Secret Santa - SEND YOUR GIFT NOW

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strawman

strawman

The secret santa pool deadline has passed and assignments have been made and PM'd. The final list is:

Bubble181
Bumble the Boy Wonder
Chronos[Ha-G]
Covar
doomdragon6
El Juski
Espy
Garbledina
Gusto
HowDroll
hylian
KCWM
LittleSin
Mav
North_Ranger
Odie
phil
Qonas
Rob King
SeriousJay
Shakey
Snuffleupagus
Sparhawk
stienman
Terrik
Twitch
twitchmoss

What is?
Just what it sounds like. It's a Secret Santa between your fellow halforumites. Everyone who signs up will be randomly assigned another participant. You are then tasked to buy that person a gift. As a recipient, you should leave a few hints in your signature (maybe an amazon wishlist link) as to what sort of interests you have.

Rules and Info
  • International people are allowed. If you would prefer not to get an international person, indicate so in your signup post. But depending on how many international folks show up, you may get one anyway. For the purposes of pairing, Canada will not count as international. If you aren't going to ship internationally, choose North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Pacific Islands. It may be the case that if you restrict your choice to local shipping then matching might not work out and you may be left out - I'll let you know once the matching is complete if that's the case.
    -International Shipping Links: USPS, Customs Forms
    -Tips for shipping in and out of Canada
    -Remember to allow extra shipping time when shipping outside of your home country
  • To sign up post your interest in this thread and send me a private message with Secret Santa in the subject line and your mailing information, e-mail address, international preferences, and any specific notes to the gifter in the body of the private message, like so:

    Mailing Information:
    Username
    Joe Forumer
    123 Anywhere Lane
    Everywhere, NY 12345
    email@web.com
    Will ship anywhere
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  • Who can sign up?
    To keep things fair, only those with a join date earlier than April 15 and more than a handful of posts will be allowed to participate for obvious reasons. If you would like to participate and don't fall under the requirements then you will just have to wait until next year. The final say of who can join this activity will be entirely up to the mods so there may be exceptions, but the final word is final. Don't complain if special dispensation is not made for you. This goes for those who may be disincluded as well.
  • The deadline for signing up will be Wednesday November 18th. After that day, Santas will be randomly assigned by computer. You will be sent a private message shortly after with the information of whom you will be drawing a gift for. If nobody knows who you are, you probably will not be allowed to sign up. Nothing personal.
  • Recommended gift value is $5-20. Feel free to spend as much as you want, just be aware that the more you spend, the less likely you will receive a gift of equal value. Also, homemade/handmade gifts are allowed (no homemade food please).
  • ABSOLUTE FINAL DEADLINE FOR GIFTS RECEIVED IS JANUARY 15! PEOPLE WHO DO NOT SEND GIFTS BY JANUARY 15 WILL BE ... well, we'll think of something nasty to do to you. NO EXCEPTIONS. If you are not sure you will be able to send a gift, then don't sign up.
  • Do not complain about your gift, conversely, try to send something you think the other person will like.
  • You MUST post pictures of your gift when you receive it. No exceptions.
  • UNLESS SPECIFIED AS SOMETHING THEY WOULD LIKE, PLEASE DO NOT SEND NSFW OR ALCOHOLIC GIFTS.
  • CAN I SHIP SOMETHING STRAIGHT FROM AMAZON OR SOMETHING?
    Yes you can, and it's a good idea to shop at your person'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.





Previous message:
Something like this:

http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=103160

But for Halforums.

I'm not sure I would participate (I still have Far's thong in my laptop bag...), but it sounds like a blast.

Anywho.

Discuss.
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Gusto

Gusto

Halforums secret santa

I'd be down! I was kinda planning on sending Dave something anyway (and I probably still will).
 
Hylian

Hylian

Halforums secret santa

As long as the gifts can be a little on the cheap side I will be able to join in
 
Dave

Dave

Staff member
Halforums secret santa

We won't do like PA did and ban anyone who signs up and doesn't send anything. So we need a punishment...ideas?
 
W

Wasabi Poptart

Halforums secret santa

They have to have a turd pic as an avatar for a month.
 
R

Rubicon

Halforums secret santa

I'd be cool with this if we can keep things on a small budget side.
 
strawman

strawman

Halforums secret santa

Punishment thoughts:

* A fixed avatar and sig: "I ruined someone's christmas."
* Banned from participating in secret santas in the future (assuming anyone keeps a list of naughty forumites)
 
Espy

Espy

Halforums secret santa

I'm down. I mean up. I don't know. I'm actually sick and on lots of cold medicine so I'm whatever you want me to be.


That didn't come out right.
 
Charlie Don't Surf

Charlie Don't Surf

Halforums secret santa

I have done similar things in the past and they've been really fun and rewarding :)

But I can't this year, barring me tripping and falling in a money pit. I will barely be able to get gifts for my friends and family really this year :(
 
Sparhawk

Sparhawk

Halforums secret santa

I'm willing to give it a go.

I like the idea of forum picking avatar and sig for a month.
 
Charlie Don't Surf

Charlie Don't Surf

Halforums secret santa

If someone signs up and then doesn't give a gift, and still gets one, that's pretty much stealing from the community. Is that really someone you still want around?
 
strawman

strawman

Halforums secret santa

Charlie Dont Surf said:
If someone signs up and then doesn't give a gift, and still gets one, that's pretty much stealing from the community. Is that really someone you still want around?
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We're just finally getting around to adding temp bans to a fairly open community. Further, we're a relatively small community, and there are probably few people the whole community would want to get rid of even if they had 'stolen' from the secret santa group.

But at the end of the day, it's not my call. We could run a poll on it once we get a few more ideas for suitable punishments, so we have a wide range of choices.
 
ElJuski

ElJuski

Staff member
Halforums secret santa

I won't be able to buy a gift for anyone, but I can do something in return. Is there something I can do that would have enough value?
 
Cajungal

Cajungal

Staff member
Halforums secret santa

I'm going to sell my hair to buy Gusto a brand new chain for his pocket watch.
 
Charlie Don't Surf

Charlie Don't Surf

Halforums secret santa

Also ya'll might look into making different US and International/Europe brackets. I think this place has a decent chunk of Euro people, and it'd be good to try to save on shipping mayhaps.
 
Bubble181

Bubble181

Halforums secret santa

Charlie Dont Surf said:
Also ya'll might look into making different US and International/Europe brackets. I think this place has a decent chunk of Euro people, and it'd be good to try to save on shipping mayhaps.
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If I get stuck sending a gift to Ame, I'll just tie a bow around my testicles. Think it'd be worth €15? :-P
 
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