An year later, a second lottery took place, officially known as...
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The tradition continued the next year as well, with The Great DCTP Lottery III which as always represented the steel bonds that tie us to this community. Many have voiced their speculation over the continuity of this tradition, we believe it is time to answer to those enquiries. Hereby I announce...
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Everyone that wishes to participate will be entered into the Secret Santa lottery. After the sign-up deadline passes, you will be given a name to prepare a gift for that you will send to the manager, Conia, anytime before Christmas Day. On Christmas Day, all of the gifts will gradually be posted in a different topic yet to be created (without the giver's name, of course). All assignments will be determined randomly, and the gift can be literally anything: a picture you drew yourself, a story you wrote, some image you found, quotes from the person in question or others... anything you'd like! Creativity is your best weapon!
THE RULES!
— Everyone who posts in this topic will be considered signed up (unless they specifically post that they would like to opt out for whatever reason).
— The gifts may be images, text, a song, a link, or anything else appropriate. The gifts do not need to be elaborate or time-consuming if you do not wish, even just some in-joke would perfectly suffice for most people, I would imagine (Except PMing pofa a pofa'd message, try to be a bit more creative for her!).
— Because this is meant to be anonymous, we encourage everyone to avoid revealing who they have been assigned and especially not to reveal who they've been assigned to the person in question. It is, of course, up to you, but if possible, attempt to ensure that your gift is not one that is immediately traceable to you by everyone else on the forums. If this is unavoidable, don't worry! This aspect isn't so important! It's more for the suspense than anything.
— Your assignments will be PMed to you by Conia, and your gifts also need to be sent back to him.
— If you sign up, you will receive a gift. Even if one is not sent by the person assigned due to inactivity, a replacement will be ordered and it will be delivered. Similarly, if we end up with late sign-ups that are still confirmed and after all other assignments are already handed out, you will still receive a gift.
SOME ADDITIONAL INFO!
A backup team will be created for ensuring that everyone gets a gift. If any signed up member has some difficulty to present a gift, the backup team will take action and will prepare a gift for the receiver assigned to that person. If anyone wants to be part of the backup team, be sure to PM Conia.
Also, if in the process of making or thinking a gift, you stumbled upon an extra one, you can submit it too as a backup gift just in case there are some missing! More help is always welcomed.
THE DEADLINES!
November 27th: Sign-ups open
December 9th: Sign-ups end
December 10th: Gift assignments sent
December 24th: Gifts due
December 25th: Gifts revealed!
(If you miss a deadline, please PM Conia and see if there's still time to participate! we'll try to get everyone involved if at all possible!)
THE PARTICIPANTS SO FAR!
1. Jecka
2. Commi-Ninja
3. cinnamoroll
4. Raifuujin
5. Kamite
6. PhoenixTears
7. KainTheVampire
8. Aly_angelflight
9. Jd-
10. Cider
11. Yurikochan
12. dumytru
13. shinichi'sapprentice
14. Nix
15. Stopwatch
16. Meme
17. Kleene Onigiri
18. miyano_shiho
19. Raiden
20. pofa
21. hime-chan
22. Yuri Iwamoto
23. giogio
24. mangaluva
25. kurunouma
26. walnutdinosaur
27. bluekaitou1412
28. Kaito Lady
29. sstimson
30. red.orchid
Kay and her friends...
