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General and Gaming => General => Topic started by: Flashback2012 on September 20, 2019, 09:30:41 am
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Scoping out interest in a Secret Santa for 2019. Can fill in the blanks later with some copypasta and what not, just looking at a head count for now.
1. Telly
2. ignition365
3. Cartagia
4. masamune
5. courtlyhades296
6. wolfen
7. droaa
8. Warmsignal?
9. tpugmire
10. redblaze57 (tenative)
11. dashv
12. brandon913
13. marvelvscapcom2
14. NickAwesome
15. Soera
16. Flashback2012
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20.
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*RESERVED* ;)
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I can try to dig up some of the thoughts that I had last year r/t making things a little more transparent. Unless we want to keep things the same?
EDIT: Oh wait it's still pinned from last year xD
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Count me in.
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I'm in, but I might be a bit late on sending and recieving stuff because my family will be moving within the next month.
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I absolutely want to be a part of this. I'm in!
I was looking at what transpired in last year's Secret Santa, and I think we should just stick to either the person's wishlist or the list they create specifically for this event. Sometimes it doesn't end well if people try to guess what someone else would want.
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I thought after last year that it wasnt going to happen. If it does then Im in
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When is the deadline to sign up?
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This isnt a sign up. Just an interest check.
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I’m in.
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Updated names on the list. ;)
I absolutely want to be a part of this. I'm in!
I was looking at what transpired in last year's Secret Santa, and I think we should just stick to either the person's wishlist or the list they create specifically for this event. Sometimes it doesn't end well if people try to guess what someone else would want.
Removed the "?" by your name. ;D
I thought after last year that it wasnt going to happen. If it does then Im in
Added your name. I'd like to think that with enough support, it'll happen. :)
When is the deadline to sign up?
There technically isn't one as it's been pointed out, this is just an interest check to see if we can get enough support for there to be a SS this year. Added your name just in case. ;)
This isnt a sign up. Just an interest check.
Correct. This thread is just to determine if there's enough support among the forum members to merit an attempt this year. Who runs it and how it's run can be figured out later. :)
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Put me as a maybe. It'll depend on when work picks up for me
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I can try to dig up some of the thoughts that I had last year r/t making things a little more transparent. Unless we want to keep things the same?
EDIT: Oh wait it's still pinned from last year xD
Secret Santa 2018 topic
https://vgcollect.com/forum/index.php/topic,9354.0.html
I know some of you may wounder, but I don't think I will be in this year, I worry a lot about the gifts not getting to fellow members from myself I also don't have a lot of money for new and sealed video games, I am afraid I would disappoint someone.
I don't have the tools to open up cartridges to see if they are real, I am not a vary good video game tester, I don't want someone else to be disappointed. :(
I never sent anything before,
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I’m up for it.
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List updated. We're about halfway there! ;D
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I'm in for this year.
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Seems like we have enough interest, no? I don't know how many people we're shooting for but I would think even 5-6 would be sufficient.
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I think it also depends on domestic/international accounts. I normally wouldn't be in if I don't have the option to not do international... but I suppose I could do like my SS did and just drop ship stuff from a local site (Amazon UK and stuff for international folks)
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Updated list.
Let's keep this up till the end of the week or so (month ends on Tuesday) for anyone who was on the fence.
Seems like we have enough interest, no? I don't know how many people we're shooting for but I would think even 5-6 would be sufficient.
It may not be as many names as in years past but I think there's sufficient support to make it happen. ;)
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Seems like we have enough interest, no? I don't know how many people we're shooting for but I would think even 5-6 would be sufficient.
(i'll let adminstrators edit post the following because I'm confused)
(edit) don't message anyone because we don't know who is running this event the following is a guess
Some of the members may not know what Secret Santa is, we have lots of forum attenders there is thousands of members. But Even I don't think I know exact how it works. But I'll make a guess by how it sounds.
I guess it about everyone involved both buying as well as receiving gifts from someone on the list. who is a attender of the forums
Everyone involved needs remember to send PM/message their wishlists to @Soera @tpugmire or another voltary site administrator on this list in the first post
Secret Santa attenders are given a list by an administer of this site. through a PM message. A list of someone to buy gifts for? then everyone on the list tries to get everyone whatever is on their chosen persons wishlists? from a random person
for those who are involved I would suggest not being cheap on your person. Remember it's not only about you getting the gifts is also about giving gifts to another member
I love this idea, but lets face it, sometimes a package can get lost in transit or stolen off a doorstep I even have an outside room in my house but sometimes the post person leaves the package outside exposed to the elements and out in the open. I never had a package stolen personally but if I was in a bad it would have happen to me I'm sure of it.
click the third to the right icon on under @soera @tpugmire to get your wishlists ready. but again I may not know everything.
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Oldgamerz please do not volunteer people to do work or have messages sent to them for this community event. One of the people you mentioned specifically stated they do not want to do so this year.
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Oldgamerz please do not volunteer people to do work or have messages sent to them for this community event. One of the people you mentioned specifically stated they do not want to do so this year.
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sorry I caught my mistake
I just scratched @soera's name
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Oldgamerz please do not volunteer people to do work or have messages sent to them for this community event. One of the people you mentioned specifically stated they do not want to do so this year.
I never said anything about doing work, I was only trying to explain what I thought it was. sorry I don't understand what your saying, I am not involved this year I already stated that please be more clear
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I just scratched @soera's name
Do not tell anyone to message anyone. As stated in this thread we do not know who will be running this event - if it even happens.
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I thought an idea of trading games with one another, instead of buying everything new we could somehow trade? there could also be an item limit for all members in this list to follow? instead of an entire list, their could be a favorite candy bar along with a game or two. if I could trade something in or buy only one or two items and a candy bar for someone I would, but I am not in this year, because I am unsure of everything.
a price limit would not work out, everything is different in price but an item limit might work out,
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I thought an idea of trading games with one another, instead of buying everything new we could somehow trade? there could also be an item limit for all members in this list to follow? instead of an entire list, their could be a favorite candy bar along with a game or two. if I could trade something in or buy only one or two items and a candy bar for someone I would, but I am not in this year, because I am unsure of everything.
a price limit would not work out, everything is different in price but an item limit might work out,
You don't have to buy new games, or buy anything at all for that matter. If you have an extra copy of a game that someone wants of course you can have that be part of your gift. The problem with trading though is a). Some people don't own any duplicate games, and b). The games you send have to be something your recipient actually wants.
I do think we could try doing the budget in a different way. Maybe a person's gift should value a certain amount rather than going by a $50 budget or whatever. Maybe use pricecharting as an objective measure.
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I definitely want to participate this year for sure :). I keep missing the deadline date every year. I'm not sure how it works but i'm excited to try.
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tbh, if you're concerned that you can't afford to send out $50 worth of stuff in some fashion, you really shouldn't be taking part.
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(i'll let adminstrators edit post the following because I'm confused)
(edit) don't message anyone because we don't know who is running this event the following is a guess
Some of the members may not know what Secret Santa is, we have lots of forum attenders there is thousands of members. But Even I don't think I know exact how it works. But I'll make a guess by how it sounds.
I guess it about everyone involved both buying as well as receiving gifts from someone on the list. who is a attender of the forums
Everyone involved needs remember to send PM/message their wishlists to @Soera @tpugmire or another voltary site administrator on this list in the first post
Secret Santa attenders are given a list by an administer of this site. through a PM message. A list of someone to buy gifts for? then everyone on the list tries to get everyone whatever is on their chosen persons wishlists? from a random person
for those who are involved I would suggest not being cheap on your person. Remember it's not only about you getting the gifts is also about giving gifts to another member
I love this idea, but lets face it, sometimes a package can get lost in transit or stolen off a doorstep I even have an outside room in my house but sometimes the post person leaves the package outside exposed to the elements and out in the open. I never had a package stolen personally but if I was in a bad it would have happen to me I'm sure of it.
click the third to the right icon on under @soera @tpugmire to get your wishlists ready. but again I may not know everything.
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Guy, we're not even off the ground yet as this is still an interest check. Please do NOT name drop anyone or instruct people to send them PMs. We've still got about a week or so to go to figure out who all wants to participate, we'll figure out who runs who, what, when and where at the appropriate time.
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Hey guys, bare in mind, use good old fashion led pencil to paper, make sure it's perfectly legible, and write your wish list to Mr. Claus.
His address is - P.O. Box 1, Santa Claus, IN 47579
He'll be picking up the letters by mid-December or so, he's running on a tight schedule this year so don't shuffle your feet. If you've been a good little boy or girl, he just might get you that Stadium Events, or that Panzer Dragoon Saga you've always wanted. Be on your best behavior, and Flashback you're already getting a Shaq Fu for the use of that swear word in your post.
See you guys this Xmas, I'm stoked!
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Hey guys, bare in mind, use good old fashion led pencil to paper, make sure it's perfectly legible, and write your wish list to Mr. Claus.
His address is - P.O. Box 1, Santa Claus, IN 47579
He'll be picking up the letters by mid-December or so, he's running on a tight schedule this year so don't shuffle your feet. If you've been a good little boy or girl, he just might get you that Stadium Events, or that Panzer Dragoon Saga you've always wanted. Be on your best behavior, and Flashback you're already getting a Shaq Fu for the use of that swear word in your post.
See you guys this Xmas, I'm stoked!
Shaq Fu?! :o I didn't know Santa loved me that much! ;D
I've actually been to Santa Claus, IN to visit Holiday World. It's a great little park with excellent use of the the holiday themes. I need to go back sometime. :)
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Hey guys, bare in mind, use good old fashion led pencil to paper, make sure it's perfectly legible, and write your wish list to Mr. Claus.
His address is - P.O. Box 1, Santa Claus, IN 47579
He'll be picking up the letters by mid-December or so, he's running on a tight schedule this year so don't shuffle your feet. If you've been a good little boy or girl, he just might get you that Stadium Events, or that Panzer Dragoon Saga you've always wanted. Be on your best behavior, and Flashback you're already getting a Shaq Fu for the use of that swear word in your post.
See you guys this Xmas, I'm stoked!
Shaq Fu?! :o I didn't know Santa loved me that much! ;D
I've actually been to Santa Claus, IN to visit Holiday World. It's a great little park with excellent use of the the holiday themes. I need to go back sometime. :)
There is a Christmas Town, NC about 2 hours away from where I live.
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Hey guys, bare in mind, use good old fashion led pencil to paper, make sure it's perfectly legible, and write your wish list to Mr. Claus.
His address is - P.O. Box 1, Santa Claus, IN 47579
He'll be picking up the letters by mid-December or so, he's running on a tight schedule this year so don't shuffle your feet. If you've been a good little boy or girl, he just might get you that Stadium Events, or that Panzer Dragoon Saga you've always wanted. Be on your best behavior, and Flashback you're already getting a Shaq Fu for the use of that swear word in your post.
See you guys this Xmas, I'm stoked!
Shaq Fu?! :o I didn't know Santa loved me that much! ;D
I've actually been to Santa Claus, IN to visit Holiday World. It's a great little park with excellent use of the the holiday themes. I need to go back sometime. :)
I'd love to pay a visit to Holiday World, but just don't have the time to plan for a trip like that this season. Maybe next year.
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I'm in! Last few years have been fun!
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Updated the list. 14 names with 12 solid commits. Anyone else? Soera? Kashell? Turf?
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I haven't seen lady Deso in a while either :'(
Also are you including yourself flashback? ;)
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I will.
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I will.
Yayy! :)
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So, what's next? I might be willing to run Secret Santa this year. I had that survey that I was thinking of making for folks.
Unless anyone else wants to take the lead too? Or we can do a team approach or something.
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Ill do it. Just going to be a bit more .. specific .. on rules this year.
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Wanted to put this up last night or this morning but I'm re-acclimating back to my night shift schedule after covering for a 2nd shift vacation last week. :o
So, what's next? I might be willing to run Secret Santa this year. I had that survey that I was thinking of making for folks.
Unless anyone else wants to take the lead too? Or we can do a team approach or something.
I would have offered to run it if need be if Soera wasn't interested in doing so. I would have preferred you not have to as I enjoy watching you participate in the unboxing video the podcast guys do. ;)
Since Soera has mentioned he'll run it again this year, I went ahead and put my name on the list. 16 people this time around isn't quite 20 but still solid IMO.
Ill do it. Just going to be a bit more .. specific .. on rules this year.
It's great that you decided to participate/run it again this year. Had you not, the hope would have been that you at least participate and leave the running to someone else. Also, if we could clear the air about last year, I totally understand I was late in getting my list in a day late and while I did get some nice items last year (thank you again), I was a little aggravated that nothing from my list was included and I got items I already owned (I still have no idea which version that Rodea is) so if we're going to get specific on rules then I would suggest that at least ONE item from submitted lists be included.
The only other thing I can think of and I'm sure Telly was wanting to point this out is making sure the items sent are in a condition that we ourselves would want them to be in to avoid another issue like with what Kashell experienced. Drop shipping seemed to be an issue as well but I don't have a viable solution for that (though I'm not certain there are any international participants this time).
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Wanted to put this up last night or this morning but I'm re-acclimating back to my night shift schedule after covering for a 2nd shift vacation last week. :o
So, what's next? I might be willing to run Secret Santa this year. I had that survey that I was thinking of making for folks.
Unless anyone else wants to take the lead too? Or we can do a team approach or something.
I would have offered to run it if need be if Soera wasn't interested in doing so. I would have preferred you not have to as I enjoy watching you participate in the unboxing video the podcast guys do. ;)
Since Soera has mentioned he'll run it again this year, I went ahead and put my name on the list. 16 people this time around isn't quite 20 but still solid IMO.
Ill do it. Just going to be a bit more .. specific .. on rules this year.
It's great that you decided to participate/run it again this year. Had you not, the hope would have been that you at least participate and leave the running to someone else. Also, if we could clear the air about last year, I totally understand I was late in getting my list in a day late and while I did get some nice items last year (thank you again), I was a little aggravated that nothing from my list was included and I got items I already owned (I still have no idea which version that Rodea is) so if we're going to get specific on rules then I would suggest that at least ONE item from submitted lists be included.
The only other thing I can think of and I'm sure Telly was wanting to point this out is making sure the items sent are in a condition that we ourselves would want them to be in to avoid another issue like with what Kashell experienced. Drop shipping seemed to be an issue as well but I don't have a viable solution for that (though I'm not certain there are any international participants this time).
I'm not very caught up on what happened last year, but I really think this year is going to be magical :D. I'm so happy that Soera is back on board with the tradition. It feels very warm and cheery in the forums.
EDIT: I also agree with your wish list rules idea. It fool proofs everything and makes it so no matter what, everyone gets something they enjoy. :D
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That said, here's what I think should happen next year. I think people should fill out a Google Form or something when signing up, and answer a couple questions beforehand (communication is everything after all with something like this). These are some I came up with:
Are you okay with getting games that folks think you would like that are NOT on your wishlist (provided they are still of value)?
Would you like your Secret Santa to use your curated wishlist, site wishlist, or both?
How do you prefer the condition of your games? Do you want them to be CIB?
Are you okay with being paired with someone overseas?
Are you okay with getting gifts from someone overseas?
That's what I was thinking of putting in a survey (just copied it from last year's thread). Or we could just stick by the provided wishlists and not the site wishlist. I don't really have a preference.
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I think it's good to encourage gifters to use their giftees wishlist, but I also think it should be ok to deviate a bit. I like the idea of getting at least one item off the wishlist and then the gifter could choose to get other items off the wishlist or go a little outside of the box.
I think if people want others to strictly go off the wishlist, then the giftees need to make sure they have an accessible wishlist. One year it was hard for me because my giftee pretty much just wanted promo items and rare amiibo and that can be tricky to 1) track down and 2) stay within budget. Part of the fun for me is the hunting down items locally, if I'm required to go on eBay, that's just not as fun.
Personally, as long as I don't get a duplicate, I'm happy to be surprised. An alternative system could be having the giftee just communicate through their wishlist and either say- please stick to my wishlist so they are not disappointed, or say hey I like surprises, based on my collection, what do you think I would like/ I am missing? That way everyone is happy.
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Here a couple of issues I see with allowing a "Whatever is fine, except..." type of request (copied from last years thread):
- The gifter is out shopping, and sees a game they think their receiver might like. They were told "or something I don't have", so they check the PS4 collection, and the game isn't there. However, the receiver already has that game on XB1. Some collectors may be fine with this. Others may consider it a duplicate from the collection.
- This was precisely why I stuck exactly to the Wish List - also my receivers collection was massive and just to find if they had a title while out at a shop would have taken forever. Consider this another request for being able to search within a collection.
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I think it's best just to stick to the person's wishlist. That way people aren't surprised in a negative way about what they received.
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Here a couple of issues I see with allowing a "Whatever is fine, except..." type of request (copied from last years thread):
- The gifter is out shopping, and sees a game they think their receiver might like. They were told "or something I don't have", so they check the PS4 collection, and the game isn't there. However, the receiver already has that game on XB1. Some collectors may be fine with this. Others may consider it a duplicate from the collection.
- This was precisely why I stuck exactly to the Wish List - also my receivers collection was massive and just to find if they had a title while out at a shop would have taken forever. Consider this another request for being able to search within a collection.
Yeah, I'm guilty of this. Massive collection, always but the something I don't have, and would prefer to not get games I have on other platforms.
Also, absolutely need that search within collection feature.
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For me I have a sizable wishlist, and I'm sure it might make people feel discouraged trying to pick out a game from a list of 400+. That's why I trim it down to a list of 20 or so so there's still some surprise.
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For me I have a sizable wishlist, and I'm sure it might make people feel discouraged trying to pick out a game from a list of 400+. That's why I trim it down to a list of 20 or so so there's still some surprise.
Personally I like seeing such a big list because it gives me options... but that's me.
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Yeah, I give people the option to use both. Folks might have an extra copy of something on my wishlist lying around so it saves spending more money or whatever :)
That reminds me, I should review and update my wishlist at some point before we get started.
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Yeah, I give people the option to use both. Folks might have an extra copy of something on my wishlist lying around so it saves spending more money or whatever :)
That reminds me, I should review and update my wishlist at some point before we get started.
Yeah, I might need to do that too, my wishlist is pretty small right now and I want to remove things that I might buy myself and add things that I'd like for SS that I definitely won't buy myself. Will probably add a bunch of PEGI/CERO stuff too
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In the past I've had a pretty solid mix of people using either my curated or site wishlist, so I think it helps. ;D
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Ill start the signup this weekend. :D
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Ill start the signup this weekend. :D
I mean we already have a sign up list already at this point no? Should we go straight to getting wishlists in?
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Ill do it. Just going to be a bit more .. specific .. on rules this year.
Welcome back Soera. :)