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You have reached the RFGeneration Secret Santa 2018 Thread.  If you were looking for Zagnorch's NOT-SO-Secret Santa Thread, you can find it here: http://www.rfgeneration.com/forum/index.php?topic=18864.msg259507

PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE POST, PEOPLE MISS DETAILS EVERY YEAR AND IT LEADS TO QUITE A BIT OF WORK TO TRACK BITS OF INFO FROM A DOZEN OR SO PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T READ THE POST

It's Secret Santa time again! Here is how it works:

Step 1 Reply to this thread with something like "I'm in" and I will add your name to the list

The cutoff for signing up is Friday, November 16th

Step 2 Send an email to rfgensanta@gmail.com The subject line should look EXACTLY like this:.

User Name-Your Country-Country or Countries you are willing to ship to

EXAMPLE If I am in the USA and I am willing to ship to the USA and Canada:

Wildbil52-USA- Will Ship to USA, Canada

Copy and paste this text for the body of your email and fill in the blanks:

Dear Santa
I’ve been a VERY ___________ boy/girl (choose one) this year, so I feel like I have earned all of the __________ that I will probably get for Christmas from all my family and friends.

But I also want video games.

If I could get just one box of video games and/or video game related items with a total combined value of at least $20 before shipping costs, I would hope that the box would have___________ in it.

And I would prefer that it didn’t have any __________ in it.

Since I am a responsible collector, my entire collection has been meticulously entered on rfgeneration.com (OR i is entered at this location: [link to your collection here]) so that you can see what I already have.  You can also check my RFGeneration wishlist to see what I really want more than anything in the whole wide __________.

Please remember to send out my domestic package by December 9th or my international package by December 1st so that I don’t receive my package late and have to resort to _________________ on Christmas morning.

Thank you, Santa!

Sincerely
(RFGen User Name)
(Real Name and Shipping address here)

A note on writing your letter

As far as your wishlist goes, Be as specific as you want or as general as you want just remember that the more options you give your Santa, the easier you will be to shop for.  Say things like:

I would like any NES carts not already in my collection

or

I would love to get some spare controllers for NES, SNES, Genesis, or Saturn.

or

I would really like to get any of the following SNES games: x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, etc.

Add as much room as you need, you don't have to say what you would like to get in just a few words.

Step 3
Once your package arrives, or on Christmas morning, post pics of your Secret Santa package here (and in Small Scores if you like)

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!

Due to the scams of years past, The RFGen Secret Santa 2018 is available to established RFGen members OR to anyone who has an established member vouch for them.  If you are unsure if you are an established member, shoot me a PM.

Check out Zagnorch's NOT-SO-Secret Santa Thread, you can find it here: http://www.rfgeneration.com/forum/index.php?topic=18864.msg259507


Participating Members

a bold member name signifies that Santa has received and reviewed your letter and no further action is necessary.  Please allow a few days from when you send your letter for your name to turn bold.

bickman2k*
Son of Bickman*
Crabmaster2000*
Disposed Hero*
douglie007*
Fleabitten*
Ikariniku*
MetalFRO*
NeoMagicWarrior*
shaggy*
singlebanana*
Friend of Nanner*
SirPsycho*
slackur*
Wempster*
WildBil52*

*=Package Received

I'm in!

In dere like swim wear

I'm in!

Is it that time already?

I'm in!

In it again!!

Yes please

Already?  I'm in!

I'm in

In it to wi- I mean, give nice things away. :D

Every year I tell myself that I'm going to skip the Secret Santa this year, and every year I still sign up. This year will be no exception. I'm in!  :)

Letter submitted

Letter sent!

Letter is on its way!

Letter sent!

I'm terrible and missed this post. Will send my letter later on tonight.

I'm in

I am trying to update my wish list for all the DS games stolen from me, but if I don't get done.  Whoever gets me, here are a pic of the empty boxes I need games for. [img width=700 height=340]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181114/fb1e6692f2546b1f2b5bb19a1ef08562.jpg[/img]

I really liked the Secret Santa last year, but I'm going to have to decline this time. I'm buying a house in a few weeks, so between my busy schedule with that and the holidays, finances that will be strained until I get settled in my new place and have a clear budget, and having to pack everything up and move it yet again, the logistics are just too much. But I'll be back on the participant list for 2019! I hope you all get everything you want :)

I'm in!
Update; letter sent.

Congrats and good luck!

OK everyone, the cut off date has passed and I will be matching everyone today and sending you your email by tomorrow.

My son wanted to get back in this year as well.

Cool, he is the last one, that gets us to an even number

Matches made and emails sent.  Let me know if you dont see your email after checking your spam/junk.

All good on my end

I checked my junk.

Then I opened my email and found my letter!

EDIT: Shoot, didn't see the cutoff. Disregard then.

REMINDER that the suggested shipping date for international orders is this Saturday, December 1st.  This is a VERY conservative suggestion but the closer we get to the 25th, the more likely it is that the package will be delayed.

REMINDER that the suggested shipping date for domestic orders is coming up soon.  This is a VERY conservative suggestion but the closer we get to the 25th, the more likely it is that the package will be delayed. 

Please finish up your shopping and try to get your package mailed early next week!

Packaged shipped!

Package shipped last week

Recieved my package today, but I am going to wait for Christmas to open it.  I like having an extra present on Christmas day.

Got my package:

[img width=700 height=933]https://i.imgur.com/tOi0VRs.jpg?1[/img]

Sent mine out today.

I just received a last minute gift addition that I was waiting to arrive from ebay, so I should be shipping my gift out tomorrow. The recipient should have it early next week at the latest.

Mine will be going out by end of week. Work got in the way of getting stuff finished up.

Mine is out! Recipient should be able to open the outside box as the contents are wrapped aside from one thing.

Sent mine a little later than I wanted, but I got it out yesterday.

Im guessing one of you slackers is my 🎅 lol

Just wanted to give a head up that anyone shipping to or from Canada things may be slower than usual. At the start of the month/end of November we had a rotating postal strike. Should have mentioned it earlier, but if you're partner is a Canadian there is a chance your parcel may not make it by X-Mas because of that.

My son got a package in the mail today!

Package was sent out Thursday.  Hope the recipient like it!

I got my gift today thank you, I don't plan on opening until Christmas it's under the tree

Got mine in, will post in a few days :D

Mine came in today. I'll tear into it and post the contents soon. I'm contemplating doing an unboxing video but we'll see.

Mine arrived today too!

So did mine!

My gift just arrived today! With very little prompting from my son I dug in immediately. I'll save pics for X-Mas day, but just so my partner isn't left wondering. You done real good!

My gift from Santa came in today.  Was I naughty and opened it immediately, or did I wait like a nice little boy?  Either way, the pics will come Christmas Eve!

[img width=355 height=266]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f5/42/3f/f5423fe32fc74fcd065daf369e65f6ed.gif[/img]

I really can't wait to see all these pics, friends.  It seems like more people are waiting until Christmas Day to open their presents.  I know I am.

My son's Santa contacted me to let me know that there was something that was somewhat time sensitive in it. My son is 12 and had asked for Pokemon games. As I have done in the past, he also decided to ask for a local snack food. Funny enough, his Santa was one state away. But he managed to send some ridiculous cookies to snack on while he rocks the Pokemon Pinball.

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I'm as surprised as anybody else, but I actually recorded an unboxing video of my Secret Santa gift. I was pretty uncomfortable and out of my element doing this, but I think it turned out alright. Hope you guys enjoy it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmB4JsDrxoY

Thanks again to bickman2k for the great gift!

Great video, dude!  You are a natural!

Dragon Warrior Swords?  I think its pronounced S-Words  https://youtu.be/PaFSkWfFhO0?t=118

Haha, I don't know about 'natural' but it was fun to do. Thanks!

Just got mine, think I'll post an unboxing vid today cause I happen to be in the mood.

Glad you enjoyed everything!

Awesome video!

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Great to see videos of the reactions.  It's nice to see and hear the Christmas cheer brought on by the gifts. 

Glad the rain didn't get your gifts, Flea, especially with those boxes in there.  It must be a Christmas miracle.

I agree, a natural!

Great video!! Shout out to Justin Gazeko!!!

Loving these videos! I'm definitely going to have to record one when I get mine :D

While I wasn't a cool enough kid to do a video, I opened mine the same night as my son. I had asked for SNES games mostly as well as a favorite local snack. I ended up getting a box from a good friend of mine that I recognized the address on immediately.

The inside of the box had a little note inside.
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South Korea?! Not exactly what I expected, but let's take a look.

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Looks tasty! He also helped fill in some holes in my SNES collection as well as adding in a repro from a Japan only release and another homebrew cart!
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Thanks Santa! :xmas:

You can't go wrong with Fun Dip.

Always wanted to try Unholy Night. Cool gifts!!

My Secret Santa must have thought I was a pretty good boy this year!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb9EmtXob-o

Seriously, I can't thank you enough for this.

Oh I love how this turned out. You played it so cool when you thought I got you a lame old sports game, excellent poker face. Happy to spread the Mega Man love around and boost your handheld collections!! Merry Christmas buddy!!

great vid! Sarah was watching this with me and when you said WildBil's fav game she was like "It's gonna be Destiny". Nice ruse, crabby, get it? Mega Man 4!

The thing is, I honestly thought you were just having a little fun with me, since I mentioned "No Xbox One games" in my letter, so you threw that in as a bit of a "white elephant" gift, and as a jokester myself, I appreciated the humor in it. But that surprise after I opened it was insane. I realized right away that I had been duped. BAD. In a good way!


When I read the letter and saw that same quote, I immediately thought of Destiny as well, which would have made perfect sense, since everyone is practically giving away copies of the first game. It would have been a fun way of ribbing me and having a nice RF Gen "in joke" of sorts. Obviously, I was horribly mistaken  :slick:

You should have said no large stacks of hundreds.

That was AWESOME!  And I thought the game was going to be Destiny.  :laugh:

So I still don't know the username that got me this but thank you! [img width=700 height=340]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181225/8dd9ee1aa6665ed7ac86717c42fb7cca.jpg[/img]

Merry Christmas everybody!! Some Psycho Santa got paired with me this year and did a great job. I don't know if he's got some kind of ESP, but I've toyed a few times with the possibility of trying to collect all the James Bond video games, but I never see the handheld ones. Low and behold I've now been graced with a pair of them and one is even still sealed so I get to be the one to crack into a brand new GBA game!! What could be more satisfying? These so called Elves that assembled my gifts also seemed to have created this Noddy game as a tribute to themselves? What an odd bunch! And this fantastic copy of Out of this World completes my console collection of the game, now I've got every non PC version playable at my fingertips!!

Thanks so much for the generous gift. Now if you'll excuse me as it is Christmas day in Canada I must perform the annual Winter Solstice Blood Sacrifice as I pray to our Supreme Dear Leader The Smoking-Hot Syrupy Fox!!

[img width=640 height=480]https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7802/46458841551_a678219db2_z.jpg[/img] (https://flic.kr/p/2dMpGZv)

My Santa did a great job! Harvest Moon has been on my radar to get for a long time and Santa delivered a fantastic looking copy.  Rampage is a new cart and I love the rupee light.  This makes N64 games 242 and 243. Thanks Santa for helping me get a little closer to my full N64 set goal.

[img width=700 height=340]http://i.imgur.com/CVPK0qd.jpg[/img]

Oh wow! Harvest Moon 64 is a big one. Very generous Santa you had!

I'm glad it arrived in time for the holiday and can cause such joy. My match snatched a couple titles from my overly detailed list I tend to send Santa. Thinking of the smoking hot Arabian desert is just what I need to survive the chill of winter.

[img width=700 height=393]https://i.imgur.com/ZvU667c.jpg[/img]

Alright, my Secret Santa (:banana:) ;) kicked some booty:

[img width=700 height=933]https://i.imgur.com/WY7doe4.jpg[/img]
That puts me at 620 NES games and needing only 35 more SMS games for the NA set!

Thanks again Secret Santa!! (:banana:)

Got some great stuff from my wishlist from my Secret Santa this year!  I had the Wario game on my original GB wishlist, but am even happier to have this copy, since it is in color. :)  I honestly didn't even know it was on the GBC.  Thanks Secret Santa!

[img width=700 height=525]https://i.imgur.com/M4NyQow.jpg[/img]

I also want to thank Bil for organizing the event again this year.  Great job man!  And just another little side note, Bil let me include my neighbor's 18 yo son this year in the event even though he is a non-member. Over the past several months, I have gained a real fondness for him. He has autism and with it, a bit of social anxiety. However, he loves video games, and I have been fortunate enough to get to know this incredible young man. He loves to come over to my house to spend time with my kids and I playing games in my gameroom. It's been a really rough 2018 for me, but this guy has brought a lot of joy to my life and helps me put aside my worries.  He was very excited about participating and very happy with this gifts. He sent me pic to share.

[img width=700 height=933]https://i.imgur.com/bsBJywo.jpg[/img]

A message from his dad: C____ got his secret Santa a few days ago. Playing Blades of Steel with C____ has got to be an all time highlight. He's never played sports games (other than Mario sports) because the modern ones are so complex. We had a blast.

My reply: Such a great game. Any fights?

His: Hell yeah! I shouldn't have told him the controls because after the 1st two, he beat me up. Lol.

Very cool guys! I hope to post a YouTube of my SS presents soon. New territory for me, may take some experimentation.

Not Secret Santa related, but I just had to post this video of my kids and their Christmas "surprises."  I think that many of you will appreciate this one. :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m96tzJxm7E&t=61s

That's awesome, Rich!

That is so cool.  How did you get your kids to like Iron Maiden at such a young age?  :laugh:  And that handwriting looks so familiar....

All you have to do is play metal in your car every time they're in it.

Thanks to Disposed for this much appreciated Christmas present!

[img width=700 height=983]https://i.imgur.com/gGPU503.jpg[/img]

I was excited to see a fat stack of SNES carts when I opened the box.  The first one I looked at was NHL '95.  I always ask for castaway and junk carts their owners don't know what to do with.  The great part is that I think I have a box and manual for NHL '95 in my collection, but never had the cart. 

Next up was a copy of Krusty's Super Fun House, which apparently traveled to our time from Wizard Rome 2461.  As big as the Simpsons phenomenon was, I was really surprised when Krusty got his own game, and then that game was about exterminating rats in his Fun House. 

The next two games were a real treat to see.  Alien vs Predator and Battletoads/Double Dragon.  I love beat 'em ups, and these are two great ones on the SNES.  Battletoads/Double dragon used to be bin filler titles, but people seem to have caught on that it's a good game, so I see it less and less in stores.  Alien vs Predator is a game I rarely see in the wild, so it was a legitimate surprise to see it in my Secret Santa haul.

Speaking of surprises, I was surprised to see there was even more waiting for me.  At the bottom of the box was Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars.  I had asked for this game specifically in my Secret Santa Wishlist, but after the wealth of SNES games, I was not expecting there to be more.  While I've committed to playing NES games most of 2019, I'll definitely throw this in the ol' Power Base Converter when I have a chance.

Once again, it has been a pleasure to participate in the RF Generation Secret Santa.

@Ikariniku: Awesome! I'm glad you liked the gift!

It was awesome.  Beat 'em ups and a Master System gem.  The RF Gen Secret Santa exceeds my expectations every year, and I work my best to do the same for whoever gets me as Santa.

https://youtu.be/KJdo0wUjeKc

Great stuff Jes!

I can't imagine getting paired with Slackur! Great job whoever that was.

I agree! We do have many "holes" in each system library but they can be annoying to find. Our Santa managed to find games for four systems, no small feat. And I really have had my eye on Iron Soldier 3, as the Jag games are some of my favorite mech games.

Yay Secret Santa!

I'm glad you like the games.  I was hoping I could find a good variety of stuff that wasnt just filler titles for you.

Your efforts were successful and appreciated! :)