Secret Santa: Final Deadline, hurry up & make the cut! 1

[punkoffgirl]

The moment you've all been waiting for has arrived!

Secret Santa Assignments 2003


This is the biggest one yet! So big, in fact, that I had to get a Santa's Helper. Achika has agreed to give me a hand with this, so here's what we're going to have you do:

1. All participants from AdamG to Hydrox will have Achika as their contact. You will need to email her at: achika69@hotmail.com

2. All participants from IGotTheDot to YoshiM, and Achika (so she won't know who her Santa is!) will have me as your contact. You will need to email me at: jamoreau@gwi.net ***PLEASE NO PMs!*** It's too confusing.

3. All emails need to contain the following:
- "Secret Santa" as the subject. Please really use this. Don't be a wiseguy and put something else to be smart; I have an email filter set up for this. If you don't put "Secret Santa" as the subject, my junk mail filter will not let it through, and it may get deleted.
- Your REAL name as well as forum handle (please make sure of this!)
- Your mailing address
- A want list, and I'd recommend at least fifteen items on it.
***PLEASE DON'T BUY ITEMS YOU PUT ON YOUR WANTLIST FOR YOURSELF, OR YOU MAY RECIEVE DUPLICATES!***
- If you're not on the list below, then you didn't sign up, or were excluded from participating. Questions? Ask me.

PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR LISTS NO LATER THAN THIS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23rd

4. Once you have sent in your wantlist, either I or Achika will reply back to tell you who you will be playing Santa for, along with their addresses and want lists. If you have any problems with the list, PLEASE LET US KNOW. If you need more options, LET US KNOW. We'll email the person back and see if they can add a few more things to their lists.

5. As stated before, it's okay to either pull something out of your trade/duplicate/spare items pile. However, if you can't find something the person has listed, you do have the option of buying something from a store or from eBay. To keep this reasonable, I'd like to set a spending limit of $25. We don't want you to be a Grinch, but we're not looking for Daddy Warbucks either!

6. Another reminder, if you're buying from eBay: Ask before you bid. Some sellers will have a problem shipping an item to someone other than the buyer, or may have delays in shipping. If you go this route, PLEASE ask for delivery confirmation. It can save a lot of headaches. I won't make it mandatory, but anyone that wants to do so is definitely encouraged.

7. If for ANY reason at ALL, you are having problems with this, LET US KNOW! If you think you won't be able to participate after all, if you run into personal problems, financial problems, ANY problems, you need to tell us. No one will give you a hard time if you back out gracefully. But if you DON'T tell us, and get a gift without giving, you'll get more than coal in your stocking for the next year.

8. One last note: Please email to tell us when you've shipped your gift. This helps us keep track of things, in case we run into problems. Once again, I'd advise shipping no later than December 16th, due to the usual holiday post office chaos. This will almost guarantee your gift will arrive on time, and no one will be left out in the cold on Christmas day.
***ALSO!*** Please write "Secret Santa" somewhere on the box when you ship. Last year a few people opened their packages right off because they thought they were from eBay auctions they'd won. If everyone could do this, then it'll be just that much easier to get people to wait until Christmas. I can't make you give your gift back if you don't wait, but please see #9 below!

9. I lied, one more note :) I'd like to ask everyone to keep who they have a secret, until we start an offical thread about this, probably on Christmas eve or day. Then everyone can share all at once, okay? Same goes with your gift. If you just CANNOT wait until Christmas to open it, please don't tell anyone what you got until the official thread starts.


Okay, here's the full list of participants for this year:


Achika
AdamG
AlanD
anagrama
anotherfluke
Atar1g1rl
bluecollarninja
bigdaddychester
boatofcar
Bratwurst
buttasuperb
Castelak
chadtower
Charlesaway
cheesystick
Chunky
Clubninja
CueWarrior
dave2236
DDCecil
ddockery
den68
digitalpress
Dire 51
Drexel923
drumguy79
dsullo
Funk Buddy
gamegirl79
gamereviewgod
gamergary
geelw
ghsqb
Goblin
Goodwill Hunter
grandamchandler
hydr0x
IGotTheDot
Jagdiesel
junglehunter
k8track
Kaine23
Keir to the nth power
Kid Fenris
l_lamb
Lady Jaye
le geek
leonk
MarioAllStar2600
Masco73
maxlords
Mayhem
Mr-E_MaN
neotokeo2001
NESCollector75
nesuser2
NoahsMyBro
norkusa
o2william
Oobgarm
PC Kwajalein
Portnoyd
Queen of the Felines
Querjek
RJ
Scooterb23
Shinobiman
Sniderman
soulblazer
soupforare
spoon
ubersaurus
wberdan
WiseSalesman
YoshiM


Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

GAME ON

[Castelak]

*tries hard to write a decent list* O.O

[Achika]

PLEASE email the address listed above for me. I use several computers during the day and all the other email accounts that I use (that some of you have the address for) get dumped into outlook and off of webbased. I want to keep this webbased so I can track the list at home & work.

[Castelak]

Email Sent Achika. :O Could we possibly pick who we want to give stuff to? ;)

[punkoffgirl]

Email Sent Achika. :O Could we possibly pick who we want to give stuff to? ;)

I hope you're just joking and I didn't type out that HUGE novel up above for no reason *quivers*

[Castelak]

Of course I'm serious! Plus I emailed you my list aswell.

</sarcasm>

[MarioAllStar2600]

It was hard to right that wishlist. OOO wonder who im going to get. Im so excited. :P . I didn't make my wishlist very hard at all. Cant wait. :D

[punkoffgirl]

Oh! You just reminded me of something I forgot to add!


PLEASE DON'T BUY THINGS FOR YOURSELF THAT YOU PUT ON YOUR WISH LIST, OR YOU MAY GET DUPLICATES!!!

[scooterb23]

I read through the post three times...so I hope I didn't miss this...but what is the cutoff date for actually sending our lists? I intend on working on one tomorrow, so it shouldn't be a problem...just don't want someone sending in their list on Dec. 15 :)

[junglehunter]

One question...

If we have troubles thinking of particular titles, could we name genres that we like?

Thanks!

[punkoffgirl]

Hmm.. thanks, Scooter. I didn't notice I hadn't put a cut-off date. I'll have to talk with Achika tomorrow and see what we come up with. I'll be sure to update my post when we do.

Yes, it's fine to use genres, junglehunter! It gives your Santa more options that way, but it's also possible they might send you something you already have!

[Lady Jaye]

Jaime, I sent you my list! Tee-hee, I'm looking forward to doing this! :D

[zektor]

Just sent my email. My want list is quite short :)

EDIT: Nevermind, I didn't see the initial sign up thread. I guess I'm working too hard. I'm out of the loop unfortunately on this one. Damnit.

[Sniderman]

If I may add one suggestion (POG, take this under consideration): Try to keep yourself from opening your gift before Christmas Day, when we can all open our SS gifts and post what we got. Last year, some folks ripped into theirs as soon as they got it and posted "Thank YOus," effectively IDing the SS to the Forum. So try to keep from opening before Xmas.

And - just in case someone wasn't aware that the box they just got isn't an eBay order, may I suggest writing "Santa" somewhere on the lid? THat will clue the recipient that this is the unopenable SS present.

And, with that, e-mail sent. :D

[digitalpress]

I've sent my list in.

Incidentally, if the person who gets me can't find any of the FM Towns Marty or Bandai Pippin games SEALED, then you can send me the Steel Batallion controller instead.

Thanks! It's gonna be a wonderful Christmas, I can feel it.

[Reverend JagDiesel]

List sent. Kinda generic, as I am more into the gift giving side of things.

But, if my SS happens to send a Steel Batalion for the Xbox, that'd be really sweet :D

[Darth Sensei]

Isn't that controller like $200?

D

[Sniderman]

Isn't that controller like $200?

DI'm fairly certain it was a joke. I don't actually expect to get the pony I requested either. :roll:

[Darth Sensei]

Isn't that controller like $200?

DI'm fairly certain it was a joke. I don't actually expect to get the pony I requested either. :roll:

Oh, I know it was a joke. I was just simply asking a question to the experts because I'm too lazy to look it up.

D

[den68]

list sent! I'm more geeked about the gift I get to give. I have more fun looking for games than playing them sometimes. I've got a few other cool ideas too.

[k8track]

Perhaps I overlooked this, but shouldn't we also include in our emails the things that we have in our tradeboxes that we can give? I ask this because I have some specific items that I have earmarked and am ready to send. I want to make sure that I get someone who would like these. Would this facilitate the assigning of Secret Santas?

[Achika]

Perhaps I overlooked this, but shouldn't we also include in our emails the things that we have in our tradeboxes that we can give? I ask this because I have some specific items that I have earmarked and am ready to send. I want to make sure that I get someone who would like these. Would this facilitate the assigning of Secret Santas?

assigning was totally random I do believe, and no one was "paired up" based on previous factors. Jaime will send you the recievers address and want list.

[kainemaxwell]

I'll send mine in after work today.

[punkoffgirl]

Perhaps I overlooked this, but shouldn't we also include in our emails the things that we have in our tradeboxes that we can give? I ask this because I have some specific items that I have earmarked and am ready to send. I want to make sure that I get someone who would like these. Would this facilitate the assigning of Secret Santas?

assigning was totally random I do believe, and no one was "paired up" based on previous factors. Jaime will send you the recievers address and want list.

My esteemed colleague is 100% correct. The drawings were completely random, names were written on a piece of paper, then tossed into the lovely Pac Man glass Tim gave me in Vegas, and drawn out at random by my lovely assistant, which was my roommate Dan. Sorry, Kevin, but we're just not doing things that way.

[Sniderman]

... then tossed into the lovely Pac Man glass Tim gave me in Vegas.... Looky me! I contributed! :D

[punkoffgirl]

... then tossed into the lovely Pac Man glass Tim gave me in Vegas.... Looky me! I contributed! :D

It seemed only fitting, and truely appropriate :)
Gawd, that post up there is starting to look like one heck of a mess, eh? *lol*

[maxlords]

My list is sent! Damn it was hard to write a want list out...I only managed to get about 40 or 50 items on mine and it took almost an hour! *sigh*

Oh...and if anyone wants to send DP's Marty games to me by accident, I'l do a very *special* favor for them...... ;)

[Queen Of The Felines]

One more note: You are not guaranteed to get ANYTHING on your list. Your Santa will try their best, but please don't pitch a fit if they were unable to find you a specific title, especially for older consoles. You are guaranteed by the bloody bones of The Young Game Collector to get SOMETHING, however.

In other words, please try to make your list as generic and wide-ranging as possible, and don't just give a list of three and only three specific titles or something.

Kristine

[ubersaurus]

I for one made sure there were a few rather easy to find games on my list, just in case. None of mine are particularly hard to find though-I'm just lazy and haven't looked too hard.

[Bratwurst]

I sent my email last night or so, and made an effort to be wondrously vague. Half the fun will be concocting a crazy love package for a stranger I know only through the internet, the other half will be the surprise comprised for me!

I gather the addresses and lists won't be handed out until everyone's sent them in? I like to kill the shopping / gift procuring process early as possible.

[punkoffgirl]

I sent my email last night or so, and made an effort to be wondrously vague. Half the fun will be concocting a crazy love package for a stranger I know only through the internet, the other half will be the surprise comprised for me!

I gather the addresses and lists won't be handed out until everyone's sent them in? I like to kill the shopping / gift procuring process early as possible.


Well.. I've been sending them out as I get them, I'm sure this is what Achika is doing. For instance, if you send in your list, we can send it on to YOUR Santa if they've already written to us. But if they haven't, we don't have an email address to send it to. Does that make sense?
I think last year I had people sign up first, then send me their want lists, THEN I picked names. I switched the last two this year. We'll see how it works.

[Mr-E_MaN]

I sent my list in last night. I made it pretty simple... included a link to my site with EVERY game I need... thats about 400+ NES games & various other systems. :D

Hopefully cross border shipping doesn't take too long... Since I don't do ebay I am going to have to find something fast and send it out for it to arrive in time.

[Achika]

I sent my email last night or so, and made an effort to be wondrously vague. Half the fun will be concocting a crazy love package for a stranger I know only through the internet, the other half will be the surprise comprised for me!

I gather the addresses and lists won't be handed out until everyone's sent them in? I like to kill the shopping / gift procuring process early as possible.


Well.. I've been sending them out as I get them, I'm sure this is what Achika is doing. For instance, if you send in your list, we can send it on to YOUR Santa if they've already written to us. But if they haven't, we don't have an email address to send it to. Does that make sense?
I think last year I had people sign up first, then send me their want lists, THEN I picked names. I switched the last two this year. We'll see how it works.

:embarrassed: I was waiting till I got all the want lists, but I'll start sending out emails now (I've got about 1/3+ of my lists 'wants') How about having your "want list" submitted to us by 11-26-2003? That gives people about 3 weeks to find, compile, and ship their package?

[punkoffgirl]

Tee hee, I already posted the 23rd as the "submit" date!
Crossed wires. Which is better?

[Achika]

Tee hee, I already posted the 23rd as the "submit" date!
Crossed wires. Which is better?

:embarrassed:

makes not a bit of difference to me

[punkoffgirl]

Personally, I'd like to get all this taken care of before Thanksgiving rolls around. I have a HUGE research paper to take care of, and I'm hoping to use Thanksgiving break to get it done.

[SoulBlazer]

Okay, sent mine in. Yeah, was kinda hard to think of a list, but I think I finally have a okay one. :)

[Drexel923]

Emailed my list in earlier today...just figured I'd post in here for confirmation.

[hydr0x]

One more note: You are not guaranteed to get ANYTHING on your list. Your Santa will try their best, but please don't pitch a fit if they were unable to find you a specific title, especially for older consoles. You are guaranteed by the bloody bones of The Young Game Collector to get SOMETHING, however.

In other words, please try to make your list as generic and wide-ranging as possible, and don't just give a list of three and only three specific titles or something.

Kristine

something i'd like to add to this:

always remember that there are not only US collectors on the lists, your secret santa could also be a european!!! and if i do receive a list with only us games, if i don't own it you will get something not on your list, so please at least try to include games from every region

[Masco73]

List sent!! :D

By the way, if anybody wants the Young Game Collectors address to send him a nice "gift :evil: ", I still have it. I was the one stuck buying for that loser last year. I am still pissed he got away with my goods.

Lets hope all goes well this year.

[SoulBlazer]

I thought about Europe and Asia. Since I don't have anything that can play imports I included some PC games and books on my list also. Should help. :)

[gamergary]

Sent my list to achika a couple of minutes ago.

[ubersaurus]

If my secret santa is from europe I'll settle for Sonic 1 on SMS :P

[Querjek]

I know that this is a bit odd, but what will the reply email be titled? I want to make sure that my spam thingy doesn't get rid of it either.

[bluecollarninja]

and when should we expect to get our secret santa e-mails?

[Achika]

and when should we expect to get our secret santa e-mails?

Santa's get their lists as soon as the good little girls & boys submit what they want for christmas, which hopefully will be finished by the 23rd.

[buttasuperb]

my list has been emailed.

[Mayhem]

List has gone, hope you got it Jaime...

[kainemaxwell]

List sent. Time to head back to redoing Winblows...

[GrandAmChandler]

List sent to Ms. Achika!

I can't wait to see who I get! I have TONS of Holiday goodies to throw in with the gift package I am sending!! :-P (What? No holiday Smiley!?!?!?!?!)

[Querjek]

Because my question was not answered:

I know that this is a bit odd, but what will the reply email be titled? I want to make sure that my spam thingy doesn't get rid of it either

[Castelak]

Is it okay if we go over that limit? :P I hope it was just a guideline.

[Achika]

List sent to Ms. Achika!

I can't wait to see who I get! I have TONS of Holiday goodies to throw in with the gift package I am sending!! :-P (What? No holiday Smiley!?!?!?!?!)

:hmm: I didn't seem to get it. Can you send it again to achika69@hotmail.com. Make sure you put Secret Santa in the subject. If there is no subject I usually delete them if I don't recognize the name. :embarrassed:

[scooterb23]

Sent mine in yesterday...hope it was ok :)

[spoon]

I sent mine in a few days ago to POG. Hope it went through ok.

[hydr0x]

is it ok to ask for an additional free item like a copy of dreamcast prototypes (hl...) ??? :D

[junglehunter]

punkoffgirl, I sent my wanted list along with all my info.

Please let me know if you received it or not.

Thanks.

[Chunky]

dittle Achika i hope ya got it!


lets make biscuits!!!!!!!!!!

[punkoffgirl]

Because my question was not answered:

I know that this is a bit odd, but what will the reply email be titled? I want to make sure that my spam thingy doesn't get rid of it either

What do you mean by reply email? Do you mean the name, addy, and want list for the person you're shopping for? If so, then the email title will be whatever they titled it in the first place, which should be "Secret Santa" if it's coming from me.

And I have not replied back to anyone yet to tell them I recieved their list, althought I have sent a few lists out to some Santas.

[Querjek]

Because my question was not answered:

I know that this is a bit odd, but what will the reply email be titled? I want to make sure that my spam thingy doesn't get rid of it either

What do you mean by reply email? Do you mean the name, addy, and want list for the person you're shopping for? If so, then the email title will be whatever they titled it in the first place, which should be "Secret Santa" if it's coming from me.

And I have not replied back to anyone yet to tell them I recieved their list, althought I have sent a few lists out to some Santas.
I just meant the email title. And thanks for answering.

[punkoffgirl]

I still have not recieved lists from the following people:

IGotTheDot
l_lamb
neotokeo2001
nesuser2
NoahsMyBro
Shinobiman
WiseSalesman


Please send your lists in ASAP. You're holding up the process! If you've changed your mind about participating, you need to let me know!

[Ascending Wordsmith]

Sorry for taking so long.
SS Want List sent.

[Funk Buddy]

I'm not a procrastinator, I'm the procrastinator!

Very boring and bland list sent!

[hydr0x]

i sent mine in a few hours ago, if you didn't receive it achika, mail me and i'll send it again in about 9 hours (9 AM CET)

[Dahne]

I remember signing up, but I don't see my name on the list. I haven't been here for a while, so I may have missed something. I've missed the deadline now anyway, so I don't expect to be included. Just want to make sure that my omission is intentional, and not something that'll mess up the process. :)

Edit: Oops, just checked my messages. Nevermind.

[Achika]

I still need the want lists from:

dsullo

[punkoffgirl]

The people on the above two lists who have not sent either myself or Achika an email have until Wednesday November 26th at 12pm (noon) EST to do so. If you don't meet this date, you will be eliminated from participation. Sorry to be a hardnose, but there are people out there waiting for lists, and as they say, time's a'wastin'!

[dave2236]

sorry, soorry, I forgot the deadline.

Typing list now and will have it to you shortly Achika.



thx, dave

[WiseSalesman]

sorry, soorry, I forgot the deadline.

Typing list now and will have it to you shortly Achika.

thx, dave

Likewise. Just having trouble paring the list down. I'll get it to you no later than tomorrow. My apologies.

[nesuser2]

I don't procrastinate.......ever LOL I HATE XMAS FOR THIS REASON......I can't make lists. I feel bad for anybody that gets mine, but they can request a bigger list right? and I will think more incase that request does come. but whoever gets mine, phew......request more, don't even look at the list just tell them you want more from me!

[NoahsMyBro]

List sent!

[GrandAmChandler]

Achika

I resent my list hopefully you will get it this time!!!

[Drexel923]

I'd like to ask everyone to keep who they have a secret, until we start an offical thread about this, probably on Christmas eve or day.

Well that won't work with me since the person I got knows who I am. :o

Anyway...does it matter when we ship or just do it by the 16th? I got lucky and actually have a bunch of stuff the person wanted so mine will probably go out sooner than later.

[Querjek]

Still waiting for a reply email...

[hydr0x]

i received my reply and i still can't believe for whom i'll have to send x_x