So last year I had the idea of running a secret santa event for the people of steamgifts. It went amazingly and I think everyone had fun and loved the gifts they received. This year I want to open the group up again for another year of secret santa. People who were in the group last year have gotten priority as joining members but there is still plenty of spaces left for new people to join.

What is it?

So I saw reddits version of secret santa and thought it would be great if we did another version of this for steamgifts. So I created this steam group. This is a group made for people who enjoy gaming and can give awesome games to others who would enjoy them. This is made to enjoy the spirit of christmas and of sending gifts to each other.

How does it work?

Sometime during December everyone will be given another member of the group randomly that they are to send a game gift to. This will give plenty of time for the person to buy a game for their allocated person. The game will need to be delivered to the user on or within 5 days of christmas (25th december) or up to 5 days before christmas day. The gifter must create a private giveaway on steamgifts for the person to enter to ensure no exploitation.

Group page

Rules

  • Minimum Contributor Level of 4.
  • Only give games as presents.
  • An updated steam wishlist with at least 30 games on it and none that you already own. The top 10 games should be ranked properly. You should be respectful and put games of various price points on there and not just $60 AAA releases on there. Wishlists should be fully updated before 10th December to stop exploitation. If any of these rules aren't followed you will be kicked from the group.
  • Upon joining the group, an initial unbundled giveaway of at least $10 non sale value will be need to be created within 48 hours to ensure you are trustworthy. You may make more steamgifts giveaways after this but it is not needed. (I didn't want to do this but I don't want the group to be exploited and couldn't figure out a better way to check people are trustworthy).
  • The gift sent to your allocated partner must be an unbundled game of at least $10 value when not on sale, and must be on the persons wishlist.(This is to ensure fairness and to make sure no one exploits the group).
  • The gift sent to your allocated partner must not be exploited or have had a price error at any point.
  • The gift you receive must be activated on your own account and is not to be sold or to be given to anyone else.

There is currently a group limit of 50 and I will close the group when it reaches this amount.

Please comment if you qualify and wish to join the group. Also feel free to ask if you want anymore details of the group.

Sorry for the late organization of secret santa this year. Invites probably will only be open for a week or so because of this so comment quick if you are interested in joining.

Edit: Invites are going to be closing on the 8th December.

Tl;DR: There is none. Read or leave.

9 years ago*

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Sorry I had to pass this time, involved in two Secret Santa giveaways already plus the SimGiv group.
Have fun to everyone who partakes!

9 years ago
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please change the level so i can join please....... If not thanks anyway

9 years ago
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Why in any reason would I want to do that?!

9 years ago
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so people level 1 and up could join.

9 years ago
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This is a group where is needed to spend money to give another user a game present, if you don't have money to make to atleast level 2 here, why would you spend the money to buy someone else a game?

9 years ago
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lol

9 years ago
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Can I make this non-bundle giveaway for more than this group?
I would like to add my few small favorite groups and whitelist :)

9 years ago
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You can make extra giveaways for more than one group, the initial one though must be only for Secret Santa group.

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^ Yeah what he said

9 years ago
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I will try, but fixing wishlists on steam is like the most broke thing ever

9 years ago
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Santa bump!

9 years ago
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bump ...because Santa is still looking for reliable companions !

9 years ago
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bump for a good cause !

9 years ago
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Sounds great! I didn't have much luck with Reddit's secret santa last year - I never got a gift :-(
But this sounds much better! I'd love to join :-)

9 years ago
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Added you. Message me when you accept :)

9 years ago
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Cheers!

9 years ago
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I thought about it for a while and I'd like to join, if you'll have me :)
It's always nice to give a game to someone who actually wants it and will probably also play it at some point, and as a bonus I'd get to cross something off my wishlist as well ^^

9 years ago
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Invited :)

9 years ago
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didn't get the reply, but I got the invite, thanks! :)
Time to get my wishlist in order ... ah, I'll do it tomorrow ^^

9 years ago
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Oops i'm an idiot. Apparently I don't know how to use a reply button. I blame it on tiredness :P

9 years ago
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It's okay, I sometimes forget as well and sometimes I think I'm in edit mode and get angry at the computer for not changing the text when I type something, only to realize I wasn't actually in edit mode yet (happened to me more than a few times already ^^")

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What if someone's wishlist are nothing but bundled games?

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I'm not sure why someone would do that, but it would be the same thing as having all AAA games. You should have a variety or else you'll be kicked from the group.

9 years ago
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bump ..because Santa want you !

9 years ago
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Bump!

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bump return

9 years ago
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I'd like to apply now (though I've still to sort my wishlist >.<).

9 years ago
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Welcome! :)

9 years ago
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I would like to apply, wishlist already sorted and i guess that 9.99€ games qualify as 10€ for the unbundled giveaways?

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bump

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bump!

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Bumpy!

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Bump!

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return

9 years ago
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Bumpety!

9 years ago
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bump

9 years ago
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Count me in! :3 if there's still room, that is.

9 years ago
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Edited my wishlist. May I join?

9 years ago
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BUMP update !

9 years ago
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I'd like to join if you're not full :)

9 years ago
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Sent a friend request. Message me when your online.

9 years ago
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Bump!

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bump!

9 years ago
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its a great idea and im sure its a lot of work to organize such a thing but it... umm it just has too many rules :D i mean with so many rules it looks a bit like grinch's version of secret santa, so ...secret grinch ? :P

plus sorting my wishlist would take ages and yeah, rules man, too many rules and im sure id break some by accident (and i read everything twice but im still not sure if i got it right :x, but i could also blame it on being almost 2 am though). either way, ill definitely have to pass, but have a bump though ! :=P and good luck organizing this thing guys !

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Every rule has its purpose, we're not just coming up with them for fun. If we were to let anyone in, without any rules, this would be Secret Leeching instead of Secret Santa.

Also, every participant can ask as many questions as he/she wants if something isn't clear enough.

9 years ago
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yeah i realize that much, not to mention reddits secret santa has probably even more rules but it just that too many rules make everything a bit less of a fun :P i guess you could say i have a rulephobia , if there is such a thing :D

9 years ago
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Too lazy to clean my wishlist, so only a bump from me :O
And my wishlist gets jumbled, mixed, and shaken around from time to time, stop sorting after this Dx

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9 years ago
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Hey Mr. Gamer. I'm in the group from last year and just saw that you are doing this again. Are you keeping the initial gift requirement for people who were in it last year and already proved their trustworthiness, or should I be looking for a title to give?

9 years ago
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Well, I had to give away a game even though I was in the group last year, so You probably have to create a giveaway too :)

9 years ago
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Yes, everyone has to put up a initial gift, even participants from last year.

9 years ago
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Sorry, but there is no "backdoor entry" for people from last year. Everybody must obey the same set of rules.
I suggest you read them closely to make sure you understood everything (there are a couple of more than last year, so we have less unexpected situations) and if you want back in, let me or Ironic know.

9 years ago
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I've read through them and just ordered CoD: Ghosts for my giveaway :)

EDIT: I've been receiving notifications for the group because of replies to one of my posts in it so I assumed I was already in it, I was just asking for clarification because of that.

9 years ago
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Invited you back in the group again :)

9 years ago
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Sounds really good but I daren't apply. Already signed up to another secret santa in one of the groups I'm in with a very similar way of doing things. There'd be a real risk of ending up with the same game twice from the two secret santas which would cause a bit of a bad situation.

Have another bump and Merry Christmas to all!

9 years ago
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Ah fair enough. Can I ask (out of curiosity) what is this other group that's doing secret santa? As far as I knew no one else did secret santa :P

9 years ago
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Sure, it's in the Everybody Love Everybody (ELE) giveaway group.

9 years ago
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This is a group I love.

9 years ago
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Love bump!

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