FORUM EVENT: "I-MOCKERY'S 2011 SECRET SANTA EVENT!"
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OFFICIAL SIGN UP THREAD Christmas is approaching once again and that means one thing: a fat man invading your home in search of cookies, milk, and your body! Along with that, it's also time for I-Mockery's annual Christmas Secret Santa event! Every year, registered users from the forum community come together to share in the holiday commercialism by buying and sending each other gifts that range from hilarious to just plain awesome. It's tradition, so whether you're a new member or an old one, you should absolutely join in the fun, so be sure to reply to this thread. 10,000 Volt Ghost is running the event this year, so be sure to read the important rules he's posted below: |
How it works:
You sign up in this thread by stating that you want to join. The last day to sign up is November 24th. Send 10,000 Volt Ghost a private message with your full mailing address, real name and your forum name/alias. On November 25th, you will receive a PM with the name and address of the person you will be sending your gift to. At this point, you send out your gift before December 7th and get ready to receive a gift of your own! Upon receiving your gift, you must post pictures in this thread to show everyone what you got! It’s not mandatory, but many participants in the past have made a little story out of enjoying their gift(s), so do that if you wanna have extra fun! But at the very least, you need to post photos of what you received. Everyone needs to get pictures of the gifts they received posted by December 22nd. Everyone has plenty of time to do all of that, so do it! Special note for those of you who live outside of North America: You’re more than welcome to participate, but pay special attention to the “how people will be split up” section below. Rules and Guidelines: This whole thing is for fun, but there has to be some assurance that everyone will keep up their end of the bargain, so failure to follow the rules and instructions will result in a permanent ban from the forums. Plus, we know Santa pretty well, and he’s assured us that messing up in any way will result in a nice big chunk of coal being rammed up your rectum! :D Here are some general rules and guidelines everybody should follow:
In an effort to cut down on people who might sign-up just to get free shit, new users need to take the following steps to be eligible to join in the fun: 1. Provide a picture of themselves holding up a hand-written sign that says both "I-MOCKERY SECRET SANTA 2011!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" along with their message forum name/name in plain view. 2. Post this picture in this thread for all to see. 3. PM 10,000 Volt Ghost, informing him that you are a new member who wants to participate in the secret Santa event. He will then send you a letter with a mailing address. 4. Send a test letter to the mailing address that you were provided with by 10,000 Volt Ghost. The letter needs to include your full name, return mailing address and your name here on the I-Mockery forums. 5. To ensure that you’re eligible to participate, do all of that as quickly as possible! These steps are necessary to verify that you have a working camera and the motivation to get your ass to a post office. DEADLINES!!!! -The last day to SIGN UP is November 24th, TWO WEEKS FROM TOMORROW (watch this thread because if we have an uneven number, we might accept more) -The last day for SENDING your gifts out is December 7th (deadline was extended to this new date this year since we were a little late sending out Secret Santa assignments) -The last day for POSTING PICTURES of the gifts you receive is December 22nd (deadline may be extended since sending out Secret Santa assignments has been delayed a bit this year) MAILING YOUR PACKAGE: -You MUST send out your gifts by priority or express shipping methods to ensure that everyone receives their gifts in a timely fashion. Someone will be doing this for you, so please do it for someone else. -You MUST purchase a tracking number for your package so that you can keep track of it if there are any delays. -Do NOT send a PM or email to the person who you are sending a gift to in an attempt to let them know that you're their Secret Santa. It's called "Secret" Santa for a reason, people. Half of the fun is people being surprised when they learn who their Secret Santa is! RECEIVING YOUR PACKAGE: -Post pictures of all the gifts you receive no later than December 22nd. If you want to be funny with it and make a video or pictorial story or something, that’s great, but just make sure you post it all by the 22nd. -Take pictures of ALL of your gifts. Half of the fun of this event is seeing recipients enjoying their gifts. -If you don’t have your package and it’s getting close to the deadline for postings pictures, send a PM to 10,000 Volt Ghost so he can see what the delay is. HOW PEOPLE WILL BE SPLIT UP: Everyone who participates will be paired randomly with someone to send their gift to, but if certain conditions are met, some switches might have to be made: Because this event attracts people from all over the world, special attention will be paid to making sure people won’t have to spend too much on shipping. This doesn’t mean that you’re guaranteed to get someone from the same country as you, but if there are only a couple participants from your part of the world, it’s a possibility. Either way, we will not tolerate complaints from people who refuse to mail packages outside of their country. If you have a problem with this, you shouldn't sign up because there's always a chance you will have to pay a little extra to ship your package out. This season is about giving, so you shouldn't be picky about little things like shipping fees. CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS: Mockery 10,000 Volt Ghost Harry Lime Grisley Gus Pentegarn Dimnos Ex Leper Zhukov Dextire MarioRPG GEETAR WOMAN PROTOCLOWN ChrisGlass Replicant BatmanJohnson Punk Hippie(just need test letter) Tacobot LordSappington Dr. Boogie Nick Thanos(pending letter) MrSmiley381 Blood_Panther Stonewar Babs JohnyQuest(Pending Letter) Pharmasweaves(Pending Letter) So....just PM your info to me, 10K and I'll get to work. :xmas1:xmas2:xmas3:xmas1 |
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I am totally down
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The Secret Santa event worked out really well last year and I'm definitely looking forward to it again.
SHARE YOUR INTERESTS: To help people shop for you, we once again have a "share your interests" thread where you can post about anything you like / don't like. Again, this is completely optional and your Secret Santa is NOT required to buy you something based on your interests. You can post your interests in this thread: http://www.i-mockery.com/forum/showthread.php?t=69707906 :xmas3 |
In like Flint baybee
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Also send me your addresses even if you have participated before. Just in case if you have moved since then or I threw your address out.
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Done and done
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I'm in :xmas1
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Me me me!
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I'd like in.
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Yeah, I'm in! :xmas2
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I'm down for this shit.
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This has almost become as much of a tradition for me as Christmas itself (but it's less depressing than that makes it sound).
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Count me in on the Secret Santa fun.
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I'm in Guys!
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I joined the forums JUST so I could participate this year (how sad is that? *LOL*)
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I think that's how we can get more people to sign up on the forums - the promise of gifts from complete strangers.
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well it works :D
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Sounds fun! Count me in.
I think i got all the exclamation points in there! |
I'm in once again.
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I'm in.
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Can I do it this year?
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Weren't you banned?
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Is he also seththomas' brother?
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