Secret Santa 2006

[SamuraiSmurfette]

Sooo...we doing this again this year?
Honestly, its the thing I look forwards to the most (and I always tend to go a bit overboard)
If so, someone needs to get rolling on this ASAP

[GrandAmChandler]

Sooo...we doing this again this year?
Honestly, its the thing I look forwards to the most (and I always tend to go a bit overboard)
If so, someone needs to get rolling on this ASAP

Someone's eager! Stay Tuned my little elves. Stay Tuned......

[Chainsaw_Charlie]

yeah im in when it happens

[s1lence]

Sooo...we doing this again this year?
Honestly, its the thing I look forwards to the most (and I always tend to go a bit overboard)
If so, someone needs to get rolling on this ASAP

Someone's eager! Stay Tuned my little elves. Stay Tuned......

Yeah its a couple weeks early yet.

[Aussie2B]

Heh, I've been wondering about it too. I had so much fun with putting together a package and everything last Christmas that I've been eager to do it again ever since. :)

[Muscelli]

Sooo...we doing this again this year?
Honestly, its the thing I look forwards to the most (and I always tend to go a bit overboard)
If so, someone needs to get rolling on this ASAP

Was thinking about this while I was playing Final Fight one I got from you last year for the semi-secret santas Good stuff. Best package I got in the mail all year

[jcalder8]

How does this work?
Or is it too early to ask for details

[DKTheArcadeRat]

I think I might actually do it this year, as long as I don't have to give anything to Chris(GrandAmChandler), or Nick(Drexel923). God I hate those guys so much.


Dave

[zektor]

I do this every year (except I did miss one year by accident) and it is great. Really looking forward to another one!

[Porksta]

I was getting ready to post this as well. Last year the thread was started first week of November, so I was starting to get worried. This will be my first time participating and I can't wait.

[Vectorman0]

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but I figured I would chime in before everyone gets their hopes up.

I'm 95% sure there will be no DP Secret Santa this year. From what I understand, it is an incredibly tasking and stressful job that has become something too large to expect any person to handle. If you think it only involves pairing up a hundred people and sending out a few emails, think again.

I'm just as disappointed as everyone else, as it is something that can be very fulfilling when it works.

On the bright side though, there should be a 12 days of DP X-Mas Contest. And if there isn't I'll personally make sure that there is at least something special with a few prizes involved. You have my word.

[Aussie2B]

Maybe it would be more feasible if the time deadline wasn't so strict? I know a lot of the fun of it is being able to open the package on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, but personally, I would rather have a late Secret Santa exchange than none at all. I'm used to receiving gifts past Christmas, so it doesn't bother me any. I imagine a large part of the stress of the project is worrying about everyone getting their gifts by Christmas, but if the deadline was more loose, perhaps it would be easier on the host? Obviously there'd have to be some kind of deadline, like by the end of January or something.

I'm not trying to pressure anybody, just throwing some ideas out. :)

[NESaholic]

Count me in, i never was on time the last years.

[Kitsune Sniper]

I wasn't even around a year ago. :P

I'd like to mess with this, ya know. Seems like an interesting thing.

[The_Kodiak65]

ah hell, i'd be in if we had one!

[norkusa]

Maybe it's all for the best. Who remembers Cmosfm's shitty S.S. ordeal of 2k4?

[Querjek]

Maybe it's all for the best. Who remembers Cmosfm's shitty S.S. ordeal of 2k4?

Haha yeah, how could I forget...


But anyway... any confirmation on whether we'll be doing secret santa this year or not?

[Rogmeister]

I think it's too late to do it now. Three weeks to have everyone say they're in, have the matchups made, buy or gather what you're sending and get them to everyone by Christmas Eve? That's asking a lot. It's probably best to wait until next year.

[SamuraiSmurfette]

Bah, should have done it when I suggested

[Sniderman]

Bah, should have done it when I suggested

Yes, maybe you should have.