OFFICIAL 2008 Holiday Loots Thread

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 9:33 pm

And I got some more loot:

1) 32 slim jims
2) two pairs of pants
3) two t-shirts

DEFIANT · Post by **DEFIANT** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:09 am

Merry Christmas everyone...

I got:

Xbox360
Ace Combat 6
Guitar Hero World Tour w/Guitar
Crimson Skies -- for the original XBox
Pants
Sweatshirt
Pirate Stocking Cap
Dark Chocolate Big Hershey Bars
Remote Control Helicopter (mini)
202 Piece Tool Set
PS2 Laser Replacement
DS Supercard One
8GB USB Jump Drive

My wife got:

10 Mega Pixels Digital Camera
Candles
Matching Emerald Necklace and Earrings
Steering Wheel Cover
Extra Dark Chocolate
Flavored Coffee -- French Vanilla
Flavors to put in Coffee -- Carmel and French Vanilla
Electric Potpourri Pot and Scented oils to burn
Assorted Picture Frames

Awesome Christmas score me thinks...

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:42 am

Turns out that I may not go in with my brother for a laptop... you guys are probably right; I probably won't get to use it. Besides, I don't go any places besides school very often... I may just get a monitor with the money I got.

A Dell Ultrasharp 2408WFP... I'll wait until it goes on ~25% sale.

Oh, and I asked for/got Super Mario Sunshine... I don't like it very much, so I'm going to take it back and get... I don't know, something.

[edit] Oh yeah, my tutor got me art supplies for our last tutoring session.

Kind of sad, too, since it means our parting... I wonder if we'll see each other often.

megamanzer0 · Post by **megamanzer0** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 7:05 am

I got a 100 visa gift card can't complain since I wasn't expecting anything

sweener2001 · Post by **sweener2001** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 10:28 am

complete calvin & hobbes set
red 360 controller
cologne (eternity by CK)
t-shirt
book (the satanic verses by salman rushdie)

my fiancee got me something as well, but i have to wait until i can see her to find out what

SquareHead · Post by **SquareHead** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 11:17 am

My little brother gave me last year's gaming build.

From what I know of its specs.

MSI Motherboard (not sure which one yet)
4 GB Ram
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+
BFG GeForce 8800GTS 512MB
SATA 500Gb HD
Lite-On DVD+RW DL
Ultra 650 Watt PSU
Vista 32Bit

Starman Ghost · Post by **Starman Ghost** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 1:28 pm

-Chrono Trigger DS
- Wanted dvd
- Some pots and pans
- Flying Lesson

sweener2001 · Post by **sweener2001** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 2:32 am

A SIGNED, FIRST EDITION COPY OF FIGHT CLUB

also, a star trek movie (generations)

suck it

DOLLS (J) [!] · Post by **DOLLS (J) [!]** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 4:54 am

sweener2001 wrote:
A SIGNED, FIRST EDITION COPY OF FIGHT CLUB

So what?, Chuck Palahniuk lives in my basement.

Neo Kaiser · Post by **Neo Kaiser** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 5:01 am

$50

I got laid 2 days before so that can't count as a present.

Joe Camacho · Post by **Joe Camacho** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 8:46 am

SUPER ROBOT WARS ALPHA GAIDEN

ZH/Franky · Post by **ZH/Franky** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 3:55 pm

I mentioned elsewhere on thsi board that for christmas i was getting a 19" hdtv. Well, I found a 26" model (made by Samsung) on the market for half price, and instead got that one. Via HDMI, PS3 games look and sound absolutely brilliant on it.
It also serves as a lovely PC monitor (via VGA), and it handles standard definition content very well (I mainly connect my PS2 via RGB SCART, and my PS1 via composite, though this will change once I get hold of a component cable, for I'll then connect my PS2 via component, and my PS1 via the RGB SCART cable that I already have (and throw away my shitty composite cable)).

I'll show you guys a picture of it in a few days (I can't show you atm because I'm a few hundred miles away from home to stay at my grandmother's house during christmas, and i left the tv at home for obvious reasons).

EDIT:
Also, I'm thinking of installing Linux on my PS3. Does anyone have any experience with this? I can easily find guides on the web, but does anyone know what's the best distro to use on the PS3? I'm currently leaning towards Yellow Dog Linux, but I'm just wondering if anyone can actually give me a recommendation as to what distro I might like?

Lord Alpha · Post by **Lord Alpha** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 5:16 pm

I received the following

-Red Planet (The book)
Starship Troopers (the book)
iPod Touch 8GB
WALL-E DVD movie
Xbox360
The new PoP game for said XBOX 360
$175 cash from extended family (used to help purchase XBX360)
Logitech Z2300 2.1 Computer speakers These sound amazing

diminish · Post by **diminish** » Sat Dec 27, 2008 10:57 pm

Franky wrote:EDIT:
Also, I'm thinking of installing Linux on my PS3. Does anyone have any experience with this? I can easily find guides on the web, but does anyone know what's the best distro to use on the PS3? I'm currently leaning towards Yellow Dog Linux, but I'm just wondering if anyone can actually give me a recommendation as to what distro I might like?

If you would use Cell SDK, I think RHEL 5.2 or Fedora 9 is the way to go.

Post by **Nach** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 1:17 am

I received:
nothing (so far)

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 5:24 am

Lord Alpha wrote:iPod Touch 8GB

Don't forget to see this post on how to jailbreak it into the 2.2 firmware.

Joe Camacho · Post by **Joe Camacho** » Sun Dec 28, 2008 5:27 am

Nach wrote:I received:
nothing (so far)

No no no no, you, like everyone else in the world received:

SUPER ROBOT WARS ALPHA GAIDEN

Also, I got my revenge, I got 400 US dollars and right now I'm getting new clothes, including a couple of blazers I sooo needed.

Right now I have like 300 US dollars of my own, which will be spent buying rando stuff, I got a small LEGO creator kit, whatever is left, I might use it to buy revoltech figures, my Mazinkaiser is starting to feel lonely.

And man, IRON MAN was sold out at the Walmarts I tried to buy it from, I hope I find it tomorrow.

Lord Alpha · Post by **Lord Alpha** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 12:55 pm

adventure_of_link wrote:
Lord Alpha wrote:iPod Touch 8GB
Don't forget to see this post on how to jailbreak it into the 2.2 firmware.

Thank you sir. You saved me the trouble of posting about that.

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 7:57 pm

No problem.

BTW, if you wanna go back to 1.1.4 or 1.1.5 you uninstall iTunes 8, name your iTunes library.itl file to iTunes library old.itl

install iTunes 7.5

put the iPod into DFU mode and install 1.1.4 or 1.1.5, then use iLiberty to jailbreak it from there.

Then uninstall iTunes 7.5, delete the iTunes library.itl file it created and rename your iTunes library old.itl to iTunes library.itl and reinstall iTunes 8

Post by **badinsults** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 7:32 pm

I got:

- Overlord (Xbox 360)
- Castlevania: Order of Ecliscia (DS)
- 8 GB Sandisk Sansa MP3 player (and associated accessories)
- several Future Shop gift cards
- No Country for Old Men dvd
- a book on Canadian trivia
- a hoodie
- a cookbook with recipes from people who live in the municipality I grew up in commemorating the 125th anniversary of its founding
- plain white socks (I did ask for this)
- some pumice fragments from the top of Mt Vesuvius

Post by **Agozer** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 10:33 pm

I got:

- Some clothes (socks, underwear, etc.)
- A book (political satire)
- Aftershave + deodorant
- Nokia 7210 Supernova
- Tons of candy

Will get later:

- A 2GB MicroSD card for the phone + a USB data cable
- A 500Gb external HDD
- Some games

Joe Camacho · Post by **Joe Camacho** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:14 pm

Well, I think I can sort of list what I got:

Clothes:
Shirts
formal shirts
formal pants
some jeans
blazers
underwear
socks

Random Stuff:
A Lego Creator set.
A Nerf Maverick (I always wanted one)
a bunch of Hershey Chocolate Bars
the IRON MAN movie dvd
"How to Survive a Robot Uprising" book
"Where is my jetpack?" book
GUN GC game
Chibi Robo GC game
Sonic Mega Collection GC game

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 12:35 am

forgot to mention that I got a cologne called diesel fuel for life

it smells pretty good, and NO it's not made out of diesel fuel.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 2:15 am

With the money I got for Christmas, I bought a used copy of Resident Evil 4 Wii and a used copy of Pikmin 2, and a new copy of Guitar Hero World Tour (single guitar pack). Even though Pikmin 2 cost $55, I did save money on Guitar Hero World Tour; the single guitar pack only cost $60, and they gave me a $10 gift card (Wal-Mart).