P4: Gritty Reboot Posted November 5, 2012 Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 I'd like to gauge interest for the 2nd annual PXOD Secret Santa Exchange. It was a good time all around last year. Likely the only major change I would make is to make the gifting period start around the time of the Steam Holiday Sale, which started around December 19 last year. Digital gifts only, and most likely relegated to Steam since it's the easiest to mess around with wishlists and gifting on. No complaints here if you go with GOG or another service though. We'll establish a suggested price of around $10, though by no means hard and fast either way on that. What this means is, don't expect a $60 gift--if your Santa gets you a $5 gift that's on your wishlist, that's all he's required to do. But if you're feeling ultra-rich or ultra-generous, we won't thumb our noses at higher priced presents. Sound off so we can see if we've got enough people interested before I put up a sign-up sheet. --- Targets have been assigned. Please check your PMs and start stalking your giftee! We suggest waiting for the Steam winter sale, but if a killer deal comes up before that, by all means gift early. Soft deadline is Dec. 27 for gifting. Please post in the Wishlist thread if you haven't already, and start perusing your target's Steam wishlist and that thread as well. PM me with questions or concerns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luftwaffles Posted November 5, 2012 Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 I'm in again. Was a lot of fun last year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted November 5, 2012 Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 "Kinda broke" here but sure, why not? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 5, 2012 Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 I can likely do $10 by then (given Xmas job). GOG gifts do require email addresses btw (which I guess if wanting to keep things secret I can supply) http://www.gog.com/en/support/website_help/gift_certificates Obviously folks should keep their Steam wishlists up to date, and include a nice spread, don't be all $60 brand fire new games (though I don't think that was an issue last year). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P4: Gritty Reboot Posted November 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 Yeah, once everyone signs up I will put out the "official" rules which will include keeping your Steam wishlist up to date. Last year, it seemed that keeping a few slightly more expensive games that could go on sale coupled with already cheap indie games or whatever worked out fine for most everyone. I can moderate the whole deal, so we can cover anyone who ends up broke or dead or anything by Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saturnine Tenshi Posted November 5, 2012 Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 I'm up for it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterDex Posted November 5, 2012 Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 Sounds like fun to me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrainHurtBoy...2 Posted November 6, 2012 Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 Definitely down. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercurial Posted November 6, 2012 Report Share Posted November 6, 2012 Why not? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyber Rat Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 I'm in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luftwaffles Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 One possible suggestion for this year, P4. So that random friend requests don't give away who your Secret Santa is this year, perhaps give the gifter the giftee's email so they can send the gift that way, whether it be via Steam or GoG. Could help maintain the anonymity until the last minute. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 I'll participate, but I don't knOw how this all works. Are we going to receive and buy random games, or are we all making a list of stuff we want? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 We'd make a wishlisht, hence the main choice of Steam and GOG as they have Wishlist facilities. e.g http://steamcommunity.com/id/deanbmmv/wishlist Your secret santa would pick from that list, so you're not going to be getting something you don't want. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 I'm down for this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 I'll join in too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyber Rat Posted November 7, 2012 Report Share Posted November 7, 2012 One possible suggestion for this year, P4. So that random friend requests don't give away who your Secret Santa is this year, perhaps give the gifter the giftee's email so they can send the gift that way, whether it be via Steam or GoG. Could help maintain the anonymity until the last minute. Or, everyone just adds everyone else in this thread? That might work. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P4: Gritty Reboot Posted November 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2012 Alright, once I make an official sign-up form and the deadline for sign-ups passes, we'll send the whole list to everybody with Steam names and what not so we're all nice friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toxicitizen Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 I regretted not participating last year. Count me in this time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harri Posted November 10, 2012 Report Share Posted November 10, 2012 Alright, I'm in. Sorry about last time where there were some issues that happened that I unfortunately could not give a gift during the deadline. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FMW Posted November 11, 2012 Report Share Posted November 11, 2012 I'm in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P4: Gritty Reboot Posted November 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2012 Alright, we've well passed the magic "10" threshold for people participating. I will put a sign-up form at the beginning of December and they will be open for 2 weeks or so. Once the Steam Winter sale starts, you can gift at any time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 11, 2012 Report Share Posted November 11, 2012 If you're aiming to be getting stuff on Steam might I suggest if you're planning on participating but unsure if you're have the funds come Steam sales, to maybe put $10 or so into the Steam Wallet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excel_excel Posted November 12, 2012 Report Share Posted November 12, 2012 Ok I'm up for it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewblaha Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 I'm in. /HopesToGetExcel 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 When folks call EVE "spreadsheets in space" they're just making a joke. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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