Subject: RE: Gift exchange
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Posted on: 2015-01-01 19:37:00 UTC
Awesome, let's do this!
Chris: a photo of Meganium and Mareep being cute
Ami Seeker: four bars of Bleepolate
Trainee Miguel Correa: cyndaquil the mini-Missingno (ghost form). If minis don't count, he'll give one of those neat iPod cases that look like Game Boys instead.
Happy New Year, everyone, and have a pleasant surprise to kick off 2015! I already broached this idea to two of my betas, but basically, I've decided to set up a new PPC holiday event. The New Year's Gift Exchange is inspired by a similar event I attended at a real-life holiday party a few days ago, and I thought I'd give it a try with a number of PPC agents!
So, without further ado, here are the rules:
ADMISSION AND SETUP:
1. You need to have Permission and at least two agents to enter this event.
2. In a reply to this post, list each of your attending agent teams and one gift for each team member to bring. This may be either a "souvenir" from a mission you've published previously, or just something they happen to have that they want to give away.
3. I will take four or five other Boarders for this year's event, so the first five Boarders to submit applications will be the ones attending it.
4. For future events like this, anyone with Permission can host this event. One of their agents must serve as an in-universe host for this event; any other agents in the host's team are to participate as players.
EVENT RULES:
5. I will set up an introductory post on the Message Board for this event, with a full guest list for all attending. The most important rule: NOBODY MUST KNOW WHAT THE GIFTS ARE UNTIL THEY'VE OPENED THEM. Surprise is the driving factor here! This means that all of the gifts are wrapped and put in a big pile at the start of the game.
6. Once I've tallied the full list, each player will get a random number, with the range depending on how many players there are. The agents must play in that order via replies to the starting post.
7. The agent currently in play can either choose a gift from the pile (I'll provide the full list of gifts on the Posting Board) or, if others before them have already chosen gifts, they can "steal" a gift from the previous owner. A gift can be stolen up to twice; after that, it is locked to the agent it's ended up with, and cannot be stolen again.
8. The game ends once everyone has received a gift. Since the first agent cannot steal, he/she will be given the choice to steal after this. The host cannot steal.
All right, that should be it. Have fun, everyone, and I can't wait to get this thing started! :D
Anyway, lookin' good so far, everyone! Might as well throw in my lot since I started this thing! :D
From RC #227:
Rashida: She'll will be hosting the event, so she won't bring anything. Not that she'd want to, anyway...
Falchion: The coprolite mini-Boulder, shit ruond. He had it wrapped in an airtight package because the smell would be overpowering otherwise!
Sarah: A glitter-stained crowbar. It originally belonged to her mother, but she gave it up once her homefic was killed.
From RC #133,316,666:
Rayner: The severed horn of Not!Sombra, the MLP Character Replacement from his first mission with his new partner.
E.V.L.: From the same mission, a necklace ganked from the fic's Sue, with an alicorn-shaped pendant.
@Iximaz: If you'd be happy to help, I'll gladly take two more slots! Eight Boarders means at least 16 agents... Man, this will be a doozy! (Though to be fair, the gift-exchange event at the party I attended had at least 28 people involved...)
Since it's technically not New Year's Day anymore, I think I'll close this off. Besides, I've got... *counts on talons*... Twenty-one players total! Hoo boy...
I'll set up the full roster list and the introductory post as soon as I can. Good luck to all participating Boarders, and I will see you on the Message Board!
The introductory post for this event has been made here, by the way. Have fun! :)
Awesome, let's do this!
Chris: a photo of Meganium and Mareep being cute
Ami Seeker: four bars of Bleepolate
Trainee Miguel Correa: cyndaquil the mini-Missingno (ghost form). If minis don't count, he'll give one of those neat iPod cases that look like Game Boys instead.
I'll throw my DIA Special Response team in here and see what happens.
Emiranlanoamar, AKA the Guardsman: An Improved Outer Tactical Vest, ballistic plates included.
Naya'Keegan vas Iktomi: A Lancer VIII rifle with the user manual, spare parts, and maintenance kit.
Terabyte: A CD set of Mozart's operas.
The Librarian is too much of a jerk to bring presents, so Agent Des will probably bring a packet of Stygian Tea inside a genuine adamantine box - the box is probably worth more than the tea - for both of them.
Heeeeeeeey... Remember that picture I said I'd draw for you way back in June? Yeah. Well. I... I uh. I drew it. Sorry about taking so long... I'm not totally happy with it but I figured it was past high time I got it to you.
*Runs away and hides.*
I have a bunch of agents and non-missioning folk, but let's go with these guys:
Narav: one pelt of a color-changing lioness CAF
Lana: a zweihander with ice-related magic
Riaa'lzhor: a set of rune-engraved throwing knives. The runes do nothing, but they look neat.
Ari: Copy of Dumbledore's pocket watch
Tera: Box of Schrodinger's Cookies
Theia: The Unabridged Guide to Poisons, Toxins, and Venom
Cepha: One Grandine/Hailstorm rifle from Madoka Magica Online, which uses magic bullets and looks like this: http://images.puella-magi.net/6/6a/%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%8D.jpg?20121022083446
Amara: One magic (glow-in-the-dark) red scarf
Fiorano: One box set of Hayao Miyazaki movies
Is it because any more would be too much to handle? Because I'd help coordinate if that's the case. Anyway!
Rina and Randa will be bringing an egg Dogwig laid in a present marked as 'FRAGILE', complete with incubator obtained from the DoSAT.
