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UPDATE 12/31
If you haven't received your package yet, please send an email to rfgensanta@gmail.com so Santa can check on your package.


UPDATE 12/4
The cutoff date has passed.  Every user who has filled out and returned the form has been matched with another user.

UPDATE 11/26
Several users have still not returned their completed forms to Santa.  If Santa doesn't get the completed form in time, you simply can't be matched up.  THE CUTOFF DATE IS NOV 30th.  If your letter is not received by Santa by Nov 30th, Santa cannot guarantee that you will be able to participate.

UPDATE 11/20
If you have a specific question for your match, let me know and I will have Santa contact them to get the question answered in order to maintain your anonymity.

PRO TIP-  If you are looking for a specific item for your match, check to see if another member has it in a sale thread or in their For Sale/Trade list.  That way you can work out a deal where that person sends the item directly to your match.

Please read this entire post

It's Secret Santa time again!  Here is how the RF Generation Secret Santa 2012 works:

-Send an email to rfgensanta@gmail.com with your RFGen username in the Subject line and Santa will send you the form you need to fill out.

-You will respond to the email filling out each segment of the form including your rfgen name, real name, address, etc. There is field in the email that will ask if you are willing to ship to a member outside of your country.  We know it's a little more expensive but we have a number of international members that shouldn't be excluded from the festivities so please remember how sad Crabby and the other Canadians will be if you say that you can't ship across borders.

The most important part of the email is your letter to Santa.  You must write your list of wants in the form of a letter to Santa Claus.

example:

Santa,
My Sega collection is always in need of help. If you could find it in your heart to send me a 32X game or 2, complete with box and instruction manual, it would certainly make my Christmas. I'm trying to put together a collection for archiving purposes, so no damaged articles. If you're unable to find any 32X games that I'm missing, I'd be more than happy to add to my other ailing Sega collections.

Thanks again, Santa

-The MINIMUM value of the items you must send to your Secret Santa is $20. You may give more if you choose, but $20 is the minimum.  There have been issues in years past with people feeling a little short changed so if you are unsure about what you are sending, give a little more, after all, it’s Christmas!

Within about a week, you will receive the info for the member you are Santa to.
EDIT-11/16:
Santa will start sending Secret Santa info out today and tomorrow.  You MAY STILL SIGN UP if you wish to participate.

Please make sure that your collection on RFGeneration is up to date so that you don’t get something that you already own.

Please post pics of the Secret Santa items that you receive in this thread.  Remember to wait until Christmas morning to open your presents ;)



Secret Santa 2012 participating members:

*=form sent.  If you don't see an asterisk, make sure that you sent an email to rfgensanta@gmail.com
bold=Santa has received your completed form, no further action needed


Arrngrim-
Barracuda-
bickman2k
brittneydc
burningtoys-
Crabmaster2000-
cvers-
Deadman-
den68-
diedraneous
douglie007-
Duke.Togo-
Fleach-
InvadErGII-
Izret101-
Joeph-
kal9000
KidA
kwvintgegmes
noiseredux-
Pop Culture Portal-
Out-Of-Ammo-
RetroRage-
russlyman-
Shadow Kisuragi-
singlebanana-
slackur-
Techie413-
techwizard
Tynstar-
Wempster-
wildbil52-

Stickied. Thanks for helping to organize it this year.
I'm definitely in.

I'm in! Last year was fun!

I'm in. :)

That reminds me...need to dig up the Santa account.

I love these, I'm so in. What date are we getting our partners? If I decide to get something shipped to me and then send it out to my partner (possibly both to and from the states) it can take a while, so as much time before X-Mas as possible would be ideal.

That's why I mentioned the date of Dec. 5th. Canada mail takes 1-2 weeks normally, which allows for 1 week padding due to holidays. It worked out fine with that date for Scott.

deadman, you better sign up so you can mysteriously receive something from me as a thank you gift for last year.  :P

Also, can one of the DB Editor+ guys create a new forum for Secret Santa when we're all ready to go, like the April Fools forums?

It depends on how quickly Santa gets his letters back from the participants and how many people participate but I'm hoping to have everything squared away by the end of November.

Sounds great!

I know I'm still fairly new here, but can I participate in this? I think we've got a great community here who really support each other.

Of course you can!

Sure, but the lower the post count the less we have to spend on you :p

What's the system? 1 cent per post? Looks like I'm getting a sports game with label damage.  :shrug:

does that mean your secret santa will be forced to send you another Stadium Events, or maybe an Air Raid, mr 5300 posts XD

edit: also i'm in too just have to send the email. just re-read the rules, so the initial email just needs the subject as "RF Generation Secret Santa 2012", no body message, and then you write your "letter to santa" wishlist along with the form you get in reply to the initial email? this is my first time doing this too :)

The Banana is officially in. Love this, thanks for organizing it.

I would hope that we could have the letters in and the assignments done by the 26th, as that would allow for ~10 days to find something for someone international.

i was thinking the same, the earlier the better...if everything wasn't ready until the end of november that wouldn't leave much time for international shippers.

I'm DTF. EDIT DTG - Down to Gift

Tell santa i will try to get my list together tomorrow.

In! I know I just joined but this sounds like so much fun :D

I don't make the rules, I just reap the rewards ;)

Just hope I don't get paired with Izret, lol

What are you complaining about? You have all of those Mortal Kombat items to send him!
Slightly interesting note: There are many of you that I already have gifts in mind to send. I already have boxes/envelopes ready for Crabby, Izret, singlebanana, Tynstar and aeroc.

Oh, and add my wife: Diedraneous.
She was more than happy to participate last year, and loved her gifts from Izret.

Count me in!

I'm in!  I've got like a hundred PS4 games sitting around I'm not playing that I'd love to give away, now that the Xbox 720 has holo-deck support. 

Wait.

RFGeneration Secret Santa probably has limits on sending games for yet-released systems. 

Shoot.

Oh well, guess I could still unload this stack of Panzer Dragoon Saga 2 Xbox prototypes I've been using for drink coasters.

Silly chrono-centrists.   XP

slackur, I wouldn't be surprised if you had things like that hidden away in your collection that you didn't even know about. :P

LOL This site has been great for me identifying bits and pieces I've ended up with over the years.  I love trading (or giving) goodies to others who just love gaming in general, and appreciate the same odd things we like.

Looking forward to SS as always, the folks here are awesome. 
And Shadow, given your job, I'd love to see some of the nifty goodies you have acquired yourself :)

I don't post much but lurk a lot and one of my pick ups was mentioned in the last podcast (which totally made my drive to work) So I'm in!

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Artbook commemorating the 20th Anniversary of EA Sports?  :P
Employee-only edition of Need for Speed: Most Wanted for PC? :P

Shadow, was that artbook made available to the public?

XD You may be sarcastic, but do you realize how many on the site would love it if their employer gave 'em ANY gaming swag, 'lame' or otherwise?  Hey, I love art books and an exclusive version of a great racer?  Count me in!  ;)

noise - No, it was not, but I can pick one up from the company store if you're interested. I've seen a couple lying around as well that people were giving away, and may be able to snag one of those. That's how I got a second copy of NFS.


I love the swag. I've got quite a few things around the house and the office that I'd love to hand out as prizes one day, and I make it a point to pick up as much swag as possible. I've got GI Joe magnets on my office cabinet to celebrate the release of the movie, tons of foam balls, tons of branded cups and glasses (love the Madden NFL 10 beer glasses), and quite a few other things.

That's nothing, Shadow, look what my employer gave me!!

[img width=700 height=525]http://i1129.photobucket.com/albums/m503/wildbil52/RFGen/IMG_1331.jpg[/img]

Technically, my employer provided a few of the things I gave you last time you were down. ;D
I tend to send out some of the swag I've picked up, or end up picking up new things from the company store for Secret Santa. When I did Secret Santa with Digital Press, I sent out $200 worth of stuff, since it only ended up costing me $50 from the store.

Reminds me...I have to redeem my $200 for the cost of Kingdoms of Amalur I spent on it, since the company compensates for purchases spent on Electronic Arts games. :P I love my job sometimes.

You're in just for that genius Webster avatar!

So, if one wanted to pick up oh say, Madden...

I would say "Which system?"
I don't get it for free - the $200 deal is just covering $200 for expenses for the year. I just used it up at the beginning of the year.

Ah of course haha!!  Unlimited access to games doesn't make much sense now that I think about it.

I can't think of a better way to rebuild my collection!

Page 3 already? Yeesh. I'm in and I'll scribe my letter to Santy.

Oh, and Burningtoys, you better post some more if you want to keep making the show ;)

And Shadow, can you get EA to magically give me a truckload of ME3 multiplayer credits for Christmas? ;)

I'm in this year!!!!  Sounds like fun.

I personally know the Technical Director for the project and couldn't get credits for myself. Don't think I didn't try. :P

If I were a Technical Director, I would tell people "Well, Technically, I'm the Director."

Never got a reply for the Secret Santa form =/

I let Santa know and one of his elves PMd you.

Funny, that's the line I use around here sometimes...

Count me in! I'll be sending my letter to Santa later today.

Sent my list in.
Guess what i asked Santa for?

A Verpet? :P

Did you ask him to GET OVER HERE and bring you some slippers to keep your feet TOASTY?!

Bil if i had still been drinking my soda it would have had it come out my nose. That was great :)

More Verpets?

Can't believe that this post has been active for 3 days and it's 4 pages already.   I'm in again, and I can't wait to start looking around for cool stuff to send....

Pretty decent turnout so far!

Yeah, and there are still people trickling in.  Now that there is a new blog post above it on the front page, I just hope that everyone who wants to participate can find it. Let your RF friends know!

Santa has started sending matches out.  Please make sure you fill out the form and return it ASAP.

Are matches coming via PM or email?

To the same email you sent your letter to Santa from.

got my Secret Santa letter today. I don't wanna give anything away, but in about a month someone in this thread is gonna be knee-deep in Mary Kate & Ashley games. :D

Aw... I haven't gotten mine yet.

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Maybe you were naughty this year.   :P

I sent mine in but the OP says I haven't. Should I send this again?

fixed

Fingers crossed that noise got me :D

Got a member's list from Santa.  Getting really pumped about getting this together.

Every bold member from the front page will have a match by this evening (11/19) unless there is an odd number and in that case, only one will be without a match until Santa gets more forms returned.

PLEASE try to have your completed form returned by Wednesday evening (11/21) so matches can all be made by Thanksgiving.

Translation: seriously guys. Stop sucking. How hard is it to list stuff you want?

:P

I have yet to get my match, but I'm definitely looking forward to shipping out gifts.  It looks like a lot of fun.

Still waiting on a list from Santa! Already got mine in though!

Got my Secret Santa. Excited to make someone real happy this Christmas.

Got mine tonight! This will be great!

At first i was like OH NOES!
Then i reread it and was like OH YES I CAN BE A GOOD SANTA!

I got mine, I'm thinking the person I got matched with is going to be happy with their gifts. :)

Just sent out my letter, sorry, yes, I know, slow-poke :(

I have been trying to get my collection updated and sales/trades/buys accounted for first, but it just started to feel selfish and go against the point anyway.

Reminds me - my wife wants in. I'll have her send you her list, but it's based off my collection since it's a collective hobby of ours.
EDIT: Rofl. You have no idea how odd it is that I got matched up with the person I did.

Just being true to your name ;)

i got my match up but their collection doesn't look updated to me, and their wishlist only partially reflects what they were asking for in their letter to santa. their letter to santa was good, i don't expect to have trouble finding some nice things for them, but i just worry that i might be getting things they already own without the collection list to cross-check against.

Santa has had a few people with similar issues.  He will try to nudge them a little to make sure their collection is up to date.

It never hurts to ask Santa specific questions as well.

Good point

If you have a specific question for your match, let me know and I will have Santa contact them to get the question answered in order to maintain your anonymity.

(this info added to OP)

One other thing to add... If you are looking for something specific, and think another member may have it (e.g. I have a couple MK items I planned on sending to Izret), feel free to make a deal and arrange to have it sent to that person instead. I did this for a present on Digital Press once, and it worked out well (incidentally, also MK-related merchandise).

Other Mortal Kombat collectors drive me crazy. They are the worst. Creating extra demand for what i want/need. Jerks.

Not my fault you have competition. I gave him things you already owned anyways.

After santa send me my gift i plan on starting that collection back up. I hadn't realized how few games i still needed. Barring variations that may crop up :)

Anyways Secret Santa stuff...
Initially i was like
OH NOES I DON'T HAVE THAT STUFF
Then i was like
OH WAIT I HAVE A BUNCH OF THESE THINGS!
Now i am like
WHERE DID EVERYTHING I OWN GO!?!?!

I blame the selling spree earlier this year that you were forced to go through. :'(

It all went to good homes though :)
I was debating another huge selling spree but going through everything and listening to the collectorcast has me going to opposite route lol

MORE SECRET SANTA TALK NOW!
I decided to just throw a bunch of my broken games in a box. It is already in the mail...






JK
I'm hoping whoever i got ends up being happy with the small hodgepodge of stuff i am amassing :)

The gifts you gave my wife last year were awesome, so I doubt that the person you have this year will be disappointed.
I think I'll need a bigger box for the person I'm sending to...

Grab a refrigerator box and fill it with packing peanuts.
Put a CIB Shaq Fu for genesis at the bottom. Maybe throw in a box of those gigantic icy hot patches.

Shaq Fu is the gift that keeps on giving.

i thought about doing this, but then i also thought if i make the post generic enough it shouldn't spoil anything ;) and maybe more people will notice it and update their collection for those doing this that haven't.


LOL, i've always thought doing something like that would be a hilarious christmas prank. even better would be to do up a wrapped cardboard box built in the shape of a car, and jammed full of packing peanuts with a hot wheel car at the bottom.

Seeing all these comments about specificity is making me feel like my letter to Santa was too general.

But then again, I've only been collecting for a short while.

My person's list was perfect. I just hope they enjoy it all!

I love how it sounds like you guys are all putting a lot of thought into the gifts! I've some of my package prepared, but I want to add a bit more before its X-Mas worthy :D

General is good, it makes it easier for your partner. As long as your collection is up to date you should be golden.

I just have to go to one place and my package will be ready to ship!

Too bad that one place is Super Potato. ;D

http://www.dannychoo.com/post/en/25827/Super+Potato.html

You... you shouldn't have shown me that...

Santa, I am changing my list to plane tickets to Japan via Escargo Express' Neglected Class.

DONE!
LIKE A BOSS!

There is still time to sign up if you are quick!

Trying to find the right balance between quantity and quality.

On another note, Izret do you play Mortal Kombat on the Vita?

No. Don't own it for the PSP, Vita or PS3 yet nor do i own any of those systems. I figure excluding the collector, tournament and PDP fight stick i should be able to pick them up down the road in the 5-10$ range.

Since the prices have not dropped significantly for any of them and i don't plan on getting any of the systems any time soon i haven't bothered with them. I don't believe i asked my secret santa to bother with any of them either. Primarily for that reason:)

As for quality versus quantity it really would depend on the individual. I don't think anyone is going to want a bunch of carts with torn labals and stickers but not everyone is worried about something being completely mint or CIB.

Getting excited about getting my stuff ready for my person and was in the mood to check out the RFG SS 2011 thread but I can't find it.   Did it get lost in the data-wipe of 2012?

Unfortunately yes. We had to rollback the forums to June 2009. :'(

Izret, just noticed a new Mortal Kombat Blu-ray release at Wal-mart. It's based off the live action web series. :P

[img width=180 height=180]http://i.walmartimages.com/i/p/00/88/39/29/19/0088392919926_180X180.jpg[/img]
http://www.walmart.com/ip/17217131

emailed rfgen yesterday to try and join :)

I want in also

No bluray player :-/

I actually have not finished the series either. I think i just saw the first ep or 2.

some blu-ray players are relatively cheap now, you should pick up that mortal kombak legacy anyway, you might get blu-ray someday ;)

Hello everyone, long time lurker here.  This looks like so much fun I can't wait to pick out a present for someone I don't know!  And that isn't sarcasm! :D  I really should participate more on these boards as I have it bookmarked and check for updates on the main page all the time.  The picture of the Daze before Christmas game grabbed my attention and led me here.  So yeah, I've got some neat (but not particularly rare) stuff in my collection which probably hasn't been added to the database yet (I tried to add a few things a while back, with minimal success) as I enjoy just grabbing any title in Japanese with anime girls on the cover.

Um, got off on a tangent there.  Yeah, I'm totally in on this! \(~.~)/  Oh, and nice to meet you all. :3

I picked up my last piece for my secret santa yesterday. I just gotta pack it all up and ship it out.

I won't be shipping out for a little while longer, due to one the fact that one of the items I wish to send I'm going to have to buy on eBay (because it's extremely unlikely that I will find it in a store in my area).

Quick question of curiosity: How many of you would agree that quality surpasses quantity in a gift?

Everyone me thinks

Unless if it is a large quantity of quality items.

I agree.

Good.  I was feeling kind of bad because what my match was wanting very much was a game for a system with notoriously expensive games, and I'm kind of tight on money, so I won't be able to send very many games.  I'm hoping my match is still quite happy, since all of the games I'm sending are of high quality. :)

Welcome, and feel free to post more regularly Arrngrim. I've got the goodies for my recipient, but I'm going to hold on shipping in case I run across anything else interesting to throw in. Should be fun!

I almost ready to ship my gift to my partner. Just waiting on one ebay item.

Quick question: if the Secret Santa shipping deadline is fast approaching and my ebay item hasn't arrived yet is ok to send everything else with a little note saying "Still waiting for 'X' I'll sent it when it arrives"?

If its within country you've still got lots of time. I'd wait a while longer.

It's a seller from the US, and ebay's tracking says "Electronic shipping info received Nov 23."

Canada Post says if I send my gift on or before December 10th I should be ok so I hope this ebay item comes in before then.

Blah just found this thread. Is there still time for me to sign up??


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Email Santa in a hurry, and he will let you know.

I may just delay sending my stuff off to throw the scent for whoever I got...

i have yet to get anything for my match because i'm broke right now (thanks Wii-U ;P ), but i knew i would be and get paid on the 30th which gives me 5 days to get something before the international deadline...or possibly 10 if like fleach says canada post estimates dec 10th as being safe. i already have some ideas though and my match gave some very broad requests to work with, so i don't expect to have trouble finding good things locally. i hope my match will be happy with whatever i decide to get! i'm excited to start looking soon :) .

techwizard, have a look at this from Canada Post.

http://www.canadapost.ca/cpo/mc/personal/campaigns/holiday/default.jsf

Just choose the country you're shipping to from the drop down menu and you can see the shipping deadlines for various postal options.

thanks Fleach! that's good to know i have more time to work with

Filled my paper work out yesterday. Just waiting for a match.


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Send my list back to Santa.  Waiting for a response from the North Pole.

Got off my lazy butt and sent my list in.   These are always fun!

Ok finally got my whole collection updated so no doubles from Santa


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My match has been a little tough - not a lot to work with in the want area, and pretty specific on the system they are hoping to get help with.   Problem is, that systems games aren't that common here in the wild, so I'm doing the best I can.      I'm trying to balance the quality/quantity thing by giving some really nice items and then a lot of cheaper, more common items.   I too am going to hold out for a while to ship, as I feel like I'll be finding that perfect piece to cap off the gift sometime real soon....

I'm done shopping now.  Just waiting for one thing in the mail to show up. 

This has been challenging but also alot of fun hunting.

Shopping done as well.  Any specific date we are suppose to wait to send these out?  I know people can still register through today.

SEND ASAP!

I am down! Sounds like a fun time to be had by all!

Just got my match.  This should be interesting....

bought the first game for my match, and i'm going out tomorrow to look for more :) .

Bought one game on eBay hitting the flea market tomorrow and retro game store Tuesday


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i have what i think is a good box of things to send to my match :). got some bubble wrap and a box, just need some time to get to the post office and ship it. it should be going out by wednesday.

Just a suggestion, but since I want my match to open their gift on Christmas morning, I am gift wrapping it and then putting the gift box in a box and shipping it so it can go under the tree with the rest of the goodies.

Not a bad suggestion. I also heartily suggest that you DON'T put your name on the return address - if the person knows your address, sorry, but at least you can avoid a "name" to out you easily. Just put "RFGeneration Secret Santa" as the return name.

Also important to note that it's RFGeneration's Secret Santa, since some of our members like to involve themselves in multiple Secret Santas.

Never to discover who the Secret Santa was?

That's up to the Secret Santa to reveal.

I'm hoping my secret santa messed up and doesn't note it as SS so i can open it early and be surprised at what i got ;D

Santa wraps gifts

Ugh I'm slacking.  My guy wasn't very specific in his listing, so I'm not sure what to get him.

Get him Mortal Kombat stuff and ask Santa for my address.

STUPID Bubble Mailers.  MAN I HATE Bubble Mailers.  One of the games I bought for the SS gift came in a stupid bubble mailer and the label on the game got scratched b/c the STUPID bubble mailer didn't protect it.

Did I mention I Hate bubble mailers.  :)

my guy already has a ton of games so it was hard to find some for him. I ordered a couple online, waited a week to hear one of them was out of stock. :\

^Oh, its ok, I'll be patient.  ;)

Mine gave me a good idea of what he wanted but I still want to surprise him with something not on the list.

Waiting on items from amazon and eBay.

I'll be happy with new games that another random person suggested. Lol. I'll prob also do a unboxing video of it to add to my YouTube channel


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My goodies are sent, so Merry Christmas mystery recipient!

mine are sent too! they said ground shipping would be 2-3 weeks and not quarenteed for christmas...even though when i was in the other day they said ground was safe until the 10th. air was only $3 more so i just went with that, no doubt it'll be there in time now!

My package is off to one of the states east of me.  But which one?

My parcel was sent out a couple days ago.

All I can say is that it's going west.

Oh yes, I sent mine awhile ago.  I hope the recipient is happy :)

I think last count I had, I have to send out 12 different packages...hopefully, I'll get to it this weekend. Some of you will be receiving presents whether you like it or not, just because I like sending out random things to people when I already have their addresses. :P

I need to start keeping a list of addresses so I can get better at doing this.

My SS package goes out tomorrow.

You can apply a label to PMs. Whenever someone sends me their payment information, I apply my Address label to it. Then, you can click on the filter on the left to filter by "Address" PMs.

I shipped mine our this week too. I didn't want to mention it until others did so my match wouldn't have an idea who Santa is.

Good call.  Same reason I didn't mark members as "matched" in the OP.

I've been keeping track of the addresses that I have been given so far.  It's nice to send someone a surprise package now and them.

I may or may not have shipped out my package this week. 

I'm hilarious.

My giftee may or may not have already opened theirs.
I am hilarious.

 I just got my package and Thank you so much secret Santa.  I couldn't be more grateful.  :) :)

just wondering but do many of the secret santas individually wrap each item inside the shipping box? i'm going to attempt to wait for christmas to open mine, but i'd rather not have to put a shipping box under the tree if everything inside is already wrapped :P

I did not wrap mine.

hmm well maybe just in case i'll leave it in the shipping box and put wrapping around that. either that or i'll just cave in and open it early Lol

The package I sent was big enough so, unless bubble wrap counts, I didn't wrap the games.

OPEN IT!
HOW CAN EVERYONE HERE HAVE SO MUCH SELF CONTROL?!!?!

I won't even wait to get mine home before i open it. (I use my parents place as shipping address since they have a reliable mail carrier.)

Sorry to whoever was my santa if you wanted me to wait. I am a jerk :'(

Just slap a bow on top and it'll fit right it!

Don't forget to leave the price stickers to show how generous you are. ;)

I peeled prices off system boxes and stuck them on what i bought so i could look like an ignorant high roller.

i realised after sending mine that i may have left a price sticker on one thing...i know the other things didn't have any stickers. oh well, it was the least expensive thing in the package.

One last game hunt on Sunday.  Who knows I might get lucky.  Then I will ship it out Monday.

I am going to individually wrap each item.  I think it will be fun that way.

that's what i did too, i just assumed that's what everyone did XD

Shipping mine out soon, lagging it!

Same here going to wrap each gift so it can go under the tree.
Still waiting for things to arrive. Hopefully everything will fit in a flat rate box


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You know there's nothing but dudes on this board when everyone is waiting until the last minute to ship their package out.

Some of the games I've ordered are taking a while to get here, so I'm thinking of just sending the games that I've currently purchased for them right now, along with a note saying that they're getting more stuff, but it'll be there later on.  My SS is in a different country, so I want to make sure they have something for Christmas day, and not a day or two afterwards.

A big ol' snowstorm is interfering with my plans to get my giftee's stuff sent out, but I hope to get it sent out some time in the next day or two. So to the mysterious stranger waiting for this, it'll be worth the wait I promise.

My package is heading out today.   I didn't individually wrap all of the goodies inside, nor did I put a box within a box.   Typically I see them marked "Do not open until Xmas" and that worked well last year.

My package will be going out tomorrow unless we get more snow. I think my recipient will enjoy the goodies.

Shipped my package out to my recipient.  I read others forgot about the price stickers too...glad I wasn't the only one there.  Interestingly, while I was shopping for my giftee, I spotted a NES cartridge called "Sunman", no box though.

Just shipped my gift out. Either shipping is getting crazy or I'm getting cheaper in my old age :(

scared to see what prices we'll be dealing with after they go up in january

Shipped mine out today.  Just realized I put my name and return address on it.  OH Well. 

I got my package today.  I got a ton of awesome games, thank you so much to my Santa.

I thought the same thing.   If I stuck to the $20 limit, I would only have had $7 to spend since shipping was $13!   I left a couple of price stickers on because the games were re-sealed by the stores and I didn't want to open them up to remove the stickers.   I really don't think it's that big of a deal.    If my recipient wants to know how much I actually spent I have no trouble running it down but I can't imagine they care.    I've done videogame Secret Santas for about 5 years now and have never thought  "how cheap - I got hosed."   I have occasionally thought "Holy crap!  This guy spent too much!"    It's all supposed to be fun, that's the whole point.    If I want to stress about buying a present, I'll buy one for my mother in law!

You stuffed the box I had last year deadman - no complaints! I still plan on sending your box back to you with something in it as thanks.  ;)

EDIT: Links to my Secret Santa haul last year. The last 3 images were from Izret, while the rest were from Deadman. Thanks again guys!
https://picasaweb.google.com/109390481549321620949/SecretSanta?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCN_e1aST6IO6Xg&feat=directlink

Yeah, I remember that load!   You had a great list and I was able to grab one or two things from each "want" or genre on that list.    Hope this years' recipient enjoys theirs as well!

My package is on it's way.

Package sent today!

Oh....the shipping was included in the $20?  I way over spent then.

LOL...indeed, my shipping was over $20, but that was more of a personal choice really.  It probably would have been cheaper to go USPS.

Sent mine a few days ago.  Got mine in the same day.  my SS gift wrapped my gifts but I know those shapes all too well!  Excited for Christmas morning to see what I got!

I'll give you mine :)

I hope santa got you something you really like

Mine just went out today, but I didn't mark it! Hopefully the person I got can wait! Either way, enjoy!

Sent mine out the other day and forgot to mark mine as well.  Also received the package from my Secret Santa in the mail yesterday.  Thank you sir!

Received my gift from RFG Santa!  Wow...just...wow.  I feel like my gifts were woefully inadequate to the swag and game I received.  I'll have to try even harder next year! ;)  I suspect my Santa had connections and he/she must've known me on a personal level for the items I've received. <3  Thanks Santa!

I got mine :) under the tree waiting ....

Still waiting for my Secret Santa package. Only ten days to go so there's still time.

Still waiting :'(

I'm still waiting as well, but I should be based on how long I took...

still waiting too, but being in canada i'm used to longer shipping times :P

Also still waiting. 

Still waiting....

Might as well join you whiners, Still Waiting :P

The postie just showed up with a parcel from Santa.  Thank you!

Mine arrived on Friday. I've yet to send mine out, but it's leaving Monday morning via Priority Mail, so it should arrive in time. Sorry for the wait, but unfortunately, things have been crazy.

I shipped out the first of two packages several days ago.  I sent it via faster shipping, and they said it should be there in around 6 days, so I'm hoping that they're right.

You get mail on Sundays?

I seen the mail trucks running through town today.  I guess they are going 7 days a week to push all the mail through for Christmas.

lol, I actually got home from a friends today and had my Secret Santa package waiting by the door for me!

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I guess the postal service is running on all cylinders to get all the holiday mail delivered in time.

Mine hasn't arrived yet, but no worries on my end.    I'm concerned that if mine isn't marked I may open it accidentally, as I did a LOT of last minute online ordering over the past 3-4 days so I'm expecting about 5 packages plus the SS.     I should be able to figure it out, but either way all will be good.       I'm really getting excited to start seeing the posts of opened packages and what everyone got!

Is everyone basically just waiting until Christmas to reveal their gifts?

I'm not opening mine until Christmas.

I didn't think I would be able to hold off until Christmas to open mine.  But the closer it gets to Christmas, I think I'll be able to wait when mine gets here.

if mine comes after the 20th, i'll wait until christmas. before the 20th....we'll see ;)

Thats what I'm doing

My Secret Santa gift is sitting under the tree. I can wait until the 25th.

Sent out the 2 packages that my household is responsible for. However, my wife (diedraneous) neglected to mention that her recipient was in Canada.  :grrr:  :nono:
Imagine my shock when I get to the post office, pull up her email, and see the address location.

...if a Canadian member gets their package 1-2 days late, I apologize beforehand. I've sent it Priority in the hopes that it gets there in time (6-10 day average), but the shipping was about as much as the actual contents are worth. :embarassed:
If it doesn't arrive on time, I'll send a compensation package as a result.

Also, her SS gift has not arrived yet. Starting to get down to the wire everyone, so if you're hesitating to send something, you've got 3-5 days US Priority / 6-10 days Canada Priority to look forward to...

Also, Bil, can we get the OP updated for Sent/Received status?

Just left the post office. Good old flat rate box priority mail.
Also mine came today


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I haven't gotten mine out yet... Hoping soon... I apologize in advance if it gets there after the 25th

As long as Morrigan delivers the package I don't think anyone will mind.

There might be a problem if noiseredux delivers it dressed up as Morrigan though...

Quick, somebody photoshop his head onto Morrigan's body!

Quick, somebody find a picture of noiseredux off racketboy somewhere!

Got my SS package in a few days ago!  I... wanted to be patient, but after reading about a few folks opening theirs, I went for it, and...

YAY!  Someone went out of their way to get us some classic games we don't have, filling in some holes in the collection, and all were in great shape!  And that's not always an easy feat, buying for us retro collectors, especially with our number of games for some systems ;)

Santa really hit a wonderful jackpot for us this year, and I hope s/he didn't spend too much!  A pleasantly unexpected 'haul'.  THANKS SANTA!!!

(Now can we post pics, descriptions, and (if so desired) who our SS is on the 25th?  That's the rule, right? :D

Got mine in the mail today.  I can't wait for Christmas to open this big box.

damn that's even disturbing ME.

My  package was sent out Friday.  I hope it gets there in time.  I also got mine in the mail today. I really want to open it but I'm being good and waiting.....is it the 25th yet??

Mine is sitting under my tree. Luckily today is my bday so I'll open some gifts to hold me over. I'm going to record me opening the gift like a unboxing and put it on one of my pick up video segments



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still waiting on mine...as far as i know our post office doesn't deliver on saturday/sunday for the holidays, and i'm not sure about christmas eve. only a few days left for it to get here then, but i'll be ok with it being late if it's not here this week :P there were a few people saying they delivered late after all.

No word on mine yet, but I was able to check the status of the one I sent out and it was delivered last week!     I haven't heard anything about whether they were able to wait or not, so we will hopefully hear on the 25th!    Only 6 days!!!

Sent mine out last week and I have gotten mine...ready to tear into it!

I got my package yesterday. Hmm....

Still resisting myself. Sitting on my table in front of the tree. Need something to open on Christmas. :P

Patiently waiting...

...to open my package, that is ;)

There a nice-sized box on the front step today.  I'll do my best not to open it, but the zombie apocalypse is supposed to start tomorrow.

it's already the 21st in australia and parts of asia

Got my package today. Doing my best not to open it. Address looks awful familiar though!!

The address on my box looks VERY familiar......hmm...

I know who your Secret Santa was last year. Different person, I guarantee, since she sent to someone different this year. :P
It really doesn't help that us veterans know the names and addresses of most of the people on the site.  :laugh:

Me too.   Got a package today from the same person that I sent mine to?!?   Is it possible that we got each other?

*whistles innocently* ;)

ah..I get it.   Mums the word, nudge nudge, wink-wink.. knowwhatimean?

Ahh, well you might recognize the return address on your box too... just sayin.

Of course all these address's might just be jumbled up in my head.

Oh, I knew exactly who my package was from the moment I got it. :P
Still waiting on my wife's package to come in.

lucky for me i don't know anyone's addresses well enough ;) so it'll still be a secret no matter who it's from.

Hope mine is home when I get there. I'm pretty certain that my person has theirs already as well...

ya i hope mine is there when i get home too...i'm not sure if it'll make it in time for christmas otherwise.

There's still Saturday and Monday for delivery times, and apparently Sunday for Canada.

I guess Canadian postal workers really took the "neither rain nor snow" thing seriously.... Wait that's the USPS creed.

oh really? i didn't realise they were doing saturday and sunday for the holidays, we don't normally get anything delivered those days.

Really surprised me too, but I got my package last Sunday.

well maybe there's still hope then :)

sunday night, still no delivery...i don't think canada post is doing saturday/sunday delivery anywhere in my area, i haven't seen a single mail person out anywhere.

That's a bummer. Hopefully your parcel will come in tomorrow. Otherwise it could come after Christmas.

I've got my fingers crossed for you.

I didn't get one yet either... though I can't really complain since I wasn't able to send mine out yet either. So that makes two of us who will be extending out gift-opening past the 25th haha.

I'm hoping that I'll get mine tomorrow, but no biggie if I don't.

A little over 24 hours and we might get some "early" opening posts!     Gonna be fun!

ya i'm not too worried about it, i don't mind getting it late :P it's just always nicer to open gifts on the actual day.

Came home after dropping my wife off this morning, and got an Express Mail package with my wife's name on it from Canada. Well done, sir. :P

Its Christmas up here finally so I'll start us off with the first pic (I actually opened it up early....... don't tell ;) ).

My Secret Santa partner did amazing!!! I tried to make my list pretty open so they had an easy time as possible buying for me. So I had several different systems and types of games I enjoy listed as options. He sent me something from nearly every different option I had listed, it was really mind boggling. Absolutely every single item that I received was a perfect match for my interests. I needed all 4 NES games for my licensed set (a couple of which I'm eager to play), I've got a copy of Parasite Eve and have been looking for Parasite Eve 2 for a long time, Grandia is a series I've completely missed out on and have been wanted to experience.

But best of all is the copy of Secret of Evermore. Its one I used to rent as a kid a lot and never was able to finish it. I'm really looking forward to playing it again after all these years. Thanks so much Fleach. I hope you're as happy with your gift as I am with mine :D

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I got in from InvaderGII

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;D ;D ;D
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Thanks so much!

I will post picts soon...I have a house full of kids!  And to my Santa, you did perfect!  Thanks!

Opened my Secret Santa gift this morning and was very happy with what I got.   He did a great job!!!!!

I actually found out who my santa was.  It was a "Lone piece of Fruit"  ;)

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There were 50+ NES Dust Covers  WOW  he cut my "naked games" in half.  Only about 50 more to go.


THANKS SANTA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's Christmas here in Toronto Town and "Santa" had something great for me sitting under the tree.

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I recognized the return address as the same address I sent my gift to. Crabby, thank you so much! I'm really thrilled with the goodies you sent me. You're so generous for making this Final Fantasy fan overjoyed this holiday season. The NES games are fantastic additions to my budding collection. I simply can't thank you enough.

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The FF Anthology, Tactics and Chronicles are games I've been actively hunting for so to see them as part of the Secret Santa gift was a huge surprise. Chrono Cross was a title that somehow flew right under my radar, as was King's Field. Looks like I've got some level grinding in store for me this holiday.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Silver Surfer. Wow is all I can say. I'm looking forward to playing this two little gems.

I'm really glad to hear that you're happy with the bundle I posted to you. Hope to see some of those NES games in your "100 in 100." And those RGPs should keep your pretty busy. Merry Christmas and happy gaming, my friend.

My Santa was the same person I was Santa to. None other than Shadow Kisuragi! Here is the load of goodies he sent me!!!

Thank you Santa! And I'm wearing the tee as I type this!

Thought you'd enjoy the tee, and the games filled a hole I noticed in your collection. :P

Here's the note Den sent me inside the box. Love the picture:
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Inside the box:
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...and this little T-shirt gem. Bil, I guess this means I'm 2 up on you now for Web of Fire:
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Thanks to KWVintageGames for getting the package here right on time for my wife to open this morning. He included a note as well:
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She asked for something Atari-related, I believe, and this is what he sent along CIB:
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It's a German Atari title called Bobby Geht Heim (Bobby Come Home). Cool! My wife got a kick out of it as well.

Thanks for the gifts guys! KW, let me know when your box comes in - my wife was saying she wanted to send more your way.

Looks like some great hauls so far this year!

Thanks SANTA YOU ROCK love my Rise 2 Reserection and Pikmin and shirt and buckle

I posted these before, but I wanted to say thanks again to my Secret Santa!
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Sorry for no pics, my phone battery is only good for a few minutes (replacement in the mail) and my digital camera is in a box atm.

My Secret Santa (Arrngrim) not only flitered through our extensive retro collection to find and fill a few missing titles, he used my old disc rot article to make sure the discs were perfect!  One of the games, Hi Octane, has had pinholes the last three times I found a copy, and he found one in perfect shape!  He sent:

Dark Castle (Genesis) CIB
John Madden '93 (Genesis) CIB
Echo Jr. (Genesis)
Hi Octane (Saturn) CIB
Virtual Casino (Saturn) CIB

Very pleasantly surprised.  Best of all, and true to the intent of the Secret Santa this year, Arrngrim and I have exchanged contact info and he seems like a very cool dude.  *cue sappy holiday music* "Its the best present I could get."

My Secret Santa (kal9000) did great!    He got me some games to play and to "collect":

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Revenge of Shinobi (Sega Classics) - this one is sealed, I think it's NEW and SEALED?
Assassins Creed II (360) - just started playing the Vita AC3 so this should be fun!
Viva Pinata Trouble in Paradise (360) - I've been looking for this for a long time!!   

Thanks KAL!    You did great!   Hope you are happy with your gift as well!

Canadian Viva Pinata?

I'll post pics as soon as I get mine.

Here's my stuffs!  Thanks S.S.!  *coughrusslymancough*

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He made a sweet golf dude from perler beads complete with stand.  Its sitting on my dvd shelf right now.  He also threw in a bunch of Wreck it Ralph buttons.  I'm not sure what to do with them yet, but it'll be creative!  Kinda hard to see but there's a couple of plastic mario figurines in there too, and a couple of CDs from his old band.  I'll give it a listen in my car on my way to work tomorrow morning.

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Got a Nintendo Power, my first :)  Also Cyborg Justice for Genesis, i loved that game when i was a kid.  The vs mode is cool, my brother and i used to spend hours ripping each others arms off.  Also got a Cruisin' USA poster that I'll put on my wall soon.

Be jealous Razor Knuckles, i got a Tiger-ish Sonic 3-D blast as well.  Just another cool piece to have sitting on my shelf.

I'm glad i got the book "How to Survive a Robot Uprising" from my S.S., but my fiance isn't.  She got me the same book for Christmas.

Overall, I'm very happy with what i recieved.  Hopefully i did just as well.

I wasn't sure if it was Canadian, European, or some other international release.

Sweet glad the Golf Mario made it in one piece.
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Here's what I got!
Mario kart made out of perler beads. My reaction was the best I recorded it.
I got the Devil May Cry 1,2,and 3. Never played them. Played it for a bit yesterday. Reminds me of Resident Evil 2, but you have a sword.

Also got a NES game Renegade. It's a beat em up. Pretty hard.

I'm super happy and will be busy for. A while.


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I asked my Secret Santa for games from the more elusive systems, if possible, and was thrilled when I opened the box to find these.

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A few games closer to an Odyssey2 set, and seeing 3DO titles had me smiling.  Love Bites is AO, but I'm a guy (that likes looking at scantily clad women) and really appreciate gaining a title that is so difficult to find and in great condition.  I wonder if an adult title then a video of Woody Woodpecker was supposed to mean something... 

And how did he know I love M&M's?

I wanna see!

Love Bites, the ultimate gift. I think we can lock this thread now because Techie just won Christmas :P

Just uploaded the video to you tube. Should be up in 30mins.
My channel is Russ Lyman

I keep it simple.
It's on game hunting episode 11


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An interesting demonstration of the competitive nature of game publishers in the early 90's, when they license soft-core.  Kind of puts the Nintendo v. Tengen battle to shame, don't it?

Incidentally, I just got a copy of Love Bites and Snake's Revenge from Tynstar in the mail...

Out of Ammo and I had each other and he gave me:

Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 SNES - My favourite MK of all time. I was super happy when I saw that!
Donkey Kong Country 3 SNES - I've never played the 3rd one.
Super Battleship - I think i may have this one. I can't rememeber

and the promise of a second package! Can't wait!

Thanks man. I really appreciate it. No pic yet because my GF cleaned up the living room and moved the games to a location that I am unaware of.

just an update, my belated package is being mailed out tomorrow morning.

And hopefully the package from my Secret Santa will arrive soon...

A bit belated, but I am still super stoked about my haul of various great things from our good friend Mr. Izret. Thanks again!

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Glad I was able to get specific items you asked for and you are happy about it :D

Also what is the going rate on Tombs and Treasures? I think I got screwed on it... But I was caught up in the Xmas spirit ;)

just an update, I'm mailing out my package this morning. (Should I say here who the recipient is since it's so late?)

Also, does anyone (Bil?) know if my Santa sent my package out yet?

I would have been happy with one boxed NES game, my SS hooked me up with 3.  Nicely done!

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Deadly Towers, awww yeah!!!

Funny you should say that, someone saw this pic on my FB page and commented that it was the wort NES game.

I'm in the same boat, but my package definitely got there before Christmas.

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Ha!  I post my finds on my facebook too.  I also use it to upload pics to RFGeneration.  Oh, and about Deadly Towers, my cousin wanted Legend of Zelda when we were young, but instead he got Deadly Towers.  He played it for half a day, then he gave it to me.  He said it was awesome, in fact too awesome for him to play.  I knew I shouldn't have trusted him.

Pretty sure Seicross is worse.

There are tons of worse games (than both of those) IMO. Its just fashionable to hate on Deadly Towers, which is why I had to speak up ;)

At least the box is pretty :)

well hopefully my box gets here tomorrow. I still haven't heard from Bil or my Secret Santa so no idea if it's been sent to me yet.

i'm in the same boat, i'm assuming mine has been sent by now, but i hope if it wasn't one of the late senders that nothing happened to it during shipping.

Received my package from my Secret Santa well before the Christmas holidays.  Got too excited and have already filed the games away into my NES collection.  Received the following licensed NES games from my Secret Santa (only 26 more licensed games to go!):

The Legend of the Ghost Lion
Baseball Stars II
Alien 3

Thank you Secret Santa!  And as always, thank you one in all for participating and for those who set it up this year!

still nothing here... emailed Santa.

what he said^, i emailed too. with all the holidays and the fact that my post office didn't seem to be delivering saturday/sunday like others, it's possible it's just been delayed during shipping.

yeah anything could have happened, and that's fine. I'd just feel better if I knew when or if it was mailed to me.

I got my package before Chrih Christmas Day, I just haven't posted the picture until now.  Thanks to my Secret Santa for sending me these.  Although his return address looked awfully familiar...
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Spiderman on the GBA up top, Glover and Tonic Trouble for my N64.  Karate Champs, Kung-Fu, Gotcha, Rad Racer 1 & 2, Home Alone, and To The Earth for NES.  Also an Atari 2600 Jr and a Gamestop Gamecube disc wallet.  I had lots of fun this year and I hope who I sent things to liked them as much I liked mine.

Yay! Just got good news about my package!

I'm lat to post in this topic, unfortunately. :(  I was away visiting a relative for Christmas, but I'm glad that everyone seems to have gotten what they wanted.


I'm glad you got your stuff, bro!

And your other things should be in the mail soon-it took forever to get some of your other items because of my post office's sluggishness around the holidays (when most other post offices become busier).

I also got a lot of great things from  burningtoys, I'll have to take a picture soon.  It should be up tomorrow.

still no word from my Santa... maybe I was on the naughty list this year?

Don't lose hope yet. Your parcel should come in sooner rather than later.

Ok so my package arrived today. A familiar address. :) Lucky for me it came from another Sega fan. A nice stack of SCD/Sat/DC sports games I was missing (including NHL 94!!!!) but what really blew my mind was the Saturn Choice Cuts demo disc, the That Virtua Feeling / Sub Pop sampler CD, and.... the... OMG... wait for it... PANZER DRAGOON PLAYABLE PREVIEW DISC!

Thank you so much Secret Tyns-- I mean Santa. :D

So what's the final tally?   Did everyone get their gift?   I didn't see as many pictures of the package contents as I thought we might see, but that's fine.    Just curious that everyone got taken care of!

I thoroughly enjoyed the process this year - always a great excuse to go hit the game and thrift stores yet again.   Plus meeting new people and getting a surprise at Christmas is sweet!

See you all for the next one!

According to Santa, mine is on its way! Pics as soon as I get them!

Well there's still snow on the ground so Santa can travel


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Still waiting...

Wow.   Sorry to hear that.   17 days since Xmas and counting...

Sum-41?

x2 We've gotten to the point that unless they have a pretty good excuse I don't think the two people that got their gifts out this late should be participating in the next one.

One is a definite no for next year, the other may be legit.

Let me know who won't get a gift, and I'll put something together to send out.
If it's Deadman...I've got his address already, and it'll just be a nice return favor for last year.  ;D

Good gosh I hope it's not me!!   No I'm all taken care of but am ready to chip in some items for a emergency Santa-based care package if one is required!    Just send out the call...

WOW!! I feel bad for the people that didn't get their gift.  Hopefully we can come up with some way to make it up to them. 

Hopefully this isn't a problem next year.

I was worried when I first signed up about something like this happening to me.  B/c it usually does.  But I was glad I got my Secret Santa.

He looks a little like this guy. LOL

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I used a rastabanana man to help me get a 6 player kinect achievement:
https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=A4BB3439B110FF0C!156&authkey=!AItSMeKdG-4K-qY

LOL

That picture is awesome!

Where's the second generation of that achievement?

Any word yet Bickman?   Are you the only one left without a SS gift?   22 days since Xmas, 37 since the deadline to ship...

Nothing yet.

If Bickman's still waiting by next Monday we should all chip in for him.

Agreed, sign me up.

No need. I got another PM saying that I should expect 2 packages. He really liked what I got him and wanted to make it as awesome, but, according to him, he was still acquiring stuff. His latest message said that he's going to ship out the first and get a second together.

A gift that's fashionably late, eh. Hope it reaches you soon.

It should be a REALLY NICE gift since you had to wait so long.

Also, I just wanted to say thanks to everyone else for the gesture, but it's really unnecessary. What a great community!

Whoops.   You better make that 3 packages....    :)

i was the other one that didn't recieve a gift yet (it's suspected i won't be getting one, no sign of my secret santa since they signed up for it apparently). not asking for anything from anyone but i just wanted to publicly thank Fleach! he found out about me not getting anything and decided to get me something off ebay and have it shipped to me ;D. you guys are all too nice xD i wasn't expecting anything after hearing my SS had bailed.

Don't worry Tech, it hasn't gone unnoticed. You are being taken care of. #wink wink

umm... you're getting another package as well - already on the way...    :)

Ummm i "don't" have something boxed up for you tech... and i "will not" be sending it the next time i go to the post office....

So "don't" keep an eye out for a package from the US...

ha ha  make that 2 packages from the US to "not" expect.

*puts back some of the boxed N64 games sitting in his atrium*
Nevermind. :P

hey, whoa, boxed n64 games...tis the season to give tech free stuff right? ;)

really though you guys shouldn't have, i wasn't expecting anything and didn't see any blame in anyone at rfg, i know it was fully my SS's choice to be a jerk. now i'm going to feel bad :laugh:. i really appreciate it though! someday i'll find a way to make it up for everyone :)

Received a package today. From an address I didn't recognize immediately... Pics taken but not uploaded yet. Later on!

Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk 2

So, Deadman sent me a great box of stuff! Despite him not being my Secret Santa, he sent something anyway! Again, great place to be here!

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Included was Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 for GBC, CIB Sea Battle for INTV, a shirt that says "I Prefer Beast Mode", and...
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A TATSUNOKO VS. CAPCOM TOWEL!
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Thanks so much, Deadman!

Holt, awesome as always.

No problem!  I didn't have anything on your wishlist, so i just grabbed a few items that weren't on your RFG collection list and threw them in a box.    Glad you like them!

a big thank you to crabmaster2000 for the box of sega games he sent me! i posted a picture of them in the small scores topic.

Sorry I couldn't help you out with any N64 stuff you needed. I felt pretty bad that you got bamboozled in the SS though so I had to get you something.

i read your note in the box about that, don't worry about the n64 stuff, the fact you sent anything was more than you had to do :). i had said on my original letter to santa that i'd be happy with anything not in my collection if my SS couldn't find anything n64 related.

thanks again!

Bamboozled... I like that word.

Hope your little care package arrives soon.

HE CAME! HE CAME! SANTA CAME!

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Power Moves, Lawnmower Man, Home Alone 2, International Tennis Tour, and a CIB Zoop! I just picked up Zoop recently, but the CIB makes it that much better! I remember Zoop being a game that I purchased brand new with Christmas money one year along with Super Punch-Out!

Zoop is fucking hard! Gives me a panic attack haha. But yet compellingly fun. :D