Board 8 > B8's 7th annual Steam Secret Santa

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Yeah, that works!

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ViolentAbacus posted...

On the Steam app I think it's under the store tab, though I'm not sure how you would get the link for it.

That's what I meant.

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Avoid buying these games for your giftees this year. You can get them all for free at epicgames.com starting on Thursday.

https://i.imgur.com/87a5e04.png

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I'm seeing some folks say that list is not an accurate reflection of what the real offers will be. I'm of no strong opinion either way as I have zero interest in the epic game store.

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You were right the list was bogus. Today's free game at Epic is actually Cities Skylines and its DLC.

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1. ESY
2. Tom
3. CPU
4. psalt
5. Wickle
6. HBJ
7. Bane
8. Metalmind
9. MZero
10. Ark
11. voltch
12. Abacus
13. Xtlm
14. Tony
15. Sorozone
16. Soviet
17. azuarc
18. NBIce
19. PBiz
20. swirl
21. probably me
22. maybe Lolo
23. ???

I have info from everyone except Lolo who did say that they were a maybe
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psaltery posted...

You were right the list was bogus. Today's free game at Epic is actually Cities Skylines and its DLC.

and its DLC?

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Oh hey I almost forgot about this.

In

https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198001581274/

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Pick me!

https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561197994967343/#sort=order

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ChaosTonyV4 posted...

and its DLC?

Sorry, I should have said some of its DLC
https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/cities-skylines/pearls-from-the-east
https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/cities-skylines/carols-candles-and-candy
https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/cities-skylines/match-day

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Just over 48 hours remaining
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Less than 36. I guess that I should check in with @Lolo_Guru to see if they are officially in or not.
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Signs up.

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I'll do my wishing list soon

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Added some more games to my wishlist. The list is not in any order of preference.

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Roughly 24 hours remaining!

1. ESY
2. Tom
3. CPU
4. psalt
5. Wickle
6. HBJ
7. Bane
8. Metalmind
9. MZero
10. Ark
11. voltch
12. Abacus
13. Xtlm
14. Tony
15. Sorozone
16. Soviet
17. azuarc
18. NBIce
19. PBiz
20. swirl
21. greengravy
21. probably me
22. maybe Lolo
23. ???

@greengravy294 I need your wishlist

@Lolo_Guru I will have to default to you not participating if I do not receive word about your involvment by the deadline.
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https://backloggery.com/kabazame

In case the Secret Santa wants to go off wishlist, here's my backloggery to make sure I don't have it on another system already

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Yeah, I'll participate this year.

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Less than 12 hours. I still need the minimal info from gravy and Lolo.
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https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561198042067903/#sort=order

I tried to tidy things up a bit.

Thouh I'm currently trying to avoid playing games with a lot of strenuous/repetitive input right now so I'd prefer to get something turn based or laid back or something like a VN that could be set to auto advance the text.

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Roughly two hours
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Whoever gets me, please wait at least a day for me to finish sorting my wishlist lolol

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KCF0107 posted...

A quick search showed me several leaks that showed the winter sale beginning on December 22nd, so assuming that is correct, I can get everything sent out via PM (or Discord DM upon request) here on the 21st and give people time before the sale to think of some potential gift ideas.

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That being said, and I hate to sound like a broken record, but I really, really need at least the minimum info that I requested @greengravy294 and @Lolo_Guru. I can't send stuff out until you do or I will have to resort to Plan B
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Oh no, not plan B

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Lolo's on steam he's done this before (I'll wait for him to link it though). I'm not sure about greengravy. I'm sure they're both fine though you can just wait a bit before you forward their info to their Secret Santas.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Yw5jkAHgME

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psaltery posted...

Lolo's on steam he's done this before (I'll wait for him to link it though). I'm not sure about greengravy. I'm sure they're both fine though you can just wait a bit before you forward their info to their Secret Santas.

I'm friends with approximately 200 current and former B8ers and am 99.9% sure I am already friends with both. However, there is a non-zero chance that I could grab the wrong wishlist and thus someone else receives gifts by mistake. That is why I require users to post their wishlist so the chance of error is virtually zero.
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I am going to sort my wishlist now so maybe don't buy my thing the exact second you draw me please >_>

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In, will grab link in a moment.

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Yeah I'll be in. I'm on a laptop but it can handle most things.

wishlist is here:
https://store.steampowered.com/wishlist/profiles/76561197995258390/#sort=order
Feel free to use that if you want - I haven't touched it too much lately so it would sort of be a surprise! But I've been craving sort of narrativey or innovative "puzzle" games lately in the lines of Outer Wilds, The Witness, Papers Please, or Obra Dinn- if you have anything like that in mind, great! If not, I'm pretty receptive to whatever you think I might enjoy also!
Also if you want to check if I've played something since I play a lot of stuff I could play on steam on PS4/5, you can cross-ref this if you want:
https://psnprofiles.com/WigsZone

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1. ESY
2. Tom
3. CPU
4. psalt
5. Wickle
6. HBJ
7. Bane
8. Metalmind
9. MZero
10. Ark
11. voltch
12. Abacus
13. Xtlm
14. Tony
15. Sorozone
16. Soviet
17. azuarc
18. NBIce
19. PBiz
20. swirl
21. greengravy
22. KCF
23. Lolo
24. Crispy
25. Gilded
26. Wigs

Despite this not going up until a week into the month, we have a higher turnout this season than last year!
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Okay, I have now finalized Plans A and B.

I will wait 15-18 hours as I hope to receive the missing essential stuff for Plan A, but if the unfortunate comes to pass, I will go forward with Plan B.
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psaltery posted...

thinking of Kora, where did he go.

Late reply, but he had been gradually visiting B8 less over the years as he had a business and other things going on in his life.
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also if you remember KCF you should prob discord PM me instead of here, since I don't check this place that often!

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What am I doing

Tell me on discord

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WiggumFan267 posted...

also if you remember KCF you should prob discord PM me instead of here, since I don't check this place that often!

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If you need someone to fill in, you just let me know. It's good to see this still going. :) I did check in a couple days after KCF got it posted up, he was right to get it up earlier though. Hope everyone is doing the best they can be doing right now!

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I am about to start sending out PMs/Discord DMs revealing who you drew and all relevant info. Remember that the sale has not started, so this is just to give me a little time to understand what they are interested in and think about some directions you might head in.

People have the option of purchasing items as a gift to be sent at a later time, which is why I implore people to exercise some restraint and patience both in general and when it comes to making any purchases you may wish to make for yourself. I have no idea what exactly happens if User X buys Game Y for User Z to be sent on Christmas Day, but if User Z buys Y Game on Christmas Eve, that just creates an complicated and inconvenient situation that could have easily been avoided. The sale typically runs for around two weeks, so there is no harm in waiting.
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Going to take til I'm off work in 6.5 hours before I can shoot you that info kcf
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I am still waiting on Gilded to post his wishlist as Gilded doesn't show up in my friend list search and nobody on Discord knew of his Steam name, but their secret santa is aware that they drew Gilded and are waiting for their info.

It took awhile since I somehow got a cut on an awkward part of my finger, but I should have sent out all PMs and DMs We had 26 people sign up. 23 PMs were sent out with the same header, two received messages on Discord, and one is me. If you somehow did not receive a message or I sent you links that do not match up with the person you drew, I will get to you as soon as I can and fix the issue.

If you have any additional info you want me to pass on to your Secret Santa, just let me know. Also inform me of any questions or concerns you may have.
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Trying to send out friend invites to all the participants that I haven't added as friends yet.

If I missed anyone, my profile is
https://steamcommunity.com/id/psn_dogrobot/

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People were doing it earlier, but yes please everyone add each other as friends if you haven't already over the years. I apologize if I neglected to mention this, but in order to purchase games as a gift to someone, you must have that someone on your friend list. Let me grab my previous post of profile pages and post an updated version.
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I think I have everyone added (just accepted a friend request from Crispy), but will make sure tomorrow morning.

Also, whoever got me: Feel free to go off-wish list if you have a game you absolutely want to give/think someone should play. And my wishlist it's as ordered as it's going to get haha.

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Ah yeah, I guess I should go on a friend adding spree so as not to arouse suspicions.

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If you are signed into Steam via browser, you should be able to click on any of these links and if they aren't aready friends with you, there should be a box or drop down box near the top that will allow you to send a friend request. You could also use the Steam client and search using the name at the top of each profile page on the main Community page.

1. ESY - https://steamcommunity.com/id/ESY16
2. Tom - https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198058040823
3. CPU - https://steamcommunity.com/id/IhatethisCPU
4. psalt - https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198359070522/
5. Wickle - https://steamcommunity.com/id/Wicklebee
6. HBJ - https://steamcommunity.com/id/HBJDubs
7. Bane - https://steamcommunity.com/id/Bane999
8. Metalmind - https://steamcommunity.com/id/MetalmindStats
9. MZero - https://steamcommunity.com/id/kabazame
10. Ark - https://steamcommunity.com/id/arkofturus
11. voltch - https://steamcommunity.com/id/voltch
12. Abacus - https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198055550256
13. Xtlm - https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197987127286
14. Tony - https://steamcommunity.com/id/chaostony
15. KCF - https://steamcommunity.com/id/KCF0107
16. Sorozone - https://steamcommunity.com/id/Sorozone
17. Soviet - https://steamcommunity.com/id/SovietOmega
18. azuarc - https://steamcommunity.com/id/azuarc
19. NBIceman - https://steamcommunity.com/id/iceman1956
20. PBiz - https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198001581274
21. swirl - https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197994967343
22. Crispy - https://steamcommunity.com/id/psn_dogrobot
23. Wigs - https://steamcommunity.com/id/WiggumFan267
24. Lolo - https://steamcommunity.com/id/LoloGuru
25. greengravy - https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197970541221
26. Gilded - ???
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The great invitening has transpired, thanks to the efforts of one KCF and a masterlist. I apparently already had around half from previous goes.

Getting pretty hyped to see what turns out from this!

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I have received multiple inquiries, so I want to reiterate that the Steam Winter Sale is expected to begin on 12/22, usually early afternoon ET, giving everyone several days to do their shopping.
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Yeah, think the SteamDB thing said 1PM ET on 12/22

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Would anyone be interested in setting up a streaming relay to show off your new toy? I guess you could call it a marathon of sorts. (Obviously after 12/25.)

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