Announcing the sixth annual ECTO Secret Santa Event!
"HO HO HO, Traveler!"
"HO HO HO, Traveler!"
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Greetings and happy holidays fellow Ghostbusters! I'm pleased to announce that this year we will be continuing our yearly Secret Santa event. We started this event a few years back and it's turned into a guild favorite! This year will be a little bit different seeing as we're not strictly a Guild Wars 2 guild anymore and instead have branched out a bit.
When is the Santa Selection and how is that going to work?
Tuesday, December 8th at 7:30 pm PST I will be drawing names for your Santa match-up. You will have until then to sign up if you're interested. All entries will have their names matched to a random number and I will be spinning the raffle wheel to match each participant with a number. I will DM you in Discord who your match is and what their gift suggestions are, or I will send you in game mail if you do not currently have Discord set up. YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE PRESENT FOR THIS.
What are the guidelines for gift suggestions?
This year will be a bit different in terms of suggestions. Since we are a multi-game guild now, I have modified the questions this year. The main entry will be for you to enter in links to any gaming related wish lists you might have. We are still a gaming guild so let's keep the wishlists to a gaming theme. This can include gaming related books, merch, or accessories as well as any tabletop related games or gear. You can list a link to your steam wishlist, amazon gaming wish list, or any other wishlist you can share a link to that is gaming related. Please enter in your links one line at a time as shown in the example form below.
There will also be a second, optional question for any in game items that are either purchased with in game currency or can be gifted via an in game cash shop (i.e. items giftable through the GW2 gem store). Just bear in mind that your Santa may not have the game you're requesting these items in so they may be unable to gift them to you.
What's the price limit/minimum?
There is no limit, and the minimum suggested amount is $10. I've never had to put a strict rule on this so I'm not going to start now, even the minimum here is just a suggestion. Spend whatever you're able to afford. The point of this event is not how much you spend, it's just about sharing with each other during the holidays.
So when is the gift exchange?
The gift exchange event will take place on Saturday, December 19th. Note that Steam allows you to set a delivery date for your gifts, so if you want to take advantage of any sales that crop up between now and then you may do so, just be sure to set the delivery date to December 19th when you checkout.
Is there going to be anything else going on that day?
Absolutely! Wintersday should be started by then, so we will be doing a fashion contest! I will do my best to scrounge up some prizes for this or, worst case scenario, I'll gift items from the gem store as prizes. This contest will be 100% optional and I will be judging 2 different categories for this, "Most Festive" and "Ugliest" (stacking particle effects is cheating). You may enter for one or both and the winners of each category will receive a prize. During the event we will all be on discord and I am very much recommending anyone who is able to jump onto video cams for this. Social interaction has likely been at an all time low for most of us this past year, so I'd love to see as many faces as possible for this! We might even do some Jackbox games depending how many people there are that are interested.
What if I can't make it to the event?
Not a problem! If you can't make it to the exchange we'll make sure your Santa mails your gift out to you and you can send yours as soon as you're able (after the date of the exchange).
So there you have it! This event has become an annual tradition for us and especially this year I feel like we could all use an event like this to help boost morale. If you have any questions that weren't answered above, please send an in game mail to Souldonkey.9534 or shoot me an email at cbushbaum7@gmail.com and I'll be happy to answer them. Happy Wintersday everyone! Sign up here:
When is the Santa Selection and how is that going to work?
Tuesday, December 8th at 7:30 pm PST I will be drawing names for your Santa match-up. You will have until then to sign up if you're interested. All entries will have their names matched to a random number and I will be spinning the raffle wheel to match each participant with a number. I will DM you in Discord who your match is and what their gift suggestions are, or I will send you in game mail if you do not currently have Discord set up. YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE PRESENT FOR THIS.
What are the guidelines for gift suggestions?
This year will be a bit different in terms of suggestions. Since we are a multi-game guild now, I have modified the questions this year. The main entry will be for you to enter in links to any gaming related wish lists you might have. We are still a gaming guild so let's keep the wishlists to a gaming theme. This can include gaming related books, merch, or accessories as well as any tabletop related games or gear. You can list a link to your steam wishlist, amazon gaming wish list, or any other wishlist you can share a link to that is gaming related. Please enter in your links one line at a time as shown in the example form below.
There will also be a second, optional question for any in game items that are either purchased with in game currency or can be gifted via an in game cash shop (i.e. items giftable through the GW2 gem store). Just bear in mind that your Santa may not have the game you're requesting these items in so they may be unable to gift them to you.
What's the price limit/minimum?
There is no limit, and the minimum suggested amount is $10. I've never had to put a strict rule on this so I'm not going to start now, even the minimum here is just a suggestion. Spend whatever you're able to afford. The point of this event is not how much you spend, it's just about sharing with each other during the holidays.
So when is the gift exchange?
The gift exchange event will take place on Saturday, December 19th. Note that Steam allows you to set a delivery date for your gifts, so if you want to take advantage of any sales that crop up between now and then you may do so, just be sure to set the delivery date to December 19th when you checkout.
Is there going to be anything else going on that day?
Absolutely! Wintersday should be started by then, so we will be doing a fashion contest! I will do my best to scrounge up some prizes for this or, worst case scenario, I'll gift items from the gem store as prizes. This contest will be 100% optional and I will be judging 2 different categories for this, "Most Festive" and "Ugliest" (stacking particle effects is cheating). You may enter for one or both and the winners of each category will receive a prize. During the event we will all be on discord and I am very much recommending anyone who is able to jump onto video cams for this. Social interaction has likely been at an all time low for most of us this past year, so I'd love to see as many faces as possible for this! We might even do some Jackbox games depending how many people there are that are interested.
What if I can't make it to the event?
Not a problem! If you can't make it to the exchange we'll make sure your Santa mails your gift out to you and you can send yours as soon as you're able (after the date of the exchange).
So there you have it! This event has become an annual tradition for us and especially this year I feel like we could all use an event like this to help boost morale. If you have any questions that weren't answered above, please send an in game mail to Souldonkey.9534 or shoot me an email at cbushbaum7@gmail.com and I'll be happy to answer them. Happy Wintersday everyone! Sign up here:
