before long could rival my steam backlog), and I don't do anywhere as much cooking as i should (none pretty much) so if this can turn a vegetable-phobe like me into someone who can cook actual vegan meals (ten points for understanding i'm vegan and going with something along those lines btw) then this is perfect!
Seriously. Thanks so much. This is a great present.
It wasn't the end! Why wasn't it the end?!
I guess DyasAlure was my secret santa because...
Thanks sooooooo much!
You know, as much as you think it is me, I'm not your secret Santa. Lets see, I'm not secret Santa, we all ready have Easter Bunnies, I'm the Thanksgiving Turkey, and I want to stuff things. Yes that's it, stuff presents at you.
So! I got home to my parcel and it seems it's been ordered FROM new Zealand(On account of it being paid in NZD :P) . An order via the book depository in the UK.
Pretty sizeable parcel
Holy moly these are so cool!
Thing is, i'm ASSUMING these are secret santa related - on account of there being no note inside. So if they are - thank you SO MUCH.
I don't do nearly as much reading as i should (i'm starting to get a backlog of books bought for me that before long could rival my steam backlog), and I don't do anywhere as much cooking as i should (none pretty much) so if this can turn a vegetable-phobe like me into someone who can cook actual vegan meals (ten points for understanding i'm vegan and going with something along those lines btw) then this is perfect!
Seriously. Thanks so much. This is a great present.
It wasn't the end! Why wasn't it the end?!
I guess DyasAlure was my secret santa because...
Thanks sooooooo much!
You know, as much as you think it is me, I'm not your secret Santa. Lets see, I'm not secret Santa, we all ready have Easter Bunnies, I'm the Thanksgiving Turkey, and I want to stuff things. Yes that's it, stuff presents at you.
What is "Ker Blam"?
Is this a steam thread thing? I don't think I've seen it before this year, then all of a sudden, Ker Blams all over the place.
I don't know where Ker Blam started, but yeah it is a steam thread thing.
Do a search for Ker Blam on the forums and you will get a lot of steam thread. Some reason I blame @Pixelated Pixie for this.
Oh of course. You're from Seattle.
Stop jacking other santa's santees, Dyas!
You're like a santa jacker.
Edit:
So this is turning out good. I have more plans in place. More stalking happened. And one note to my Santa. While Mrs. Alure does not post on PA, she is on steam. Also, I don't give out her profile, but others have found it. I don't know what info she could help with, but just throwing it out there.
A package is en route and is expected some time next week. Also, there will be a second package that will arrive later with treats from the great white north.
I partial to "Game on", but I've been staying out of the steam thread after tripling my backlog.
Even if I had a computer that was able to play more games my console lineup right now is all consuming.
In progress:
Dragon Quest 7
Dragon Quest Builders
World of Final Fantasy
Destiny (they dragged me back)
Coming up:
Final Fantasy 15
Dragon Quest 8
Persona 5
I have also committed to finally studying to get my CCENT certification as step 1 to CCNA. I'm also angling for a promotion at work so I need to be on point there. Cross your fingers all.
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So, I've been stalking you for a bit, and I noticed you were asking about 4X and grand strategy games, which are two of my favorite genres. I've also noticed that, well ... You might need a way to take your mind off of things for a couple hours. And, while it's nominally against my religion to send Christmas gifts before Thanksgiving's passed, I decided to make an exception just this once.
Below are the codes for one of my favorite games to come out recently and its first major expansion.
I hope you enjoy them - drop by the dedicated thread if you've got any questions; the people there are friendly and happy to help!
I hope you do okay in the next couple of weeks.
<redacted>
Merry (very, very early!) Christmas!
Your Secret Santa
The <redacted> are steam gift codes for Stellaris and it's expansion DLC, Leviathans.
Your assessment is correct, Santa, a way to take my mind of of things is pretty much the greatest gift ever right now.
Thank you. Thank you very, very much.
Oh, and I'll keep your identity a secret for now, but, uh, for everyone else? When you send a Steam gift code as a URL, it tells you who the sender is and adds them to your friend list if they aren't on it already. So, you know, be aware. ;-)
I have double discount at work right now so I might be getting a One. Or PS4 Pro. More likely the One since I don't have a 4ktv. Just a heads up for Santa!
Dyas Alure just sent me Soul Axiom on Steam. I assume I should mention that here, rather than the steam thread, because he called himself "Santa Jacker".
To my dread, my Santa has shown themselves to be a fan of puzzles.
I, it turns out, am enough bad at merely identifying what is being asked of me, let alone actually solving a puzzle when presented with one.
So, I turn to the Penny Arcade Secret Santa. If you could take a look at this and try to see what I'm missing here.
From: See Santa
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2016 6:14 PM
To:[redacted]
Subject: Re: Do you
See -
Puzzle 1. This is a training puzzle. If you are comfortable with this, please either post the puzzle with your answer, or the puzzle asking for help in the thread. You will get more difficult puzzles, but I wanted to give you a chance to solve them.
Santa
What I've determined so far:
All six squares are unique shades of grey.
All are true grey, meaning the values for the RGB in the color pickers are identical for that shade of grey.
These values are, left from right, 229, 26 (+) 201, 53 (=) 175, 79
These values, written in hexadecimal, are E5, 1A (+) C9, 35 (=) AF, 45
Looking at the default greys in Photoshop, the color values don't align.(though there are two rows of ten shades of grey ranging from white to black, thought that might align with 0-9)
Paint only has four default shades of grey.
I think I may be overthinking this beginner puzzle. It might be just math.
If it's math, do darker greys equal higher single digit numbers or do lighter greys?
Hmmm. I think that
29 (+) 46 (=) 75
might work?
So I haven't posted much here (or anywhere for that matter), so Santa, if you're having trouble thinking of stuff, know that random stuff is always good. If you need more hints:
I have a PS4, XBox One, and 3DS.
I like books
And wrestling
And comics
and movies
I'm 3 or 4x
To my dread, my Santa has shown themselves to be a fan of puzzles.
I, it turns out, am enough bad at merely identifying what is being asked of me, let alone actually solving a puzzle when presented with one.
So, I turn to the Penny Arcade Secret Santa. If you could take a look at this and try to see what I'm missing here.
From: See Santa
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2016 6:14 PM
To:[redacted]
Subject: Re: Do you
See -
Puzzle 1. This is a training puzzle. If you are comfortable with this, please either post the puzzle with your answer, or the puzzle asking for help in the thread. You will get more difficult puzzles, but I wanted to give you a chance to solve them.
Santa
What I've determined so far:
All six squares are unique shades of grey.
All are true grey, meaning the values for the RGB in the color pickers are identical for that shade of grey.
These values are, left from right, 229, 26 (+) 201, 53 (=) 175, 79
These values, written in hexadecimal, are E5, 1A (+) C9, 35 (=) AF, 45
Looking at the default greys in Photoshop, the color values don't align.(though there are two rows of ten shades of grey ranging from white to black, thought that might align with 0-9)
Paint only has four default shades of grey.
I think I may be overthinking this beginner puzzle. It might be just math.
If it's math, do darker greys equal higher single digit numbers or do lighter greys?
Hmmm. I think that
29 (+) 46 (=) 75
might work?
In GIMP the values are 90, 10 + 79, 21 = 31, 69. Each set adds up to 100.
So, apparently on the right track, but there's some rounding to do somewhere.
But it's almost 10pm here, and my brain is tired from panicking over some credit card fraud I discovered and dealt with instead of attempting to assign values to assorted greys.
Oh, man. I saw this late afternoon, but I'm at a technical conference right now and haven't had a chance to make a proper post all day. I'd say you planned this Santa, but I'm pretty sure there's no way you could have possibly known? ...Or could you?
Yessssss! I looove Sanderson. I've only finished Warbreaker and the first two books in the Mistborn trilogy so far (the third is waiting temptingly on the shelf). Thank you!
And the second one?! Thank you!!! ^_^
I actually went to see a Sanderson panel at DragonCon a few months ago and heard him read a few non-spoiler flashback excerpts from book 3. It's a thing that partially exists!
Sweet! I've actually read this one (and really enjoyed it), and somehow missed putting it on Goodreads. But the rest of the series is also great? And apparently Amazon lets gift recipients swap out books?
Gonna do so much reading. Thank you Santa! Merry Christmas!
Hey hey hey, Sanderson is a writing machine, Santa. Dude's always working on three books at once, you'll get your third book like the rest of us soon enough.
Wait, you're a vegan but you don't like vegetables?
So what do you eat?
I do like vegetables now depending on how they're cooked
I ate meat probably every day for 20 something years. Supremely fussy eater until I went vegan and was forced to expand my horizons. Still find it difficult sometimes though.
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So, apparently on the right track, but there's some rounding to do somewhere.
But it's almost 10pm here, and my brain is tired from panicking over some credit card fraud I discovered and dealt with instead of attempting to assign values to assorted greys.
Yeah, I'm too busy to try digging into this today, but I wish I could. The only thing I'd toss out here is to maybe consider your username at some point, being 6 characters long as well. I'll be really curious to see where it ends up all the same~
I partial to "Game on", but I've been staying out of the steam thread after tripling my backlog.
Even if I had a computer that was able to play more games my console lineup right now is all consuming.
In progress:
Dragon Quest 7
Dragon Quest Builders
World of Final Fantasy
Destiny (they dragged me back)
Coming up:
Final Fantasy 15
Dragon Quest 8
Persona 5
I have also committed to finally studying to get my CCENT certification as step 1 to CCNA. I'm also angling for a promotion at work so I need to be on point there. Cross your fingers all.
Yeah, my PC these days can't run the big AAA titles anymore, so I'm mostly playing indies, mmos, and older gog games. That's ok though, because I've got a big backlog on my xbox, ps4, and wii u.
To my dread, my Santa has shown themselves to be a fan of puzzles.
I, it turns out, am enough bad at merely identifying what is being asked of me, let alone actually solving a puzzle when presented with one.
So, I turn to the Penny Arcade Secret Santa. If you could take a look at this and try to see what I'm missing here.
From: See Santa
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2016 6:14 PM
To:[redacted]
Subject: Re: Do you
See -
Puzzle 1. This is a training puzzle. If you are comfortable with this, please either post the puzzle with your answer, or the puzzle asking for help in the thread. You will get more difficult puzzles, but I wanted to give you a chance to solve them.
Santa
What I've determined so far:
All six squares are unique shades of grey.
All are true grey, meaning the values for the RGB in the color pickers are identical for that shade of grey.
These values are, left from right, 229, 26 (+) 201, 53 (=) 175, 79
These values, written in hexadecimal, are E5, 1A (+) C9, 35 (=) AF, 45
Looking at the default greys in Photoshop, the color values don't align.(though there are two rows of ten shades of grey ranging from white to black, thought that might align with 0-9)
Paint only has four default shades of grey.
I think I may be overthinking this beginner puzzle. It might be just math.
If it's math, do darker greys equal higher single digit numbers or do lighter greys?
Hmmm. I think that
29 (+) 46 (=) 75
might work?
So, apparently on the right track, but there's some rounding to do somewhere.
But it's almost 10pm here, and my brain is tired from panicking over some credit card fraud I discovered and dealt with instead of attempting to assign values to assorted greys.
Yeah, I'm too busy to try digging into this today, but I wish I could. The only thing I'd toss out here is to maybe consider your username at some point, being 6 characters long as well. I'll be really curious to see where it ends up all the same~
Isn't there 8 cubes? Is there some kind of counting with 8's? You did 10 and hex, I know those. But are you sure that the "+" is a "+" and ""=" is an "=?"
I'm not sure how rounding has anything to do with the number of cubes though.
To my dread, my Santa has shown themselves to be a fan of puzzles.
I, it turns out, am enough bad at merely identifying what is being asked of me, let alone actually solving a puzzle when presented with one.
So, I turn to the Penny Arcade Secret Santa. If you could take a look at this and try to see what I'm missing here.
From: See Santa
Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2016 6:14 PM
To:[redacted]
Subject: Re: Do you
See -
Puzzle 1. This is a training puzzle. If you are comfortable with this, please either post the puzzle with your answer, or the puzzle asking for help in the thread. You will get more difficult puzzles, but I wanted to give you a chance to solve them.
Santa
What I've determined so far:
All six squares are unique shades of grey.
All are true grey, meaning the values for the RGB in the color pickers are identical for that shade of grey.
These values are, left from right, 229, 26 (+) 201, 53 (=) 175, 79
These values, written in hexadecimal, are E5, 1A (+) C9, 35 (=) AF, 45
Looking at the default greys in Photoshop, the color values don't align.(though there are two rows of ten shades of grey ranging from white to black, thought that might align with 0-9)
Paint only has four default shades of grey.
I think I may be overthinking this beginner puzzle. It might be just math.
If it's math, do darker greys equal higher single digit numbers or do lighter greys?
Hmmm. I think that
29 (+) 46 (=) 75
might work?
In GIMP the values are 90, 10 + 79, 21 = 31, 69. Each set adds up to 100.
Maybe these numbers need to be rounded?
I'm not sure when I will check the thread again. I am off for the weekend. Santee, don't worry. I will get something done soon. I have plans in the works.
Far be it from me to question your branding Square-Enix, but might I suggest a different name for your merchandise so I'm not looking at this front and center when I open a box?
As a reminder to my Santa; the wife, kiddo, and I will be out of town from December 2nd-18th. If you send your gift during those times, our house sitter will bring it in but I won't post anything until we get back home.
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It wasn't the end! Why wasn't it the end?!
I guess @DyasAlure was my secret santa because...
Thanks sooooooo much!
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Is this a steam thread thing? I don't think I've seen it before this year, then all of a sudden, Ker Blams all over the place.
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You know, as much as you think it is me, I'm not your secret Santa. Lets see, I'm not secret Santa, we all ready have Easter Bunnies, I'm the Thanksgiving Turkey, and I want to stuff things. Yes that's it, stuff presents at you.
Merry Christmas just the same.
I don't know where Ker Blam started, but yeah it is a steam thread thing.
Do a search for Ker Blam on the forums and you will get a lot of steam thread. Some reason I blame @Pixelated Pixie for this.
Oh of course. You're from Seattle.
Stop jacking other santa's santees, Dyas!
You're like a santa jacker.
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Edit:
So this is turning out good. I have more plans in place. More stalking happened. And one note to my Santa. While Mrs. Alure does not post on PA, she is on steam. Also, I don't give out her profile, but others have found it. I don't know what info she could help with, but just throwing it out there.
When you gift someone a game on Steam, Ker Blam is one of the options for the "Sincerely" section of the message. For example:
I love the great white north! I'm very excited!
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Even if I had a computer that was able to play more games my console lineup right now is all consuming.
In progress:
Dragon Quest 7
Dragon Quest Builders
World of Final Fantasy
Destiny (they dragged me back)
Coming up:
Final Fantasy 15
Dragon Quest 8
Persona 5
I have also committed to finally studying to get my CCENT certification as step 1 to CCNA. I'm also angling for a promotion at work so I need to be on point there. Cross your fingers all.
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I forgot Steam thread users ::cough:: @DyasAlure ::cough:: would see this as a challenge...
It was a pretty easy challenge... I'm just saying.
Got the following from Proxy today:
The <redacted> are steam gift codes for Stellaris and it's expansion DLC, Leviathans.
Your assessment is correct, Santa, a way to take my mind of of things is pretty much the greatest gift ever right now.
Thank you. Thank you very, very much.
Oh, and I'll keep your identity a secret for now, but, uh, for everyone else? When you send a Steam gift code as a URL, it tells you who the sender is and adds them to your friend list if they aren't on it already. So, you know, be aware. ;-)
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You can send Proxy your game to forward on to keep the mystery alive. It's an integral part of every stalker/stalkee relationship!
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You can do that, Or, you can send out so many steam gifts, that no one knows if I'm Santa or not.
Thank you, not-my-Santa!
I, it turns out, am enough bad at merely identifying what is being asked of me, let alone actually solving a puzzle when presented with one.
So, I turn to the Penny Arcade Secret Santa. If you could take a look at this and try to see what I'm missing here.
What I've determined so far:
All six squares are unique shades of grey.
All are true grey, meaning the values for the RGB in the color pickers are identical for that shade of grey.
These values are, left from right, 229, 26 (+) 201, 53 (=) 175, 79
These values, written in hexadecimal, are E5, 1A (+) C9, 35 (=) AF, 45
Looking at the default greys in Photoshop, the color values don't align.(though there are two rows of ten shades of grey ranging from white to black, thought that might align with 0-9)
Paint only has four default shades of grey.
I think I may be overthinking this beginner puzzle. It might be just math.
If it's math, do darker greys equal higher single digit numbers or do lighter greys?
Hmmm. I think that
29 (+) 46 (=) 75
might work?
*edit* nvm I am dumb. You did.
I like books
And wrestling
And comics
and movies
I'm 3 or 4x
In GIMP the values are 90, 10 + 79, 21 = 31, 69. Each set adds up to 100.
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Santa sends the following link:
http://www.purplemath.com/modules/rounding.htm
So, apparently on the right track, but there's some rounding to do somewhere.
But it's almost 10pm here, and my brain is tired from panicking over some credit card fraud I discovered and dealt with instead of attempting to assign values to assorted greys.
Oh, man. I saw this late afternoon, but I'm at a technical conference right now and haven't had a chance to make a proper post all day. I'd say you planned this Santa, but I'm pretty sure there's no way you could have possibly known? ...Or could you?
Yessssss! I looove Sanderson. I've only finished Warbreaker and the first two books in the Mistborn trilogy so far (the third is waiting temptingly on the shelf). Thank you!
And the second one?! Thank you!!! ^_^
I actually went to see a Sanderson panel at DragonCon a few months ago and heard him read a few non-spoiler flashback excerpts from book 3. It's a thing that partially exists!
Sweet! I've actually read this one (and really enjoyed it), and somehow missed putting it on Goodreads. But the rest of the series is also great? And apparently Amazon lets gift recipients swap out books?
Gonna do so much reading. Thank you Santa! Merry Christmas!
I do like vegetables now depending on how they're cooked
I ate meat probably every day for 20 something years. Supremely fussy eater until I went vegan and was forced to expand my horizons. Still find it difficult sometimes though.
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Yeah, I'm too busy to try digging into this today, but I wish I could. The only thing I'd toss out here is to maybe consider your username at some point, being 6 characters long as well. I'll be really curious to see where it ends up all the same~
Perhaps I can interest you in my meager selection of pins?
Yeah, my PC these days can't run the big AAA titles anymore, so I'm mostly playing indies, mmos, and older gog games. That's ok though, because I've got a big backlog on my xbox, ps4, and wii u.
Stage 1: Trees!
Stage 1.5: Clean up all the empty boxes.
Stage 2: The Giftening Commences!
I'm still on Stage 1.5 but I anticipate a speedy resolution.
Isn't there 8 cubes? Is there some kind of counting with 8's? You did 10 and hex, I know those. But are you sure that the "+" is a "+" and ""=" is an "=?"
I'm not sure how rounding has anything to do with the number of cubes though.
Maybe these numbers need to be rounded?
I'm not sure when I will check the thread again. I am off for the weekend. Santee, don't worry. I will get something done soon. I have plans in the works.
Accumulation continues...
Please no puzzles Santa. I would be absolutely horrible at them.
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