Grixmas 2018Timeline:
End of sign-up: (last date to submit your name for participation)Verify Contact Data: (Last date to PM your contact information - because, inevitably, people will not include all 5 required items...)Send Victim Names: (date by which you will receive a PM with instructions and your victim's name)Package Send by: (All packages must be sent by this date)
I am running a seasonal power exchange, where people will get a random Magic: the Gathering card from their secret Elder Dragon (I love when they give up their power so easily). If you are interested in receiving (and giving, though it
is the receiving season) a card then you must PM me.
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Your registration PM must include the following (Notes 1-3 are
NOT optional, use N/A as needed):
(all five are required for each participant, follow instructions or be denied participation in my Grixmas Ceremony. I highly recommend you copy/paste the below into the PM and fill in all fields.)Name
Address
Additional Contact see Note 1
Limiting Information see Note 2
Regional Information see Note 3
I also require a PM to be sent within 48hrs when a package is
sent or
received. Tracking is not required but is highly encouraged (especially since, for US residents, flat rate Priority mail comes with free tracking and $50 of free insurance). If used, the tracking information should be in the "Package sent" PM as well. For international packages, you must submit the Customs label number (usually in the format "AA########AA" where the final two letters are the two letter code for the country of origin. Many int'l customs numbers that also have a barcode will function as tracking as well (for US senders, you must use the large white Customs form (2976-A) for the customs number to function as a tracking number in participating countries. It will always track until departing the US).
* Failure to PM your contact information by the deadline will preclude inclusion in this season's event.
* Failure to Communicate and/or follow directions (e.g. PM package information when you send or receive) will prevent participation in next year's program. You have been warned.
* Failure to post receipt - When you receive your package, after sending me the confirmation PM, you should post to the thread how awesome (or aweful) your package was. Include pictures. These posts are what enable people to vote for the season ending gifts (if you would like to win, and who doesn't, then your victim will have needed a compelling post about how great you are. Show the person sending to you the same courtesy. If you can't host your pictures, we can coordinate for you to email them to me or my slave and we will host them and send you the link to add to your receive post. Failure to include pictures won't get you a one year ban (it just makes you a bad forumite) but failure to post to the thread that you have received will.
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Please feel free to post a 'requests' post with the type of cards that you would be most excited about getting (remember, you're not going to get a
Black Lotus so keep it realistic and remember these are requests, you are not guaranteed to get any of them). Because I always encourage the defacement of property, alters are always encouraged; especially "sharpy" based alters. Previously successful request schema include:
Linking a decklist from which options may be chosen (if you reference a deck... Link it! If you need an excel sheet to autocard your deck list for posting, PM me.)
Altered/Promo versions of Generals being played
Alter Requests - Specific card(s) (something like "Altered Storm Crow" - Sheldon's request)
Alter Requests - Specific theme (something like "any card altered to a 'TMNT theme'" - Willbender's Request)
Cards signed by the sender
Interesting Generals (altered or not)
Old cards that would not see printing now (abilities out of rarity or color like Sindbad, odd effects like Balduvian Shaman)
Tokens (normal, altered, store promo or home-made)
This is an EDH forum so EDH staples are probably the best type of card to send. Also altered or signed versions of cards help make your gift unique. Changes to what you are wishing for should be made by updating the original request post (since that will be linked to your name on the next post). Also, PM me and/or post in the thread that you have updated your request information, especially if changes are made after your information is updated to Post 2 below.
The second post of this thread will have all information summarized and linked by participant, once participants are confirmed.
(see Grixmas 2014 Summary for an example)It is highly recommended that you take a picture of your package contents before sending. This allows redress should a parcel be lost in the mail (you need contents lists and photos for them to look for the package, at least for US Mail) and it also allows me to request contents pictures should the recipient be unable to post pictures upon receipt of the package.
Note 1 wrote:
Participation requires that you supply an email address. Email addresses are required for Donations SASE use and/or Paypal donations. The point is that I need some way other than Forum PM to contact you should plans drastically change with minimal notice. This is not shared at large, only I (and my Slave, if any) will have access, and only for emergency contact.
Note 2 wrote:
If you will be away from the registration address provided for greater than 48 hours between 1 Dec 2018 and 15 Jan 2019, please provide that information.
Reasons may include (but are not limited to) Vacation, Holiday Travel, Business Travel, Moving, and being too lazy to check your mail regularly. Otherwise, please put N/A in the registration if there is no planned "away time;" and, should that change, notify me as soon as possible so arrangements can be made regarding delivery.
Note 3 wrote:
If your participation is limited by region, include what region (Country(ies), Continent(s), Region(s)) to which you are willing to send. If you have no problems victimizing anyone, put N/A or Global. If I cannot pair somebody with a regional limitation, I will PM them back and we can discuss options.
Golden Rule: I can work with you on most circumstances, but the unforgivable offenses are failure to communicate and failure to follow instructions. PM if you have any questions, or ask in the thread.
