The Official Secret Santa 2007 Sign up

[Panda]

Once again, December is almost upon us, and that means it's about time for our Secret Santa Activity.

For those that are not familiar with this activity, the Secret Santa is pretty much an annonymous gift exchanging activity.
The participants will be assigned someone they will have to make a gift for, but at the same time they do not get to know who they are going to be receiving one from, making it a thrilling activity.
In our case the gifts will be pixel gifts, and only those that previously signed up on this thread will be able to participate.
If all this caught your attention, please keep reading


Some things you should be aware of:

• Those willing to participate in the Secret Santa must post in this thread with a message on the lines of "I sign up".
  Posts with questionable replies will be ignored, so please be clear to avoid confusion
• When signing up, please put a few facts about you, anything you like/dislike, hobbies, etc... to make gift making easier.
• You may only sign up if you know 100% that you will be able to make a gift for your partner.
  If anyone signs up and does not deliver a present by December 23rd, he/she will not only be publicly humiliated, but also will be banned from these forums until I feel like it. I might give a little mercy, but you will need a really good excuse and a lot of luck (and I mean A LOT), so don't count much on it.
  Please think ahead and be responsible and do not let you partner down. Additionally if you don't come up with a gift at all, your participation on next year's Secret Santa will be forbidden.
• If you are Adarias, roobv, DrNoodles, rabidbaboy, xegnma, Sohashu or Noveroth, I forbid you to participate in this activity. 
  Unless you pixel last year's gift as an audition for this year's Secret Santa. You will have until November 30th.

The Sign-up for this activity starts today (November 23rd) and will last until November 30th.
So, if you want to take part on this, don't hesitate and do so before it is too late. 
I will be flexible with timezones, but anyone that signs up too late will be excluded.

When this part is over, you will receive a PM (on December 1st) with the name of the person you are in charge of. 
Then you will have until December 23rd to come up with a gift for your partner. 
As stressed before, if you signed please be responsible and do not let anyone down.
Once you are done with your present, feel free to PM it to me.


So remember:

• November 23rd~November 30th - Secret Santa Sign-up
• December 1st - PM Send-out (You will receive your partner's name)
• December 23rd - Last day to send your gift (Please PM them to Robot Santa)

If you have any questions regarding this activity, feel free to post on this thread of PM me and I will take care of it as soon as I can.


Q&A

What do you mean by "Pixel Gift"?
There is no specific "Gift". Simply pixel something you would like to give your partner. It can be an avatar, an animation, a whole scene, some fan art, etc... whatever, anything goes as long as it is pixelled.

I will be away on December 23rd, Can I still participate in this activity?
You do not have to wait until the last day for submitting your gifts, so as long as you deliver it in time (meaning before or on December 23rd), you are all good to go.
(Actually I would recommend all the participants to send me your gifts as you are done with them)

Can I pixel you something even though you are not my partner?
Sure, feel free to pixel extra gifts for anyone if you have some extra time, but first focus on your actual partner.

I couldnt finish my gift... can I send you a WIP?
Yes, but you must finish it as soon as you can. If I catch you slacking and not finishing it at all, you will be punished.


Wrapping

On the Secret Santa thread, all the gifts will be hyperlinked with one of these wrappers:



If you would like to choose your own, please state so in your posts (refer to them as b5, d3, a2 etc)
Remember that you will be choosing the wrapper for the gift you made, not for the one you will receive.
(In case you don't choose any, a random one will be assigned).


Participants

• AdamAtomic
• Adarias
• AlienQuark
• alkaline
• am_pm
• baccaman21
• BG
• BlackDragon
• BruceJuice
• buloght
• cave
• cerealkiller54
• Cow
• crab2selout.png
• Doppleganger
• Doomcreator0
• Dusty
• dyuaru
• eck
• Ego
• elise
• fawel
• Faktablad
• Feron
• Fizz
• Frankiesmileshow
• flaber
• griffy6
• Hatch
• huZba
• ilkke
• infinity+1
• Jad
• JJ Naas
• Joe
• Jolly
• junkboy
• kendi64
• Khris
• Kren
• l3m0n5
• Larwick
• lollige
• MaDsk8tard
• Malor
• marilii
• MashPotato
• Metaru
• Mil
• Mirre
• miscdude
• MrMister
• Nitram
• Opacus
• Pan
• Panda
• pixelGnome
• ptoing
• Redshrike
• Reo
• Rosse
• Ryumaru
• Sabata
• sharprm
• Sherman Gill
• snake
• SolidIdea
• Souly
• spartan_117
• surt
• .TakaM
• Terley
• tocky
• willfauds
• Xeno-Striker
• Xion
• Zenobia
• Zlajonja

[Sherman Gill]

I SIGN UP!

I like explosions and weird aquatic animals and steampunk things and and um pretty ladies and hive animals like ants and bees, and oh, fancy hats.


 

[infinity+1]

consider me signing up!
i'll keep it simple - i like noise rock (google "aids wolf") ,humanoid robots, and cats

[willfaulds]

i can't believe its been a year!

i'm in and i at the moment i mostly like zelda...

[Rosse]

I know, I havn't posted much on this forum, but: I sign up!

I like Leonardo da Vinci (Polymaths generally), science, stuff that makes sense, old-skool designs... you've got it

[edit]
And please, wrap my gift into b5

[fil_razorback]

It's not granted I'll have time to make one this year so I wont sign up but I'd like to encourage all of you guys to make great gifts. Secret Santa is really a strong event in the pixel year, I remember how happy I was when I discovered my gift last year ^^

Good luck to you all (finding time ) and good luck to Panda for slapping really hard the lazy pixellers

[Larwick]

Hooray!

I'm signing up. 

My victim will recieve a present inside of a box that looks an awful lot like D5.

Nintendo fanboy.
Aparently i try to draw hands and pretty brunette, blue/green eyed ladies alot. I love seeing the results of other people's fantastical imaginations. 
I like cute chunky things... yet also dark, creative stuff too.
I love great colour choices and combinations, so pick somethin' nice!
And yanow i didn't get a present last year so make it especially good mkay. I kid i kid. HAVE FUN.

No wrapping this year?

PS. If you wanna listen to some of my favourite music while making the piece chekit. Khris is smarts.

[Mirre]

Yay! I didn't miss it this year.

Favourite colours: blue and black (thereafter green and purple). I hate pink.
I would be thrilled to get something of my original characters (found here: http://bluedelirium.com/main.html > characters). But if you don't feel like doing any of them, then I also like Zelda (Link, Ezlo and Tingle), Pokémon, fantasy stuff, rain, monkeys and hot guys of course. If you do fanart, then I'd prefer if it was personalized for me somehow :B (you know, not just a random sprite of Link)

[cave]

Signing up!

Likes: Space Channel 5, Klonoa, Bomberman, Tails, pink Yoshi! Anything cute that isn't dark/gritty/angsty is good for me basically. Hot guys. Maybe Andy or Jhun from king of fighters? Clothing is discouraged. Thanks for the idea, Mirre!

[Panda]

Updated with the wrapping thing (thanks Larwick) and with the list of participants.

[MashPotato]

I've mostly just been a lurker here so far, but I'm signing up 

Likes: fairytales & folktales, books (of all sorts, but especially 19th-century), cute things, fashion illustrations, mythical creatures

[Ryumaru]

ill sign up aswelllll.

likes: DEMONS DEMONS DEMONS, basically anything dark and moody. blues and unsaturated purples are complete sex, and omg gbc limitations.

[.TakaM]

sign!

I like platformers, street fighter, rap, nintendo, futurama, and pixelation

edit-
How the hell did I miss metroid!? huge metroid fan

[eck]

i am IN.

i like metal of vaious types (static x, atreyu, and of course, JOB FOR A COWBOY), demons, devils, fantasy creatures of various types, expencive bootleg software, and cannibis.  <3 cannibis.

[Jolly]

In. :p I like cute stuff, emoticons, any game that involves shooting things 

[BG]

Allright, I'm in on this.

I'm a pretty big sega-fanboy, so i'm a sucker to stuff like Sonic, Shining Force, Nights, Streets of rage, Puyo Puyo, Wonderboy/Monster World, Phantasy Star, Jet set radioand similar stuff. Aside from that, I like Vikings (since I'm swedish), ninjas, Sentai/Power Rangers and cute stuff.

[shaheen]

I'd like to sign up!

I like fighting games, beat 'em ups, etc (Street Fighter, Ninja Warriors, King of Fighters, Last Blade). I generally like a lot of music. ( http://www.last.fm/user/potemkhris ). Sentai/Power Rangers shows are awesome.

Low color counts turn me on. Oh, and animation does too.

EDIT: Jad just reminded me of my unnatural love for androids, robots, and cyborgs (oh my!).

[Jad]

SAIN APPU!!!

I like the colour orange, cute things, AWESOME THINGS, robots, cyborgs, mecha, explosions, explosions, lol ANIME designs.

I love Metroid. Especially the Metroids.

And fat pixel simplistic pixel design.

But disregard all of that if you have a great idea because more than anything else I like YOU <3

:3 :3

[Sherman Gill]

I like the colour orange, cute things, AWESOME THINGS, robots, cyborgs, mecha, explosions, explosions, lol ANIME designs.

I love Metroid. Especially the Metroids.

I would proposition you for a romantic relationship if you didn't have a dick!

[ptoing]

Hm, might as well

Hm, I like wacky stuff, nonsense, skeletons (bones in general), insects, and lots of other things.

Oh! I also like surprises

[griffy6]

I am signing up too.

...I like platform characters, tilesets, scrollable backgrounds, monsters...anything I can use in a platform game makes me giggle with excitement.

Apart from that, I like cows, old-fashioned muscle cars, cool avatars, cows, Mario, cows, and the A1 giftwrap.

[Jad]

I like the colour orange, cute things, AWESOME THINGS, robots, cyborgs, mecha, explosions, explosions, lol ANIME designs.

I love Metroid. Especially the Metroids.

I would proposition you for a romantic relationship if you didn't have a dick!

Um, we could have a QUITE platonic relationship with a wee bit of homoromantic overtones? O:

[ndchristie]

I need to do this (I sign up!)

I like plaid, alternative rock, knee-highs, the arab states, and irony.  oh, and anything that is it's own parody.

[ptoing]

Adarias, there's always next year. The activity ban is only for the year after the one that has been neglected.

[Cow]

I'm in.

I like all sorts of things, shmups, videogames in general I guess (old, new, indie), garish/eyeburning colors, umm, I dunno, think of something creative and I'm sure I'll love it.

I like cows, old-fashioned muscle cars, cool avatars, cows, Mario, cows, and the A1 giftwrap.

[MrMister]

I'll sign up. B4

I like playing guitar. The Maxx is my favorite cartoon/comic.
My favorite words: zygote, simplicity, coffee, scrambled, treasure chest.
My favorite movies: Good, Bad, and the Ugly, Raging Bull, Mallrats.
My favorite music: Devin Townsend, Frank Zappa, Larry Graham. Any good funk.
My biggest hobby is making music.

I think that gives you an idea of who I am..

[Malor]

I am sooo IN!!! Lesee... I enjoy long walks on the beach..puppies, and soccer/football if you're not an American Pig-Dog. hmm Music interests... Led Zeppelin, Breaking Benjamin, Tupac, Modest Mouse... anything really. I suppose I have not given much decent subject matter.. but I am a serious sucker for inventive palletes/color ramps/dithering


Oh.. and D4 if you please.

More things I enjoy..:
Steampunk thingies... inventive animals, pretty women, fun animations (definitely NOT required), and I find I really enjoy humor similar to Helm's brand o' funny, if you really wanted to make me happy, you could take a gander at my favorites, and attempt to find similarities in the pieces.. o.0

Malor's fave's...o.0

[l3m0n5]

I definetly sign up,

Likes; Beatboxing, Rapping, Breakdancing, Soccer, basically anything that invovles running around, MMORPGs, and those 5 minute express noodle cup thingies....i love those

Dislikes; Basketball, Not-rapping, Polka Music, Blue Cheese, Cream Cheese, pouring the hot water into the noodle cups only to come back in the kitchen and realize u waited too long and now their mushy and soggy....yep

And B2 gift wrap pleez

[Metaru]

I believe its a good moment to stop lurking arround and be part of pixelation. so I definitively sing up for this.

Anything related to SteamPunk, Robots and SHMUP's works fine for me. and if you add a little 'Blue' touch to it, even better.

[griffy6]

I'm in.

I like all sorts of things, shmups, videogames in general I guess (old, new, indie), garish/eyeburning colors, umm, I dunno, think of something creative and I'm sure I'll love it.

I like cows, old-fashioned muscle cars, cool avatars, cows, Mario, cows, and the A1 giftwrap.

alright!! cows are the greatest ♪

[BlackDragon]

I'm in!
First post lol, came from PixelJoint so some of you may know me
I like: Halo/sci-fi stuff, cars, cartoony/cute stuff, and shiny things  

[Hatch]

Another PJ denizen signing up.

I like portraits; Akira Kurosawa, samurai; artistic noise/chaos; tiny, awkward palettes; cartoons; robots; Apple (flame away); the open source community and general computer geekiness. I don't like anime. 

* I also like old school adventure games, optical illusions, riddles, and puzzles of all kinds.

[AdamAtomic]

I SIGN UP

My favorite things include dinosaurs, space suits, functional/ugly mechanical design, pulp, pugs, constructionist/planar/simplistic designs, ATDI, nintendo, mockups (duh), classic sci-fi/fantasy novels (dune, something wicked this way comes, starship troopers, etc), atypical monster movies (predator, deep rising), and loads of other stuff...

EDIT - I forgot, I want box D4 again!!

[surt]

I sign up.

Likes
Games: Wonderboy/Monster World series, Populous series, X-Com series, Jagged Alliance series, System Shock series, Castle of the Winds, Tyrian, Jets'n'Guns
Lierature: Hard sci-fi, Hard fantasy, Horror, Cyberpunk, The works of H.P. Lovecraft, The works of Clive Barker, The works of William Gibson, The works of Frank Herbert
Mythology: Norse, Briton, Gaelic, Miscelaneous
Music: Tool, Rage Against the Machine, Machinae Supremacy, Radiohead, Portishead, Something for Kate
Stuff: Monsters/Creatures, Gods/Demons/Angels (not the modern, insipid, romantic type), Mecha, Miscellaneous dark themes

Loathes
Stuff: Trash anime, Trash "sci-fi", Gods/Demons/Angels (the modern, insipid, romantic type), Religion, Christmas

If good things come in small packages, that implies that less good things come in less small packages, so I choose wrapping b2.

EDIT: Appeasing the christians.

[SolidIdea]

Sign me in! 

- I like Metal Gear Solid and anything artsy would make me the happiest kid ever

[Nitram]

I sign up

I like bunnies, music, and randomness; basically anything that makes you go "what the fuck haha"

[Pan]

Hey, not very active on Pixelation, but I'm pretty active PJ.  (soda)


I sign up.

I like robots, power rangers, teenage mutant ninja turtles, Waldo, dinosaurs, creative creatures, and a crazy palette.  Simplicity is a pretty cool thing too.   

I HATE manga.  Just throwin' that out there.   

I've never done this before, pretty excited. 

I like c3.

[flaber]

I SIGN UP
I am DOING secret santa
YES

that should be clear enough. hehe
ill update with abit about me later. Just wanted to grab a spot.

[Sherman Gill]

Everyone's back for Christmas!

Hey Flaber.

[spartan_117]

hi guys. my first post on pixelation. ( i think, somehow i remember posting here. maybe its just a hallucination.)

i sign up.

i like anime/manga mythological beasts and just plain horror, and lots of video games, especially final fantasy 10 and 12.
I also like anything to do with japanese culture ( ninja's, temples, etc...), i also like anything to do with the sea.


edit: i choose the a4 wrapper to appear on my gift.

[Xion]

The Xion is a participant.

It likes Nintendo and videogames, Zombies and such. Twisted realities, hyperstylish characters, vibrant colors. Tradition. Celestial bodies. Whatever the mind can fathomably fathom.

[sharprm]

The sharprm shall participate.

The sharprm likes chess, steak and chocolate. The sharprm wants the robot from robocop2 as a pet because he isn't assertive enough right now. The sharprm wishes that vegetables could mutate into intelligent, humaniod creatures who would gang up on vegetarians and tell them they are evil. The sharprm is blissfully ignorant of art history and hates what he calls 'modern art'.
The sharprm also finds using the sniper rifle on ww2 games relaxing.

edit: I like 'Azumi' and 'Battle Royale'.

[tocky]

I sign up!

I like low-tech machines and clockworks, stoic figures, pretty girls, serene landscapes, folklore and secrets and small palletes with bright accents. I like subtlety and understatement. I think dithering is sort of tacky. I like games that are about exploration (so stuff like ico, morrowind, zelda, cave story).

It's probably easier if I link to my pixeljoint favorites. I like that stuff, there.

[lollige]

I sign up!

I like yellow alot! and when im not here, behind my computer, Ill probably be swimming somewhere, or teaching kids how to swim  Oh and I collect pixels Dices  , and I play the Diabolo ALOT 
EDIT:
oh id like to have a package from line D
/EDIT

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Wow this looks alot like a dutch traditional activity..  You might have heard of saint nicolas, the man where santa was based on.. We celebrate his birthday (5 december) and he gives us presents etc. etc., but in every family we draw a card with a name written on it, and we make a suprise for him/her 

[Feron]

i'm in.

likes: mac, metal, drumming, xbox, maths, fight club, anything space-like-rockets.

[surt]

Everyone's back for Christmas!

Hey Flaber.

Blame Larwick for posting in the PJ news.

[spartan_117]

if it werent for larwick, a year would pass before i check out pixelation.

[junkboy]

I'm in.

I like skateboards, tomahawks, palm trees, giant eggs and fruits of various shape and color. Not a big fan of snails.

[Panda]

I'm in aswell.

I like monsters, robots (mechas or the retro kind), red Cadillacs, Vespas, golden age cartoons (looney toons etc), futurama, FLCL, Tekkon Kinkreet (and 4°C studio stuff overall), the pillows, Chocobos and slimes (from FF and DQ), Japanese stuff and Shiba inu.
I'm also a Nintendo fanboi (ask ptoing about it ) but I dislike Princess Peach, and I prefer zero suit Samus over the suited one. Also I'm a big fan of the Zelda series and Boo (the ghost)

[Zenobia]

I sign up!

I really like creative interpretations of a character of mine, Ekyra. She's Goddess of Gravity, she's got dark curly hair with golden decorations, she wears mostly red (and purple) and she is always holding onto a potion bottle called 'phoenix elixir'. Hope that's not too specific. Edit: Meaning, anything that's remotely inspired by her would be fun (phoenix, potion, mythology, rpg mockup, temple etc.).

Edit II: Oh and I'd like to add in that I am a very active lurker and I do pixel daily, so please don't worry about my postcount here.