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Unofficial Telltale Secret Santa Thing 2010!

RibsRibs
edited January 2011 in General Chat
I asked about this yesterday, and garnered some attention in the Whatever's on your Mind thread, and would like to officially (unofficially) start a Secret Santa between TTG Forumers!

Rules
If you don't know what Secret Santa is, it is a common holiday event between larger groups of people. Basically, a bunch of people sign up, and are assigned a random other person who also has signed up, and everyone buys eachother something without knowing who their gift will come from!

Rules Specific to This Secret Santa
  • Applicants must gift items using Steam.
  • Items should not be worth less then $3, or rougly £2.50.
  • Items purchased should not exceed $20, or £16, roughly, so we don't have anyone buying anyone else iPods and other people buying Laptop Covers.
  • You must send your gift by January 6th, 2010.

Registration
To register, please reply below saying you're in and send me a PM with the email address your Steam account is linked to, so your Santa can gift it to you. Registration closes on 5pm, PST on Wednesday, December 22rd.

Other Information
If you have any questions, please, contact me by PM or reply below!

Applicants (So Far)
Wishlists are linked.
  1. StLouisRibs
  2. divisionten
  3. Javi-Wan Kenobi
  4. adventureaddict
  5. corruptbiggins
  6. gman5852
  7. jeeno0142
  8. seibert999
  9. tompravetz
  10. icedhope
  11. Comrade Pants
  12. RingmasterJ5

Please Sign up If You Can, Even the Smallest Gift Can Make Someone's Day
Happy Holidays
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Comments

  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited December 2010
    Great idea.... but my xmas shopping has already tapped out my extra funds.
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited December 2010
    Is it possible to gift Steam games anonymously?
  • jeeno0142jeeno0142
    edited December 2010
    Can I ask the person what they want? I know that defeats the point of it being secret, but I wouldn't want to get them something they don't want.
  • RibsRibs
    edited December 2010
    Wishlists on Steam are reccomended. And the point is they don't know who it's coming from, and that you do find out who it is so you can heckle them if they choose to buy you something like Rogue Warrior.
  • divisiontendivisionten
    edited December 2010
    Sure, I'm in- I'll be on holiday that week so I can actually use Steam! I can't remember which email, though, so I'll need to look that up.
  • yoshifanyoshifan
    edited December 2010
    Can you make it you have to have a wishlist to enter?
  • RibsRibs
    edited December 2010
    Highly reccomended is a better word. They could theoretically set the wishlist to be exclusively 30 dollars COD games, so it's moot to force it.
  • Javi-Wan KenobiJavi-Wan Kenobi
    edited December 2010
    I'm in!!
  • FalancaFalanca
    edited December 2010
    That does sound fun, although sending gifts approximately in 6th of Jan might be problematic for me.
  • RibsRibs
    edited December 2010
    No, as soon as you recieve your 'target', you can buy them their gift, up until The 6th, as that's just after the Steam sale ends.
  • Unknown
    edited December 2010
    i will do it
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited December 2010
    I am not completely certain that seibert can or will buy a game for his assignee. He said in another thread just recently that he could not afford Eversion which is $2.50, less than the minimum.
  • Unknown
    edited December 2010
    Rather Dashing wrote: »
    I am not completely certain that seibert can or will buy a game for his assignee. He said in another thread just recently that he could not afford Eversion which is $2.50, less than the minimum.

    it turns out i had enough to get it (i was trieing to keep ringmaster from knowing)
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited December 2010
    If there's a statistically significant chance of seibert being the one to choose my gift, count me out. :P
  • RibsRibs
    edited December 2010
    Rather Dashing wrote: »
    If there's a statistically significant chance of seibert being the one to choose my gift, count me out. :P

    Don't worry, I'll be sure not to put you two together. BUT NO MORE EXCEPTIONS.
  • Unknown
    edited December 2010
    and plus i get $100 on the holidays
  • RibsRibs
    edited December 2010
    Another small clarification: By Less then 20 dollars, I mean around 20 dollars. So if it's 20.09, don't freak out.
  • IcedhopeIcedhope
    edited December 2010
    Rather Dashing wrote: »
    If there's a statistically significant chance of seibert being the one to choose my gift, count me out. :P


    Could be worse, could have been me choosing your gift.
  • Unknown
    edited December 2010
    or pepsieboy
  • FalancaFalanca
    edited December 2010
    StLouisRibs wrote: »
    No, as soon as you recieve your 'target', you can buy them their gift, up until The 6th, as that's just after the Steam sale ends.

    Well, BEFORE the date is also pretty problematic for my budget. I guess I'll be out of this one.
  • corruptbigginscorruptbiggins
    edited December 2010
    What the hell, I'll do it.
  • adventureaddictadventureaddict
    edited December 2010
    I am SOOO in.
  • Gman5852Gman5852
    edited December 2010
    Hmmm. Ill see.
    oh lets say the game is over $3 but the sale lowers it below that, will it still count as above $3 since it was part of the sale. I dont see any game like that but Im just making sure.
    EDIT:Well I usualy need to save my cash at around this time, but Im sure I will get something good.
    Im in. To whoever draws me, please wait the sale and see if portal 2 comes on it:p
  • Gman5852Gman5852
    edited December 2010
    Im bumping thsi because I have a question.
    I am on holiday save money mode and have a game in my mind for whoever I get. Is there a way to buy the gift but wait for when I get my person?
  • BlooglspashBlooglspash
    edited December 2010
    seibert999 wrote: »
    or pepsieboy

    I wouldn't mind getting Sonic Colors, could be worse. ;)
  • Gman5852Gman5852
    edited December 2010
    Blooglspash wrote: »
    I wouldn't mind getting Sonic Colors, could be worse. ;)
    True but this is steam.
    K I have a gift bought, as long as if it is in my cart, the sale stays.
  • jeeno0142jeeno0142
    edited December 2010
    Okay then, I'm happy to use my assignee's wishlist. I'm in.

    Just one more question though: How do you gift a game in Steam anonomously?

    I had another question, but then I remembered the power of Google and looked it up.
  • RibsRibs
    edited December 2010
    The point is you don't know where it will come from, not that you will never know who gave you that game you will spend 300 hours playing so you can't thank them.
  • jeeno0142jeeno0142
    edited December 2010
    StLouisRibs wrote: »
    The point is you don't know where it will come from, not that you will never know who gave you that game you will spend 300 hours playing so you can't thank them.

    But I will know where it came from. It'll have come from the person who gave it to me. And Steam will tell me who that is. :confused:
  • RibsRibs
    edited December 2010
    jeeno0142 wrote: »
    But I will know where it came from. It'll have come from the person who gave it to me. And Steam will tell me who that is. :confused:

    Exactly, so you know who to thank and/or blame!
  • Gman5852Gman5852
    edited December 2010
    StLouisRibs wrote: »
    Exactly, so you know who to blame!

    Got it.
    and remember to add me in, looks like you forgot.
    Or my laptop sucks at updating things.
  • RibsRibs
    edited December 2010
    Gman5852 wrote: »
    Got it.
    and remember to add me in, looks like you forgot.

    Just did :P
  • Gman5852Gman5852
    edited December 2010
    StLouisRibs wrote: »
    Just did :P

    So was that a ninja then?

    Also like I asked if the game was above $3 but thanks to the sale isn't above $3 does that count, I found a few really good games that are now below $3.
  • RibsRibs
    edited December 2010
    Gman5852 wrote: »
    So was that a ninja then?

    Also like I asked if the game was above $3 but thanks to the sale isn't above $3 does that count, I found a few really good games that are now below $3.

    If at the present moment it's more then 3 dollars, then it's fine. I reccomend waiting until the end if something isn't a daily deal in the chance it goes down as a daily.
  • Gman5852Gman5852
    edited December 2010
    StLouisRibs wrote: »
    If at the present moment it's more then 3 dollars, then it's fine. I reccomend waiting until the end if something isn't a daily deal in the chance it goes down as a daily.

    Well considering the sale of the game I was going to get is over.
    So if portal is $15 but then due to the sale it is $2 it doesnt count.
  • RibsRibs
    edited December 2010
    Gman5852 wrote: »
    Well considering the sale of the game I was going to get is over.
    So if portal is $15 but then due to the sale it is $2 it doesnt count.

    Nearly everyone has portal due to the whole 'free' thing back in May anyway,
  • Gman5852Gman5852
    edited December 2010
    StLouisRibs wrote: »
    Nearly everyone has portal due to the whole 'free' thing back in May anyway,

    Hey Im not using that anymore. Plus I forgot about that.
  • RibsRibs
    edited December 2010
    Don't worry if it is a game like portal. I mean something like don't buy something for someone if it doesn't appeal to their apparent interests at all. So no Max and the Magic Marker or anything.
  • Javi-Wan KenobiJavi-Wan Kenobi
    edited December 2010
    StLouisRibs wrote: »
    So no Max and the Magic Marker or anything.
    Unless someone actually HAS Max and the Magic Marker on his/her wishlist...
  • RibsRibs
    edited December 2010
    Javi-Wan Kenobi wrote: »
    Unless someone actually HAS Max and the Magic Marker on his/her wishlist...

    I have a bad feeling everyone will add this as it's my 'mediocre game of choice' that comes to mind
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