Dextire, I'm sure you will have no problems fitting in here at I-Mockery. That picture of you as Cobra is amazing :lol Glad you enjoyed the swag, and bubble wrap is a legitimate gift.

But wait, this just in:

We LOVE The Leader! :love
(in a spoiler because my pictures didn't get shrunk as much as they normally do)


Bonus: Pictures I didn't use.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...eader/ss15.png
Silliness!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...eader/ss18.png
Can YOU use ham-radio in a sentence?

Now that's a haul! Way to go, MarioRPG. Overkill much, Leader? :)
That has to be the most wrinkled-up shirt I've ever seen.

And the awesome gifts ham-radio just keeps a blaring.

Never wash the crumply shirt.

I'm glad you enjoyed the goodies MarioRPG! I put plastic wrap over the adress/picture paper thing, so if you want to frame it you can just take the tape off. It will probably be worth something one day. ;/

The Leader is truly the best

NUNNA NUNNA NUNNA NUNNA NUNNA NUNNA NUNNA NUNNA

That's why he's leader.

Ok, as soon as I get access to the camera (today or tomorrow), I'll post pictures of all the stuff.

:rolleyes

Oh, forgot to mention. I don't have my gift yet either, but I'm cool with that. I pretty much always get mine late, and I'm not back where it's being mailed to yet anyway.

Well the parcel sent to me has to go through about three quarantines, and it's also a long way to go, especially if they take the cheap route and send it via a boat or something. I am also cool.

I haven't got mine yet but I'm very patient.

Well played Ghost, Well Played, I just realized what you did.

I am also still waiting for my gift. Everyday I think that it's going to be the day...

I'm sure that it will come soon.

You shouldn't have told me that, now I am going to ask you for advice because you are a more mature role model. Expect thousands of PMs asking what I should do to avoid cooties, and why am I getting hair where there was no hair before.


EDIT: GF is on her way over with the camera as we speak, so I should have pics posted by the days end at the latest barring any unforeseen issues (though I do have a plan B should the camera have issues)

OK, I finally got things ready to go (Sorry for it taking 3 days)

Here's how it all went down...



I was having a normal day when I suddenly noticed I received a package in the mail. "Zounds!" I said, because I apparently talk like that now.



"A package from Australia! I hope it is boomerangs and didgeridoos! I loves me some didgeridoos!" Then I realized it must be from my Secret Santa.



The first thing I discovered is the Australian PS does not tag spoilers.



So according to this book that I think BatmanJohnson wrote (his name is on it after all) I should wear festive livery while opening yuletide packages!



Now we're cooking with oil! Time to open this box!



Ah a card from Zhukov (that solves the mystery of my Secret Santa) with Australian animals on it. This shows promise, until I receive some startling news....



Christmas has been canceled!!! Bummer. But I did get permission to celebrate May Day early. So I have that going for me, which is nice.



A Mario hat! Now I too can look like my favorite plumber! I donned the hat and jumped triumphantly into the air but...



I hit my head on the ceiling and knocked myself silly(er) Those hats need to come with warning labels.



AH-HA! It takes more than a hat to be like Mario, it takes his paunch too, which must be why Zhukov sent me this delicious assortment of candy cookies and chocolate! I proceeded to devour the entire thing but...



I forgot eating too much candy can cause you stomach cramps.



No time for that, I had a package of Ghostbusters collectible cards with bubblegum to open. That will make me feel better. Well it would have except....



I chewed the gum



Literature! This will keep me from giving myself stomach cramps and massive head trauma! At last things were going my way. Not only was this a macho graphic novel filled with pictures that someone like me who can't read well can enjoy, but it is guaranteed to not lead to any injury!



Hand made hand painted Tasmanian soldiers. We all know how rough and tumble the Australian military is.



A manly gift if ever there was one. Maybe too manly though because....



They beat the piss out of me and stole my macho graphic novel!


Thanks for the great stuff Zhukov! Merry May Day!

my s. santa outgoing package's tracking info hasn't changed since the 11th, i think something may be wrong :(

Nice story, Love the mention. Yorkie Bars are so good, and they're not for Girls.

Pentegarn, I have no idea why looking at you lying on the floor is so funny, but it is. Nice job! :)

That's quite the mighty haul you gave there, Zhukov!
Out of all of the nasty sounding candies I've tried, Sour Cola Zombie Chews are the best.

Thanks

My GF noticed the Sour Cola Zombie Chews before any other candy

EDIT: Wow I just noticed my birthmark really sticks out in the picture in question. That is NOT blood or a burn (he answered preemptively)

nice story, pentegarn! i hope you ate that yorkie bar yourself, since they are totally not for girls, as batmanjohnson mentioned.

THATS WHAT PENTAGRAN LOOKS LIEK

ASL

ps. GO BUCKEYES!!!

I sneak my Girlfriend a Yorkie bar every now and then. Please don't tell.

yeah well I'm sorry but I was in the mental hospital again and due to that I already missed having a real thanksgiving with my family. so if I dont get to sign up then I'm not getting any presents this year either. and did i mention that this whole mental hospital crisis made me miss my fucking birthday aswell

Ha ha that's great Sherlock.

Anyway. Glad you liked the stuff Pentegarn. :) You were pretty close to getting a few more chocolate bars, but I ate them.

It's a good thing you did, or else I would have had to add a couple more pics of me lying on the floor from eating more candy :P

I finally got to watch a few episodes of He-man, and they're pretty amusing. Some of the ideas could've been cool if they took it further instead of dumbing it down.

Willie destroyed everyone else in gift-giving. I'll post pictures when I'm not hungover. Aaaaawwwwwesome stuff, Willie!

Getting close to deadlines. Can anyone who has not received their gifts PM me. Also for some reason if you have not SENT your gift I guess PM me too.

i was worried they got hung up in customs because of crime :(

I have yet to receive any gifts. :posh

hahah you'll get one don't worry ;(

I sent you a 20% coupon to Bed Bath and Beyond. Did you get it yet?

GIVE ME MY FUCKING GIFT NOW NAZI

So I did a little detective work, (meaning I went back and looked through the thread ;)) and here is how the Secret Santa event stands as of right now.

Participants who have yet to receive a SS package:
Babality Pancakes
Zhukov
DonkeyRyan

Participants who have yet to have a SS package received:
Nick - Shipped on the 11th.
Lumpisan - Shipped on the 13th.
Microshock - Said he was going to ship on the 7th or 8th, never confirmed.

Participants who have received a SS package and have not yet posted photos:
Zomboid - Recieved on the 19th.
Microshock - Received on the 7th.

Odd man out:
MrSmiley381 is still listed as a participant, but has not posted once in this thread, and no one has received a package from him.
(I'm guessing he doesn't actually belong on the list?)

So, excluding MrSmiley381, we have 3 people who have yet to receive a gift, and 3 people who have shipped late.
Which means, *knocking on wood, while crossing fingers, and holding lucky Madball* everyone who participated this year should get a gift! :)

I suppose I should jump in and clarify my standing. I did not make a post in the thread, but I did PM 10,000 Volt Ghost because I had some questions about where I should have my Secret Santa send my gift. My gift, however, did come Friday. Right now, we're trying to figure out why my package has not yet reached my Secret Santa.

I'll have photos up tomorrow most likely. I'm actually going to be sad if my Secret Santa doesn't get his package.

Hmm... that's strange. That would make an even 20 participants by my count.
I wonder why 10,000 Volt Ghost paired himself up with 2 Secret Santas, if we had an even number of people?

Oh, well. I'm sure he will figure it out.

STILL WAITING ON MY GIFT FROM LAST YEAR GUYS :bitter

Dextire, thanks for working out all the confusion, kudos.

yeah dextire if i get you next year I'll send you something awesome

OF FUCK. I'M SO DRUNK. PEOPLE SHOULD JUST PM ME FOR REALS. MRSMILEY3SOMETHING OR OTHER IS ACTUALY GOOD. FOR REALS TNOUGH, PM ME IF YOUN HAVEB'T RECEIVED YOUR GIBFT. DRUNK IS NO GOOD.

Aight, braws!

Yesterday, after an hour of sleep, I left my place in the city and made the long, hungover journey to my mom's house for the holidays. Immediately after getting home, I was told that something was waiting for me at the post office.



I don't do wacky facial expressions, so wait for Microshock's pictures for that.
Anyway, I opened it up and was very pleasantly surprised to see A WHOLE MESS OF COOL STUFF.

First off:
I smoke, and I pretty much immediately opened that pack because I lost my fifth or sixth lighter this month. That's just useful. Plus, they're the cool lighters that allow you to do this:


Yeah, it looks like it's firing off a kamehameha. Evidently, they were intended to go with more pyro fun.


There's a disclaimer at the bottom telling me NOT to use it for arsons, but by the time I took the picture, I'd already tried to do just that. Unfortunately, it's way too cold outside for it to work right now :(




Yes, friends. I got four bags of emoticon cookies. Are they delicious as well as emotional? Yes, they are indeed. I just had one of the angry faces. Twas good!

This next thing proves that Willie went above and beyond, leaving everyone else looking cheap by comparison.
Yeah, that's a fucking Dreamcast.


A dreamcast that came with Quake 3 arena -- which just so happens to be one of my all-time favorite FPS games. Seriously, I played the hell out of that when it came out :(


It also came with two controllers!


One of which had the badass VMU accessory. If I remember correctly, it's like a handheld gaming thing/memory card that somehow interacts with certain games.


And emulators/roms! In his letter (not pictured) Willie specifically mentioned that he tested both Earthbound and Zombies Ate my Neighbors. You know me so well :(


I got all of that!

Thanks again, Willie! It's all fucking awesome. I definitely did not expect to be so impressed.

Haha, Mr. Smiley just comes outta nowhere! awesome.

Also, I'm sure 10k didn't purposely set himself up with his SS, and it was random.

Let's see the rest of those gifts guys! I'm sure they are all fantastic.

e: whoa crap Zomboid. A Dreamcast. My god that's amazing. Definitely went to someone who appreciates it. Great job willie. You rock the most.

I definitely appreciate it. I just need to find and purchase the best game for Dreamcast:

Wowwie wow wow. A dreamcast beats everything out of the fucking water hands out.

:willieforprez

edit: fucking love power stone!!!!

willie

what the hell willie

Holy crap a fucking Dreamcast.

Jesus Christ guys, I do a Secret Santa on another forum and all we send is a few lollies and a card. Jesus Christ.

The people who try have always been epic gift givers on this forum (I read some of the past results)

So far this year nobody has sucked. Which is in itself a Christmas miracle :P

What gives Willie, you trying to make the rest of us look bad?

Ha Ha! Way to go, Willie! I bet you're glad you decided to join in this year, Zomboid. :)
Man, a Dreamcast, Power Stone, and Skies of Arcadia, and I'll see you in about 3 months.

There has not been a single gift this year that I would not love to get! Especially the ones I did get. :)
Everyone has really come through with awesome stuff!

Now we just have to hope everyone receives a gift and we're golden.
Merry Christmas!

I was really reluctant to join this year, but I'm definitely glad that I did. I hope Leader enjoyed the stuff that I sent him, because it's stuff that I'd want to get.

Willie's gifts are just awesome. I didn't know what to expect this year, but ever since the first year, the threat of getting a bunch of shitty items and then being expected to be all wacky and hilarious with them has made me cautious. This year, though, I'm eating delicious cookies and looking forward to getting back to the city so I can hook this thing up to my TV and spend some time in nostalgia land. I could not have gotten anything better. I'll be even happier when the snow melts and I set my sidewalks ablaze with the bottle of FIRE GEL.

I haven't been fucked over by this event yet, and I actually always end up getting really great stuff, so I guess I'm one of the lucky ones.

Last night I wore one of the shirts you gave me and used the other one as a cape and ran around going "Woosh" really loud. It was awesome!

I actually went back and tried to find out what you're even interested in. The only thing that seemed like it might work would be some stuff for models/dioramas. I was looking at a bunch of different sites to try and find some good stuff, but that shit is expensive for anything other than shitty little airplanes.

Yeah, that's why I make a lot of stuff from second hand crap I find. :(
I love the Onion too though! :rock

note: i did not buy that dreamcast and was never going to enjoy playing it due to bad memories associated w/ it :( I AM GLAD YOU ENJOY IT

You STOLE a Dreamcast? I can see Sonic wagging his finger at you as I type.

Christmas is once again a let down

If my presentee doesn't not get their package soon I will be sad. :(

I'm willing to be the only person to not get a present. THIS IS WHAT JESUS WOULD HAVE DONE!

Damn it, Microshock. Post your fucking pictures already.

no someone gave it to me as collateral on a loan and then didn't pay me back because he went to jail :lol

So this thing belonged to a CRIMINAL? That makes it even better! Honestly, the kid who I played dreamcast with in Jr High went on to become a crack dealer/head. I think these things are cursed unless you get them as gifts or something. That seems to void the curse.

Well if he doesn't post them soon that will be it. He'll go the way of the dodo.

And from what I have seen it will make some peoples' Christmas :lol

My brother (MailCall) and I went half-sies on one, he eventually gave me his half though, so maybe you have to be given at least half of one to avoid the curse :lol

Hahahaha, I bet his crime was that he GAVE a dreamcast away.

What's ironic was that I was really thinking about giving 10K one as well. I was going to include KISS Pyscho Circus, Unreal Tournament, and Soul Calibur. I still love you though.

Oh man, I played the demo for KISS Psycho circus when it came out. It was fucking hard.

Creepy...
My uncle stole my Dreamcast to give to his (then) very bratty kids. He's just got out of prison after 2 years for drugs. I guess I should thank him. :eek

I wish Microshock would post his pictures already. I mean, I don't want to pressure the guy, but he did say he would post them by the 17th.
Although it took me 2 days longer then I planned to post pictures myself, so I guess I shouldn't complain.

Anyhow, I really hope everyone else receives the late packages soon (as in the morning).

Dreamcasts are awesome!!! I miss mine now. Maybe this will be the year Microshock is banned. A present to all!

I really think he just doesn't want anyone to know what he looks like.

He's participated in a couple of other secret santa events, so we all know that he looks like the stupid kid that he is.

of course, the one day this week i could have taken off from work (but i didn't, because i'm a sap), i miss out on yelling about how much i love dreamcast, so now i'm late to the "i love dreamcast" party. my best friend promised me his dreamcast, but he doesn't remember where he put it, so now we have no idea where it is because it's entirely possible that one of his parents might have donated it to the salvation army. twas a sad day for powerstone j, soul calibur, marvel vs. capcom 2, psychic force 2012, skies of arcadia... at least i know where the 8-bit nintendo (and gold cartridge legend of zelda!) is that he said i could have.

I still haven't received my gift. I'm counting on it coming today. If I'm expecting a package i always count on it coming after the weekend. PLEASE COME.

Oh god the lose of all those games hurts deep down. I can't remember what I did with my dreamcast. But I wish I hadn't done what ever it was.

Skies of Arcadia was a damn fine game to be sure

I've already had h1n1 :(. I'll use it like everyone else does: as an ineffective substitute for hand-washing!

And it also might be used to burn down some things.

He said his mom was sick, so he was busy helping out. But he's got one day left, so I'm hoping he's not lying.
DonkeyRyan, I hope you don't screwed over, because those were really awesome gifts(the conan figure is now keeping my desk company). I can;t send you anything, but if anybody wants to, PM me for the address.

I can not believe mine still has NOT come.

Can't be held accountable if you don't get it, so you got that going for you at least Babality

Pictures will only be a couple of hours now, sorry for the wait Captain and you guys.

By the way, my SS has the package, but apparently left the day it came.

OK HERE IT IS! Captain, i left some stuff out like the little water fountain because i took it over to someone's house in Pennsylvania, but enjoy these pictures anyway!

HANDY TIP: if you want it to stop being a gel and turn into a liquid, add common table salt! :themoreyouknow :pointlessinformation

Does that negate the FLAMING properties at all?

Also, I'll be the first to admit... I found Microshock's pictures very, very (un)funny. I can now see why it took so (fucking) long to post those great(ly stupid) images. Great job (fucking up again), Microshock!

it does not! in fact, the SALT will also become flaming for a brief period, and will burn with a yellow, more visible flame

Yeah I hate to say it,but that one picture with all the comics in it is pretty bad. You can't even tell what the one on the far right is! Did you enjoy the movies?

I'm going to watch them over Christmas Break. Anyway, why are they bad? I really can't do any better....sorry, i hope at least the titles of the comics are visible?

It didn't look so blurry before I uploaded them. And I don't know why the picture got so overblown.

Is that the Punisher with Dolph or Thomas Jane, Captain?

Well, thanks for posting pictures, Microshock. You got some very cool stuff!

Very generous load of stuff there, Captain!
Do you mind giving us a tally? I can't even tell which Punisher is on the right. :)

It's the one with Dolph Lundgren.
By tally, do you mean a list of what I sent him?

So my gift still didn't come today. Tomorrow though I'm counting on it. I'll even be working from home so that I can be there to receive it.

Since he doesn't know how to actually use a camera properly, it sure would help if you did.


Can't believe I waited 2 weeks for such piss poor photos. >:

That'd be nice, considering that he apparently didn't photograph everything you sent him.

Why'd you hype up my pictures so much? Also, I only left out one thing, which was a little bamboo water fountain. Everything else is in the pictures

That's alright, I understand if you don't want to.
That would be a lot of extra work for you, and I can somewhat make out the stuff.
Except for whatever is still in Pennsylvania, of course. :)

We were hyped by the gifts captain gave, not you.

Tell you what, when I get my hands on a better camera and a better lighting situation, ill repost the pictures. Right now, you'll have to live with this.

And pictures of my gift weren't posted either.

A camera doesn't cause pictures to come out blurry. The operator of the camera does.

Have the camera set on auto next time and shrink the pics.

I'll just use my webcam that i used in my GIF and just hold 2 comics at once in front of me. Just hold on guys, i only really do this once a year, so excuse me for technical errors.

I'm not going to give any promises to when ill post the new pictures. Shouldn't be long though. (Yes I know I said that before but i think i mean it)