Board 8 > B8's 5th annual STEAM SECRET SANTA! [SIGN-UP UNTIL DEC 19] [GIFT BY CHRISTMAS]

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My wish list is mostly in order. Top 10 anyway.
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Alright, my wish is roughly ordered. Nothing game to game is ordered but I generally want the games at the top more than the games at the bottom. That said, I would be happy with any of the games on my list
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when does the steam sale start?
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Rumors are tomorrow, but I'm not Ganon so don't hold me to that
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Still an hour and change left for sign-ups!
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Not that anyone said anything to prompt this or probably cares, but this is part of my approach to curating my gift as a Steam Secret Santa:

- Instead of one huge game, I go for a "big" game plus a few others in hopes that the giftee likes at least one of them. Not that I know if my previous four giftees played any of the games outside of one, but I take pride in my process of coming up with gift ideas and would feel like crap if I ended up whiffing. By grabbing multiple games, I mitigate that risk.

- I do at least one surprise gift. If I know or can tell that my giftee has eclectic taste, then I often choose a game or two that I hold in high regard and want them to experience. If they don't, then I try my best to not make it a wasted effort. One year, I had a person whose gaming interests were almost exclusively VNs and RPGs, neither of which were my area of expertise. I made the assumption that they preferred games where the threat of failure or fail states were low or non-existent and they valued the narrative over the interactive element. I ended up going with an adventure game that was lauded for its narrative.
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KCF0107 posted...

Not that anyone said anything to prompt this or probably cares, but this is part of my approach to curating my gift as a Steam Secret Santa:

- Instead of one huge game, I go for a "big" game plus a few others in hopes that the giftee likes at least one of them. Not that I know if my previous four giftees played any of the games outside of one, but I take pride in my process of coming up with gift ideas and would feel like crap if I ended up whiffing. By grabbing multiple games, I mitigate that risk.

- I do at least one surprise gift. If I know or can tell that my giftee has eclectic taste, then I often choose a game or two that I hold in high regard and want them to experience. If they don't, then I try my best to not make it a wasted effort. One year, I had a person whose gaming interests were almost exclusively VNs and RPGs, neither of which were my area of expertise. I made the assumption that they preferred games where the threat of failure or fail states were low or non-existent and they valued the narrative over the interactive element. I ended up going with an adventure game that was lauded for its narrative.

That sounds awesome, and I think I'll do the same thing! Although I AM the kind of person who only plays VNs and RPGs so I may not have great knowledge of the games my giftee likes if their wishlist is full of shooters or survival games lol.
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Sign-ups are closed! I will be sending off santas sometime in the next hour or two
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All Secret Santas have been drawn and messages have been sent! Very tired, gonna get to bed. Get those gifts sent by Christmas !
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My plan is usually to get two or three games to hedge my bets, and try to find stuff that is reasonably high up the recipient's list that I also like.
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Hey guys, please adjust your privacy settings so everyone can see your wishlist or add everyone in secret santa as a friend to keep up the mystery of the season.
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My privacy settings should allow everyone to see my wishlist - please tell me if not!
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I believe anyone can see mine.

For those who don't know how to make the Wishlists visible, you have to go to your profile, edit profile, then My Privacy Settings and adjust it there.
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I guess I still need to get my steam info in the topic here (and potentially edit my wish list some, I'm not sure I've touched it in a year.)
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I sent my gift and I kinda want to talk about it. Is it okay to talk about it yet or should I wait?
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You should probably wait until they accept it or put spoiler tags around your entire post. There is a possibility that they view the post before accessing Steam.
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I sent friend requests to everyone in the topic. I also set my wishlist to public in case I missed someone.
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alright well I guess I'll be the first to post....KCF was my Secret Santa (which was revealed through humorous means on Discord) and he went all out!

Darkwood
PixelJunk Shooter Ultimate
The Talos Principle
Evoland 2
Why Am I Dead At Sea
Seasons After Fall
Aliens Go Home Run

You da best, got me games from a variety of genres! Happy Holidays!
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Gift sent!
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Hot damn, my Secret Santa went all out.
Eerieka got me:

Mount & Blade: Warband
Dark Souls 3
Slay the Spire
Tales of Zestiria
Ori and the Blind Forest

Thank you so much!

I added a few people from here and the Board 8 Steam Group that weren't on my friends list. Current Steam name is Bagheera.
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Gift sent
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Added everyone from this topic to my friends list, fyi.
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Just sent the gift!
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I still need to sorty my wishlist, i feel like I haven't been on Steam in a couple months lol, and it's definitely been even longer since I did ti
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And I just received it :)

Shake got me Celeste, which was one of those games I was curious about due to the reception but was kind of too pull the trigger on.

I sent my gift out too.
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I sort of feel bad for the person that gets me. 90% of my time spent on Steam the past 2-3 years has been done offline (they don't track offline hours), I use a card-dropping app, and Steam once or twice totally wiped my playtime history, so if anyone were to use playtimes as a reference, they would be using faulty data.
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chapter 1 clear

161 deaths

doesn't bode well for me being able to beat the game without assist lol.
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161 deaths in under an hour?!
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half an hour.
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Gifts sent out.
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Mr Crispy posted...

chapter 1 clear

161 deaths

doesn't bode well for me being able to beat the game without assist lol.

This is totally fine! The game tells you to be proud of your death count because it means you're learning - and it's true!
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Gift received (got Trails in the Sky SC, thanks SgtSphynx!), and will send my gift once the recipient accepts the friend invite (sorry for forgetting to send one beforehand)
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That's not as bad as my attempt to not make Bane aware that I was his secret santa
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Gift gotted!!! Thanks Ark!

I got:

-Darkest Dungeon (which looked cool and I added it to my wishlist cuz I saw Sphynx playing it at Extra Life)
-Shieldbreaker DLC for it
-Night in The Woods ( @Bane_Of_Despair )
-Out of the Park 19

thanks!

I will probably be sending mine off shortly once I look at who I have lol
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For whoever got me, i cleaned up my top 100 for the most part <_<
I will send my gifts in a few days! Gotta get steam money first lol.
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good thing mine was someone I was already friends with, would've been embarassing if I had to add them afterwards OOPS!!! (on that note i added everyone in here now anyway "lol")
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ESY16 posted...

Hot damn, my Secret Santa went all out.
Eerieka got me:

Mount & Blade: Warband
Dark Souls 3
Slay the Spire
Tales of Zestiria
Ori and the Blind Forest

Thank you so much!

I added a few people from here and the Board 8 Steam Group that weren't on my friends list. Current Steam name is Bagheera.

You're welcome. :)

You were one of the first people to friend me in this topic, and I took a look at your wishlist long before you were chosen to be my giftee. At that time, when I saw Slay the Spire in your list, I hoped that you would get it because that game is going out of early access in January and I heard it's gonna get a price increase so now was the best time to get it. I got it last summer and had a blast with it, and I'm thinking of playing it again once it's out of early access because the devs have added a lot more stuff since then.

Mount and Blade was my "surprise" gift, since it wasn't on your list, but I noticed your taste in games was very close to another friend of mine, and that person loves M&B so I thought it might be suitable. For what it's worth, M&B was my first Steam game (and the reason I got Steam in the first place).
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i did my buying last night but it's all to be delivered on christmas day!!
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Zyxyz0 posted...

will send my gift once the recipient accepts the friend invite (sorry for forgetting to send one beforehand)

this still hasn't happened, so reminder to check your invites if you're online and don't have a gift yet >_>
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Thank you @WiggumFan267!

I really wanted to play the Zero Escape games forever, so the Nonary Games Collection was exactly what I wanted, especially since I know it's something my girlfriend would really like too (because she don't video game good).

And I have really wanted Into the Breach for a while which will be a nice and frustrating, methodical game for me to enjoy in my own time.

I appreciate it buddy!
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gift SENT
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Sorozone sent me

Ken Follet's The Pillars of the Earth
Metro 2033 Redux
The Talos Principle

Thank you very much!!
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PrivateBiscuit1 posted...

Thank you @WiggumFan267!

I really wanted to play the Zero Escape games forever, so the Nonary Games Collection was exactly what I wanted, especially since I know it's something my girlfriend would really like too (because she don't video game good).

And I have really wanted Into the Breach for a while which will be a nice and frustrating, methodical game for me to enjoy in my own time.

I appreciate it buddy!

nice! Don't know much about Zero Escape but Into the Breach was one of my favorite games of the year and I've barely begun to really explore it. enjoy!
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I've officially sent my gift!
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^^ and I've officially received it, thank you very much!

Trails In The Sky SC
The Cat Lady
Stardew Valley

My gift will be sent Christmas Eve or Day
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Gifts sent!
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ESY16 posted...

Gifts sent!

And received, thanks! :D

ESY went in with
Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines
VVVVVVVVVVVVV
FFX/X-2
Disgaea

>:D
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Yeah, if my gifter is waiting until Christmas, that's fine. I have a TON of work and family obligations until then, so I won't get any time to play until after Christmas anyway.
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Wickle forgot how to delay gifts so they are sent out. Well, they're sent out at least.
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Many thanks to Mr Crispy, who got me

Grandia II Anniversary Edition
Ys: The Oath in Felghana

Gonna enjoy playing those on my new Steam Link!

My gifts have been bought, but I scheduled them to be delivered on Christmas morning.
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