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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Fineus on December 26, 2001, 04:55:00 am

Title: So what did you get?
Post by: Fineus on December 26, 2001, 04:55:00 am: We all know the real reason of Christmas - it's not love or caring - it's to get as much loot as possible (j/k (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif))

So what did you all get for christmas? I'll start us off...

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Television and VCR (w00t!)
about 12 different videos:
Predator
Species I/II
Con Air
Mimic
Relic
Austin Powers II
Lawerence of Arabia
Some others I can't remember
Return to Castle Wolfenstien
Age of Empires/expansion pack (I didn't even ask for this!)
Many many books
£100+
Assorted other higly cool things...
Title: So what did you get?
Post by: Shrike on December 26, 2001, 05:00:00 am: -Thief of Time by Terry Pratchet.
-All expenses paid for trip.
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Post by: Kamikaze on December 26, 2001, 05:05:00 am: I got a Saitek X45; me veeeeeery happy.
Anyway, other than that:
A wrist-band watch thing
a nice mugcup
some candy
magic cards
two books
and stuff for my Gamecube
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Post by: Ryx on December 26, 2001, 05:07:00 am: Money!! (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/naughty.gif)
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Post by: Darkage on December 26, 2001, 05:40:00 am: Whireles mouse/keyboard
200 guilders
HomeWorld Catcalysm
a sweater
2 boxes of CD-RWs
a electric shaveing thingy
some more stuff.

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Post by: MasterJ on December 26, 2001, 06:08:00 am: 500 guilders
Lenco Tablet
Star trek : DW
PS2

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...Silence...
...even more silence...
...absolute silence...
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Title: So what did you get?
Post by: USS Alexander on December 26, 2001, 06:12:00 am: 250 guilders and 25 EURO"S jeehaa

oh and a network thing that i can't get to work. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/confused.gif)
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Post by: Top Gun on December 26, 2001, 06:18:00 am: OOOOOOOOOOOOOOKKK, here goes ( not in any particular order):

Chocolate - Plenty of it as well which is good

Loadsa Money - To be spent on computer stuff

Stationary - in abundance

Socks - (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/eek.gif)Yikes you're not supposed to get those until you're over fifty, they were nice though.

Weights - to reverse the effect of the food and the long hours I spend on the computer.

A rugby ball - To prepare me for the Boxing day sales.

Perfume and toiletries - What would we do without them

and shirts
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Post by: Dark_4ce on December 26, 2001, 06:22:00 am: Here we go:

Comic Fantasy book (short stories)

Return to Castle Wolfenstein

Chocolate

Aliens VS. Predator 2

and a friend is coming over for a week who I heaven't seen for years!

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Title: So what did you get?
Post by: Nico on December 26, 2001, 06:40:00 am: well, money to buy a DVD drive, a DVD (Lodoss war, first volume), and two ... comics ? Oh, yeah, my brother bought me Commander o'Shovah for Warhammer 40k (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
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Post by: Styxx on December 26, 2001, 08:06:00 am: I got a bottle of Jack Daniels (among other stuff). (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
Title: So what did you get?
Post by: mikhael on December 26, 2001, 08:20:00 am: MP3 player, Final Fantasy X, a bunch of assorted stuff from the distant relatives, and the newest book from one of my favorite authors.

I'm rockin' out to that MP3 player now. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

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Title: So what did you get?
Post by: aldo_14 on December 26, 2001, 08:48:00 am: £200 and a football (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
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Post by: wEvil on December 26, 2001, 08:51:00 am: i got some chocolates and a few books

I also managed to stay drunk most of yesterday, which was good.

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have you ANY idea of how much trouble you're in?
assault on a police officer.
Theft of police property.
Illegal possesion of a firearm.
FIVE counts of attempted murder.
That comes to...

twenty-nine dollars and 14 cents.
cash, cheque or credit card?
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Post by: DragonClaw on December 26, 2001, 11:37:00 am: Athlon XP 1.6ghz(I love it too)
New Motherboard...forgot which kind
256mb of DDR RAM
Running Clothes(sister (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/rolleyes.gif) )
Some audio tape

thats about it... i think..... either that or I forgot

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The fear always controls our attitude, let us fear no more!
Title: So what did you get?
Post by: Alikchi on December 26, 2001, 11:42:00 am: Logitech Z560 speakers! 400htz!
Subwoofer is around a foot long/wide!
4 little speakers
4 CDs - Radiohead's Kid A and Amnesiac
Alien Ant Farm and some other band, I forgot (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
A new wallet, $60 (all in twenties) a $50 Best Buy gift card and a $35 Barnes & Noble card! w00t!
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Post by: Starwing on December 26, 2001, 11:47:00 am: Clothes, some money, one of those packages of Euro coins (as if I couldn't have bought that myself...), a collector set of German Marks coins (we got that one although we never ordered it, and it was expensive enough that my parents decided to make this my birthday present too... damned, I need a new TV!)

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You guys are still strange...
Title: So what did you get?
Post by: CP5670 on December 26, 2001, 12:08:00 pm: Nothing really, since I am still waiting for a few games to be released. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif) (I will just get those when they come out)

[This message has been edited by CP5670 (edited 12-26-2001).]
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Post by: Zeronet on December 26, 2001, 12:11:00 pm: Return to Castle Wofenstien, Doom for the GBA, AVP2 and Star Wars Galatic Battlegrounds. Tomorrow im buying a new PC
— Intel P4 1.8GHz Processor
— 256 SDRAM
— 40Gb Hard Drive
— CD Rewriter
— DVD Rom Drive
— 64Mb GeForce 2MX Graphics or another similar one from Toys r us.
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Post by: Sandwich on December 26, 2001, 12:13:00 pm: Quote
Originally posted by RKIF-DragonClaw:
Running Clothes(sister (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/rolleyes.gif) )

Hmmm.... y'think she's hinting at something? (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/hammer.gif) (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/lol.gif)

I didn't get any Christmas presents - who needs 'em? One measly night, as opposed to Hannukah's 8! (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/naughty.gif)

Anyways, I got the Logitech wreless/optical keyboard/mouse combo, 128mb Memory stick for my camera, various DVD's, and a trip to the US! (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

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Post by: DragonClaw on December 26, 2001, 07:51:00 pm: Quote
Originally posted by sandwich:
Hmmm.... y'think she's hinting at something? (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/hammer.gif) (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/lol.gif)

Man.... I'm skinny as hell man...

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The fear always controls our attitude, let us fear no more!
Title: So what did you get?
Post by: CODEDOG ND on December 26, 2001, 08:02:00 pm: The ENTIRE Tool Cd Collection
Boxers
Shirts
Women's Underwear
CD player for truck
I-war2
CD holder
SW Trilogy
New Knife
Watch
128 megs of Ram
Candy
Something for my Fan
,etc little stuff

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Title: So what did you get?
Post by: delta_7890 on December 26, 2001, 08:06:00 pm: Me? Well, I got...

A Dave Barry calender
Devil May Cry (PS2)
Gravis Eliminator PC Gamepad
Gladiator on DVD
DVD Remote for my PS2
A shirt...yay.
Gameshark 2 (PS2)
Gameshark (PS1)
Candy, money, other stocking junk.
Oh yes, and a Canon S200 scanner.
I think that's it... (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
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Post by: Thorn on December 26, 2001, 08:11:00 pm: Maybe shes hinting at that?
Y'know, build up some muscle mass?
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Post by: Thorn on December 26, 2001, 08:14:00 pm: ok..
What I got...
P3 600 and an 8x CD Writer (and blank CDs)
Iwar2, Ghost Recon
The Tea Party's Interzone Mantras
The Tragically Hip's My Music At Work and Fully Completely
pair of Sony MDR-P180 headphones
New shoes
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Post by: an0n on December 26, 2001, 08:20:00 pm: -Guitar and amp
-Misc smaller goods
-Wasted
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Post by: Alpha on December 26, 2001, 08:39:00 pm: * A sweater from Structure
* A sweater from Guess
* A long sleeve t-shirt from Guess
* $500
* A Memorex CD cleaner and repair machine (which doesn't work)
* And more family is coming so that means more presents!!!! (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/naughty.gif)
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Post by: an0n on December 26, 2001, 08:58:00 pm: Quote
Doom for the GBA

I wuv my GBA. And Doom is the single greatest game ever (except PONG). You are a lucky man.
Title: So what did you get?
Post by: Warlock on December 26, 2001, 09:31:00 pm: A few shirts
Redskins ballcap (Traditional part of moms gifts (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif) )
To throw a football with my 6 yro nephew for a few hours and realize he throws better than me, my brother, and my father lol
To see my niece now that she's old enough to know who's around her (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
To see almost the entire side of my mother's family (my aunt and one cus I have not seen in 8+ years.)

And a cute blonde (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)

and if all goes well next year I'll be heading to KS to find my son!!!! WHOOO HOOO!!!!!
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Post by: Setekh on December 27, 2001, 10:07:00 pm: Let's see here... A few hard sf books, many music CDs (albums), my bodyweight in food, and a long list of people who want renders done. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
Title: So what did you get?
Post by: mikhael on December 27, 2001, 10:10:00 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Setekh:
Let's see here... A few hard sf books, many music CDs (albums), my bodyweight in food, and a long list of people who want renders done. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)

Hard SF? Which books?

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Post by: Setekh on December 27, 2001, 10:22:00 pm: More Stephen Baxter (I just read his Manifold Sequence... which rocks). Got the 14th Annual Collection of Short SF, as well as Timelike Infinity and Flux. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

Got plenty of reading to do. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
Title: So what did you get?
Post by: Thorn on December 27, 2001, 10:24:00 pm: Oh yeah.. I forgot about the book (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
I got Tom Clancy's SSN
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Post by: mikhael on December 27, 2001, 10:30:00 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Setekh:
More Stephen Baxter (I just read his Manifold Sequence... which rocks). Got the 14th Annual Collection of Short SF, as well as Timelike Infinity and Flux. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

Got plenty of reading to do. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)

Stephen Baxter... Excuse me whilst I fondly remember Ring. *sigh of sublime joy* That man make QP/QED/QCD fun. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

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Title: So what did you get?
Post by: Setekh on December 27, 2001, 10:35:00 pm: Quote
Originally posted by mikhael:
Stephen Baxter... Excuse me whilst I fondly remember Ring. *sigh of sublime joy* That man make QP/QED/QCD fun. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

You can say that again. I love this guy. Pick up Space, Time and Origin if you can find them. Good reading. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)
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Post by: Grey Wolf on December 27, 2001, 11:26:00 pm: Civ 3
A stereo/CD player
A few books-2 fantasy books and "The Joy of Work" (Dilbert book)
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Post by: joek on December 28, 2001, 07:54:00 am: Quote
Originally posted by Setekh:
You can say that again. I love this guy. Pick up Space, Time and Origin if you can find them. Good reading. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/wink.gif)

Also Moonseed and The Light Of Other Days. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

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Originally posted by Grey Wolf 2009:
Civ 3

How is that?

What I got:
A set of Wusthof knives (Now me and Mrs. K can really start cooking (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)).
Machina II on CDs
An ornament for the tree
The Far Side 2002 calendar
DVD: Dude, Where's My Car (returned Shrek for it)
And of course: money from grandma (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/smile.gif)

Joe.

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Title: So what did you get?
Post by: phreak on December 28, 2001, 01:39:00 pm: RTCW
CD-Rs
clothes
food
books
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Post by: Night Hammer on December 28, 2001, 01:44:00 pm: I got:
Metal Gear Sold 2
Ace Combat 4
Gran Turismo 3 (all PS2 games)
some clothes
$200
some POS laptop
Title: So what did you get?
Post by: mikhael on December 28, 2001, 01:53:00 pm: Quote
Originally posted by joek:

Also Moonseed and The Light Of Other Days.

Mmmmm. _The Light of Other Days_ changed the way I look at privacy, identity and the man/machine divide. Tasty. Very very tasty.

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Title: So what did you get?
Post by: Stryke 9 on December 28, 2001, 03:31:00 pm: As for the main thing I got, well... I'm planning on it featuring somewhere right below whatever Setekh did for the render contest, and that's all I'm gonna say.
I also got a wierd dual polaroid camera thingy that looks like a welding accident and takes pictures that would look fair-sized to a small cockroach, some underwear, and socks.
Title: So what did you get?
Post by: The Avenger on December 28, 2001, 04:42:00 pm: a whole bunch of dvd's over 25 of them, UPS, DTT3500 speaker system, chocs a big book and a lot of drink

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Post by: JBX-Phoenix on December 28, 2001, 05:18:00 pm: For those of you who have RTCW, would you like to join my clan, JBX?
E-mail me if you do.

Phoenix [email protected] (a space between phoenix and JBX)

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Post by: Kazan on December 28, 2001, 06:25:00 pm: damn you! damn you all! i do get screwed!
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Post by: Stryke 9 on December 28, 2001, 09:39:00 pm: Kaz, you can have my socks if you like. (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/biggrin.gif)
I'm keeping the underwear. It's stripey!
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Post by: Warlock on December 28, 2001, 10:18:00 pm: And happy holidays to you to Kazan! LOL
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Post by: Nico on December 29, 2001, 07:04:00 am: Quote
Originally posted by Kazan:
damn you! damn you all! i do get screwed!

bof, not by me I think... merry christmas (http://dynamic.gamespy.com/~freespace/ubb/noncgi/frown.gif)
Title: So what did you get?
Post by: Grey Wolf on December 30, 2001, 01:08:00 pm: Quote
Originally posted by CODEDOG ND:
Women's Underwear
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