SECRET SANTA! Who was it and what did you get?

[digitalpress]

I'm just about to go open mine!

For those of you who joined in, let's hear it! I'm very curious. :x-mas:

[Kess]

YOSHIM Was Mine!

I got:

King Neptune's Adventure - Color Dreams - NES - Loose
Pesterminator - Color Dreams - NES - Loose
Herzog Zwei - Sega Genesis - Loose

THANKS YOSHIM!

Wow, and he gave me a cool-ass card as well, he made it himself, its about nutcrackers :P

[Ascending Wordsmith]

Sniderman was my Secret Santa. Lo and behold there's Astal for the Saturn (complete), and Twisted Metal 2 for the PSOne (also complete). What a guy!

http://www.classicgaming.com/saturn/magazine/games/astal/ss_astal_mini_lvl1.jpg

Thanks Sniderman! Sorry about that whole magnified tick image thing lol ;)

[Sniderman]

Gooood morning and Merry Christmas all!

This is embarrassing! Brian was my Secret Santa, but his DP name escapes me at the moment! I tried to look up the earlier SS thread where he identified himself, but it was deleted. So, Bri', when you see this, confess up again so folks know your actual DP ID!

(Edited! THanks "Lexicon!" DP filled me in below!)

Anyway, my SS hit one out of the ballpark! He got the impression from my "Want list" that I'm into horror and horror games. And he was absolutely right! And he got me several games I've been looking for, as well as some great reading material. Well, get a load of this:

1. Stephen King's Nightmares and Dreamscapes. I'm a Stephen King hound and have most of his books - except this one! There's some great reads in here that I've never seen before!
2. An HPL collection! Even bigger than KIng, I'm a voracious reader of HP Lovecraft. I didn't specifically mention this author's name on my list, but this is a GREAT gift. Call of Cthulhu, The Dunwich Horror, The Color Out of Space, etc. I love the Cthulhu Mythos and this book puts them all into one to-be-well-read tome!
3. In keeping with the horror motif, I receieved Resident Evil: Survivor for PSX! Now, I used to own this game when it first came out, as I'm a RE fanatic. However, I traded my copy in a long time ago - a move I've always regretted 'cause I really like thi game! However, I've been unable to find it locally in used game stores and eBay prices were insane. Thanks for bringing one of my favorites back home!
4. *Sealed* Illbleed for DC. I'm now collecting for the Dreamcast, and had not heard of this survival horror game for the DC. WOW! What a bizarre, fun premise! I'll be pounding on this game for hours to come!
5. Moving away from all things horrific, I also got a *sealed* Street Fighter III for DC! I can't wait to place this game too! I've heard nothing but great things about it!
6. A *huge* stack of Wild Arms postcards. I'll be using these for Xmas thank you cards, just to confuse the family!

Needless to say, I'm very pleased, impressed, and overjoyed with the presents I got. I cannot BELIEVE that there was RE:Survivor and an HPL book within as they were never mentioned on my list. Talk about psychic ability to pick the "perfect gift!"

Thanks again Brian/Lexi! You truly ROCK! :D And Merry Christmas to the rest of you!

[scooterb23]

MankeyMan was my Secret Santa...he mentioned in the note he included that he had a bit of a tough time finding NTSC games in his PAL world...but he did a fine job I think!!

I got Virtua Tennis for the Dreamcast (great game!!)

and a complete Quattro Adventure cart for the NES...this was really cool since I had never even seen a box for these games before!!

Thanks Mankey, so much!!!!!

[digitalpress]

@Sniderman: Lexicon is a "Brian"... does that ring a bell?

KidFenris was my Secret Santa!

I got:
- Animal Crossing e-cards
- Mario Bros e-cards
- GTA Vice City Soundtrack Vol II: Wave 103

Supercool! Thanks Santa!

[DDCecil]

Buttasuperb was my Secret Santa, and I got the following:

Yoshi's Cookie (Complete) - NES
Quattro Adventure (New) - NES
Yoshi's Island (SNES) - Complete
F-Zero (SNES) - Complete
Killer Instinct (SNES) - Loose
Super Punch-Out!! (SNES) - Loose
Mortal Kombat 2 (SNES) - Loose
Street Fighter Alpha 2 (SNES) - Loose

All great games! Thanks again, Buttasuperb!

[YoshiM]

Mine was from Nesman85. Unfortunately, I had opened it early because I thought it was an EBay package I was watching for as I didn't know his real name. So I boxed everything back up and held off playing anything out of it until Christmas.

I got:

StarTropics 2: Zoda's Revenge (NES) Loose
Ninja Gaiden (NES) Loose
Marble Madness (NES) Loose
Super Mario/Duck Hunt (NES) Loose

Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack (INTV, Complete)

Speedway!/Spin-Out!/Crypto-Logic! (Odyssey2) Loose

Mach 5 Cartridge by Access (C64 I think)

Thanks Nesman!

[Rogmeister]

I also don't yet know who my Secret Santa is...I know his real name (Greg Wilcox) but not his DP ID. Now to open the gifts...I got one small one and one larger. I'll open the small one first...

ST Key for the Sega Saturn--I have to admit I had NO idea what this was for! I looked it up and it is used to enable your Saturn to play any Saturn game from any country. Cool...I'll have to get me some imports now!

Now to open the larger package...inside were two Saturn games, neither of which I had and which are not in the kind of case I'm used to seeing Saturn games in...one looks more like a Genesis case. At any rate they are...

Myst--I've obviously heard of Myst before but have never owned a copy nor have I ever played it.

Andretti Racing--A racing game that I'm not too familiar with...I have to admit I never bought many Saturn games.

The one fear we probably all share is that we get something we already had...I'm glad to say I had NONE of the items I got for Christmas and I'm extremely pleased with what I got so thanks, Greg...no matter what ID you use on the DP boards!

[digitalpress]

@Rogmeister: That's "geelw" on the forums. :)

[portnoyd]

My secret santa was chocobokick, and she sent me a Hello Kitty adorned box with, all for Genesis:

Mutant League Hockey (loose)
Mutant League Football (loose)

YAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!

Growl (complete)
Earnest Evans (complete)
Hit the Ice (complete)

And some Wild Arms 3 postcards! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Thanks so much! Was worth te wait to finally tear it open and find out :D

dave

[The Young Game Collector]

My SS was masco73. I got:

A Super Mario Sunshine Toy
A NES Poster
NES Games:
Wizards & Warriors
Paperboy
Cobra Triangle
Dr. Mario
Gradius
NBA Live 99 for N64

Thanks Masco!

(BTW, Lexicon, I would be intrested in trading for a couple of those cards!!! :) )

[kainemaxwell]

Mine was Rogmeister. He sent me Record of Lodoss War for DC and 2 the old "How to WIn at NES/SNES" books. I haven't seen those books in years! Thanks!!

[zektor]

Was Kaine (Chris) . I got:

2 2600 games (Cosmic Ark + Q-bert)
1 NES game (Abadox)

I actually didn't have any of these games. Thanks and Happy Holidays!

[MankeyMan]

My Secret Santa was DDCecil. He got me:

Blast Corps for the N64
Game and Watch Gallery 3 for the GBC

Many thanks, and just to let you know that I spent all morning demolishing your high scores on Game and Watch Gallery :P .

[kainemaxwell]

@Zektor, sorry about Q*Bert's label, I didn't realize it was peeling off at first actually.

[buttasuperb]

my secret santa was BHvrd. i got:

Leisure Suit Larry Collection - PC complete
River City Ranson - loose

Funny thing about it was, i was working out a trade with him for the LSL collection, and then he pm's me saying he can't trade with me now, because "Something has come up" LOL Good cover up, I was totally confused as to why you couldn't trade with me.

Thanks BHvrd, i can't wait to play these games, especially the first LSL again.

[spoon]

First off, To my Secret Santa,

Dear Video_Game_Addict,
I love you , MERRY CHRISTMAS
For real, Ricardo

Man, I swear you must be related to Miss Cleo, because I had been buying things from my list,(yes shame on me), and I still didnt get anything I had already bought!


NES Games:
Kiwi Kraze
Incredible Crash Dummies
Alien 3
Felix The Cat (Which I have almost beaten)
Kid Icarus
and there were a few others that escape my mind at the moment, (I am not at home, but man you are awesome! It made me remember what it was like to be a kid back in the 80's!
I also got this kick Arse figure of Mario Climbing up a vine!
Gotta do this again next year!

[video_game_addict]

My Secret Santa was Steve Jacobs (NoahsMyBro)

I should start by saying I probably made it kind of hard on Steve, as I collect for a multitude of systems, but didn't include any specific lists. :) I have 100+ carts for most systems I collect for, yet I didn't have anything in particular that I wanted. :/ But having said that I was very happy with I received!

Oh yeah, and I sort of cheated, and opened early this morning after I finished wrapping my last Christmas gift, sometime around 3AM, as I was watching The Christmas Story on TNT for the 5th time in a roll. :D

OK now for what I received:

A splattering of 2600 carts, including Air-Sea Battle(text label) which I needed, Demon Attack (text) and Golf, another I needed, and a few more for the trade box.

Karateka 7800, I actually still needed this up until a week ago, recently traded for it, D'oh, but this might be a label upgrade.

Spider-Man: Separation Anxiety for SNES, This will tie in nicely with the new Spider-Man dvd I just received, and was another need.

Lakers vs. Celtics(complete in cardboard box) for Genesis, This was another that I needed, and marks my 145th boxed Genny title!

André Panza Kick Boxing Boxed complete for TG16, Marks my 5th boxed game, I have no idea how Joe was able to complete his TG16 collection, with all 93 or so boxes damn. But this was also another game which I still needed.

And finally to wrap it all up, Steve included a personal Mix CD, which ROCKS, I listened to it once last night and it's playing right now as I type this!! I thought this was just a very personal gift, and just totally blew me away! Odd thing is I'm a music fanatic, and I've heard, downloaded, or own original CDs, LPs, & 8 tracks of most of the artists on this disc, but I honestly haven't listened to ANY of these songs besides for one!

Thanks Steve!!

[BHvrd]

My SS was Ness Kess, I got:

Eternal Champions- Genesis in box

Dreamcast VMU


Thanks, Happy Holiday's Everyone!

[nesman85]

mayhem was my secret santa.
he got me final fight guy for snes!:D
thankyou mayhem!

[autobotracing]

my secret santa was DIGITAL PRESS

I got


ikagura import dreamcast
Silhouette Mirage import playstation game
soul reaver 2 soundtrack


thanks a bunch joe! SHMUPS RULE ! :D

[Atar1G1rl]

My secret Santa was Corey (autobotracing) and he kindly gave me a loose Shadowgate cart for the NES, which I've been wanting for some time now. Thank you!! :)


And , to my Secret Santa Recipient: I'm terribly sorry if your package did not arrive yet. I sent it some weeks ago and I don't know why it is taking so damn long. :( I'm very upset over this and feel horrible. But it *is* floating out there somewhere for you, I just don't know where or what the deal with the hold up is. But you can't miss it since it's a failry decent size medium brown nox, medium heavy, and you'll see it coming from San Dimas. I'm sorry.

[Queen Of The Felines]

My SS was John Hardie and whoo-boy did I make out like a bandit!

- A TON of boxed/complete 2600 carts, including a sealed and freakin' MINT Berenstain Bears!! X_x
- A bunch of promo items including a Frogger 2 umbrella, some patches, stickers, etc.
- A "Driven" DVD/PS2 combo pack
- A "Zap! The Rise and Fall of Atari" book
- Two boxed joystick controllers for the Atari 800 computers
- A nifty little game watch

And a bunch of other stuff I'm currently forgetting because the box is sitting in the other room. :)

John, you abolutely, positively, freaking ROCK. Thank you!!! :D

Kristine

[Neo-Jorge]

My Secret Santa was non other then Dsullo from NJ,
thanks for the great gifts the red faction demo was so good I going out to buy that game 1st thing in the AM.


http://www.boomspeed.com/neojorge/santa.JPG

These went under the tree soon as they arrived.


http://www.boomspeed.com/neojorge/santa2.JPG

Soon as the clock hit the midnigt hour these were the 1st gifts that i opened up.



Thanks again for the great stuff Dsullo,



Neo-Jorge

[Sothy]

I got a new tattoo on my chest where I used a rusty fork to carve

"POG IS THE BETRAYER THE BETRAYER IS FEAR FEAR IS THE MIND KILLER"

Happy Holidays!

[Kid Fenris]

I'm not quite sure of my Secret Santa's forum name, but the package came from Ball Records in Gardiner, Maine.

And inside that package, I found Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Armor Attack for the Vectrex, both complete, along with a Clean Sweep cart, a Facemaker cart for the Colecovision, and a bunch of 45s.

Thanks, Santa!

[ClubNinja]

Moycon sent me a bunch of toenail clippings...

Actually, I received the following lovelies:

- Complete Alien Syndrome for the SMS
- Star Trek for the Vectrex with a pink bowtie sticker on it
- Bump N Jump, Sky Skipper, and Beamrider for the 2600
- Funky little Wood Golem action dude

Thanks much, man! I broke out the Vec this morning to try out Star Trek, and it was Christmas '82 all over again. Have a great holiday : )

[Achika]

PC Kwajalein was my SS, and from him, I got the two games I've been holding off for years buying for NES:

Bubble Bobble
Kid Icarus

These will make my X-mas break much more enjoyable. Thanks

~adrienne

[chrisballer]

My SS was (Nathan) anotherfluke.

I got Final Fantasy3 with a strategy guide and also a E3 exihibit guide.
He also checked out my site and sent me a bunch of nes manuals i need for my collection.

Thanks a bunch, I am really happy with my gifts :D

Merry Christmas!!!!!

[punkoffgirl]

Hey Todd, your secret santa would be wberdan, my boyfriend ;)

[RJ]

Many THANKS!!! go to QOF, from whom I received a vast assortment of PSX games, including:
The Italian Job
Who Wants/Millionaire 2nd Edition (my wife likes this!)
Ridge Racer 4 (replaces the one I broke)
Mass Destruction & BRAHMA Force, 2 old-school games I really like & several more!!!
I didn't get anything on my list, but I'm completely satisfied.

Sign me up for next year! :D

[dsullo]

My SS was ChrisBaller and he kept me on the edge of my seat until Dec 24th. The UPS guy came in the mid morning. He sent me 2 great SNES Carts:
Final Fantasy 2 and Mystic Quest.

Happy Holidays Everyone !!

[Masco73]

Club ninja was my SS and I received the following for the snes:

super metroid
super mario all-stars
killer instinct w/box

All games I needed.

Thanks Ninja! :D

[Mayhem]

Sadly mine got swallowed by the postal system so it hasn't arrived yet... QoF assures me it's good though :)

//hopes for QoF in a box ;)

[ubersaurus]

Mine was Mark Hasselberger of NJ, and he got me the book, "The Ultimate History of Video Games". Sweet book, I remember skimming through it for a report I had to do a year ago, but I enver got the chance to look at it in depth. Thanks dude!

[Lexicon]

Glad you were happy with everything Sniderman!

I got some great gifts from my DP secret santa as well.
Keir to the Nth Power.

I knew the box was from my santa due to the cool Space Fury drawing on it.

He loaded me up with:
A worm light for my GBA, my poor eyes thank you.
Cosmic Ark for the 2600, a game I used to play all the time but have never got around to getting a copy.
Taz-mania for the Gameboy.
The Gameboy secret codes book.
And a copy of Nintendo power, and it was in issue I didnt have.

A great job by my Santa! Thanks alot!

[Anonymous]

My secret santa was Bruce (Zektor)! He hooked me up with genny versions of Raiden Triad and Klax, The Gate of Thunder/Bonk's Adventure/Bonk's Revenge Turbo Duo CD, and (Bless his heart) Smurfs for the ColecoVision! I've been looking for Smurfs forever, Thanks Zektor!!!

[boatofcar]

My secret santa was Tempest, who hooked me up with Kirby's Avalanche, just what I asked for! I'm now addicted :)

[punkoffgirl]

The Young Game Collector had better do some fast explaining, or else his ass is mine.. I just got word that the person who he was supposed to play Santa for did not, and still HAS NOT recieved a gift. This after I got a note from Mr Game Collector saying his gift had been sent.

Can you tell I'm just a LITTLE bit pissed off?
Remember, I have your address.

[The Young Game Collector]

I sent mine via first class on the...16th i think it was?

[digitalpress]

I sent mine via first class on the...16th i think it was?

I sure hope you have your tracking number.

[punkoffgirl]

I sent mine via first class on the...16th i think it was?

This is a very thin rope you're on here. First class on the 16th from Washington to New York means it SHOULD have arrived before the 25th. I'm taking this very seriously as an organizer.. Do you know HOW bad I feel for someone who waited not just until Christmas, but a couple days AFTER, just to make sure it didn't get delayed due to the Christmas rush, before even letting me know they didn't get anything?
I remind you, that I vowed I would see any non-sending participants banned, so I hope you can come up with some proof that you shipped it.

[chocobokick]

Oh please tell me if Young Game Collector was my SS. If it is anyone else I don't mind waiting patiently, but I don't want to keep looking for the mailman. Even a pm will do :/

[punkoffgirl]

Oh please tell me if Young Game Collector was my SS. If it is anyone else I don't mind waiting patiently, but I don't want to keep looking for the mailman. Even a pm will do :/

Oh no.. YOU didn't get your present either?!?
Is there anyone else that didn't get a present yet? PLEASE LET ME KNOW!!

And Heather, no. The Young Game Collector was not your Santa. Nikkita was your Santa, and SHE told ME over a week ago (almost two, I think) that she bought something off eBay and gave the seller your address to ship it to, and they messed up and shipped it to her, so she bought something else & had them do the same, but I don't think the last time she replied to me that she ever confirmed with that seller that they sent it to the right place... *sigh*

[NoahsMyBro]

We left town on 12/21, and will be returning on 12/30 or 12/31. I had not received my package prior to the 21st, but can't say until I get home whether or not I've received my package.

[scooterb23]

I'm getting concerned because I haven't heard if my package made it to my "victim" or not :(

I hope so...although I do know that in a non-holiday format, a package sent from Ohio took over 3 weeks to get to Oregon...so anything is possible...

actually, I haven't heard from my person in a while now...

hope all is well

[geelw]

...Now to open the larger package...inside were two Saturn games, neither of which I had and which are not in the kind of case I'm used to seeing Saturn games in...one looks more like a Genesis case...

hey rog- those are PAL games, thus the weird cases- i think one or both run in 60hz mode, so you won't see black bars on the top and bottom of the screen (hopefully, lol- i hadn't played any of those games in a while, so i don't remember). i had planned to stick 2 or 3 loose japanese SS games in the package, but i ended up forgetting to (they were supposed to go in with a note with my e-mail & dp handle- d'oh)... :D

[digitalpress]

@Scooter: I don't know if you had NoahsMyBro, but if you or ANYONE did, he's just fine. He's been traveling with family since last Saturday. Got a message from him yesterday that he's on his way back home. In other words, all is well.

[Mayhem]

//puts hand up also

I too haven't received my SS gift yet, but QoF tells me it is on its way.. so I'm presuming it is coming from the US. I'm just wondering if they used surface mail and not airmail... hence I might see it before the end of January! :o

[Rogmeister]

Thanks, Geelw...I hadn't noticed the PAL notice on the back. I haven't had the chance to try the games out yet. I'll try to get to them sometime this weekend. 8-)

[portnoyd]

Well. Shit.

NoahsMyBro was my Secret Santa Get Something For Him guy. I, being extremely lazy, didn't get everything together until the 23rd, and was going to express mail it when I realized Steve lives 10 minutes from where I work. So I dropped it off at his house. Which means it's covered in snow at the leastD:

And who knows if it's still there!! D: D: D: D: D: D: D:

Steve, if you get home and don't see a box, I'm really really sorry. :(

dave :

[digitalpress]

@NoahsMyBro: I'll vouch for Dave/Portnoyd. I got to see the Secret Santa gift he brought to your place. I want one for myself! Hope it's there and in good shape when you get home.

[scooterb23]

I'll still leave it secret for a couple more days...because as I said, I haven't even seen my SS person online in about a week now....hopefully they are just on a bit of a break as well :/ :/

[punkoffgirl]

Mat, Laura's your secret Santa; she DID ship airmail, but it should have arrived by now..

[NoahsMyBro]

I'm HOME!!! You have no idea how happy I am to be back! Driving from NJ to Atlanta with my wife and son was nice for the first 85% or so of the trek. As we got close to Atlanta though, it became tiresome.

THEN, spending nearly a week with my Mom, Stepdad, brother, Grandma & Grandpa in Atlanta was a very trying experience. It was a relief to get back in the van yesterday morning. We hit the highway at 12:34pm EST in the Buckhead section of Atlanta, GA. We rolled into my driveway in Northern NJ at 6:33am EST this morning.

This afternoon my neighbor arrived home and I got to retrieve my Secret Santa package!

WooHoo! Thanks Dave, it all looks really cool.

And now the moment you've all been waiting for, the loot:

1 Green Topmax Joystick controller for the Dreamcast
1 Fishing Controller for the Dreamcast (ASCII brand?)
1 Innovation DC Super Game Converter (allows the use of imports on the DC)
An ST-Key for the Sega Saturn
Some sort of strange Blue LED pointer thing from Lucas Arts
And last, but definitely not least, a pair of Cow (yes, you read that right, cow) boxer shorts from Prima Games!

I have a black Topmax already, but everything else is a completely new addition to my collection.

I've heard the fishing games are a blast on the DC with the fishing rod controller, now I get to try them out. I mentioned in my wishlist that I like hardware and oddball controllers, Dave came through great on that!

As for the ST-Key, I got Japanese Christmas Nights a while ago and haven't found the time to mod my Saturn yet, so the ST-Key will be just the ticket for that.

I don't know what the light-thing is, but it certainly looks cool.

As for the boxers, hmmmmm..... They're big. They have a cow print. Maybe Gateway is looking for part-time workers for a new ad campaign I could participate in? Really, I just don't get it. This is the first online activity I've taken on since opening the package. I'll investigate Prima later on and see if I can get to the bottom of these shorts (ha ha ha - I kill me!).

Thanks again Dave - that was a very cool package.

[Achika]

As for the boxers, hmmmmm..... They're big. They have a cow print. Maybe Gateway is looking for part-time workers for a new ad campaign I could participate in? Really, I just don't get it. This is the first online activity I've taken on since opening the package. I'll investigate Prima later on and see if I can get to the bottom of these shorts (ha ha ha - I kill me!).

I *think* they were for the Maximo PS 2 game.

[portnoyd]

*Phew*

The pen thing is a promo lightsaber keychain for some Star Wars game, and the boxers are Maximo, yes, and unworn ;)

dave

[Mayhem]

I got Atar1g1rl? Okay, so I'd hope for her heh... but I will keep an eye out for when it arrives... not back at work until 6th, so someone will be around to get it...

[chocobokick]

I've given up. I got two packages in the mail today and was hopeful but they were both ebay stuff I bought. Maybe next year we only allow seasoned members? Nikkita hasn't posted here since Dec 16th, I think she's gone. Oh well.
Darn you and your models DP! :P

[digitalpress]

I've given up. I got two packages in the mail today and was hopeful but they were both ebay stuff I bought. Maybe next year we only allow seasoned members? Nikkita hasn't posted here since Dec 16th, I think she's gone. Oh well.
Darn you and your models DP! :P

Honestly... don't give up on this one yet. I got an email from her on the 26th with some sample pictures. I'm not exactly "trusting" but I wouldn't distrust at this point either.

[punkoffgirl]

Both Nikkita and the Young Game Collector have gone MIA. You'd think they'd at LEAST post something, I mean like ANYWHERE on the forums. You got photos from her on the 26th? How come she still hasn't answered MY email? And the Young Game Collector fell off the face of the earth after it was posted that the person he was supposed to ship to never recieved anything.

[dsullo]

Punkoffgirl

If you want to pass me chocobokick's name and address I will throw something in the mail to him.

Just pass me the info

thanks

Dustin

[chocobokick]

That's super nice dsullo but totally not necessary, the friends I've made on this board far outweigh any little Christmas present.
Although if someone could point where I can buy a plush Kirby I would be grateful, I've been searching for days since I can't get his commercial out of my head.
Nightmare in dreamland KIRBY! Beating up the bad guys, and takin' away their powers!

Oh, and I'm a girl! :)

[geelw]

>:( well, well, well...now i'm REALLY pissed...not only did i NOT get my gift, i got screwed on 3 ebay items in the past couple of weeks, i'm currently jobless, AND the post office finally sent me money for a game from japan one of their employees ran over with his truck, but they didn't refund the express mail cost (idiots) i'm not having much of a happy holiday it would seem... >:(

[MankeyMan]

I've been seeing the young game collector on the forum a lot. In fact, he is on right now.

[punkoffgirl]

We'll see what we can do about that...

[Nikkita]

Interesting. I am glad I was pointed to this thread.

No. I am not "MIA".

I told quite a few people I would be gone for a few weeks. Does that mean I would have net access? Let's see....... The connection speed was a 28.8, it was christmas time and there was only one phone line.

I did as much as I could.

If anybody still has any doubts here's the conversation with the seller:

Hi!

This is the receipt for the payment:

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Hi! =) I am the winner of the above auction (my username is: moo0075)


Can you please ship this to:


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From: Chih Yu [mailto:supersale168@adelphia.net]
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 5:26 AM
To: planitb@shiiva.net
Subject: Re: Question for seller -- Item #746563678


Thank you for letting me know.
I am very sorry about this but I don't think that's
the case. Can you please let me know your name,
addressm method of payment with date and I will
check the record for you right away.
Don't worry about it because I will take care of the
problems for you right away
Thanks
Happy New Year








----- Original Message -----
From: <planitb@shiiva.net>
To: <supersale168@adelphia.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 12:43 PM
Subject: Question for seller -- Item #746563678


> Hi...
>
> I sent the information on the address to where the item should be sent, I
sent the payment (from C Hare/threenorns@threenorns.co.uk).
>
> I sent this payment as soon as the item had been bought/won (nearly 2.5
weeks before christmas)
>
> The person still has not received it.
>
> Is there any problems that have occured that I should be aware of?
>
> Thank you.
> --------------------
>
>
> Question from: moo0075
> Title of item: Final Fantasy X 10 TIDUS Necklace & Ring Set
> Seller: supersale168
> Starts: 09-Dec-02 13:03:11 EST
> Ends: 11-Dec-02 21:32:08 EST
> Price: Currently US $14.95
> To view the item, go to:
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=746563678
>
>
>
> Visit eBay, The World's Online Marketplace TM at http://www.ebay.ca

And no, I'm not gone, I have just been busy, but if you want me gone, then I will, with sadness, leave.

So, sorry it couldn't work out the way I, and everybody else, expected, but there's the receipt. If you want screen captures of the PayPal money archive, then I'll post those too.

:-(

[michael]

I really hope some of you are happy...
Anyone who has known Nikkita knows she's a pretty honest person and I really couldn't believe she'd rip off or take advantage of this Secret Santa deal...
I'm really ashamed of some of you.

[digitalpress]

Don't try playing Monday morning quarterback Michael... if you believed in her so much why didn't you stick up for her BEFORE she explained the situation? I'm not feeling guilty about this at all. Nikkita is a friend and I'm glad she's back but I have a responsibility to this forum, and this particular event should have been taken seriously. I know from firsthand experience that being on the receiving end of someone who bails out of the game really sucks.

The very reason why we've given them both the opportunity to show up and explain/redeem themselves is BECAUSE there is trust. I know I'd feel a little better if WILYKAT made good on his agreement even now, a year later.

Glad to see you back, Nikkita, and I hope you can work this out with Chocobokick.

[Sniderman]

Hold up there Michael. Remember this classic?

I'm only going to ask this once, I ask that you never speak down to me in a manner such as you just posted. I am not a child I am a mature teenager and I ask that you never speak to me in a degradeing manner ever agian.
Take your own advice and think before posting a "parental tsk, tsk, tsk, aren't you ashamed of yourself" message. We're not kids either.

Back to the subject at hand: There has been a LOT of lying and deceit on this board/forum recently (Orochi, Blake's many names, etc.) and people are sick and tired of playing the Truth Police. Folks are immediately assuming the worst because - let's face it - it's happening way too friggin' often recently.

So, as it appearred to board members, Nikkita and TYGC each did not send a gift, did not reply to e-mails, weren't posting to the forum, and pretty much up and disappearred. TYGC has a history of being a flake and Nikkita - well - she's still new. Last year, the only SS to flake out was someone (Wilykat) who posted a lot, contributed regularly, and disappearred right after they got their SS gift. It happens. It *did* happen.

I'm glad to see Nikkita's back and am happy to see the info offered. It's a shame she is under such scrutiny, but I'm happy to see it was all just a misunderstanding and everything's getting hammered out.

TYGC? Jury's still out.

Needless to say, *everyone's* messages and actions are being judged a little more harshly after other recent events. Nikkita just happened to be caught in the crosshairs. But blind trust in the overall honesty of others? That'll take a while to get recultivated. And I'd expect no less if *I* was the one in the bullseye.

Anyway, let's just close this thread while everyone gets their respective affairs in order.

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