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TCS Secret Santa

Postby OrangeEyebrows » Tue Nov 12, 2013 11:46 pm

Yes, yes, I know. I'm singing Christmas carols in November and should be shot. However, I want to give people a couple of solid weeks to work on their gifts, and the consensus was that I should therefore post this as soon as possible. I'll make sure to bump it at the start of December, so if you can't face the thought of Christmas just yet, stroll on by.

What is TCS Secret Santa?

You know when you work in an office, and because you are skinflints, rather than buy a present for everyone in the office, you pull a name out of a hat and buy a thing for just that person? And then at the office Christmas party you're given some lavender bath salts someone else got in Secret Santa the previous year and that still have a tombola ticket on them from 1997? It's like that...but AWESOME.

How do I play?

Sign up here. A couple of weeks before Christmas, I will assign each Secret Santa a giftee. The gifts will need to be with me by the deadline of Christmas Eve. I will then distribute all the gifts to their recipients on Christmas Day. To make this easier, it would be ideal if those who sign up would also PM me their email address. If anyone would prefer not to do so, we'll sort out some kind of workaround.

Does this mean I can send a forum-mate severed animal genitals in the post?

No...and why would you ask that? You people make me sick. These will be virtual gifts. Stories, poems, drawings, Photoshop, songs or readings on Soundcloud - you know the drill. Use your imagination. There will be no real-world addresses involved, and the only person who'll have your email address is me.

Will I know who made my gift?

That sort of defeats the object of Secret Santa. Personally I think it's more fun if it's left a mystery, but if anyone really wants to know the identity of their Santa, I'll disclose it if said Santa gives permission.

What if my arms fall off and I can't make a gift after all?

Just let me know as soon as possible. And I'm sorry to hear about your arms.

What if my Santa's arms fall off and I don't get a present?!

Obviously people shouldn't sign up unless they think they're going to be able to follow through, but I will personally make sure that everyone receives a gift. If anyone else would like to volunteer to be on standby to fill in any gaps, that would be appreciated.

Any other rules I should know about?

I would ask everyone who receives a gift to post and acknowledge it. When I played this game on PWoT, a number of people didn't, which left a rather sour taste in my mouth. If you can thank your Great Aunt Mildred for the orange and puce hand-knitted jumper, you can thank your fellow TCSer for their carefully crafted ode to your penis.

Please sign up below, or let me know if there are any questions!
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Re: TCS Secret Santa

Postby gregfrankenstein » Wed Nov 13, 2013 1:23 am

This is a sign-up. A joyous, magical sign-up.
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Re: TCS Secret Santa

Postby JamishT » Wed Nov 13, 2013 1:25 am

ME!
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Re: TCS Secret Santa

Postby Overlord Moo » Wed Nov 13, 2013 2:03 am

I too would like all of your Santas, secret or otherwise.
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Re: TCS Secret Santa

Postby ButtChocolate » Wed Nov 13, 2013 4:06 am

Okay, I'll do it, but I've been in these types of situations before and I just hope my Secret Santa doesn't end up being a spambot. Fucking roychopper... ended up making me pay shipping and handling on his gift last year, and kept making dated Saturday Night Live references in the card. He called me an "ignorant slut" (which was somewhat accurate I guess), but for the life of me I have no idea why he thinks my name is Jane.
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Re: TCS Secret Santa

Postby Australia » Wed Nov 13, 2013 4:20 am

I think we all know arms don't just fall off (unless they've been bitten by a koala). Eric clearly heard about this sacrilegious event and mauled our arms off.
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Re: TCS Secret Santa

Postby sunglasses » Wed Nov 13, 2013 4:31 am

I'll do it.

What's the money limit, did we set one?
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Re: TCS Secret Santa

Postby CarrieVS » Wed Nov 13, 2013 2:45 pm

Count me in.

sunglasses wrote:What's the money limit, did we set one?



Well seeing as it's to be all virtual gifts, I think the expectation is that the only cost will be time.
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Re: TCS Secret Santa

Postby Edgar Cabrera » Wed Nov 13, 2013 2:49 pm

OK, I'm in. I think I'm going to be able to follow through, it seems pretty easy.
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Re: TCS Secret Santa

Postby DamianaRaven » Wed Nov 13, 2013 3:22 pm

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Re: TCS Secret Santa

Postby sunglasses » Wed Nov 13, 2013 3:25 pm

CarrieVS wrote:Count me in.

sunglasses wrote:What's the money limit, did we set one?



Well seeing as it's to be all virtual gifts, I think the expectation is that the only cost will be time.


I missed that part, lol.
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Re: TCS Secret Santa

Postby Australia » Wed Nov 13, 2013 5:15 pm

Edgar Cabrera wrote:it seems pretty easy.


Like your mum.

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Re: TCS Secret Santa

Postby ButtChocolate » Wed Nov 13, 2013 5:19 pm

Australia wrote:
Edgar Cabrera wrote:it seems pretty easy.


Like your mum.

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I know the pairing is usually random in these type of things, Orange, but if this isn't a sign that the Christmas Spirit is drawing this pairing together, then I just don't know what to believe in any more...
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Re: TCS Secret Santa

Postby LaoWai » Wed Nov 13, 2013 5:54 pm

Well, I guess I'm in. I can always throw something together, if it's just virtual gifts. If nothing else, I've got those pictures of me trying to recreate goatse...Those'd be nice little stocking stuffers.
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Re: TCS Secret Santa

Postby Edgar Cabrera » Wed Nov 13, 2013 5:56 pm

Australia wrote:
Edgar Cabrera wrote:it seems pretty easy.

Like your mum.

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