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The Second Annual CWCki Forums Secret Santa *CLOSED*
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Merry Christmas everyone!
We had an amazing turnout this year with over 40 participants compared to last year's 15. Unfortunately, a couple of you put a lot of time and effort into making a gift and didn't receive one in return. I'd like to apologise for this. I don't think I or Surtur anticipated the amount of interest this year's event would bring and I was ill-prepared. I will personally try to find some way to make it up to you.
In the mean time, I'd just like to say this: you all put a lot of thought and work into your gifts and I really enjoyed exchanging them.
Thank you for participating in this year's Secret Santa! Let's do it again next year!
We had an amazing turnout this year with over 40 participants compared to last year's 15. Unfortunately, a couple of you put a lot of time and effort into making a gift and didn't receive one in return. I'd like to apologise for this. I don't think I or Surtur anticipated the amount of interest this year's event would bring and I was ill-prepared. I will personally try to find some way to make it up to you.
In the mean time, I'd just like to say this: you all put a lot of thought and work into your gifts and I really enjoyed exchanging them.
Thank you for participating in this year's Secret Santa! Let's do it again next year!
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Fibonacci said:
Aye- I had a blast doing my entries... and although it may be past Xmas, if we still need some people to pitch in and do some more late entries, I'd be game to do more.
Also, Dork of Ages- very glad you like the entry. I did want to apologize (I guess) if we were supposed to keep this absolutely secret. Any previous Secret Santas I've been a part of, we'd always announce ourselves at the end. So if I dun fucked up, my bad.
Hm, yeah. Anyway,I did want to share my gift, which I think is absolutely classy. I'm a sucker for old advertising from the late 19th - early 20th century, so this made my day. Thanks, still-secret-Santa-person. Ya rock!
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This year's was amazing and everyone made such awesome gifts! I'm totally going to next years!
Thank you Surtur and Fib for hosting it!
Thank you Surtur and Fib for hosting it!
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Seconded. I not only had finals that week, I also had other gifts to make for friends as well (and still haven't even finished one of them). The extension helped me greatly. Besides, some of the users listed haven't even been on since November.Niachu said:
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I'm suggesting that the deadline be firm for people who get forgotten. That way there is more time for emergency gifts, so people who worked on a gift for another member don't receive an unedited JPG found on the Internet as a consolation.
Glad you guys had fun, but I didn't. It's okay, I'm done talking about this and I won't be participating again.
Glad you guys had fun, but I didn't. It's okay, I'm done talking about this and I won't be participating again.
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To my Santa, you are the greatest. Data is by far my favorite Star Trek: TNG character, and the lovely story you've written made my Christmas. 
I hope there is another chance for this next year. I really enjoyed this project.
I hope there is another chance for this next year. I really enjoyed this project.
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I kind of figured the way emergency gifts worked was that if someone didn't meet the deadline, someone else would be asked to make a backup one just in case. But yeah, I'm not really the one in charge here, so I wouldn't know.milkshark said:
Sorry you didn't have a good experience with this. I understand if you don't want to participate next year.
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Making the deadline firm will just have less people feel it necessary to participate, it'll also cause people to rush their gift out of fear of not completing it in time.
Never mind that Secret Santas IRL usually have the deadline right at December 24th. Really the 10th is more or less just a warning, but it's not mandatory.
Never mind that Secret Santas IRL usually have the deadline right at December 24th. Really the 10th is more or less just a warning, but it's not mandatory.
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I have to agree; a tighter deadline will only force more people to shy away. I believe the deadline for this year, factoring in the warning on the 10th, was neither too much or too little time. I don't believe time was even a factor but rather dependency. Out of this year's start of 44 participants, one was banned, several went MIA and a few failed to commit. But I feel that I did my best to mitigate the damage the best I could.
One of my ideas for next year is to break the list into small groups each with its own dedicated emergency gift volunteer. A drastically smaller pool will allow the volunteer prior knowledge of who his possible emergency assignments may be, allowing the entire event as a period of preparation, instead of the last few days. Another idea is to add a short list of qualifications for participation; for example, basing participation on overall community involvement (posts, mchat posts, thanks) and length of membership to gauge likelihood of dependency. This has already taken effect to some extent.
If anyone has any other suggestions, we could use them.
One of my ideas for next year is to break the list into small groups each with its own dedicated emergency gift volunteer. A drastically smaller pool will allow the volunteer prior knowledge of who his possible emergency assignments may be, allowing the entire event as a period of preparation, instead of the last few days. Another idea is to add a short list of qualifications for participation; for example, basing participation on overall community involvement (posts, mchat posts, thanks) and length of membership to gauge likelihood of dependency. This has already taken effect to some extent.
If anyone has any other suggestions, we could use them.
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Fibonacci said:
I agree with this. A person who has a good amount of posts on a forum is less likely to go MIA at the drop of a hat.
On the subject of the deadline again. While I think the 10th soft deadline is a good idea I think we should also impose a bit of a restriction on it. If the member doesn't PM Fib or Surtur before Dec. 10th that he needs an extention, he will be assumed to be MIA and a replacement gift will be made at that point.
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I think my santa went MIA as I didn't receive a gift! While this makes me sadface and 
I still had loads of fun making my gift and will definitely do this again next year. Good effort guys! 
I still had loads of fun making my gift and will definitely do this again next year. Good effort guys! 
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