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Silver Alicorn
Mar 30, 2008

𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮
Tonight you are visited by the ghost of yosmas PRESENT (it's happening)



I found some old secret santa threads to peruse:

https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3795578
https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3749820
https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3671147

This is the 2017 Yospos Secret Santa THREAD

:siren: RULES :siren:

  • You must have an active forums account to join this year.
  • This is meant for yosposters. If you're cool sign up. Don't flake.
  • Applicants will be matched in a round robin using Google Sheets or something idk yet.
  • Gift minimum is $20 as usual, feel free to go over that but don't be too shocked if your santa is a dipshit
  • Drop-shipping is A-OK in my book as long as you also send a "real" gift (even if it's just a card)
  • Don't send a Dreamcast packed with mealworms. (catch-all for sending gross stuff, don't troll, you have been warned)
  • You will be expected to make a humorous post detailing the items you receive.
  • Apply by Saturday, November 18, 9:00PM PST (I will be making assignments the following morning)
  • Shipments will go out by Dec. 19
  • If you don't provide proof of shipment by Dec. 31, well, I can't guarantee what will happen to your forums account. just sayin'

How to apply:
  • Send an ELECTRONIC mail to silveralicorn AT sdf DOT org. Do not PM me, don't @ me.
  • This email will contain your current username, any previous notable usernames (so I can add it to yospos.ods), your shipping address, and please specify if you can ship internationally. If you have an Amazon wishlist or Steam account you'd like to throw in there go nuts.
  • Make a post in this thread about who you are and what you like. This is what your santa will use to figure out what to gift you, if they're not just sending you a bunch of computer crap they can't eBay. Post your clothing size if you want clothes, also probably state if you have a preference for alcohol, and if you have pets and want stuff for them.

:tfrxmas:
I am taking applications for an elf. Contact me if you are interested.

I will probably not put myself into the running (organizer's abstention) but I will be doing bonus gifts again. Will announce that later.

Have a merry holiday!

Silver Alicorn fucked around with this message at 20:57 on Nov 19, 2017

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PIZZA.BAT
Nov 12, 2016


:cheers:


i think i'll do this this year

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003
if ur gift hasnt arrived by new years day im going to ban you mother fucker. thats how its done in polite society. you are all ostensibly computer professionals and can surely handle the freaking post office. if youre doing international ss you should ship by dec 1 at the latest. hth

Silver Alicorn
Mar 30, 2008

𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮
:siren: PARTICIPANTS THIS YEAR :siren:

1) anthonypants
2) Cocoa Crispies
3) Wiggly Wayne DDS.
4) NEED MORE MILK
5) meatpotato
6) Vodkat
7) CrazyLittle
8) Sniep
9) Kuvo
10) Farmer Crack-rear end
11) Just-in-Timeberlake
12) Optimus_Rhyme
13) Achmed Jones
14) suffix
15) Jimmy Carter
16) bump_fn
17) C.H.O.M.E
18) duckfarts
19) Tasteful Dickpic
20) eschaton
21) Beast of Bourbon
22) Samuel L. ACKSYN
23) super nailgun
24) ShadowHawk
25) Fuzzy Mammal
26) KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD
27) flakeloaf
28) atomicthumbs
29) jony ive aces
30) PokeJoe
31) cinci zoo sniper
32) Elder Postsman

Registration is closed! Thanks for playing :)

Silver Alicorn fucked around with this message at 19:28 on Nov 19, 2017

Farmer Crack-Ass
Jan 2, 2001

this is me posting irl
i'm in

flakeloaf
Feb 26, 2003

Still better than android clock

Smythe posted:

if youre doing international ss you should ship by sep 1 at the latest. hth

anthonypants
May 6, 2007

by Nyc_Tattoo
Dinosaur Gum
hey op here is the 2016 yosmas thread https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3795578

this will be my second yosmas. last year i sent alcohol and a da share z0ne t-shirt to Beast of Bourbon, and i received games of both the video and the non-video variety from duckfarts, despite sending them a hosed up address

i'm okay with whatever you can come up with. i'm a computer toucher for a living and i like video games (pc and ps4) and i like sour ales. i don't really do a lot of drinkin but i am ok with receiving alcohol if someone would like to share with me some xmas "spirits" ha ha
i do not have any food allergies
i do not own any pets but i like cattes and lurk the catte thread. still the best thread in the 'pos
my goony upper body size is xl

also i would like my santa to know that the address i emailed to silver alicorn is my work address, and that i will be visiting family in chicago for the xmas weekend. anything you send me will be safe at work but i won't be posting in here about it until later that week, and if the mealworms need to be refrigerated let me know so i can call in to work

anthonypants fucked around with this message at 06:09 on Oct 24, 2017

Silver Alicorn
Mar 30, 2008

𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮
good

The Management
Jan 2, 2010

sup, bitch?
ground floor to say that I don’t even celebrate xmas

anthonypants
May 6, 2007

by Nyc_Tattoo
Dinosaur Gum

The Management posted:

ground floor to say that I don’t even celebrate xmas
but do you celebrate ymas (yosmas)

anthonypants
May 6, 2007

by Nyc_Tattoo
Dinosaur Gum

Silver Alicorn posted:

I will probably not put myself into the running (organizer's abstention) but I will be doing bonus gifts again. Will announce that later.

GATOS Y VATOS posted:

attention whomever gets Silver Alicorn for next year's Santee: there will be plenty of stuff from this line out by then. https://twitter.com/sanrio/status/817129523774787584

Moo Cowabunga
Jun 15, 2009

[Office Worker.




I can’t wait for Easter and the celebration of some dudes untimely death.

Moo Cowabunga
Jun 15, 2009

[Office Worker.





Jesus gently caress me 85 people no wonder that got cocked up good luck op

Ciaphas
Nov 20, 2005

> BEWARE, COWARD :ovr:


retuuuuurn the slaaaaab.

Cocoa Crispies
Jul 20, 2001

Vehicular Manslaughter!

Pillbug
hi

i like to bodge together computer poo poo, drink coffee, roast coffee, and read books; love 2 eat weird local snacks and drink weird things

2011: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3448645&userid=24854
2012: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3515525&userid=24854
2013: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3575044&userid=24854
2014: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3671147&userid=24854
2015: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3749820&userid=24854
2016: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3795578&userid=24854

i don't have any pets right now ;_;

e: amberpos in the streets, greenpos in the sheets

Cocoa Crispies fucked around with this message at 23:38 on Nov 22, 2017

Wiggly Wayne DDS
Sep 11, 2010



this will be the second year for me, i had a good plan last year but can't think of a way of topping it so will probably stick to some boring gifts.

i build things, break things, dabble in a bit of everything. if you have a hobby you enjoy show me why it's interesting. large t-shirt, drink whisky and tea but i'll try anything - local snacks would be nice

2016: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3795578&userid=167535

30 TO 50 FERAL HOG
Mar 2, 2005



im down but please dont send me anime figurines again

i like building things, not all of them electronic. vintage audio gear and vidja games are cool and good

Silver Alicorn
Mar 30, 2008

𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮

Wiggly Wayne DDS posted:

this will be the second year for me, i had a good plan last year but can't think of a way of topping it so will probably stick to some boring gifts.

boring gifts are fine as long as you send something

Silver Alicorn
Mar 30, 2008

𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮
I upgraded my membership with SDF to metaARPA so I could get email on my iPhone this year. It's nice.

Moo Cowabunga
Jun 15, 2009

[Office Worker.




good poo poo, op.

Silver Alicorn
Mar 30, 2008

𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮
:smugmrgw:

Sniep
Mar 28, 2004

All I needed was that fatty blunt...



King of Breakfast
im incredibly hard to shop for so glhf

shirt size: xl
games: too many already but gaming/streaming related stuff is fine
booze: fine sure cool
pets: 1 cat leo
likes: tech stuff and gizmoey things, audio/video shits, stuff that requires solder
dislikes: anime, politics

Sniep fucked around with this message at 22:26 on Nov 19, 2017

Dans Macabre
Apr 24, 2004


I'm the guy in the op

Dans Macabre
Apr 24, 2004


behind the scenes of that picture



I spent so much money on shipping that year lol

bobbilljim
May 29, 2013

this christmas feels like the very first christmas to me
:shittydog::shittydog::shittydog:
ground floor :smugdog::pipe:

30 TO 50 FERAL HOG
Mar 2, 2005



oh and if you live in the south and happen to be my Santa I jut want to let you know in advance that $20 worth of zapps cajun crawtators and/or voodoo chips is an exceedingly good gift

Dans Macabre
Apr 24, 2004




buy me this Santa

Farmer Crack-Ass
Jan 2, 2001

this is me posting irl

NevergirlsOFFICIAL posted:



buy me this Santa

lol this is so wacky. so much easier to just use a USB extension cable. what a maroon

Silver Alicorn
Mar 30, 2008

𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮
lest we forget the yospos birch

Moo Cowabunga
Jun 15, 2009

[Office Worker.




who sent me a mattress?

Hunter2 Thompson
Feb 3, 2005

Ramrod XTreme
its me the guy with a stupid username

this was me last year, the first year i did yospos secret santa. I gave funhilde a soldering station and some stuff to solder with, including conductive thread you can sew into clothing to power things like leds or sensors. Symbolic Butt delivered awesomely with a bounty of Brazilian candies and other goodies
https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3795578&userid=74309

i'm probably not doing any other forums sass this year so i can concentrate all my effort into one monolithic yospos gift

my santee should expect a little of whatever they wished for and a little of some obscure or vintage computer and electronics equipment/memorabilia if the shipping allows for it. You'll also probably get some local food or something idk

my own interests are hobby electronics and programming, especially the above mentioned obscure or vintage. Though this year I haven't indulged as much due to the whole work/life balance mismatch (where are my mid-20s going?!?!). No clothes please.

Hunter2 Thompson fucked around with this message at 02:10 on Nov 8, 2017

anthonypants
May 6, 2007

by Nyc_Tattoo
Dinosaur Gum

meatpotato posted:

You'll also probably get some local food or something idk
this is a good reminder that people are probably going to send you food so if you have any allergies or dietary restrictions you should say something about that

Dans Macabre
Apr 24, 2004


don’t match me with anyone who has a post 2012 regdate I swear

Wrath of the Bitch King
May 11, 2005

Research confirms that black is a color like silver is a color, and that beyond black is clarity.
I was in last year and I wouldn't mind being in again this year. I don't really feel like digging up the stuff I gave last year but I can if it's necessary.

vodkat
Jun 30, 2012



cannot legally be sold as vodka
Getting in on the ground floor here with a copy/paste from last year

previous santas include:

THC: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3671147&userid=133201#post439939028

Funhilde: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3671147&userid=133201#post439939028
(who helped me ship things to THC the year before so in the spirit of yosmas i sent her things the year after)

Awia: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3749820&userid=173414&perpage=40&pagenumber=2#post454688444
(who never posted pictures, but he got a eee pc with a ui-less ubuntu and a bunch of installed, some fancy booze and some other tech junk)

Valeyard: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3795578&userid=185872#post467866912


As with previous years I am happy to receive stupid tech junk, booze, pornography, drugs and the latest apple products.

I don't have any pets and please don't send me t-shirts. If you want to send other clothing items idk ask the ss elf?

Being able to ship to someone in the UK would be great as I'm a student and having to pay international shipping would significantly cut into what I can afford to spend on yospresents.

GATOS Y VATOS
Aug 22, 2002


Ah man I just clicked on this thread by chance. I'm totally in, but will do the email to Silver Alicorn and do the effort post later. Previous Santees of mine can vouch for quality gifts given from me.

I mostly like Ultraman monsters and Breath of the Wild ephemera. I barely understand computers as I am not a CJ but a tattooist who somehow got stuck in the 'POS (it's the cats. I like cats)

GATOS Y VATOS
Aug 22, 2002


also if somebody other than me gets Silver Alicorn as their santee PM me because I know of a perfect gift.

Silver Alicorn
Mar 30, 2008

𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮

Wrath of the Bitch King posted:

I don't really feel like digging up the stuff I gave last year but I can if it's necessary.

not necessary, but fun to see

Fuzzy Mammal
Aug 15, 2001

Lipstick Apathy

GATOS Y VATOS posted:

Ah man I just clicked on this thread by chance. I'm totally in, but will do the email to Silver Alicorn and do the effort post later. Previous Santees of mine can vouch for quality gifts given from me.

I mostly like Ultraman monsters and Breath of the Wild ephemera. I barely understand computers as I am not a CJ but a tattooist who somehow got stuck in the 'POS (it's the cats. I like cats)

as last year's santee can confirm. also same re in and email and effortpost.

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obstipator
Nov 8, 2009

by FactsAreUseless
ground floor. cant weight!!!

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