Secret Santa

Everyone shhould have gotten their Shecret Shanta gifteesh in the past few minutesh, if you have not resheeved it PLEESH MESHAGE SHANTA

4 hours ago, Splain said:

Finally sent my list. I asked only for Stadium Events, Gold NWC, a different Gold NWC, and rights to the entire NA database.

32 minutes ago, guitarzombie said:

Sorry Santa, I was bad this year.  I only posted because I wanted to let MegaTank no one cares about his brattiness. 

COAL

Thash ok, Shanta shtill lovesh you

8 minutes ago, Jeevan said:

uh, I didn't sign up , I was calling spacepup bender because of last year lol

COAL

Ho ho ho, well now’sh ish good a time ash any to shend out a reminder to PM Shanta with your addresshesh and wishlishtsh before the deadline. Shanta ish very grateful sho many of you are willing to do internashional shipping. Remember poshting here doesh not shign you up, sho I’m shtill waiting on lishts from @Mega Tank @Splain @JamesRobot @ZeldaFreak @Jeevan @guitarzombie @LutherDestroysTheGond @BattySalem @SailorScoutMandy @Ferris Bueller @Scrobins @KokiriChild @Foochie776 @fcgamer

Don’t be naughty, get thosh lishts in!

Ho Ho Ho!  Ish that time of the year onesh again! Shorry I'm a bit late, but Shanta got caught up early in daylight shavings time!

Welcome to the third annual VGSh Shecret Shanta!   If you would like to participate, pleash read through the following directionsh (I'll drop my Connery accshent for a moment sho the rulesh are clear): 

1- Send Secret Santa a PM with your real name, your address, and a LIST of items that are $50 or less. The more specific the better. If I get any of these lists with all $100+ items on them, I won't even ask you for a revised list; you'll just be out of this year's Secret Santa. Because that's naughty. And not even a sexy kind of naughty.   

1a- Also please indicate if you can ship internationally. It does require you to be a bit more prompt on shipping due to how long it will take to reach its destination.

2- Once I receive your list, you will be entered into the SS participant list.

3- Signups will end at 10:00 pm Eastern on Tuesday November 15th.   That's a whole 10 days, it shouldn't take you THAT long to get your list in order.

4- Santa hopes to have recipients matched up and your lists sent out by end of day November 18th if not earlier.  Santa and any helpers (see e.g. elves) will try to get it done earlier due to the time constraints!

5- Once your gifts are shipped, please PM Santa with the tracking number!   This is very important, so don't lose it.

6- Deadline to ship in your own country is Dec 9th.   International is Dec 2rd.   (I understand that's a quick turnaround for those with international recipients, but we also have to consider international shipping times.)

7- Have fun!   I'll post a reveal thread Christmas morning for you to show off your goodies, but no revealing before! Also, as tempting as it may be, it's no fun to open it early! Throw it under the tree, Santa knows when you've opened it early...

Also, Santa has some basic rules to follow:

1. In order to participate, you must have joined VGS before this thread was made and you must have posted a few times. 

2.  PLAN ON BUYING SOMETHING.   Don't assume you can just pull some stuff off your shelf.

3.  Plan on spending a minimum of $60-75 before shipping.   Take that into consideration before buying your recipient that limited edition, gold plated, KFC gaming console. If you don't want to take this seriously or plan on being a grinch, don't bother signing up. 

4.  DO NOT MESSAGE YOUR RECIPIENT.   If you need clarification, please reach out to Secret Santa.

5.  No public complaining about your gift/list/etc. People generally try their best with these things, but if you have a legitimate complaint, PM either Santa or VGS site staff.

6.  We reserve the right to refuse Secret Santa entry to anyone.   This will especially apply if you've been on Santa's naughty list before. Don't be a grinch, being such may result in your inability to participate in future years (it will also give Santa a mad headache).

7. Try to be prompt, especially with international shipping. Due to the particular pandemic that is happening globally, it seems to be taking longer for packages to reach their destination. And keep in mind that this time of year is rather difficult on postal workers, try to get stuff in before the massive rush.

8. It is REALLY not recommended to do drop shipping. It can be confusing to the person receiving the gift and they may just open it up early. On top of that, if the wrong thing is shipped or gets damaged due to bad seller packing, it can lead to a bummer of a Christmas gift.

9. Also we STRONLY ask that you post in the reveal thread, to share what you received and express gratitude to your Santa for their efforts to send you something nice.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask them here or send me a message.

Merry Chrishmash!

Ok, time up!  Guess correctly?  Hell na!!!!  We were guessed, just not together .

There ya go, bender was the exact opposite, all nice and friendly, and I didn't even partake in secret santa   But you all guessed us, just not together!  

Look for signups in November of 2022 for the next VGS Secret Santa!!!!

15 minutes ago, Gloves said:

Ooh, ooh! I wanna guess! 

Ho Ho Ho, are all guesses for Bender and I in?  I will let this go until tomorrow evening.  Get those guesses in!!!!

Alright boys and girls, time to open them presents!!!!  You may now open them and share with the world what you got for Christmas.  Unfortunately only 1 of you did not receive the package you deserve, but hopefully soon!  Enjoy your presents, and enjoy your family today!  Oh ya, one more thing, you get one last hint for guessing who Bender and I really are.  So, make your guess with your post.  If you do happen to guess correctly, we will send you a little extra something.  If more than one person guesses us both correctly, then we will figure something out!  If no one does, then we will donate money to a charity of our choosing!  Santa:  JRPG   Bender:  Cubivore  Good Luck, Merry Christmas, and post away!!!!!!

Holy Crap Bender, what did you slip in that drink, feels like I skipped a couple days........

Anyway, looks like we might have all but 2 packages delivered.   Probably only 1 that will not be delivered by/bfore Christmas........

Cheers lads and lasses, this will be the last post until Christmas, Bender and I need to get another drink!!!!

2 packages have been delivered!!!  The rest seem to be moving still!  Hopefully they get there, only 4 more days

47 minutes ago, fcgamer said:

For the package from Taiwan, tracking always gets screwed up when it hits the States, since Taiwan was removed from the global postal organisation or whatever.

yours seems to be moving faster than most........the one you sent!  

I AM GOING TO GO POSTAL ON THE POSTAL SERVICE!!!!!!!

Hopefully they arrive as they have moved, well at least all but 1 has updated .  Looks like all but 1 might have it by Christmas, but let's hope for a Christmas miracle that they all get there by that special day!!!!

Still......6.......packages.......

They are on the move, but they need to hurry!!!!!!

 @Splain have the willpower!

6 packages left to deliver!  I would say about 50% of these are going to another country........

Let's hope they get there in time!  

19 minutes ago, JVOSS said:

 

SEE @JamesRobotupdated right after SS posted. 

12 packages, just dangling there in the air/ground nether region!  Hopefully they will make it in time!  Most are local countries, so I assume they will!

6 hours ago, Scrobins said:

Received my package today

I'm checking all your packages right now!  

23 hours ago, JVOSS said:

Package received.  now the hard part. not opening it until the 25th?

 

DON'T YOU DARE!  I WILL SEND BENDER YOUR WAY IF YOU DO!

14 hours ago, SailorScoutMandy said:

Yea at 630 this morning and his knock woke me up in a fright. Hahaha 

 

Also mine came yesterday too! 

GOOD, MY PLAN IS WORKING!!!!!

13 hours ago, spacepup said:

Oh, interesting.  I've been observing these creatures on your so-called 'Earth,' and I'm finding lots of strange things I don't quite fully understand.

I've noticed all sorts of interesting traditions.  For example, when an earthling's child loses a tooth, the earthlings believe that forcing the child to sleep with lost body parts, will somehow bring good fortune with a mythical creature who breaks into the child's bedroom and pays them money for said body parts.  This appears to be completely normal and accepted.

Speaking of this so-called 'Christmas' you speak of, the earthlings also tell their children that a mysterious man called "Santa" is allowed to break into their homes in the middle of the night, trading gifts for cookies.  The children are told this story for years, only to be later told it was all a lie to deceive them.

I'm very confused by these earthlings.  They tell their children not to talk to strangers, and buy many fire-powered weapons to defend their homes, but consistently bribe their children to be "good" with the "reward" of strange creatures breaking into their homes in the middle of the night.  

There must be some deeper meaning to these traditions.  I will continue to monitor in the meantime.

spacepup signing out!

Wait, what planet are you from?

12 hours ago, Gloves said:

I feel like this has a very real danger of becoming a question of whether larger and more "permanent" body parts offered up to the mythical creatures might engender larger gifts in return.

11 hours ago, JVOSS said:

ANY guess on who Santa is this year??

10 hours ago, FireHazard51 said:

Well my package was shipped via USPS so it's not from Gloves

10 hours ago, JVOSS said:

my "guess" is @JamesRobotit's like every time Santa dose an up date James is right there. now for Bender Santa that is @Murray!

9 hours ago, Murray said:

 

8 hours ago, Gloves said:

I think I'm both of them.

And yet... neither?

Feel free to discuss who you think WE are, but just know, you can do so in the reveal thread on the 25th, that will be the one that counts!

Also, one last hint for each of us, will be dropped in the reveal thread!

6 minutes ago, FireHazard51 said:

If my person knows anything about me from like Discord they should know pretty quickly who their Secret Santa was.  But I didn't put any tags on my  gifts.  Santa forgot to tell the username of receipt and I didn't have time to ask for it.  They can just be happy with all the pretty gift wrapping that I technically didn't do but totally assisted in the process of gift wrapping.  I mean we all know what counts the most.....

 

Are you putting santa on the BAD LIST?  You absolutely got the username and realy name of the person you bought for!!!!

Let's see here....... 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8........9!!!!!

9, presents left to ship, with less than 24 hours to go!!!!!!  Remember, I will come after you!  Get these presents out tomorrow, or else!!!!!!

20

This is the amount of folks who have yet to ship!  Santa will be very angry if you do not get them shipped in time!  If you have issues or whatever Santa and Bender need to know!!!!

Do not disappoint or you will be sorry!!