Thread 283490544

assignments have now been sent out!
as always, please avoid purchasing gifts for the next few days in case we need to re-assign anyone.

Please reach out if you have not received your assignment email yet or if there is any issue with your assignments!

First for separating handmade and 25$ tiers next year

First for not separating handmade and 25$ tiers next year

>>283490544 (OP)
Homo Santa??

anon from /a/, your taste sucks and you're waifu a shit. Be grateful if you don't get grinched.

>>283490544 (OP)
>that pic
Is one of the homos working as a regular-Santa?

ZS from Greece
You're in good hands with your gift, get ready to be spoiled rotten.
JG from Hong Kong
ADL from South Africa
SM from UK
KM from GA
Since I'm only doing four cards this year I'm going to try to be as creative as possible for all of you. Get excited.

It should be illegal to dress child molesters in Santa outfits.

I got your initials

>getting the same guy for the third time
Anon for the love of god please stop cardmaxxing or at the very least write a better wishlist. Think of all the people who have to send YOU cards.

>That’s a god-tier /a/-core taste list — sentimental, nostalgic, but with a soft spot for cozy, meaningful series and cute designs.
no it is not chatgpt, jeez it is like 3 pages long and contains more than 20 works in it and anon likes every genre out there.

now pick me a single series from that list please.

>>283490613
>>283490624
n..noo..

>>283490689
post the wishlist here

IS IT OK TO SEND A CHOCOLATE TO USA

>sign up for 5 cards and a gift as usual
>most if not all card supplies are sold in packs of five so I either have to buy way more extras or go creative for the last one
I keep doing the same mistakes year after year

>>283490696
It's okay anon I won't snitch but please send my reassignment to a homo

>>283490704
Considering the rules keep on changing every other day, you should just go ask the post office

Even if I wanted to, it wouldn't even fit. Santa please put a limit to that text field next year

>>283490704
chocolate is banned and punished by life in prison here sorry.

>>283490704
Not right now. Food that falls under the FDA is subject to seizure and they essentially choose things at random to just discard. I actually do not recommend sending food to anyone to the us right now nor do I recommend sending them anything with fabric or with kitchenware like a cup or anything like that. Especially do not send aluminum or stainless steel

>>283490727
Pastebin it.

>>283490743
What about keyrings?

>>283490704
Don't do this, I tried this last year and Uncle Sam himself came to my house and gave me testicular torsion. Try sending candy instead of chocolate.

>>283490704
poor usanons... they can't take the chocolate in...

>>283490704
If you feel like filling out a very long form, sure.
I've always wanted to send local food to US anons, but it's just a huge pain.

>>283490727
>Even if I wanted to, it wouldn't even fit

>>283490704
Put some vomit in chocolate, it is apparently a thing in US.

>>283490762
I would not send the actual metal piece that connects to any type of keychain. They'll ask for the smelt details, while they may not detect it if they do the person you're sending it to is going to get sent a bunch of forms on whether it's a Chinese product or Russian product. If the origin is unknown for the recipient then they will automatically charge 200% of whatever you declared Plus they would also get charged a $17 fee from the courier used. I would send any type of keychain without a holder

>better not to do USA this year, too risky
>get Russia
fucking kek let's ball

>>283490743
>I actually do not recommend sending food to anyone to the us right now nor do I recommend sending them anything with fabric or with kitchenware like a cup or anything like that. Especially do not send aluminum or stainless steel
So even a chocolate wrapper can cause you trouble.
This absolutely sucks.

>>283490815
are you kidding me, I bought some metal badges from china to send out with a card and half my anons are from US

>decided to stalk my anon's house
>googled the address
>zillow listing and news articles pop up
>sold for $140,000,000usd

nigga u what are you fucking telling me there is some fucking billionaire participating in this autistic anime handpainting website gift event???
are you fucking kidding me???

Shipping to the US is kind of fucked right now honestly especially with the regular post offices not sending anything.
Things that are exempt or CDs and other informational materials, books, art. Anything else is going to occur your recipient to pay at least $17 in fees minimum

>>283490913
my sides

>>283490935
Too short. MY anon is superior as he gave me 57 works.

I seriously hope you fags are joking about this ChatGPT shit, as well as wishlists with vtubers on them. The fuck happened to this place?

>>283490539
LOGH?

>>283490815
Man, it's a tough time to want to spread some holiday cheer.

6 cards (my one true enemy is procrastination), 3 of them are from whitelist. Does that mean I would also get 6 cards in return? Or just 3?

>>283490995
6

>>283490995
You should in theory get as many cards back as you make

>>283490913
You get all sorts in this event, I have gotten them all: mcmansion, Mexican shack with bullet holes on the wall, farmhouse, gated community up a hill in Cali, immense apartment block. People come from all walks of life to share in anime Christmas magic

>>283490980
its one guy trolling, read the way he types

>>283490980
I ain't reading all that shit. If you got the list I got you would complain as well. Anon wrote a god damn novel

>>283491034
Can you quote the posts for me? I can't tell them apart.

Maybe I shouldn't have done international cards this year...

>>283490993
Yeah a lot of people are going to find that out this winter

>>283491057
Pastebin it, I want to see how long it is

>>283491057
It can't be that long.

>>283490988
That would be fine because I'm actually watching that right now and only have the last season left. But it's something else I had never heard of. I look forward to watching it.

is international card shipping that bad? I normally only do within US

>>283491103
What show?

>>283491103
What is it?

>my anon actually has good taste
Now I can't bully

Now that we are back to the swing of things. I just wanna post this thank you card from ST of TX that I got back in Febuary(?) After the threads died. Im glad the card got to you safe and sound, even though it showed up pretty late. Good luck on your cards this year and your drawings are extremely good.

PD from Germany, can you post your MAL profile, it says to check it on your wishlist but I don't see it.

>>283491105
It wasn't for me last year, US going outbound. Hoping it remains the same despite everything since it's just letters.

>very first series + character on giftee’s short wishlist is from a gacha series
I don’t even know what to say about this. Should I grinch?

Giftee:
MK from Finland
Gonna have fun shopping for you
Cards:
F-chan from CA
MP from Canada
AA from Finland
SV from CA
JS from AR
AP from Italy
M from Philippines
CB from GA
SH from NY
AC from IN

You're all in good hands. Also AC from IN anon, I'll be reaching out to the santas for a couple of questions so you can expect something handmade as well

>>283491139
Yes.

ARP from Spain, I'm a big fan of a lot of the characters on your list, prepare yourself for some extremely mediocre craftwork

>>283491139
We should collectively grinch all vtubers and gacha shit out of this event

I am fairly certain my giftee is a femanon based on the list alone.

>>283491116
>>283491117
I don't want to say because it has to stay a secret. I've already said too much.

>>283491172
What's with your obsession about grinching people

>>283491177
Simp post.

JS from AR
I have you for gifts! you're in good hands
do you have any favorite mobile suits/gundams?
what kits do you already have?

There are some initials in previous thread in case you are looking for yours >>283437460

Why you santas are so bad at this and not link this in initial post.

>>283491177
They could also just be a homo

I'm ready to start tracing artworks from various boorus as substitute for my extremely poor drawing skills.

>>283491172
Agreed. Not sure why they signed up for an /a/ - Anime and Manga Secret Santa and put /vg/ and /vt/ shit instead.

>>283491210
you're not supposed to link to previous threads or it can be considered a general idiot.

>>283491172
Amen.

>>283491177
Make sure that you gift her 4x the bracket levels so she might marry you.

>anon's wishlist is 2 lines
>second line was by accident too because there's a random linebreak mid-sentence
now i feel bad for sending my anon a full-blown encyclopedia of autism

>>283491238
Jannies are obviously allowing this offtopic event to exist so I wouldn't worry about it.

>>283491177
I signed up under a female name because I know my anon is gonna gift at least x1.5 the bracket.

Ended up getting the same anon as last year. Glad their list is decently long.

>>283490913
this is one of the most based things I've ever seen on /a/, that anon is living the dream

>>283491229
I trace doujins covers when possible because they're usually very well drawn and if Anon recognizes the art, that means they're perverted degenerate

>>283490913
What state

>>283491266
so it was you. I'm sending you a wrapped turd

>>283491342
You won't incase it is a real femanon. Now stick to my wishlist and make sure the box is unopened so I can resell it.

>>283491295
>>283491229
It is 2025 grandpa, we draw using chatgpt now.

>>283491342
You might, but you don’t have me as my Santa. The anon that does? I know he’ll overspend.

I'm itching to get started but I guess I can wait a couple days in case of reassignments...

>>283491424
Nice, I might do this for my card.

>>283491446
I want to get started but it's 1 AM and I have work tomorrow

>still no response from Santas to get reassigned
What is taking so LONG

>>283491309
I think that'd dox the anon. There can't be that maybe $140,000,000 million houses around, right?

I signed up for 4 cards and my favorite assignment is the 6600 word essay, I think it's better to write too much than too little. Someone who isn't willing to read your wish list wouldn't put effort into making your card anyway.

I've got my assignments!

BH of CA
You're my gift for this year. I think I can make you something special, though experimental.

PC of Hong Kong
RR of Portugal
MB of Germany
SM of Canada
MP of Canada (Hey, I had you last year!)
AC of IN
AT of Finland
WH of TX
SM of Scotland
BB of MD
You guys are my normal cards, trying out something new this year but you should still all get a card provided nothing changes in the next couple days.

RL of VA
VV of France
TD of Germany
And my whitelists!

Everyone here should be in good hands despite my busy schedule this year, I'll try to have everything ready and shipped out before Black Friday! Excited to be doing this!

>>283491507
No one cares about your busy schedule lil bro, put the cards in the envelope

>>283490913
Maybe it's notch?

>>283491503
That just means your recipient is a retard who couldn’t condense what they like about the series they like into a bite-size form.

NC of CA
Your gift is in good hands. Even if you have the complete and objectively wrong opinion on Madoka girls. I mean seriously. The sant/a/s must be pranking me considering how WRONG you are. Please wait warmly for cheer.

JH of OK
CD of CA
Your cards will be made with care and middling skill. Please be prepared.

To anyone planning to send cards with AI "art", please remember to include your return address so that I can properly thank you.

No one posted my initials so I can assume I got reassigned

>>283491591
If you didn’t want AI art, you should have said so in your sign up application.

>>283491208
I actually don't know anything about mobile suit/gundam. I just put gunpla on my list as short for plastic models in general. I know the term technically refers to gundam models in specific and I'm misusing it here, but I just wanted to convey the general interest. I can send a pic or list of the stuff I have if you really want it, but I'd rather do it over email so I don't derail the thread with people commenting on my backlog stack. I'm not super into the hobby, I just dabble (no painting yet, just building mostly) so don't get super fixated on that part unless you really want to or have a cool idea.

>>283491608
I haven't gotten my initial posted either.

>>283491608
I got you bro, would like your cookies with or without special sauce?

>>283491615
Isn't the general term plamo?

>ywnb paired with millionaire anon
why even live? Imagine getting your chinese cartoon drawing to be displayed in such a fancy mansion

>>283491591
you wouldn't be able to tell it anon, AI is better than average drawfag

>>283491208
Buy him a Baund Doc

>>283491638
Damn, yes you're right. Not sure why I completely forgot that when writing my list.

I will repost from the previous thread.
[Gift]
A denizen of Glie of Spain
I have gotten your wishlist, this is my first time doing this. I will do my best.
One question regarding address, I assume the address marked as "new" is the one I should send to.
It shows up as a real estate agency, I assume that is your workplace and want to confirm that's where you want it sent.

[Card]
G.B of the UK
I will do my best to make a nice card for you, I'll try to get around to reading that manga you recommended.

>>283491424
Flesh bros, how do we even compete?

>>283491691
We don't, we just use AI cards ourselves.

>>283491650
>The illuminati gather around to make fun of the above average photoshop edit of a card I send millionaire anon

You are my giftee VV from France

>>283491717
>anon becomes a topic of discussion for the elites

anon from 4chan
I have you for cards

>still no initials
>still no response from Santas
>reassignments are still being done so none of the current assignments are set in stone
What was the point of another thread?

>>283491770
reassignments are a myth, santa just matches you to himself if you complain too much and steals your gift and you get grinched in return.

>>283489728
Yo yo yo. No changes here. Same on your end? Funnily enough I bought a dehydrator to recreate them. Didn't work out too well. Hopefully I can find some good snacks for ya from my local shops.

>>283491770
how fucking new are you

Cards
MR from Binland:DD
BW from UK
MT from Poland
nice lists, will try my best

GB from GB
Do you only like women? The only thing I know from milky highway is the homoship

I will post initials tomorrow for sure
for real!

Excited to work on cards for:
C from NY
JM from AZ
MS from PA
Y from NY

>>283490544 (OP)
Uh santa, I would like to have a reassignment please >>283491896

>unironically using AI art for this event
If you do, you are the lowest of the low, I daresay even worse than the VTuberfags and gachafags.

>>283491936
Not my problem.

>>283491936
I can’t draw so I’m using AI and tracing

Hey anon from 4chan. Your taste sucks so I won't be posting your initials or send you a gift. Have a nice krismasu!

>>283491924
People should list their favorite characters and not just series.

>>283492040
a nice touristic island right?

I'd rather get anon's hand-drawn scribbles then some generic, soulless image spat out by a machine.
>y-you wouldn't be able to tell
Sure I can, it's not that hard. Also physical media exists.

>>283492071
I will be laminating it so you won't be able to tell if it is hand drawn or printed by PC

Making sure I have my tripcode fixed before I post announcements. Please hold.

>>283492122
Buckle up for useless info

>>283491872
initials spotted

>>283491822
Same place as usual! I think you need a freeze dryer and a vacuum of some kind to make them, so honestly not worth it.

Some of the homos and anons live in really fancy and very big mansions, damn. I wonder what it's like to be rich.

>>283492163
weabs are either rich or destitute
(I'm poor)

>>283492071
>I'd rather get anon's hand-drawn scribbles then some generic, soulless image spat out by a machine.
Wow, nice going anon. Real smooth.

I have like 3 people with umineko listed this year
was there some big resurgence of people reading it or something?

>>283491382
>>283491425
I will get you to touch my pubes

>>283492071
I’d rather get an AI drawing if I’m being honest.

>>283491557
>food analogy

>cut down 1900 words last year to a humble 1100
>see people complain about or desire long wishlists
>no mention of mine
Uh

Second try.

checking if spoilers work
Never used them before and it seems like the norm to post initials/geolocation with them.

Hoping our postal service doesn't go on strike this Christmas again, gas prices are too high nowadays to drive across the country.

>>283492309
Leaf?

>>283492304
ganbare

>>283492318
leaf.

>>283492309
are you on PC?
you can just highlight the text and hit "Ctrl +s"

>>283492342
That’s rough.

>>283492345
thanks, I was typing the code snippets instead and was thinking that there had to be a better way .

Why do 3 of my 5 cards have gacha in their wishlist?

RW from Chile
I got you for gifts, just letting you know I am alive. This should go alright.

KZ from ON-CAN. Got your list, are you ok with unpainted self assembly models? Dumb question, but do you already own anything on your wishlist? (Hoping I don't end up sending a dupe.)

>>283492448
what are they? most stuff has an adaptation at this point

>>283492448
BA has been exploding in comiket and in people's shorts so it's not too unexpected

>>283492475
And every gacha has a shit adaptation. Which means if they’re listing it, they’re doing so because of the game, not the anime.

>>283491615
I'll reach out to the santas to get a list if you could send it

>assigned two card anons I've had in 2022 and 2023
>nice, I can send one of them a card that doesn't get ruined by a wet mailbox this time
>and an anon who sent me nice regional foodstuffs last year
>my country has no nice regional foodstuffs I can send back
This is so upsetting to me. Even if I buy fancy chocolate it'll be a big corporate brand and maybe even originate in anon's country anyway. Wah.

>>283492611
you mean like food thats actually good? I figure most regions must have something oddly specific they make right?

>>283492531
>And every gacha has a shit adaptation.
Last Period was good.

my anon doesn't even read or watch anime anymore

>>283492611
You could attempt to make something yourself, vacuum seal it, and ship it off - assuming you and their customs accepts stuff like that. You've got two months to test how good vacuum seals or canning is, so just make something, seal it, let it sit for 10 days, and check if it's a biohazard or food afterwards.

>>283492448
it's fun and it has an anime adaptation, you can call my taste shit but I won't be bullied out of including stuff I like in my wishlist

>>283492611
>captcha
Should've done homocards, its a sign anon

>>283492686
read manga* I'm retarded

>>283492706
I wish I was matched with you, BAnon

>>283492611
Pic related?

Alright well whatever if this one doesn't work, Initiated can verify it's me. I have an announcement to make.

Due to repeated issues and constant bullshit that no one here seems to like any more than I do, Toronto, and the surrounding province of Ontario, are banned. Those who are already whitelisted may apply for still. No new applicants will be accepted from that region in the following years.

>>283492754
Holy shit please be real

>>283492754
>Due to repeated issues and constant bullshit that no one here seems to like any more than I do, Toronto, and the surrounding province of Ontario, are banned.
I vaguely remember something happening a few years ago in TORONTO but I don't remember what it was. Also the guy who sent someone jak's but I don't know if that was related.

>>283492754
>The day of the rake has finally arrived

>>283492788
fact checked: true

>>283492754
>matches are amazing
>canadians get btfo
Maybe I'll start believing in god.

>>283492754
That’s too bad for the like 3 anons in there.

I'm glad that I got a dude whose wishlist is all anime and manga. In Johannesburg though, but I was prepared to pay a little bit for shipping.

>>283492754
Why did this take so long? This has been a problem for over a decade now.

>>283492740
maybe next year, I plan to increase the number of cards if I manage to make them on time and not disappoint my anons. Last year I received way better cards than the ones I made so I need to up my game

>>283492754
What happened in Ontario for this level of nuclear energy?

>>283492754
>repeated issues and constant bullshit
I don't remember anything happening last year though?

>>283492853
keep it up, anon

>>283492867
Probably the shit from last year with the jaks or the TORONTO fiasco.

>asked for a reassignment
>my entire city and province got banned
Uh

>>283492754
Wait, just for homocards or for all SS event

>>283492754
I thought the Canadian post office wasn't on strike this year?

Any model recommendations for generating art locally for this event?

>>283492882
>Probably the shit from last year with the jaks
Post it

>>283492754
>was hoping to join another year once I've finally moved out and was living on my own
>forever banned because the city next door is full of retards

>>283492893
Your fault.

>>283492882
I'm not aware of what happened, jaks as in ejaculate material? not sure what happend about toronto though, if anyone could inform me about it

>>283492914
The Santas should have just banned Toronto instead of all of Ontario. Also, waiting until after sending out assignments to do this is retarded.

>>283492754
don't even know what happened recently but it's still great news

Now that leafs are out who is gonna bother the mods at IRC to rangeban the bots and/or jeets that obviously spam the threads lately?

>>283492686
Maybe he likes visual novels

>>283492911
>>283492931
Don’t have it, check the archive.

The Toronto thing from way back is the Toronto anons had a Christmas party where one of them opened his /ss/ gifts and made an autistic post about it. His recipient saw it, wished him well, and that’s about it. It became a big deal because every anon reading the post thought it was done in spite.

>>283492754
finally
secret s/a/nta is healing.

>>283492754
Day of the rake soon

>>283492915
I didn't know
No one told me

My Canada char anon is super chill what the fuck happened to everyone else?

Would like to know, since santafaggot posted it, if this applies to just homocards or the entire /ss/ event. Since Assignments for Ontario already got handed out, is this a retroactive ban (everyone in Ontario gets grinched), or a future ban?
Would like more clarification on this.

>>283491678
oh, you got THAT anon as your first. my condolences

>>283492962
The way it was worded I thought someone mailed a deadly substance to another anon. Toronto has only gotten worse over the years overall, not just in relation to these fun /ss/ events.

>>283492754
Based, entire canada next

>>283493051
Given that assignments aren’t set in stone yet, probably going into effect now.

>>283491424
Kill yourself holy shit. If I get AI in any of my cards, this will be the last year I ever do secret sant/a/

>>283492914
Just move far far away.

>>283493028
I had a mental breakdown a few years ago and tried to drop a colony on my assignment's house, even though they didn't put any colonies on their wishlist. Thankfully I was able to appeal it because they did technically say "anything anime-related" in their wishlist but evidently the organizers did not want to risk any repeats of that incident
Also
>apparently I was too chill for anon to respond back
>just not worth sitting down for six hours and write me another essay
Now I get why Reccoa defected to the Titans

>>283493095
Toronto is and always has been a shit heap. /ss/ has gotten worse too, no fault of the Santas but because of a lot of newer participants who fail to do the bare minimum of lurking or understanding how to buy gifts or mail packages or like the people in this thread joking about using AI to draw their cards because they’re lazy.

>>283493051
Future. If you got in this year, you're still in.
I'm the guy who picked up the main event back in 2014, not affiliated with Homocards. Initiated just does most of the work now outside matching.

>>283493133
how can you tell if you didn't get one already?

>>283493168
What about this anon >>283492914
I feel so bad

>>283493065
what do you mean

>>283493168
So what do you and SantaLoli even do?

>>283493144
Holy shit this actually made my day this is hilarious

>>283493202
Stay safe and have fun

>>283493202
Get drunk and make sweet love

Unpopular opinion, but I thought the jak autist was kind of funny. Not funny for the anons assigned to him though, so I guess it's deserved.

>>283493218
It was probably the second worst moment of my life but I'm glad that got a chuckle out of you, anon. Had a big NASA internship lined up and all I had to do was NOT that, now I'm on their no-fly list and can probably never go to space again.

>>283493202
ss mascot

>>283493168
Thank you for the clarification.
Had already started on work and ordering so I was pretty surprised to hear the news.

>>283493168
Do you think you'd have more pull with the mods concerning the threads being permanently raided by this point or is anyone good to bring this up?

>>283490727
>even if i wanted to, it wouldnt fit
Thats what he said

>hot cocoa variety pack for cards
or
>amaretto flavored fancy hot cocoa for cards

>>283493311
We were warned anon, nevar forget
"Santa I'm about to go off the rails. Don't blame me for what happens next."
I still laugh thinking about it to this day

I forgot to put solo leveling on my wishlist

Can I dare to send cocoa to the US?

>>283493256
Could you explain or post the archive thread # with the history behind this, mega curious to hear what heinous shit happened to get half a country banned

>>283493373
Found it >>274115416

>>283493369
It's actually on the fda confiscation list so I wouldn't especially if it's from Mexico

"Can someone recite the post number and exact time and date of the post, my mom won't let me go on desuarchive"
How fucking lazy can you possibly get

>>283493408
Thank you.

>>283493408
Also the retard that posted his gifts 10 days before Christmas >>274117936

>>283491591
>>283491936
>>283493133
Get fucked, it is just a tool.

>>283493185
Asking for reassignments isn't the issue. The issue is unreasonably high grinch rates, retarded ban evaders, and every other year having some sort of controversy like a meetup that someone posted here.

>>283493202
I handle all the matching and assigning, along with reassignments/error corrections. Initiated does everything else. Santaloli personally kisses every single email we send out.

>>283493425
I did, I just didn't find any posts that were THAT horrible enough to get 50% of Canada's population banned (we do not count Qu*bec), so I wanted to get a confirmation

>>283493373
>>283493425
These are the types of people participating this year.

>>283493475
>meetup
I thought you guys said delivering gifts (and anything that happens as a result) was okay.

>>283493480
anon it's only new participants. whitelisted people there are still able to participate

>>283493475
What's the grinch rate of a Toronto fag vs the regular /ss/ participant.

>>283493480
tbf leaves are always a major pain in the ass, I wouldn't blame santas for banning them

>>283493475
That sounds like you just do everything then. Initiated makes and posts in the threads, that’s it?

>>283493518
why would anyone think that is ok to do without asking. jeez I am glad santa is banning all you fags

>>283493475
Ok well sorry for asking for a reassignment last-minute
>having some sort of controversy like a meetup that someone posted here
Honestly I'd prefer something like that happening in my vicinity compared to someone showing up at 3am on my doorstep
>/toy/'s secret santa no longer does matchups within Canada because every year different leafs kept grinching, and the others just have to ship to the US now

>>283493408
Reminder that this is the crowd of what became of the original 25 Days of Autism. All complete with its own discord.

>>283493418
At least they didn't put anime on that list yet.

>>283491295
Cute Mami.

>>283493494
"Can someone please draw the post from memory and mail or fax it to me, but it's my dad's fax machine so please don't put in any nono words"
The utter fucking NERV of some people

>>283493552
>/toy/'s secret santa no longer does matchups within Canada because every year different leafs kept grinching
>Now /a/'s secret santa is banning them
I thought Canadians were nice

How do we send the tracking # once we ship it out? Back to the /ss/ email?

>>283493574
I’m gonna assume you mean the leafs, most of which are still part of the 25 days stream. They still have their own Discord, it was available to join on the 25 days cytube page for like 2 years.

>>283493475
>high grinch rates
Jeez I wonder why that is. Maybe you guys should add a skin color check

>>283493608
Send it to the /ss/ email and tell them who it's for.

>>283493608
Yes

What's the point of banning an entire region instead of the bad apples? With how few new participants there are every year, it sounds like the entire thing should just be whitelist only with new participants only able to send cards at first. That would at least show commitment to participating.

>>283493607
I don't know, it was specifically different anons too, the organizer was just as confused as I was
The only thing I get warned about is writing another worried essay for my wishlist but other than that we're good

>>283493189
Just lock your door anon if you are putting your address in the mail.

>>283493607
Canadians yes. Only 80% of people from toronto have citizenship, and a lot of the ones that do arn't the leafs people associate with being nice.

>>283493651

>>283493475
>unreasonably high grinch rates
>retarded ban evaders

>>283493280
Well the first worst moment of your life will be when I finally send out my 30page MLA typed essay

>>283493466
No one says you have to wait until Christmas to post them. What a retarded complaint. People have busy lives.

>>283493651
But the guy could always use a different po box.

>>283493658
What's anon gonna do to him all the way from Spain

>>283493651
>What's the point of banning an entire region instead of the bad apples?
anon read. it only applies to new signups and not whitelisted anons.

>>283493681
Newfag

>>283493694
Which prevents anons like >>283492914 from signing up despite not having done anything.

>>283493716
Stuff like that happens, retards fuck things up for everyone else.

>>283493704
If I have shit to do on Christmas, I’m posting it beforehand. Not my problem dude.

>>283493726
That's my point. There are more stringent ways to deal with these issues instead of just blanket banning an entire region because of a few bad apples. Ban PO boxes there, require card entries to whitelist just to participate in gifts the original tiers, etc.

>>283493690
>he doesn't know about adog
Anon, you don't want to know. He is the reason I am using a PO box. If you are in Europe, you should have used one in case you are matched to him.

>>283493757
santas don't own anything to those chuds

>>283493678
>Well the first worst moment of your life will be when I finally send out my 30page typed essay
Joke's on you I'm into that shit-
>MLA
>in-text citations instead of comfy footnotes
>in-text citations specifically because it's too expensive to publish footnotes in scholarly journals
>have to deal with shit like "oh I really liked the Gundam Epyon's debut (Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Masashi Ikeda, Katsuyuki Sumizawa, et al, episode 34, 14:07:03) and seeing it go wild" with a big jarring citation mid-sentence
Repent. Repent immediately.

>>283493788
...the potential new participants, you mean?

>>283493757
Well, seems like it's been a problem for the past countless years, so evidently the santas have tried to deal with it without banning an entire region, but it didn't work out.

>>283493767
If there is legitimately something to be concerned about I need more information.

I've been around a while but now I'm forgetting, has the cancerous /ss/ meetup happened every year since the first one? Did the jak guy send (multiple people?) pagpag and no actual gifts?

>>283493815
Toronto specifically has been a problem forever, though way overblown because everyone involved was autistic. They should have made efforts to nip it in the bud then, instead of waiting until this year before saying they want to ban the entire region.

>>283493767
I mean, nothing about them seems to indicate that he's a bad apple, and no that's not meant to be a Touhou reference

>>283493842
What is pagpag

>>283493408
Here's the actual card.

>>274815645

>>283493862
literally just look it up

>>283493767
nta but what the hell happened?

>>283493862
Google it, it's disgusting

>>283493829
If you are >>283491678 then just don't put your address as return address and you will be fine

If you are matched to him... well he got your address already so it is too late.

>>283493870
>they told me it was a png
Funny

>>283493895
Instead of being obtuse, why don't you just explain what happens you retarded faggot.

>>283493873
>>283493889
>Pagpag is the Tagalog term for leftover food from restaurants (usually from fast food restaurants) that is salvaged from garbage sites and dumps.
>Pagpag food can also be expired frozen meat, fish, or vegetables discarded by supermarkets and scavenged in garbage trucks where this expired food is collected.
What the fuck

Well this is fun! Post unspoiled sorry! I don’t know how I’ll manage this year if I’m honest but hopefully well enough!

SM from Scotland
Hello again! I enjoyed writing to you last time and I hope this time I can send you good gifts!

Cards:
BB from UK Your list is long but I’ll try my best, I can agree on liking manga with tits and ass, it does help.
AA from Finland Your list was short and sweet, thank you! I’ll try my best.
NC from USA You’ve listed a few shows/manga I wanted to start so I shall try to get round to them. Tojima wants to be a Kamen rider especially!
JJ from USA Short but sweet list again but to the point and good picks!
WG from Poland Your getting Aikatsu I’m sorry, I can’t draw robots at all. I will contact my friend who loves Gundam and Char for tips.

HOMO CARDS
BR from USA I love your list! Who is your favourite Clamp man?
AP from Romania Your list is long but so many good series! I’ll work hard!
TM from USA The kawoshin love is appreciated greatly!
do any of you play Lads yes or no, if you do please tell me who you like most

Imagine not wanting to hang out with other anons

>>283493927
>Lads

Oh my god, do you faggots ever talk about ANIME AND MANGA on the /a/ board? Why do you keep bringing /v/ and /vg/ and /vt/ into this event?

>>283493932
Too autistic. There’s a reason only Toronto has managed meetups

>>283493798
>Switch to apa
>writing an abstract
>Write cover page
Citations and footnotes will add an additional 30pages.

>>283493917
That other anon is exaggerating. Don't worry too much about it, it's not that bad as long as you like surprises and don't mind some stalking.

I think I know exactly what to gift you ADL of South Africa. I'll start working on it right away.
Wishing you a warm holiday season

>>283493950
You leave that anon alone right now.

>>283493728
No, Anon, you take your photos and write your message before hand, and you wait until Christmas day to put them in a comment field and hit submit. It takes no more effort or time for no one to know.

Are we being raided by a Discord group or something?

>>283494044
It's one guy and probably some excitable newfags following his example.

>>283494032
It's not even Japanese. It's a Chinese game that doesn't have any connection to anime or manga or /a/ for that matter. It's not even tangentially related. You are being ridiculous if you think that's something worth discussing in the /ss/ thread instead of over email, if at all.

>you will never eat sanjeev k/a/poor's delicious pagpag, kindly brought to your home
why even participate

>>283494043
And what if I can’t use a computer or phone on Christmas?

>>283493466
First off, that guy wasn't Canadian. Secondly, I was his santa. Ideally you wait til Christmas but the lad was happy which is the whole point of this thing. No skin off of my bones and no reason to continue shitposting.

>>283494075
I was really hopeful I could meet an anon to be friends with through /ss/ but I think that dream has been dashed with this recent anti-meetup sentiment

>>283494075
Why would a guy named Sanjeev make Tagalog food?

>>283494079
Are you planning on being held hostage or becoming the Unibomber this Christmas?

>>283493950
I don’t see where in my post I asked you anon, let me ask in peace and I quite literally posted about anime/manga this entire post aside a silly spoilered aside at the end. Media crossover is inevitable and blurred lines are ever growing. Its predecessor had an anime, it will most likely have one as well. You whingey fuckers are really starting to piss me off, I had this last year when I drew a vtuber and multiple anons shat the bed. The anon who I sent it to sent a lovely care package back and thanked me. At the end of the day Im going to draw whatever anon requested on their list in crayons and markers and send it to them to hopefully enjoy. merry kurismasu

>>283494131
Are you going to give a real answer or just be a faggot?

I'm not even a canadian/torontofag but there is LITERALLY nothing wrong with an in person /a/ meetup. If you don't want this you're a loser. I wish I could have went.

>>283494149
>Media crossover
Please show me where LADS has anything to do with /a/.

>>283494162
Well, no more of that now.

>>283493971
>63 pages of autism
Great, I can put on every Gundam OP and ED in the background as I read it, and then once Here Comes Char starts playing on loop, that's when I'll start jumping around in my room doing Char impressions in between making gorilla or tarzan noises
Forget about getting blacklisted from secret santa, I'm getting blacklisted from my building

>>283494001
The post you're replying to was someone else.
I really hope this is just a joke.

>>283494186
>no more
I don't think you read Santa's message properly, it's just no new applicants, meaning the chances of someone getting matched up with a grinch/troll from Canada is far higher now.

>>283494119
>>283494162
Nothing stops you from trying to reach out to your individual anons despite a public but non-universal sentiment

>>283494220
I don’t think you read the conversation you’re replying to, at all. The Santas expressed dislike of meetups, so they’re probably not happening anywhere, not just Canada. Don’t be delivering your gift at 3 AM lest you draw their ire.

>>283494162
Same. Only no fun allowed fags or very old anons would refuse, a meetup with other /a/utists sounds hilarious. if an anon invited me I wouldn't hesitate

>>283494171
Nta but the jp voice actors are famous seiyuus. You literally have Tengen, Tomoe from Kamisama kiss, Ginoza among them.
And you're honestly a faggot for picking on that specific anon who brings nothing short of incredible joy every fucking year.

>>283494236
How the fuck is a 2-foot tall SantaLoli going to physically stop anyone from meeting another anon irl

>>283494261
If you're going to talk about video games (including gacha), vtubers, or any similar nonsense that isn't remotely related to /a/, I don't give a shit.
>voice actors
What a fucking reach, they do stage plays and real life commercials, I don't see anons asking for products they starred in the CM for and saying "i-i-it's /a/ because of the seiyuu!". Fuck off already you bitch.

>>283494261
By this logic I could talk about Diablo 3 because Steve Blum is in it.

>>283493971
>>283494204
Gallant Char my bad.
I actually have never listened to Here Comes Char

>>283494275
She's small but feisty

>>283494261
Kill yourself. What kind of a stupid ass post is this

>Toronto banned
>spergout in thread
hmmm

>>283494317
>only Toronto dislikes non-/a/ stuff in the /a/ Secret Santa
Was Toronto right all along?

>>283494301
>If you're going to talk about video games (including gacha), vtubers, or any similar nonsense that isn't remotely related to /a/, I don't give a shit.
>I don't give a shit
THEN WHY ARE YOU STILL BITCHING ABOUT IT, YOU FAGGOT?

>>283494317
4chan has a shitload of Canadians

>>283494347
I don't give a shit about your opinion, retard. If you put that on your wishlist, expect no effort or grinching. I'm not enabling it in the threads either. This is what leads to boards becoming more like /v/, i.e. shitholes where anything goes.

>>283494351
Seriously doubt that, back when statistics were available years and years ago, the entirety of Canada made up less than 5% of the userbase of the site

I hope I get that anon who fills the entire card with hand written text and does those goofy ass drawings

>"hooray yippie I am so happy to make cards, I like all your wishlists and tastes"
>"I'm also asking on a hunch for additional content and effort to make on my part if it's relevant, do you also like this unrelated thing but no biggie if you don't"
>an innocent person proceeds to get murdered for no reason
This is what it must have felt like to watch Jesus get crucified

>>283494410
That's cool anon, by the way, do you like Houshou Marine and Pekora?

>>283493950
there's always been homoanons with vidya husbandos
no big deal since they're good at keeping the rest of their lists /a/ related though
way better than some main /ss/ wishlists I've been assigned before where at least half was gachashit

>>283494410
>unrelated
Okay so why didn’t they ask privately instead of in a thread of people

>>283494383
Seriously doubt that, when they showed posting stats it was leafs that were disproportionately on here.

>>283494433
No, I have mommy issues like a normal fucking person

The anti-meetup thread has always been here and I'm all for it, you can do whatever you want but don't post about it. The fact that the only ones that televised that shit were the canadians plays a part, others have met up but didn't sperg about it so nobody had an issue with it.

>>283494454
I didn't ask for your blog.

I secretly wish there were more anons like torontofags participating. We don't have to be 100% serious with every card

>>283494451
What posting stats

>>283494301
shitting the bed this much about a silly aside is very impressive and showing how much of a whiney bitch you are.

>Wishlist:
>Anyone really
I'll spare (and spoil) you for Miyako's sake.

>>283494481
You liked the card with jaks? You're the cancer.

>>283494510
It was funny and I'm not gonna pretend it wasn't just to fit in.

>>283494495
>I have no argument so I'll resort to namecalling
I accept your concession.

>>283494433
I personally prefer advent and justice

>>283494459
If you look at the thread of the original Canada meetup, it was other people sperging out because anons met up. It was bound to happen since it was the first one and got an entire autistic post written about it.

>>283491560
I'm sorry anon, I just can't believe anyone likes her. Cheers to you also!

>>283494479
>asks a question
>"no don't answer it like that"
>>283494448
I don't know, I don't fucking work here, it's probably much faster to just post in the thread than to have the organizers middleman emails

Post my initials already, I'm no longer asking

>>283494532
We don't need more of that.

UHHHOOHHH!! SEEEEX

>>283494558
Oh shit I picked up Symphogear recently, for anyone who mentions Symphogear, I'll draw the largest breasts I can muster

Vidya is the most lax I'd get on wishlists. Gatcha and VT should be ruled out. Most of the "outrage" is the resident bot spamming and some anon with an unhealth crush on the poster of the original (objectively low quality) post that spurred it.

>>283494612
I had a very brief mention of touhou on my wishlist and a very brief mention of Venti from Genshin impact on my homocard wishlist.

Cry about it faggot.

I think someone mentioned Chun Li or some vidya girl as their waifu, and I get not wanting to claim a second /a/ waifu and commit adultery, but that's about the extent that I'm willing to accept. Or at the very least have the off-topic shit at the very bottom for me to glance at if I feel merciful

>>283494575
You're being overly mature.

>>283494612
Gacha is more closely related to /a/ than vidya is. The former at least often has anime adaptations. Video games outright are just lazy anons who don’t care enough about anime or manga and ask for that instead. Vtubers, I don’t even begin to understand how that’s remotely accepted here or how wish lists with them slipped through.

My match has a mexican name living in the middle of fucking Texas.
He doesn't know that I'm going to spoil him so muCh becAuse i'm going to japan next week, expect pLentifuL Items that Conform to your tastEs.

>>283494558
I'm not posting initials, that way my anon will be surprised when my card arrives

>>283494654
Touhou is at least tangentially /a/. Genshin isn't, at all.

>>283494666
Is there a reason you needed to specify his name being Mexican

Haha I put vtubers on my list exactly 4 years ago and wasn't bullied for it thankfully

I'm proud to announce that I learned from my mistakes last year and will not be putting glitter on my cards this year.

Apologies to those who got them last year.

>Why did you put glitter on cards you fucking retard?
I wanted them to be pretty.

>>283494710
>he never got matched with Mexico Miguel

LI of CO I've got you covered for gifts.
Just checking, any character preferences for the series you listed outside of the obvious one?

>>283494657
I can accept vidya near the end of a gift wishlist along with things about yourself and maybe 2hu. Gatcha and VT are dogmatically non-/a/ and will always remain so, arguments in favor of gatcha are pure sophistry.

>>283490544 (OP)
so you guys have gift exchanges?! is it too late to sing up?

>>283494757
I can get your mom something but that's about it

I hope that adding vtubers each year I slowly break down the stigma. There is nothing wrong with cute girls. They get anime cameos and sing anime OPs too

>forgot to put in Uma Musume, I'm enjoying Cinderella Gray
Does it even count, I don't know anymore

>>283494789
Kill yourself.

>>283494757
almost a full year too early to sign up

>>283494552
hit the nail on the head, I didn’t want to bother homosanta with 3 middleman emails, why I spoiled it. my fault there for being ignorant to the fact people are nosy.

>>283494789
Why would I want an anon who puts vtubers on his wishlist to participate when I’m using a female name? I need my Santa to spend as much money on me, not e-whores.

>>283494804
See, I get it anon, I hope everything works out

I'm going to be honest, i think the anti video games shit was always autistic as fuck. As long as the entire list isn't vidya related i think it's fine. A line or two about something non /a/ related is fine, even if i personally despise gacha and vtumors myself and want to harm the people who consume that crap.

XAM of CA

C Pack of VA

EM of UT

Don't Worry boys it will be merry merry Christmas for you all

The non-/a/ whinery hits different ever since our resident troll accidentally exposed himself and thought that MonMusu refered to some shitty Steam game that popped up as the first result on Google.

>>283494838
Why? You could just sign up for a /v/ and /vt/ Secret Santa if you want that.

>>283493927
BR here. Honestly, it's hard for me to pick one, I think they're all great so you rlly can't go wrong but if you need some names: Touya, Syaoran, Watanakui, Subaru, they're all very sweet/cool bois. You can even go with your favorite too. Ty!

I do not play Lads.

>these cryptic dog warnings
>this entire thread
Now you've done it. This year is the first time since I signed up for the very first time to make me paranoid.

>>283494794
The original anime technically did come out before the game so Uma is safe.

We should all relax and post initials

>>283494915
Ok, well time to email the organizers to add "please show up as Oguri Cap at 3am and stomp my head to death"

>>283494942
>emailing the organizers to ask for a meetup
You live life on the edge huh.

>>283494967
Don't you worry, the only meeting involved is that of my head and the nearest curb

I admit, I met up with someone from /ss/ once (after), talked to some others more after the respective years were over. I think the issue taken with things like the Toronto meetup are that it's not supposed to be a big flashy thing outside of the threads. You send a gift and card, person acknowledges it, posts it in the thread and says thank you, you make somebody happy, everybody's happy together. Am I making sense? Do I sound like a hypocrite? Someone put it into words for me (to clarify, I'm for meeting with your santas individually, the group meetup is cancer.)

>>283494895
wonderful picks! You have great taste anon, Im excited to work on your card!

thank you for confirming, I can fall back on other inclusions to send

One of my anons said cobson was his favorite "jak" at the end of his wishlist. He said he was a "gem" whatever that's supposed to mean.

>>283495055
>posts the most milquetoast opinion imaginable
>Am I making sense?

>>283495075
I don't understand any of this verbiage.

>>283494546
It's very simple. By being more right than you are <3.
With that being said, do you have an MFC or list of what you've got you can forward to the santas? Always worried about buying anons something they've already got when they mention they own a lot of merch.
Madoka loremen, didn't someone write a 800 page essay of why they (incorrectly) think Homura did nothing wrong? I may have to write a response this year.

>>283494585
>Chris wasn't a flatty
I was both shocked, disappointed, and disgusted after watching it for my anon. What a fucking miss.

>>283495149
Ok weird, I picked up the show partly for Maria's milkers but Chris definitely gave me flatty vibes as well, I don't know why she gives that impression. Is it because she was bratty?

>>283494893
A /v/ or /vt/ secret santa would end up having several cases of international terrorism, stalking, rapes and all sorts of other nasty shit. And there's a difference between me being fine with a throwaway line or two related to non /a/ topics and wanting a secret santa on a whole different board.

>>283491615
>>283492581

thanks got your message from the santas, might get you something alongside your main gift (do you have nippers already?)

>>283495190
Sounds like people who like /v/ and /vt/ shit are generally bad people and should have their wishlists ignored.

Why santas are being a faggot about all this and post about the ban this year instead of next year?

>>283495189
Angry, over-aggressive side character to contrast with the the main girls? I don't know fully myself, but I am glad that I'm not alone in understanding that the character designers were wrong here.

>>283494540
What year was it? I can't find the actual thread with the meetup just threads with people complaining about it.

>>283495190
>/vt/ secret santa
>people put anime in their wishlists

>>283495284
The ban goes into effect next year, not this year, retard-jun. Better question is why didn't they do this when the first Toronto meetup happened?

BB of MN I'll be your gift s/a/nta this year. That's a damn good wishlist, anon.

MS of PA
AM of FL
CG of NY
I've got you all for cards. I'll save the banter for the cards themselves but you're all in good hands. I've already got ideas brewin'

>>283495285
Yeah, that's probably it. I mean, I definitely don't mind that she's bouncy, but it did come across as a surprise

>>283495305
That is my point. They should have announced it the next year. Instead they are just derailing this thread unnecessarily

There is a high chance they will undo this ban anyway

>>283495338
>undo this ban
You are delusional beyond all belief.

Homodachis
MK of AB
AP of Romania
CC of ON
I am working on your cards and looking for other little trinkets to give X-mas cheer.

>>283495351
screenshot my post fag. santas are just trying to cause a shitstorm which is fueling those trolls harder

kek this guy got banned didn't he.

>>283494869
aye, thanks pimp juice. Lum a cute!

>>283495380
Why would they want to fuel the trolls?

Damn, AI really got better huh. No wonder draw fags are fuming hard

>>283495123
>
With that being said, do you have an MFC or list of what you've got you can forward to the santas? Always worried about buying anons something they've already got when they mention they own a lot of merch.

Unfortunately no, but I can work on it. If I don't send it to you before this Friday don't wait for it. I know it is a risk but don't worry too much about it, not getting mad if I get dups, I'll treasure it all the same <3

>>283495416
I'll give it a try for cards, worst comes to worst, trace over whatever it spits out.

>no initials so far
it's over for me right? what if anon hated my wishlist? he is probably disgusted now
i'm sorry for my shit taste anon please forgive me

>>283494728
What's wrong with glitter

Alrighty. What anime are you going to watch for your anon? Anything to read?
Looks like I have to watch some show about zombie idols. Except sometimes they aren't zombies? Can't be less ethical than irl idol companies.

>>283495396
They can't help themselves. Their 'power' is going to their heads and they think they are punishing or scaring those trolls but they are actually playing into the trolls' hands.

>>283495479
Schizopost.

MC of Baguette
Should I ask the santas for an MFC page or are you low enough on merch that anything goes?

Handmade fags, what are we planning on making this year? Any fumos? Any high tech tomodachis? Any horrifying kigurumi masks? (pls dont)

>>283495455
I'm watching Strike witches
this year because I have like 3 people who listed it
is this yuri?

Once again in awe at how much better the homochads' lists are than the waifuists. But I love you all.

>Urara Meirochou from K-On? Who the hell's that? Was she like one Sawako's background friends or something?
Sorry anon, your Santa this year might be a retard.

>>283495557
If anon sent me a kigurumi mask I would proceed to make several bad decisions shortly thereafter.

>>283495593
Sounds like bait.

>>283495619
A-anon??
>capcha: KHVNS

>>283490630
\o/

>>283491507
Merry Christmas

CC from ON/CA, got your wishlist. Very detailed, I feel kinda bad for not making mine more descriptive. Any preferences regarding figure/model kits/gunpla?

MK from AB/CA, gonna watch some of your shows and try my best at handicraft.

You'll niggas that wrote Korean and chinkshit are getting a stern reprimand.

>>283495455
I should probably go finish the later seasons of the SZS anime since anon's list was a good reminder that I still have more of it to watch, but I've seen enough to work with.
Might watch or read at least a little bit of Ascendance of a Bookworm too since that's the only thing on the list I haven't seen any of and anon seems to have good taste.

>>283495838
Surely no one did that.

>>283495422
All good, homie. Don't go out of your way for it. Best of luck with your kurisumas ventures.

>>283495889
I got 3-4 that did, but not exclusively. I'll josh them a little bit, but I will not unleash my rage.

Z from WV
Potato Kino or nu/LN Kino?

> 1,766 words 10,101 characters
Based Limey autist.

>>283495826
>cut things down to 1k words from 2k
>realize I forgot to put in things like Uma Musume, and that I already have a Crossframe Girl GaoGaiGar
>little to no explanation on why I like those things
Uhhh what do you mean by preferences? On one hand the stuff in "things I want" are things I'd definitely want, but might also receive from elsewhere if I'm lucky/unlucky, the SDCSes I've never seen in stock for a sane price. I listed everything that I own to the best of my knowledge, so unless I get gifted a Zeta Gundam from like five people, I think we should be good. I also tried not to put down anything more expensive like an RG Sazabi, but I also don't know what prices and stock are like in other places. If there's also something I didn't list but you think I would really really like, or it's from a show you'd highly recommend, I'd be morally obligated to pick it up at some point. Also absolutely worst-case if you get me some army-builder stuff, I won't be overjoyed because they're not high-priority favourites, but I'd still be grateful for getting something neat that I would never have bought for myself. Like, I already have Char's Zaku II, when am I going to buy a regular Zaku II for the same price? Like, if it's a very posable super robot or booby mommy I'd be pleased as punch, but I don't think those exist affordably unless you live in Japan, right across from a toy store that's going out of business. Like, do YOU build gunpla? I don't know how much of what I put down would be helpful if you're not familiar with gunpla...

Can we get another thread after this seeing as this one got spammed to death before tons of anons got to it?

>>283495917
>3-4
This isn’t the /a/ I knew or loved anymore.

>>283496142
be the change you want

>>283496189
get with the times grandpa, we read chinese and korean manga now.

Most lists have given me something to work with, but for a couple I'm gonna need to watch/read some stuff first.
No initials for now as I'm still waiting for a re-assignment and got another correction already.
>>283496142
You're right that this thread got close to bump limit pretty fast, but I feel like another thread would be pushing it.

>already nearly bump limit
all you dorks were just lurking the whole time up until now weren't you?

Can I ask to change my match if the list is trollishly long or will they ban my city if I do that? I am 60% sure it is a troll. I want another anon to have that list, I am sure he would appreciate it better than I do

>>283496307
>only 60%
What happened

>>283496102
Thanks for the response. Don't worry, it was enjoyable to read the 1k words. Based on the price tier (/ss/ uses USD), RG Sazabi doesn't seem too far off from the tier (like 30% above the tier after shipping & tax), unless we are looking at different models. There were other models listed on the wishlist with higher msrp. Personally, I have not interacted with gunpla, but have built other model kits unrelated to gundam, so I'm not familiar with the terms / quality standards / brands in the community.

>>283496302
It's the bot spamming the thread on purpose to kill it. More than 50% of the posts are him and that's a very conservative estimate.

>>283496142
Just make it, what are they gonna do about it?

>>283496307
Post the wishlist.

>>283496329
I'm glad it was a good experience, I'll try to make it 1500 next time. A lot of gunpla's cheaper in the states but don't feel pressured to go over the limit.
>after shipping
Friendly reminder that shipping doesn't count towards the price
>>283437910
>No shipping costs are NOT included in the tier. Make sure to budget in not only shipping/hidden handling costs but the time and effort it takes to create cards and package the gift.
but it IS annoying, I get that. I know when they're not busy hoarding and ruining archaeological artifacts (yes really), Hobby Lobby sometimes has various gunpla up for rather cheap if any are in your area.
>There were other models listed on the wishlist with higher msrp.
Oop..
>have built other model kits unrelated to gundam
What have you built so far???????
>I'm not familiar with the terms / quality standards / brands in the community.
SD: chibi, some have a bit more posability but others don't
HG: standard size, most things come in this size, EGs are this size but made easier to build
MG: bigger with inner frames and more detail, more expensive than some HGs
RG: MG but at HG size and a bit more expensive
PG: I think these are bigger MGs and more expensive
30 Minute Missions/Fantasy/Sisters: a separate series where there's OC robots, knights/etc, and girls
>/ss/ uses USD
This kills me every year, I hope our dollar gets better soon

>>283494869
Wow, I'm one of those!
>boys
I've got bad news for you, anon....

[Gift]

JH from NV

I have your wish list, and this is my first time doing this. You are in autistic but hopefully good hands...


[Card]
MS from PA

I will try to do my best... I am not good a drawing but I have ideas on how to be creative with this...

>>283496479
>I am totally a girl, please gift me more

>>283495455
Jashin-chan and Banner of the Stars, have to start with Crest first though

>>283496508
We're all little girls here, anon

>>283493468
The only tool here is you.

>>283493468
Some of the stuff I’ve seen posted on /v/ (with the proper prompting) looks surprisingly close to H-artists style. Might use it for my rough drafts for cards.

>ontario banned
Santas are such faggots holy shit

>ontario banned
Santas are based holy shit

>>283496626
They're too lazy to come up with a more effective way to deal with the shit starters. Which is honestly a very simple problem to deal with but takes more effort than a blanket ban.

Hey AP from Poland who is your favorite Tsukihime girl?

>>283496472
lol, don't worry, it's over tier even without shipping.
I think i can overtier it a bit and go find an RG model.

>What have you built so far???????
Not much, mostly sheet metal model kits, or various military tanks / figurines. Lost a lot of them through my many movings though.

>Get my assignment
>They have a really detailed list that really expresses their passion for what the like and why
>Get to work on designing my gift for the handmade tier
>Suddenly get an email telling me to disregard the assignment and that they'll be replaced
>They were from Toronto
d-did Santa kill them?

>got the same person as last year
>they used the exact same wishlist
>they even included the figures they wanted that I bought for them last year
Would it be okay for me to contact the Santas and see if they can pair me up with someone else? I'd even be willing to do a lower bracket if necessary.

>>283496679
Are you in Canada as well?

>>283496679
Initials?

>>283496681
What a lazy fuck.

>>283496679
I got a Toronto anon who had great taste, same thing. I wonder if they’re all new participants or reassignments.

>>283496681
those figures must have a high resell value

Homos:

MK of Calgary
BR of CA
AP of Romania
Usagi of UK
CC of Canada
TD of Germany
MK of CA
MS of PA
TM of CA
BW of UK

I hope you'll be happy with my work this year.

Gift:
John the Anon from NC
I got your list
I've seen everything on your list except dark gathering and ninja tagaki san.
Do you have a manga collection for thw series you like?
Also what if your favorite color?

Card 1:
Jh from tn I'll do my best with drawing your chinese cartoon girls who were created by men.
Do you have any food allergies, and what's your favorite color.

Card 2
ms from Il
Hey I got your last year! I'll have to cool up something extra special for you this year!

>>283496693
SMM from OH
absolutely goated taste, will be autistic as fuark in my gift to you. But Love Live! Upotte!!, GLT, AMW, watamote!!! o_o, and vocaloid. I'm spoiling you, tons.

SA of AUT
incredibly detailed list of godtier girls. You're a sheryl appreciator, so you're one of the good ones. I'm showering you with ALL MY CHRISTMAS SPIRIT too.

>>283496799
Why did you respond to me

>>283496677
I am worrying, but thank you. Afaik generally the RGs released after RG Unicorn are good, but I only have RG God Gundam to compare.
>sheet metal model kits
I've never heard of this
>military
I've seen instructions for an airplane where you had to drill out the hole manually, I think militaryfags are at a different tier of skill entirely

>>283492914
>in the process of buying a property in that province
>can’t participate in /ss/ as a result
I can’t have shit.

RL of VA
N of NY
VH of UK
ER de Mexico
SL of Finland /spoiler]
MK of Poland
JH of NV
M of The Philippines
SH of NY
MR of Finland

I know where you live now.

>>283496881
It's an omen. The top 5 will get good cards, the bottom 5 will get bent cards.

>>283496749
I hope so too anon
I will

>>283496807
by accident, now shut up and take my xmas spirit

>>283496821
Sheet metal model kits can be found on google, personally think metalearth ones are too expensive and too easy. Basically sheet metal that has to be bent and folded to form 3d models, just papercraft but with a chance of slicing your fingers instead of a slight papercut.

>>283496654
Why even do this then? Just stop so someone else can take it over.

>>283497016
It sounds like someone else did take over, InitiatedSanta. Now it's just a sausagefest because Santaloli isn't even in the mix.

>>283496654
because a more selective ban would be racist

>>283496974
Anon that sounds metal (haha) as fuck but also dangerous
Why or how did you even find this hobby, I've never heard of anyone folding metal to make cool little things, I think I've only seen things like that at antique or knick-knack stores and booths
>he's even differentiating between the types of metal-related hobbies
I think I still have a tiny magnet pig someone was selling at a booth, but this is one of those "turn junk into neat sculptures" rather than metal origami

>>283496881
>I know where you live now.
If you're going to stalk me then at least a case of the best beer from your state/country, that's my one condition.

>normal variety pack I get of hot cocoa is gone from amazon

it's over

>Ontarians make up a tiny percentage of /ss/ applicants but commit a disproportionate amount of grinching/problems
I'm an Ontarian myself but I don't really see the problem as long I still get to participate. I'm one of the good ones.

>>283497277
>I'm good, please believe me
They should have just outright banned Canada. None of this half assing stuff.

>>283497195

>Why or how did you even find this hobby, I've never heard of anyone folding metal to make cool little things, I think I've only seen things like that at antique or knick-knack stores and booths
I think I found one of their kits at an indigo over a decade ago, and now it's just become one of those things I try to challenge myself with from time to time.

why do people hate leafs

>>283497321
Because of whatever they read on 4chan

>>283497321
To be fair I'm a leaf and I hate leafs.

>>283497316
That's a really cool hobby anon, I'll check it out but probably decide against it due to how accident-prone I am
>he referred to Indigo and not "Bed Bath and Barnes and Nobles Bookstore and Artillery Range and Drive-Ins and Dives" or whatever the fuck American "bookstore but also cafe and we also sell other shit" stores are called
Is that a fellow leaf I smell

see you friday bros

Think I'll post my anons initials Friday! Gonna spend this week figuring out the cards I wanna make for you and hope I'm not reassigned once I get a good idea.

>live in Toronto
>last year see the thread too late to sign up
>people are supportive and one offers to send me a card
>miss noticing the thread again this year
>banned for life
It's honestly pretty funny. I got curious last year partly because of the meetup. I'm a shy shut in and the idea of a meetup was a novel idea to me to break some habits but I never followed through.
Oh well, maybe next year there'll be a separate Canada Secret Santa where we can send all the stuff that's banned here.

>>283497483
Blame this on the misfortune of your birth.

>>283497420
Yeah, I chose domestic only cause international shipping is quite absurd recently.
I believe we got each other though, you should have gotten the email no?

>>283497483
If you want, you can send me an email at dearestdrop@proton.me and I'll send you a card.

>>283494729
What about him?

>>283496881
oh god, is that adog

>>283497541
I politely declined last year and I will also politely decline this year.
Thank you for your kindness though. /a/ is definitely one of the nicer boards even if it banned my whole city.
Which I have to admit is kind of understandable. A meetup in Toronto tried to break the record for most Tamogotchi marriages in a single event and the demographics are exactly what you think they would be.

>>283497675
How do you expect to get out of your shell if they banned your entire state? You might as well let anons send you cards.

>>283497483
>>283497675
I'd send you a card as well but if you don't want it, maybe you'll get lucky next year. They're probably not unbanning Ontario from the sounds of it.

So for people who got ca anons are they just dropping out? You aren't sending anyone?

>>283497749
The ban goes into effect next year according to the Santas

>>283497726
Why is Canada banned?

>>283497768
Canada isn't banned, just Ontario. Read the thread(s).

>>283497520
Well Canada Computers is somehow generally the cheapest store for gunpla in the city or country. And wait did I?
No, I don't have an email yet for a reassignment, and the only email in my spam folder is from Baskin Robbins

>>283497777
It is a good start

I had dinner with my santa last year and had a lovely time. Why is it a problem this year?

>>283497691
>>283497726
>You might as well let anons send you cards.
I don't want to feel like a burden or an inconvenience to others. Already kind of feel guilty for a post that kind of just says "woe is me".
Then again I guess a lot of the people I share this city with don't feel the same way or this whole situation wouldn't have happened.

>>283497797
Were they Canadian?

>>283492754
Fucking indians ruining it for everyone out here

>>283497822
I mean, you sound pretty unhappy about this and the Santas don’t sound like they’re going to budge. If people are offering, it means they want to spread some holiday cheer. You might as well take it with the same cheer.

>>283497827
No
They were worse!
Mormon!

>>283497781
Might take a while, idk if they match two people together or if its a circular roundabout thing.

>>283497886
I mean, if you're matched with me then presumably I'm not somehow banned

>>283497886
I believe assignments are random. It's rare but not impossible to be matched together.

>>283497932
seems like bans are beginning next year

>>283497938
interesting, thought it'd be easier for them to do pairs rather than roundabout, but ig with excel it's probably not impossible.

>>283497955
Pairs would require there to be an even number of participants to function, whereas round robin A->B->C->A functions even with odd amounts.

>>283497980
good point, I overlooked that.

>>283496733
>>283496681
There was a bug where a small handful of individuals got copied over from the previous year. Ironically most of them were Canadian, but no, we didn't purge them.

>>283497955
Pairs would be much easier to track, but the actual matching is basically a long snake - A->B->C->D etc until you get back to A. This allows us to accommodate a lot more specific requests, i.e. "I only want to send to my country" and allows for odd numbers of participants.

>>283498072
Should I poke you about reassignments if I only responded to the email or are we good, I'm getting worried. Sorry for the trouble!

>>283498072
>There was a bug where a small handful of individuals got copied over from the previous year.
This raises the question then. If you're not using a script to automate the process, how did you fuck this up? If you are using a script to automate the process, why are you guys so fucking slow?

>>283498072
I suppose I'll wait for the next few threads to find out about who got me. Thanks for the clarification.

I'm in a good mood tonight. I think I'll pre-address all my envelopes today.

>>283498072
So you’re saying I bought shit for someone who isn’t even participating?

>>283495321
This is by far the earliest I've seen my initials in the threads. I'm very excited for this year, my anon wrote a whole page and gave me a lot of good ideas of what to give. Now if only it will snow a whole bunch, this will be a perfect Christmas.

I don't want to explain too much and potentially spoil the joke I have in mind, but you guys have any good suggestions for thief characters besides Lupin?

>>283498072
How did you copy over people from last year? Shouldn’t that be kept entirely separate beyond who gets whitelisted?

>>283498160
If 2hu works, Marisa did steal the precious thing.

>>283498160
Cat's Eye

>>283498160
kaito kid

>>283498160
>forgetting absolute kino

>>283498091
If you need a reassignment, and I haven't gotten back to you about it with either a definitive response or a "please hold", yes.

>>283498102
Process is partially manual. Stuff still has to get recorded individually because getting 200 people on /a/ to submit a signup in the same format is impossible. Matching is half-manual, because I try to put people with someone who shares at least one or two shows in common. Cards are done using a script outside of special requests because I'm not doing 1k+ pairings manually.

>>283498111
If you already bought shit and then got reassigned, it's your fault for not being able to read.
>>283490544 (OP)
>as always, please avoid purchasing gifts for the next few days in case we need to re-assign anyone.

Gift:
PD of Germany
Card:
AK of Germany
Both of you have good enough taste.

>>283498223
bump limit reached for this thread, could there be a new one created?

>reassignments for the next few days
will we be informed through email when it finishes?

I don't disagree with the sentiment of not wanting to draw vtubers or gatchashit for a /a/ event, but I think you guys overdo the wishlist thing. For gifts, if anon has a variety of interests outside of mango I'd rather have as much of his hobbies as possible to get a better picture of what he's gonna like.
I know you fags play vidya, stop pretending.

>>283498280
Yes, why don't we allow sports into the wishlist? It's an anons interest after all.

>>283498294
I don't believe that for a second, sorry.

>>283498280
I think listing hobbies outside of /a/ would help with choosing the gift, even if the gift is not about said hobby outside of /a/, and it should be up to the santa not to pick a gift outside of /a/. just my thoughts though, probably not a sentiment shared commonly.

>>283494869
Exciting! Looking forward to it!

>>283498280
This isn’t a dating profile, it’s an /a/ Secret Santa. If you like video games, good for you, don’t tell me that

>>283498223
Alright sent, sorry.

>>283498294
That absolutely would help me make a more personal card, yes. On a side note: have you looked into MonMusu yet? It was big before your time.

>>283498294
Yeah, actually. One year I gifted a animu design knife to an anon because he mentioned liking going trekking in the threads. That could have been in the list I think.

>>283497483
Go to Anime North next year in the back of the parking lot. That’s where all the anons host their truck party.

>>283498160
Kaito Saint Tail has the best holy thief.

>>283498223
>scripted
Already sent an e-mail but just to make sure one of my santas' info came without their wishlist.

>no initials in the thread
It's over for me...

>>283498316
How cold. I wonder what kind of things do you write in your cards when you're stuck up like that.
It's an event about sharing with other people, fag.

>>283498413
Don't worry, that anon doesn't actually participate.

>>283498413
I write about the series I like and things about them. See, Yuru Camp got me into camping. I don’t need to say I camp generally because that would have nothing to do with the purpose of the event. There’s a direct link to the anime and manga.

>>283498256
New thread's up. Gonna step out to deal with more email stuff now.

After the 5th we'll go from "You've been reassigned" to "Hey, have you bought gifts yet? If not, we'd like to reassign you." Buying before then is done at your own risk. There's always someone who doesn't check their email for like two weeks and then makes me go through a bunch more work.

>>283498455
Neat. Where have you gone camping?

>>283498475
You can ask me that via email if you’re my Santa.

We've hit levels of cheer previously thought impossible.

ZD in ON please answer Santa as soon as humanly possible. I'm in Nihon atm and need to know if I should be making a point of searching for other random stuff. Shirt size might theoretically be very useful too. I've been assigned to you twice in a row so it might be a bit stale drawing from the same wishlist again otherwise...

>>283498544
I said I was a M last year, someone else asked this in the thread too. Though with Nihon sizes it might have to be an L.

>>283498488
I'll get you next time you cheerless fuck.

>>283498280
I like reading mango, but I don't play vidya

>>283498544
MK from AB correct? I was assigned the same person twice as well and I contacted the Santas about it. They said they'd reassign me in my case, so if you'd prefer to be someone else's Santa this year I'm perfectly okay with that. If not though, my shirt size is M and I'd be okay with anything you choose to get, from Nihon or otherwise.
>>283498563
You're not me, shut up.

The thread is almost over. AC from IN I love your wishlist. I'll try to make it a special year with some handmade stuff.

How hard is it to create a script that doesn't make the same assignment from previous years. Have you tried asking chatgpt for help Santa?

>>283498931
No, I don't want junk. I registered for 25$ tier and asked Santa to not match me craft anons.

>>283498969
>anything handcrafted would be greatly loved
You're not fooling anyone mister grinch.

>>283498931
that guy isn't me >>283498969


I'll look forward to it anon!

>>283492754
NOOOOOOOOOOOO WHY MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>283492754
>a fucking leaf banned

>>283491133
Thanks! And good luck with your assignments as well!

I'm happy with the Santas. Sending them much love. But the real niggas are the Homochad Santas. To them I send much gold.