abhi90 Posted November 22, 2015 Report Share Posted November 22, 2015 Hello friends. Come one, come all to this year's iteration of Secret Santa Welcome to the thread that celebrates spreading happiness What is Secret Santa? Secret Santa is a tradition in which volunteering members of our lovely community anonymously send gifts to a randomly chosen participating member The basic flowchart of Secret Santa is: Interested people post their names in this thread After the dead-line for submitting names is over, a random draw is held to assign a person(aka target) to every Santa Every Santa then has about 2-3 weeks to scout & stalk their designated target, choose an appropriate gift and then send it The designated target should (ideally) receive the gift just around the 25th of December i.e. Christmas A Secret Santa should only reveal himself through the "Sent by" tag on the courier i.e. No one should know of the identity of their Secret Santa until they receive their gift The key of a successful Secret Santa is secrecy, so please do all that you can to ensure that your identity stays hidden until your target receives his gift. Want to take part? Here's what you've got to do: 1) Read this post and the guidelines carefully.2) If you can adhere to the time-frame, post your names in this thread.3) Send me a PM with your complete address along with your mobile number. The title should be ~ "Secret Santa 2015"4) After the deadline for submitting names is over, "someone" will hold a lucky draw and you(i.e. the Santa) will be assigned a target. 5) Find out the likes and dislikes of your target and choose a suitable NEW gift for him.6) You, Santa, will send the gift(s) to your designated target. P.S: You should send your gifts so that your target will receive their gifts before Christmas. The closer to 25th, the better. Let there be two persons, A and B. If A is the Secret Santa of B, it does not necessarily mean that B is the Santa of A (Probability dictates that A being the Secret Santa of B AND B being the Secret Santa of A is relatively minor). Most probably, a person will send a gift to someone and receive a gift from someone else. Guidelines for Secret Santa:1) This is all about the bond we share in the community2) Please don't tell anyone, even to non-participants, the identity of your target3) It is absolutely necessary (and makes the gift that extra bit sweet) that the gift is a well-searched one and not a generic one4) Gift-wrapping the gift along with a card is encouraged, but not mandatory5) IMPORTANT: The gift should be NEW. Whatever it is, it shouldn't be a used one6) The gift should be chosen according to the person's likes or dislikes, do proper research before sending a gift.7) Take appropriate measures so that your target gets his gift just before Christmas i.e. in the range of 21-24th December Last date for registrations: 29th November 2015 Previous Iterations of Secret Santa: This is for the seventh consecutive time that Secret Santa is being held within IVG, it was conducted my m-JeRi for the first year and I have stepped in his shoes ever since. Following are the links to the previous Secret Santa threads: Secret Santa 2009Secret Santa 2010Secret Santa 2010 - Gifts ThreadSecret Santa 2011 Secret Santa 2012 Secret Santa 2012 - Gifts Thread Secret Santa 2013 Secret Santa 2013 - Gifts Thread Secret Santa 2014 Secret Santa 2014 - Gifts Thread Tips for Secret Santa: Login anonymously. Doing so will help you be anonymous and your target cannot go into his/her profile and see your name in the "Latest visitors" list and make a calculated guess of who their Secret Santa is. If you're really stumped and cannot finalize on an appropriate gift, then as a last resort PM me and ONLY me. I'll ask your target on your behalf, while maintaining your anonymity, as to what he/she would prefer. There's no price range for gifts, it's all about the happiness you can share with other IVGian. To get a rough idea on the price of gifts being sent refer to the Secret Santa of yesteryears. Please ensure that you will be 100% able to send a gift. We have had defaulters in the previous years and none of us would want such an incident to ever happen again. Hall of Fame I would like to thank, first and foremost, the participants who have made Secret Santa such a success that a lot of us look forward to this time of the year. I would also like to especially thank the members who have been a part of every Secret Santa without fail, they are: Aftrunner HundredProofSam KrackChap Sufyan Snake DevilsOwn Feel free to post here/ PM me if you have any doubts. Hope you all have a great Christmas this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abhi90 Posted November 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2015 List of participants: Madmage harjas kold_war FT9DvB7 KJD Parker Engineer rosh jak3072 KrIzAliD Mizanurification slackerninja Shantz The Wolfy among us ROYAL PHOENIX niks_flashbullet PURU ZI10 santanu18 LaughingMan777 Keano AtheK boltonfan Dr. AWESOME HundredProofSam catastrophe piper Snake silentassassin L33TWiZaRd kemosabe Pacifier Madhan Sufyan vipulpradhan HarishProGamer sathyabhat Chaztin akhilgopal mute Ph3N0M Sawyer (DamanMody) Bulovski avkash CM Sunny Bird Bird Bird l33tmaniac wickedbl0ke Monokuma Knackchap abhinit90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madmage Posted November 22, 2015 Report Share Posted November 22, 2015 Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Posted November 22, 2015 Report Share Posted November 22, 2015 I'm in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harjas Posted November 22, 2015 Report Share Posted November 22, 2015 In Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silv3rgunn3r Posted November 22, 2015 Report Share Posted November 22, 2015 im in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parker Posted November 22, 2015 Report Share Posted November 22, 2015 Need I say more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FT9DvB7 Posted November 22, 2015 Report Share Posted November 22, 2015 In My santa unloaded his sour grapes on me last year Hoping for a better experience this time round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engineer Posted November 22, 2015 Report Share Posted November 22, 2015 I'm interested, but I want to know whether I can send steam keys as gifts. Since it's a digital gift receiver always complaint to IVG admins that I didn't send the gift becoz it has no proof(eg: Tracking Number). I want to know wat r the scam prevention methods on IVG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silv3rgunn3r Posted November 22, 2015 Report Share Posted November 22, 2015 I'm interested, but I want to know whether I can send steam keys as gifts. Since it's a digital gift receiver always complaint to IVG admins that I didn't send the gift becoz it has no proof(eg: Tracking Number). I want to know wat r the scam prevention methods on IVG some of them do......but it depends on if the guy/gal uses steam or uses PC for gaming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJD Posted November 22, 2015 Report Share Posted November 22, 2015 Moi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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abhi90 Posted November 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2015 I'm interested, but I want to know whether I can send steam keys as gifts. Since it's a digital gift receiver always complaint to IVG admins that I didn't send the gift becoz it has no proof(eg: Tracking Number). I want to know wat r the scam prevention methods on IVG Not all members are PC gamers so if you will be sending steam games only then it won't be exactly relevant. We've never faced such issues about people lying about not receiving gifts since it's against the spirit of Secret Santa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Posted November 22, 2015 Report Share Posted November 22, 2015 I'm interested, but I want to know whether I can send steam keys as gifts. Since it's a digital gift receiver always complaint to IVG admins that I didn't send the gift becoz it has no proof(eg: Tracking Number). I want to know wat r the scam prevention methods on IVG Screenshots of the gift being sent?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnackChap Posted November 22, 2015 Report Share Posted November 22, 2015 im in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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