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An error in data entry led to the word-cloud conclusion that TG goons really like dongs 
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NTRabbit posted:An error in data entry led to the word-cloud conclusion that TG goons really like dongs Given the number of times it comes up in the OP, that may not be an error.
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Nov 25, 2014 14:30
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Ordered the present! Hopefully soon there'll be a tiny little package of jolliness braving the vagaries of the post.
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Nov 25, 2014 16:16
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NTRabbit posted:An error in data entry led to the word-cloud conclusion that TG goons really like dongs it's not an error 
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Nov 25, 2014 16:33
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Ordered my santee's gifts today. Once they get here, my cat will wrap them and i'll ship the cat to my santee. I think I typed that incorrectly.
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Nov 25, 2014 17:33
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NeoAnjou posted:I hope people don't find this creepy, but I was intrigued so I looked at the info people had publicly posted, and found: Hey, I'm down for that, but make a markov model too so we can laugh at how 100% of the people that mentioned D&D did so because they want to make sure nobody sends it to them. It's the most famous game nobody wants!
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Nov 25, 2014 17:45
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The gifts have been bought, however I forgot to buy tape to seal up the box!  The gifts will be away tomorrow when i'm not so dumb!
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Nov 25, 2014 18:31
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EclecticTastes posted:Hey, I'm down for that, but make a markov model too so we can laugh at how 100% of the people that mentioned D&D did so because they want to make sure nobody sends it to them. It's the most famous game nobody wants! That may be that its the frontrunner, so people who like it have all they want, and people who don't don't want it.
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Nov 25, 2014 18:34
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Gift away!
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Nov 25, 2014 18:46
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 Lol - no Markov chain yet I'm afraid; plus sentiment analysis is *hard!*. I think Wordle also cuts D&D into three (i.e. 'D' '&' 'D'). The above image also cuts out common words (hence the most common words aren't shown: "I and of a the to be that or have I'm") Unsurprisingly the most common meaningful word is games (86) (mentioned on average more than once per Santa). Apparently we also (69) like (88) cool (48) things (49) and stuff (65). Big meaningful words are books (36), RPGs (30), RPG (26) and board (27). ...and the key fact, there are 5 dongs, and 4 'dong's (and 1 dildo). NeoAnjou fucked around with this message at 22:05 on Nov 25, 2014 |
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Nov 25, 2014 18:56
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Gifts sent. I just hope they arrive in time!
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Nov 25, 2014 20:46
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Order placed! Happy Christmas somebody!
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Nov 25, 2014 21:36
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Bought something today for my secret santa!NeoAnjou posted:
This is cool. board game just love RPG something anime books got anything Dark games play want stuff also cool good like things RPGs world e. I'm caught up on TGSS emails. If you were expecting email from me and haven't gotten it, speak up! Leperflesh fucked around with this message at 23:16 on Nov 25, 2014 |
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Nov 25, 2014 22:52
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Hey guys, don't forget that SomethingAwful.com has some great shopping resources! In SA-Mart, there's the Great Game Swap (for computer games), the Board Game Trading Thread (for board games), and always tons of goons selling various other nerd crap and stuff. There's also the Coupons and Deals subforum of SA-Mart. You might for example want the Holiday toy and collectible sales megathread or the Amazon Black Friday deals week thread! Many major online game retailers are also having online black friday week specials, so check them out. We started the TGSS thread earlier this year in part so you guys can take advantage of these sales: you can save money, and get your TGSS gift(s) shipped nice and early to avoid the panic, desperation, and hurt feelings of Being A Late Gifter.
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Nov 25, 2014 23:24
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Gift order: placed. Should arrive in...well, probably a week or so?
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Nov 25, 2014 23:31
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Thank you  (slightly obfuscated to protect steam ids from random spammers, hope that's OK!) I'm looking forward to the next part, whenever it may arrive  And yeah, good choice, I had forgotten to put this on my wishlist when it came out. I can't promise to get onto playing it for a while (too many games, too little time) though I shall endeavour to do so over my Xmas holiday.
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Nov 25, 2014 23:57
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Congratulations, DigitalRaven, you are the first goon to get a gift delivered to a Santee! There is no prize for this, except the jealous adulation of the goons, which is priceless.
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Nov 26, 2014 00:22
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I am pretty jealous! I'm waiting on finances to get my gift bought, but believe me: Santee, you will be gifted. Hopefully within a week or so.
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Nov 26, 2014 00:48
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Gifts bought and packaged but post office was too busy to get them in before work so sorry Santee it will mmbe another day before it is sent off.
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Nov 26, 2014 01:20
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Man here I am not even decided on what to buy for my target goon. Stop making me look bad!!!
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Nov 26, 2014 03:07
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What's that, ominous knocking at my door at 8:30 am?  It's my secret santa! Thanks for the cooking book, it looks really interesting, and one more Z-95 for my collection as well
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Nov 26, 2014 09:29
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I'm pretty drat excited, just ordered my Santee's gift. I hope he/she/it/who appreciates a box filled with packing peanuts!
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Nov 26, 2014 17:03
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SquadronROE posted:I'm pretty drat excited, just ordered my Santee's gift. I hope he/she/it/who appreciates a box filled with packing peanuts! Packing peanuts are so versatile, they can be anything from Termagants, to wound markers, to meeples, they're basically the ultimate TG gift
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Nov 26, 2014 17:06
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NTRabbit posted:Packing peanuts are so versatile, they can be anything from Termagants, to wound markers, to meeples, they're basically the ultimate TG gift That's what I'm thinking. If you're into the RPG scene you can also use them as XP counters - I sent a lot of them so you don't have to abbreviate, but can hand the player a handful of peanuts.
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Nov 26, 2014 17:08
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I endorse this for high-level D&D. Kill the balor? That's 26,000 packing peanuts. Your players will be begging for level drain.
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Nov 26, 2014 17:21
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Gift is in the mail. Took a little extra time to find something neat and to give it a personal touch to make it
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Nov 26, 2014 19:30
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I'm caught up with emails. I'll be at my sister's house most of the day tomorrow, for obvious reasons, so if you email me and don't get a response tomorrow that's why!
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Nov 26, 2014 20:03
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Hello thread, been a while I've just sent out the main parcel for my secret santa! Hopefully they shall receive it within a week!
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Nov 26, 2014 20:07
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Holy crap. So I had the idea to run my own Secret Santa for some of my friends (13 people in total, including myself), and good lord, "herding cats" doesn't accurately explain the cajoling I had to do just to get people's addresses and what they wanted. Made a Facebook event, everyone joined but nobody followed the directions. Made a post in the event explaining what I needed, a couple of people gave it. Eventually had to directly message everyone else individually to extract the info from them. But now assignments are out and I just have to sit back and So yeah, I've gained an extraordinary amount of respect for Leperflesh not just for running this, but for doing it several years in a row!
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Nov 26, 2014 20:27
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Spincut posted:Holy crap. He can take our favorite internet toy away if we are bad though. If you could ban your friends from facebook they'd probably shape up. Plus nerd presents are the BEST. I wish people here would just give my wife advice what to get me for christmas hehe.
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Nov 26, 2014 20:37
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The gift has been mailed. Nothing to do now but fret over whether or not they'll like it. 
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Nov 26, 2014 21:06
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I searched every shop today, but couldn't find what I wanted for the main bit. I've had to order it from Amazon US instead. Estimated delivery is between 10th - 18th December, but I've got a backup and I'll post that instead if it hasn't arrived at my door by the 15th.
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Nov 26, 2014 21:59
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jassi007 posted:He can take our favorite internet toy away if we are bad though. If you could ban your friends from facebook they'd probably shape up. Plus nerd presents are the BEST. I wish people here would just give my wife advice what to get me for christmas hehe. I am not a mod and cannot actually probate/ban people. But yeah, we've had the support of TG mods the last few years, so I guess the threat is there. In the past, the most I've done is present evidence and leave it to the mod to decide what to do. We've been extraordinarily fortunate that that's only had to happen maybe three times in the last four years, despite over 360 gifts exchanged in that period. That's less than a 1% Grinching rate! The Supreme Court posted:I searched every shop today, but couldn't find what I wanted for the main bit. I've had to order it from Amazon US instead. Estimated delivery is between 10th - 18th December, but I've got a backup and I'll post that instead if it hasn't arrived at my door by the 15th. Good to have a backup. But, you can always have Amazon ship directly to your Santee, right?
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Nov 26, 2014 22:45
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First Citizen Leperflesh has no official power, he is merely a goon like you and I 
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Nov 26, 2014 22:49
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Leperflesh posted:Good to have a backup. But, you can always have Amazon ship directly to your Santee, right? Yeah, thanks! I've got stuff prepared to customise it however, so double postage is the current plan.
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Nov 26, 2014 22:53
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Everything has now been ordered and should be on its way =) Hopefully it is enjoyed!
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Nov 26, 2014 23:52
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A thing arrived for me today! (I took unboxing pics too but my camera ate them  )Thank you again DigitalRaven, this will certainly get some play at the games club tomorrow! Also my gift should be here by the weekend so I can wrap it up and send it on to my Santee. Looking forward to spreading the joy
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Nov 27, 2014 00:01
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I have sent gifts to a very lucky Goon, they should arrive within the next few weeks, definitely before Christmas, but Amazon's estimate included most of the month of December for arrival dates. Also, dammit, I forgot to tell them to gift wrap it. Whatever, it's not like anyone actually waits for Christmas before opening them, anyway.
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Nov 27, 2014 00:32
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My santee's gift is in the capable hands of the postal service!
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Nov 27, 2014 00:42
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I am completely blown away that I came home from work tonight and there were two packages waiting for me. And I still haven't managed to ship out to one of my Santas I have to work through the holidays, but should be able to get it in the mail soon!
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