Christmas Loot Thread!

KBZ · Post by **KBZ** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 9:23 am

jonny5 wrote:ive actually been grabbing up a lot of fighting games off egay as of late...gotta pick up rival schools at the post office tomorrow...and i have jojo's bizarre adventure showing up on monday

and the laptop is the bees knees......it runs doujin really well.....and everything ive thrown at it with mame has run fine.....

it runs melty blood act cadenza ver.b perfectly.....full screen

I guess you didn't get the linux version like in the picture then?

agustusx · Post by **agustusx** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 1:54 pm

SFKhoa wrote: A Wacom Bamboo

Great catch.

My 5x7 wacom graphis is prolly the best investment i've ever mad. its not only lasted longer than any computer peripheral (5+ years), I couldn't live without it!

I got two days off for x-mas. I bought my dogs a few new toys. One of which was a clearance FG Stewie Xmas plush. I might keep that for myself and take it to work.

kengou · Post by **kengou** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 6:01 pm

Woo got a DS! Loving Ketsui. Thanks santa!

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 6:47 pm

I got:

Catan Seafarers expansion
A big-ass bench digital DC power supply to go with the big-ass bench soldering station I got for my birthday
A big-ass breadboard
A really nice fountain pen
A winter jacket

Pretty good haul this year.

And for myself I have ordered a Runcore 32GB SSD for my eeePC, and a Core2Duo U7700 for my Vaio UX, but I need to pay a guy another $275 for the installation service...

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 7:27 pm

Nothing.

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 8:24 pm

P_HAT wrote:Nothing.

sjewkestheloon · Post by **sjewkestheloon** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 10:00 pm

I got lots of really nice stuff, mainly cash to purchase batches of records.

I also got some books:
The Complete RoBusters 2000AD
The Rest Is Noise - Alex Ross
Japrocksampler - Julian Cope
Maus - Art Spiegelman

And some games:
Guitar Hero World Tour with guitar to go with GH3. Me and the missus can play 2 player now yer!
Ninja Gaiden 2
Killer 7
Street Fighter Alpha Anthology
Valkyrie Profile 2 Slimeria
SSX3

DVDs:
The Complete Monty Python
Werner Herzon / Kinsky Boxset

Some of this was for my birthday as well as they are on top of each other.

I was incredibly lucky.

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 10:08 pm

Kingbuzzo wrote:
jonny5 wrote:ive actually been grabbing up a lot of fighting games off egay as of late...gotta pick up rival schools at the post office tomorrow...and i have jojo's bizarre adventure showing up on monday

and the laptop is the bees knees......it runs doujin really well.....and everything ive thrown at it with mame has run fine.....

it runs melty blood act cadenza ver.b perfectly.....full screen
I guess you didn't get the linux version like in the picture then?

ya....just grabbed a random photo off google images...i got the XP one......its pretty sweet

and this showed up yesterday.....me thinks the next meet is gonna be fun

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 11:50 pm

jonny5 wrote:
Kingbuzzo wrote:
jonny5 wrote:ive actually been grabbing up a lot of fighting games off egay as of late...gotta pick up rival schools at the post office tomorrow...and i have jojo's bizarre adventure showing up on monday

and the laptop is the bees knees......it runs doujin really well.....and everything ive thrown at it with mame has run fine.....

it runs melty blood act cadenza ver.b perfectly.....full screen
I guess you didn't get the linux version like in the picture then?
ya....just grabbed a random photo off google images...i got the XP one......its pretty sweet

and this showed up yesterday.....me thinks the next meet is gonna be fun

Woah, that's enormous.

What happened to the NEC?

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 11:53 pm

50in.

1080i connection from the PC via component

NEC is in the bedroom

anybody wanna buy the 19in lcd with swivel mount for $150?

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 12:05 am

I like the tissues in the foreground of the picture. Obviously, you're very excited about the huge screen

Stormwatch · Post by **Stormwatch** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 12:59 am

I got some money, so I bought meself this...

A bit bulky, but pretty good for $8.40.

KindGrind · Post by **KindGrind** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 1:55 am

A couple of Blu-rays, Bangai-O Spirits, West Jet vouchers, some random $ that will make up for superplays/OSTs I've been pre-emptively buying recently (many in the mail, can't wait to get them).

Seems some of you get lots of stuff for Christmas...

@jonny5: nice looking display! No wonder what the vouchers are for... =)

croikle · Post by **croikle** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:24 am

jonny5 wrote:anybody wanna buy the 19in lcd with swivel mount for $150?

Model/condition/experiences?

MadSteelDarkness · Post by **MadSteelDarkness** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 4:43 am

Guys, I'm not a christian myself, but I do loves me some christmas. Any excuse for partying/gift giving, am i right?

So yeah, everyone seemed to like what I gave. Yay!

On the receiving side:

Persona 4
Castlevania: OoE
Gunpey (PSP)
A new DVD drive
A GC to the local record shop
A cool skull-y t-shirt
A pair of winter silks (comfy!)
A few pairs of boxers (necessary!)

Made out like a bandit, I tells ya.

boagman · Post by **boagman** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 4:48 am

MadSteelDarkness wrote:On the receiving side:

Gunpey (PSP)

I sincerely hope to high heaven that you got a gift receipt for that. I paid $5 for it, *brand new*, and it was just, just cursed-of-God bad.

*Whatever* they paid, you'd be better off getting the cash, or a gift card, or a sharp stick in the eye. Really.

MadSteelDarkness · Post by **MadSteelDarkness** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 4:53 am

boagman wrote:
MadSteelDarkness wrote:On the receiving side:

Gunpey (PSP)
I sincerely hope to high heaven that you got a gift receipt for that. I paid $5 for it, *brand new*, and it was just, just cursed-of-God bad.

*Whatever* they paid, you'd be better off getting the cash, or a gift card, or a sharp stick in the eye. Really.

Ah, you know... It's the thought that counts, man. Plus, it isn't like I paid any monies for it. Your non-endorsement makes me intrigued to play it, if only to see how bad some games can get. Cheers!

boagman · Post by **boagman** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 5:09 am

MadSteelDarkness wrote:
boagman wrote:
MadSteelDarkness wrote:On the receiving side:

Gunpey (PSP)
I sincerely hope to high heaven that you got a gift receipt for that. I paid $5 for it, *brand new*, and it was just, just cursed-of-God bad.

*Whatever* they paid, you'd be better off getting the cash, or a gift card, or a sharp stick in the eye. Really.
Ah, you know... It's the thought that counts, man. Plus, it isn't like I paid any monies for it. Your non-endorsement makes me intrigued to play it, if only to see how bad some games can get. Cheers!

Heh, that's true, so true...and maybe this'll be one of those gifts that will live in infamy forever and you'll bring it up EVERY SINGLE YEAR hence. I'm telling you: it's "Yikes!" bad.

Enjoy!

KBZ · Post by **KBZ** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 5:35 am

iatneH wrote:I got:

Catan Seafarers expansion
A big-ass bench digital DC power supply to go with the big-ass bench soldering station I got for my birthday
A big-ass breadboard
A really nice fountain pen
A winter jacket

Pretty good haul this year.

And for myself I have ordered a Runcore 32GB SSD for my eeePC, and a Core2Duo U7700 for my Vaio UX, but I need to pay a guy another $275 for the installation service...

I want to see this soldering station

LaserGun · Post by **LaserGun** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 11:38 am

jonny5 wrote:
ya....just grabbed a random photo off google images...i got the XP one......its pretty sweet

and this showed up yesterday.....me thinks the next meet is gonna be fun

lol I just saw someone post pics of your gaming setup on 4chan this morning, now fess up whoever did it.

Acid King · Post by **Acid King** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 12:57 pm

I mostly got booze.

A case of Stone Old Guardian barleywine
A case of Victory Hop Wallop imperial IPA
A bottle of Jim Beam
Ingredients to make beer
A book on pairing food and beer
Books of Blood by Clive Barker
Interzone by William S Burroughs
Mitch Hedberg - Do you believe in Gosh?

I'm also ordered a sweet Thou hoodie

FIL · Post by **FIL** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 2:23 pm

I did really well this year. I guess the folks were feeling really sorry for me because i'm out of work.

Homura, PS2.
Both Patlabor super pimp collectors edition DVD sets (massive bargain, possibly a pricing error by amazon).
The first 5 volumes of the Nausicaa manga (would have been all 7 if amazon hadn't claimed volume 6 was a pre-order when its been out for years).
Time Travelling Blue + Frequencies from Planet Ten dual CD set by Orange Goblin.
A bottle of CKone, I think my brother is trying to tell me I smell.
An envelope full of cash and some tiny bottles of Glenlivet from my Grandmother

evil_ash_xero · Post by **evil_ash_xero** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:27 pm

Nothing.

But I did guilt my mother into getting me a NetFlix subscription a few days after. lol
I'm broke ma!

s/m

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:36 pm

nothing, our collective family present this year was that none of us had to worry about presents and the christmas-shopping-rush bullshit.

best present ive had in my entire adult life i think!

popawell · Post by **popawell** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 7:47 pm

Got a pair of Train tables and a Xbox 360.

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 7:58 pm

Acid King wrote:
I'm also ordered a sweet Thou hoodie

That is an awesome hoodie. I love Thou

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:21 pm

Kingbuzzo wrote:I want to see this soldering station

All unboxed and posed for the photograph. I may try to work on the Dreamcast today, but with my old dinky little iron. I may not put the big station into regular service until I properly clean my desk.

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:36 pm

sven666 wrote:nothing, our collective family present this year was that none of us had to worry about presents and the christmas-shopping-rush bullshit.

best present ive had in my entire adult life i think!

GREAT IDEA

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:50 pm

LaserGun wrote:
jonny5 wrote:
ya....just grabbed a random photo off google images...i got the XP one......its pretty sweet

and this showed up yesterday.....me thinks the next meet is gonna be fun

lol I just saw someone post pics of your gaming setup on 4chan this morning, now fess up whoever did it.

what did it say as description?

my g/f posted some pics on her facebook as well so it could be anybody...

not really concerned either way......

been playing a lot of melty blood AC ver.B on it tho.....and its dope for
movies...not bad for $500

it will look even better once i have an HDMI connection sorted.....thinking about getting a ps3 now too

the g/f found out about soul calibur 4 and now2 she is on the ps3 train

id mainly want it for media and sf4

even tho sf4 looks like shit to me

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:57 pm

if i had your setup, i'd probably need a box of tissues too