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If you were looking for the incredible Zagnorch's NOT So Secret Santa 2020 Thread, it can be found here:  http://www.rfgeneration.com/forum/index.php?topic=19451.0

UPDATE  11/19  All users have been matched (hopefully Santa didn't make any mistakes..) You should receive an email with you match's info by the end of the day (11/19/2020)

UPDATE 1 11/16 - We are full! I have all letters and we have an even number of participants! Santa will work on getting everyone matched and he will do his best to match you with someone you have not been matched with for the last 3 years.

It's Secret Santa time again! Here is how it works:

Step 1 Reply to this thread with something like "I'm in" and I will add your name to the list

The cutoff for signing up is Saturday, November 14th

Step 2 Send an email to rfgensanta@gmail.com The subject line should look EXACTLY like this:

User Name-Your Country-Country or Countries you are willing to ship to

EXAMPLE If I am in the USA and I am willing to ship to the USA and Canada:

Wildbil52-USA- Will Ship to USA, Canada

Copy and paste the text below for the body of your email and fill in the blanks:

Dear Santa
I’ve been a VERY ___________ boy/girl (choose one) this year, so I feel like I have earned all of the __________ that I will probably get for Christmas from all my family and friends.

But I also want video games.

If I could get just one box of video games and/or video game related items with a total combined value of at least $20 before shipping costs, I would hope that the box would have___________ in it.

And I would prefer that it didn’t have any __________ in it.

Since I am a responsible collector, my entire collection has been meticulously entered on rfgeneration.com (OR i is entered at this location: [link to your collection here]) so that you can see what I already have.  You can also check my RFGeneration wishlist to see what I really want more than anything in the whole wide __________.

Please remember to send out my domestic package by December 9th or my international package by December 1st so that I don’t receive my package late and have to resort to _________________ on Christmas morning.

Thank you, Santa!

Sincerely
(RFGen User Name)
(Real Name and Shipping address here)

A note on writing your letter

As far as your wishlist goes, Be as specific as you want or as general as you want just remember that the more options you give your Santa, the easier you will be to shop for.  Say things like:

I would like any NES carts not already in my collection

or

I would love to get some spare controllers for NES, SNES, Genesis, or Saturn.

or

I would really like to get any of the following SNES games: x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, etc.

Add as much room as you need, you don't have to say what you would like to get in just a few words.

Step 3
Once your package arrives, or on Christmas morning, post pics of your Secret Santa package here (and in Small Scores if you like)

The MINIMUM value of the items you must send to your Secret Santa is $20. You may give more if you choose, but $20 is the minimum. There have been issues in years past with people feeling a little short changed so if you are unsure about what you are sending, give a little more, after all, it’s Christmas!

Due to a VERY small number of scams in years past, The RFGen Secret Santa 2020 is available to established RFGen members OR to anyone who has an established member vouch for them.  If you are unsure if you are an established member, shoot me a PM.


Participating Members

bickman2k-Package Received
Crabmaster2000
DisposedHero-Package Received
douglie007-Package Received
EZ Racer
Fokakis79-Package Received
Game Ruler
Ikariniku
MetalFRO
shaggy
singlebanana-Package Received
slackur
Wempster-Package Received
WildBil52-Package Received

a bold member name signifies that Santa has received and reviewed your letter and no further action is necessary.  Please allow a few days from when you send your letter for your name to turn bold.

I'm in!

I'm in!

HEY NOW! Just thought I'd drop in to announce the oh-so-very-special 10th anniversary edition of my annual NOT-So-Secret-Santa give-away, scheduled to drop on Monday, November 16th at 5:00 AM U.S. Pacific Coast Time.

You can get the details at the Official 2020 NSSS thread:

http://www.rfgeneration.com/forum/index.php?topic=19451.msg275045#new



Thankies...

I'm in!

I'm in! I'll get my email together

I'm in

Email send to santa!

In :D

Added link at the top of the SS post ;)

Yes please

I'm in

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Letter sent.

Letter sent.  (Actually, I sent it yesterday.)

I'm in. Was just thinking the other day that I needed to update my wishlist.

I will also be in

In it to win it. Win at Santaing.

i'm in

I'm in!

Letter sent!

sent my letter in!

Cutting it close to the deadline but letter is in

Letter was late, but sent this morning.

5 points from Gryffindor...

UPDATE 1 11/16 - We are full! I have all letters and we have an even number of participants! Santa will work on getting everyone matched and he will do his best to match you with someone you have not been matched with for the last 3 years.

You rock Bil! Thanks for doing this again!

Can't wait to start putting together my Secret Santa gift.  The letters I get always give me... ideas.

When will we know who we are Santa too?  I plan on getting most of my shopping done on Friday the 20th.

UPDATE

All users have been matched (hopefully Santa didn't make any mistakes..) You should receive an email with you match's info by the end of the day (11/19/2020)

Package will be shipped out shortly!

Hope to get mine out soon, I couldn't fill it with everything asked for so got some good surprises in it.

Whoever gets your package will be pleasantly surprised I think!

Will send mine out soon, but please be aware that our local USPS hub is having issues getting stuff out...it's even made the local news

Got mine sent out :)

Sent mine out today. If mine arrives to you, please let me know of the package's condition when it arrives.

I'm still waiting for a portion of my gift to arrive to my house before I can mail it out. I'm really hoping I can get it to my partner before X-Mas!

Got mine out many days ago- for once :p
Haven't seen my recipient pop up yet... perhaps waiting for Christmas?

My Secret Santa gift is in its destination country.  Make of that what you will.

Shipped mine out today

Got confirmation that my recipient got the package, yay!

I'm planning on getting mine sent out tomorrow.

Gift sent out today. Ho to the Ho.

Still waiting for part of my gift. It's definitely shipping late. Sorry to my partner. I'll do my best to get it there on time

Just got the final piece that I was waiting on for my gift. Hoping to get it shipped Monday.

Got my Secret Santa gift in the mail today. Didn't realize what the package was until I opened the first layer of it. Anyway, I was asked to make an unboxing video and boy, this gift is amazing!!! Thank you Secret Santa Racer and Happy Holidays to all!

https://youtu.be/bmoinXVwVRI

PS: The game that I was trying to think of was Lunar Knights

Also. posting this for my neighbor GameRuler.  This is his first year registered on the site and 3rd year participating in Secret Santa. Thank you all for making him feel welcome and a big thanks to his Secret Slacker.  ;)

[img width=700 height=628]https://i.imgur.com/qu11zL6.jpg[/img]

Nice gifts on both accounts!

Got my package in the mail yesterday.  Unboxing video to come soon!

I got my package yesterday and thought about doing an unboxing video again, but decided to skip it this year. Not a bad haul, if I do say so myself!

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I actually played through Magic Sword earlier this year via emulation and really enjoyed it, so it's cool to add this one to the collection. I actually like the feel of the gameplay more on the SNES port than the arcade original. Chrono Cross is of course an all time classic that I haven't played pretty much since it was first released, so I think I'll try to make time to replay this one soon.

Thanks so much to my Secret Santa! I didn't recognize the name on the return address and the card wasn't signed with a username, so I'm not sure who this was from, so be sure to speak up!

I forgot to write down my tracking number, I hope it made it to them.

My unboxing! Thanks Santa! https://youtu.be/6WEZCVdXR9w

I'll be playing a showcase of the games tomorrow on twitch at 5pm est if you want to see then in action. If you can't make it ill upload it to YouTube later.

Some cool stuff you got there.  You don't see C64 stuff very much.

I know, I asked for a c64 cart, didn't expect so many. It was hard for me not to play them today lol.  I got the C128 hooked up to the framemister so ill stream in 720p goodness (using svideo from the c128)

My Secret Santa box arrived today!

I just posted my unboxing video.  Thanks to my Santa I think I'm down to 41 games left in my NA N64 set.  Here's the video and a special appearance is made by one of our cats, Cole. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzELsHwT6YI

Oh man, your cat is hilarious.  I was cracking up at your cat.  He was looking for a fight!

Don't bring a cat to a knife fight  :laugh:

Your cat was obviously in a very playful mood! Good stuff, though, nice selection there. I don't think I even knew about the other 007 game on N64. Goldeneye sort of overshadows most anything else, other than Perfect Dark.

He is ALWAYS like that.  I remember getting The World Is Not Enough back when it came out because hey, new Bond game on the n64.  Then I was very underwhelmed by it. 

Here's my video of testing the games.  "Commodore 64 RFGens Secret Santa game showcase. " http://www.twitch.tv/douglie007/v/838659655?sr=a

Did you test the other games yet?  I want to see you stream that.  And Tooth Invaders is still awesome!

I think I got to all the games, just didn't put much time in them.

Wow, thank you, thank you to my Secret Santa. Such an awesome variety of stuff. Love everything I got. You made my day. Definitely was surprised by my gifts.

Loving all the pics and unboxing vids so far! 

Love the variety of gifts this year!! Sega Saturn, C64, Atari 7800. Wild

UPS My Choice may have just snitched on my Secret Santa, but I can't be sure.

👀

I shipped my Secret Santa package about a week ago. I just checked the tracking, and it looks like it's in the recipient's home state. Cutting it a bit close, but hopefully they'll have it in the next day or two.

Here's your answer, good sir!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw68iamD12M

Awesome! I'm glad you liked the gift! Sorry to cut it so close, I was waiting on one of the games to arrive from an ebay purchase before shipping it to you. I really appreciate the shoutout as well! Happy holidays, man!

I did receive my Secret Santa gift.  Thanks to my Santa.  I'll post the generous bounty after Christmas due to complete time mismanagement.

Man, the mail has been especially bad this year in my area (even made the national news).  I hope that everyone receives their gifts in time, but if not, try to be understanding.

Had to show a before pic. Awesome wrapping paper!

Thanks Santa for the great haul! Between opening he package and posting this, I've already tried Palamedes, and can't wait to get into the other two. Break out the banjos!

And thanks for not making me resort to playing Race Drivin'  ;)

I love the paper!

No worries! I'm just glad it arrived safely. Thanks again!

Just wanted to chime in. I reached out to my SS partner as I'm still waiting for some of their gift to arrive in the mail before I can send it. Super appreciate their patience right now and hope it's worth the wait for them. Haven't received my gift yet either, but I'm told it's likely sitting in customs at the moment just waiting to make the rest of the trip up to me. Seems international shipping is slower than I've ever seen it, but given the worldwide circumstances totally understandable. Merry Christmas to you all and I'll update this as things finally arrive!

I had recorded an unboxing, but now I can't find the video anywhere, so I'm not sure what happened to it...

I got a Kirby Burger King toy, a Wario figure, and 3 SNES carts: Jeopardy Sports, NBA Jam, and Kirby's Dream Course.

I was surprised to find I didn't have the Kirby game yet because it's amazing, but my other copy of NBA Jam was signed at RWX a couple of years ago, so now I have one to play!

Thanks Santa!

I think we are waiting on a few more to post what they have got.  I can't wait!

Still waiting on both mine to arrive and part of my partners gift to arrive. The mail seems to have just stopped up here for a bit. 2 of my son's X-Mas gifts from relatives still haven't arrived and even a couple parcels ordered in November havnt come in. So sorry to hold up my partners SS gift. I'll be looking around to add to it to make the gift worth the wait.

I'm sure your match understands that shipping is horrible nowadays especially with the pandemic.  I'm sure you have no need to worry.

[img width=640 height=480]https://i.ibb.co/c2ZM7qr/20210101-184439.jpg[/img] (https://ibb.co/SVMW9S3)

I was going to do a video, but, ya know, 2020.

As is abundantly clear, my Secret Santa not only delivered, but overdelivered.  I owned NONE of the Sega Saturn or GameCube games I was given, I can always use another copy of King Kong 2 on the Famicom, I was looking to get another SNES power supply, and extender cables for any controller are always welcome.

However, I'll admit, ya got me.  I don't know if I can find a use for the Palm MacPack, but it is a cherished gift and a welcome blast from the past.

(As for the odd bits of broken plastic, I'm sure I can find a use for those.  ;) )

As I try to outdo myself each yeah, my Secret Santas outdo both themselves and myself every year.  The generosity on display here truly takes my breath away.  It is a great blessing to be a part of this community and this event year after year.

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to all at RF Generation.

That is super duper amazing!  And I love the He-Man poster in the background!

My match, whoever you are, is a most wonderful and patient person. Very grateful for their understanding right now.

Whoah dude!  You had and amazing, and probably very handsome, Secret Santa match this year!

Oh, most definitely, but only UPS (and the emails they sent me) knows for sure.

Thanks to that suave and debonair gentlemen, whoever he may be.

You're welcome.  I sure am a handsome devil, aren't I?

Please forgive my late unboxing video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8arNwzdQSY

My SS gift arrived today!! The Canada postal system seems to have grinded to a halt for anything internationally over December, (still waiting on one package that was sent in November from the US). Happy to not have to fret anymore that it was lost in the mail. So my letter said I was looking for anything Batman/Spider-Man/Star Wars that I didn't already have or for any of the 3000+ items on my wishlist. I'm a bit of a pain to buy for so I definitely appreciative for the time you took to dig through my wishlist to find items I needed. One of the best feelings as a collector is completing items by piecing them together. I have an IB Mario Paint that I've been meaning to complete for years and just never got around to it, and SNES manuals are a rarity up here so being able to complete 3 SNES games all at once is amazing!! The NES manuals put me that much closer to CIB copies of both of those games (and Double Dragon II is one of my favorite pieces of NES art so extra brownie points). And if all that wasn't enough you actually found a Spider-Man game I was looking for! Thank so much Santa!!

[img width=700 height=525]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50838656708_af95ddf489_k.jpg[/img] (https://flic.kr/p/2ksrprW)

[img width=700 height=525]https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50839463477_5993f63dab_k.jpg[/img] (https://flic.kr/p/2ksvxgK)

I always love that feeling when I'm able to complete a game especially if I have the box and/or manual and not the game!

All right, I finally got to open my Secret Santa gift.  Puts me at 643!

[img width=700 height=933]https://i.imgur.com/zvgUpr9.jpg[/img]

They also got me a Nintendo card.  Thanks Secret Santa!