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It's that time of year again the 10th Steam Secret Santa; 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.

 

As with the last few years I need to buy the games to send them directly to keep everything secret. The easiest way is to use the Digital Gift Cards to send me Steam wallet funds that I can then use to buy the gifts. One limitation is there's no option to send a specific amount, it's multiples of 4 and 10, you also can't use current wallet funds to buy them.

 

We can also use PayPal gift or bank transfer, as these will require some more organisation would be best to get them done before the final minute. 

 

  • To take part please PM me a link to your Steam profile by the end of December 18th.

 

 

  • Make sure your profile/game details are set to public so your secret Santa can view it.

 

 

  • On December 19th I'll send a PM saying who you're buying for.

 

 

  • PM me the games you want to gift and if using digital gift cards send it to JPR before the end of December 23rd.

 

 

  • If you want to send money another way let me know in the PM and we will sort it out, please try and let me know as early as possible.

 

 

  • I'll then send the games out late on the 24th.

 

The Winter sale looks to start later this year on December 22nd, so a shorter window to sort the gifts out this year.

 

Games should be at their best price at the start of the sale, useful for buying gifts, it also means you won't miss out on anything if you choose to wait until the 25th to buy games.

 

My account is a UK one using the UK store, the digital gift cards are converted if sent in a different currency but not sure if you can see the conversion rate.

 

A wishlist is really useful, no limits on what you can buy, I'll include a Steam profile link so you can see what they own. Whilst there's no restrictions the spirit is more thoughtful, you can send a comedy gift, but it's not really in the spirit if that's all you send.

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1 minute ago, Jamie John said:

Is the idea with this to buy PC-exclusive games so that you avoid buying a game for someone that they might already own on console? What about if they own it on the Epic Store (or another PC storefront) already?

 

If they have it on another platform or another PC launcher then they should remove it from their wishlist dude.

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14 hours ago, JPR said:

A wishlist is really useful, no limits on what you can buy, I'll include a Steam profile link so you can see what they own. Whilst there's no restrictions the spirit is more thoughtful, you can send a comedy gift, but it's not really in the spirit if that's all you send.


And obviously budget to a comfortable amount - don’t worry about being “tight” if you can only afford to spend so much. :) 

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1 hour ago, MattyP said:

Sounds like a great idea... not really participated in this before because mainly been on a console for a while... Count me in. Is there a cap on how much to spend etc? 

 

It's always been spend what you want - I find the most joy from this is reading the thread once people start getting their gifts as it is basically pure, simple happiness and fun.

 

It's also best to organise your Steam wishlist - and now that many people may have Game Pass/Humble etc subs, a clean wishlist is the best way to try and avoid getting something you have elsewhere. But of course, you may choose to think outside of the box based on what people have played (as JPR will send you a link to their Steam profile, so you can be creative) and that's fun too; I quite enjoy seeing what people have put a lot of time into and occasionally taking a punt on something.

 

It's basically the most wonderful time of the year :D 

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31 minutes ago, Gabe said:

 

It's always been spend what you want - I find the most joy from this is reading the thread once people start getting their gifts as it is basically pure, simple happiness and fun.

 

It's also best to organise your Steam wishlist - and now that many people may have Game Pass/Humble etc subs, a clean wishlist is the best way to try and avoid getting something you have elsewhere. But of course, you may choose to think outside of the box based on what people have played (as JPR will send you a link to their Steam profile, so you can be creative) and that's fun too; I quite enjoy seeing what people have put a lot of time into and occasionally taking a punt on something.

 

It's basically the most wonderful time of the year :D 

Awesome! Love it fantastic idea..... :) 

 

I'll dig through steam at the weekend and get a wishlist together... it's currently empty! :) 

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Good point raised above now that the PC market is so diluted. It can be nice to go 'off-wishlist' but that could well lead to duplicates. My wishlist is chuffing huge already so that shouldn't be a problem for my Santa :) In previous years where I didn't have the cash to take part I spent time over Christmas checking bundle codes against wishlists to share some Xmas cheer that way :)

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On 01/12/2020 at 19:35, JPR said:

Make sure your profile/game details are set to public so your secret Santa can view it

 

Boosting this before the 19th. I think the easiest way to check is to open an Incognito/InPrivate window and paste in the link to your profile to see what it looks like to a visitor.

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