The Escapist Holiday Loot Thread

[PsychicTaco115]

Happy Holidays Escapists. May your time be merry and cheer

But the most important thing about the holidays is all the LOOT YOU GET. LOOT LOOT LOOT LOOT

So post here what goodies you got

I got:
*3 records (Jay-Z, A Tribe Called Quest, Bon Iver)
*Steam gift card
*Sweatpants, sweater, pants
*Cologne

Pretty good haul if I do say so myself

 

[tippy2k2]

I've only done half a Christmas so far (Ha! Take that kids with parents who are still together! Divorced parents FTW!) but I've gotten some alright swag so far. Part of the problem though is that now that I'm an adult, if I wanted it I would buy it and if I couldn't afford to buy it yet, I'm not getting that as a present

On to the list!

Assassins Creed Unity: Got absolutely destroyed for all the bugs and whatnot but I am under the assumption that that shit has been fixed by now...right? Probably? Either way, I like the AC games but not enough to ever pay full price (even in gift form).

Dark Souls II: I don't know why I keep asking for these games as I keep not playing them. I guess I'm hopeful that with the Xbox One, the technical issues I kept running into with Demon/Dark Souls on the PS3/360 will be no more. It's a series I think I could get into but the huge framerate drops in some areas made combat impossible and the game is hard enough as it is. I don't know if it's a macho "I'm still a hardcore gamer guyz!" thing or what but I'll give this series one more chance to impress me.

An ice cream scoop: This might sound benign but it is anything but. This is literally the greatest ice cream scoop in the world. The scoop part has some kind of metallic stuff in it that causes it to heat up when it comes in contact with cold. Your ice cream can be rock hard and this mofo will cut through it like...well...a hot scoop through ice cream.

Vikings T-Shirt: SKOL VIKINGS! It's an Dry-Tech Vikings shirt (similar to Under Armor workout gear) so I can show my Vikings pride AND go to the gym without feeling all gross (at least until I see myself in the mirror! ZING!....oh....I made myself sad).

Miscellaneous cash and candy because you're never too old for candy.

Mother has done well. Father's Christmas will be happening tomorrow. Which parent will win tippy2k2's love this year!?! Stay tuned to find out...

EDIT: Per the request of others, here is that awesome ice cream scoop

https://www.cutco.com/products/product.jsp?item=ice-cream-scoop

 

[DefunctTheory]

I got...

-Long Sleeve Shirt (2 Count)
-Pants (1 Count)
-Belt
-Chef Knife
-Old Cast Iron Skillet
-Final Fantasy 13: Lightning Returns (My friend is hellbent on me liking FF13. He's gotten me all the sequels after my rage fit at FF13 proper)

Pretty good stuff. I actually asked for the clothes, because I've lost a ton of weight and nothing fits me and I hate clothes shopping, and I really wanted a cast iron skillet. I didn't expect to get a nice old one though, huge bonus.

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Pretty damn good Christmas haul, as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Barbas]

Eeeeeeeeey Taco, what the fucks is up, man! I got some wine and some chocoaltes and some beer - my favcourite - it's carlsberg! - and some more chocolate and wine! i dont know where my legs are but they must still be attached because i walked usptairs to type this.

Maybe I'll watch The Hobbit[t/ with my family later this evening, I don't know. The first film onnly, though. It's a brilliant self-contaiend adventure in Middle-Earth with my faves hobbit ever.

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and maybe tomorrow ill wake up and install spellcheck, holy shit.

The best thing ever in an ice cream sscoop.

Yes. LOVE IT. (b o c O)b

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

I got several books, they're super nerdy so I'll spare you.
An ASU shirt so I can work out in non-ratty shirts.
ASU socks.
ASU metal car tag.
Legend of Zelda: Tri-Force Heroes.

Vikings T-Shirt: SKOL VIKINGS! It's an Dry-Tech Vikings shirt (similar to Under Armor workout gear) so I can show my Vikings pride AND go to the gym without feeling all gross (at least until I see myself in the mirror! ZING!....oh....I made myself sad).

I got one too!

I had a Jared Allen number shirt and I felt just dirty having that traitor on me after he was traded. Now I can work out in confidence knowing I can show my Viking pride in a sea of Cardinals fans and their obnoxious ways!

 

[tippy2k2]

Vikings T-Shirt: SKOL VIKINGS! It's an Dry-Tech Vikings shirt (similar to Under Armor workout gear) so I can show my Vikings pride AND go to the gym without feeling all gross (at least until I see myself in the mirror! ZING!....oh....I made myself sad).

I got one too!

I had a Jared Allen number shirt and I felt just dirty having that traitor on me after he was traded. Now I can work out in confidence knowing I can show my Viking pride in a sea of Cardinals fans and their obnoxious ways!

That's why I don't like getting jerseys (that and they're stupid expensive). I remember three years ago being a super excited Vikings fan and decided that I'm finally going to get a jersey and who better than that up and coming QB Christian Ponder!

...whoops

I didn't ever actually get the jersey but since dodging that bullet, I realized that the individual numbered jerseys were not for me. I'd rather just have a plain old shirt/sweater/banana hammock (you know, normal everyday clothing) to show off my Vikings pride.

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

Vikings T-Shirt: SKOL VIKINGS! It's an Dry-Tech Vikings shirt (similar to Under Armor workout gear) so I can show my Vikings pride AND go to the gym without feeling all gross (at least until I see myself in the mirror! ZING!....oh....I made myself sad).

I got one too!

I had a Jared Allen number shirt and I felt just dirty having that traitor on me after he was traded. Now I can work out in confidence knowing I can show my Viking pride in a sea of Cardinals fans and their obnoxious ways!

That's why I don't like getting jerseys (that and they're stupid expensive). I remember three years ago being a super excited Vikings fan and decided that I'm finally going to get a jersey and who better than that up and coming QB Christian Ponder!

...whoops

I didn't ever actually get the jersey but since dodging that bullet, I realized that the individual numbered jerseys were not for me. I'd rather just have a plain old shirt/sweater/banana hammock (you know, normal everyday clothing) to show off my Vikings pride.

It was a neat shirt to work out in!

I treasured that shirt until he was traded to the Bears, and then it felt weird. I almost bought an Adrian Peterson jersey, but I don't have that kind of cash just laying around. Well that, and I got tired of people giving me weird looks since his number was 69. Damn pervs!

I seriously thought about giving my dog a Vikings collar for Christmas, but I thought that would have been a bit much.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

I'm expecting a card from my Mom and my Sister but other than that...

3 t-shirts (Mega Man, Avengers & Cow and Chicken graphic tees)
pair of jeans
pajama/lounge pants (Fallout, Vault 111)
DBZ green-lens scouter
Super Mario Chess
Star Wars travel cup/mug thing
Shoes (Star Wars Imperial graphic design)
Funko Pop Vinyl (Cell from Dragon Ball Z)
Link (huge, somewhat pose-able. You may have seen him in Toys R Us or Gamestop)
Yo-Kai Watch 1 (manga)
Yo-Kai Watch 3DS case (Jibanyan)
Yo-Kai Watch (imported toy; it's a literal watch that came with 2 Yo-Kai Medals and it makes sound and it fucking awesome)
Yo-Kai Watch Yo-Kai Medal blind bags (a full fucking box of 12 blind bags. Each one has 2 medals each. I haven't opened them all yet.)
random assortment of candy...and a bowl of kimchi-flavored ramen.

My manager from work also gave me an assortment of candy and a gift card so there's that too.

 

[Prime_Hunter_H01]

I got a
-Vault Boy Statue
-Shulk Amiibo
-20th Anniversary PS4 Controller
-A Razer Mousepad
and an HDMI switchbox.

I usually buy my games and ask for misc stuff for Christmas.

off topic

An ice cream scoop: This might sound benign but it is anything but. This is literally the greatest ice cream scoop in the world. The scoop part has some kind of metallic stuff in it that causes it to heat up when it comes in contact with cold. Your ice cream can be rock hard and this mofo will cut through it like...well...a hot scoop through ice cream.

Can you direct the rest of us to this, a brand name or an amazon page link or something.

 

[Elfgore]

Pretty nice haul this year.

-100 dollars in cash
-25 dollar Amazon gift card
-A Swiss Army Knife with my name on it
-A framed photo of my dad and I
-Two One Piece Figurines(Silvers Rayleigh and Sabo)
-First two novels in the Warhammer 40K: Horus Heresy series
-Ten pairs of white socks
-A media storage unit

All in all, pretty fantastic Christmas. Got pretty much everything I wanted.

 

[tippy2k2]

off topic

An ice cream scoop: This might sound benign but it is anything but. This is literally the greatest ice cream scoop in the world. The scoop part has some kind of metallic stuff in it that causes it to heat up when it comes in contact with cold. Your ice cream can be rock hard and this mofo will cut through it like...well...a hot scoop through ice cream.

Can you direct the rest of us to this, a brand name or an amazon page link or something.

That...is a good question. It's one of those "Sell Door to Door" kind of companies that college students do (my youngest brother is in college and his friend worked for them, that's where this thing came from).

https://www.cutco.com/products/product.jsp?item=ice-cream-scoop

I did find it on Amazon as well but it is actually more expensive there.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000L147TI?keywords=Cutco%20ice%20cream%20scoop&qid=1451065383&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1

 

[CrazyGirl17]

My loot this year includes:

-A couple of t-shirts (a stack of pit bulls and a werewolf)
-A few headphones
-A couple Amazon cards that adds up to over $100
-A Hot Topic card
-A Naruto POP! Figure
-A new watch
-A sketchbook and lots of colored pencils

Not a bad haul, honestly.

 

[Paragon Fury]

This is what I got;

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I also got $45 for the Xbox Store, which I used to buy the RS: Siege Season Pass and some DLC costumes for Dead or Alive 5 -

 

[Don Incognito]

I got this: https://imgur.com/a/BKHKM

 

[Lufia Erim]

I got the tales of zestria collectors edition from my gf. And money from everyone else.

I gave her Super Dungeon explore. Which is kind of a gift to both of us.

 

[Scarim Coral]

I got
Bro- In No Kumi and The Last of Us (he gave me his old PS3 when he got a PS4 but I haven't bought many games on it at the moment). I been playing In No Kumi and it's alright (nothing wrong with it, it just your sterotypical rpg but the animation is great cos I loved Studio Ghibli.)

My parent- money (60 pounds). Same thing as usual. I will update this later on what I will spend it on (I had an idea but I will find out tomorrow if the store got them).

EDIT- Ok I spend the cash on getting these two graphic novel-

Dryan Lee O'Malley "Lost at Sea" (saw it months ago at Forbidden Planet as they seen to doing a promo for his Scott Pilgrim stuff.)

Cory Doctorow & Jen Wang "In Real Life" (I read the preview of in the free comicbook day and I liked it). Funny how both the comic stores didn't had it so I had to resort to the second bookstore (first bookstore couldn't find it despite they had one in their system but redirect me to the other store).

That it really since I don't get many presents in general (me and my mate decide not to get each other presents cos we were broke back then).

 

[1981]

- Money and a gift card.
- Food (tea bags, honey etc.). Always needed.
- Socks. My favorites! Now I can throw away the ones that are beyond salvation.
- Lotions. Unscented. Yay.
- Some bath... stuff. Scented. I hope someone else can use them.
- One box of chocolates and some candy.

Steam is in deep shit right now, so I don't know if or when I'll buy myself anything.

 

[Beffudled Sheep_v1legacy]

I got $100 cash, the original Star Wars trilogy on VHS (no crappy "special editions" for me anymore!) and this beautiful thing

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The gifts definitely made a horrible Christmas season better

 

[Ryallen]

Let's see now...

-Work clothes, including black pants and black socks (Thanks mom.)
-Some T-shirts that I probably won't wear more than once
-Normal socks, despite me having plenty from two years ago
-$120 in giftcards for Gamestop
-3 $10 gift cards for Cold Stone
-$50 cash
-A black Wii U with Splatoon and Smash pre-installed
-A bunch of chewing gum, including like 20 Double Bubble pieces
-A candy cane case of Reese's Cups
-A watch
-A beanie with bluetooth
-A book with two sci-fi stories in it
-A Splatoon Amiibo
-$10 for the Nintendo E-shop

Looking back, there were a few games that I wished that I had asked for, but I felt like the Wii U was pushing it.

 

[The Wykydtron]

I didn't really ask for much this year, I would have asked for a PS4 but since ArcSys is porting all their games to Steam that's 50% of the reason I wanted a PS4 gone. It'll be Persona 5: The Console. Got to take franchises as hostages to keep the PS4 looking relevant eh Sony?

I got a decent amount of money, I haven't counted it yet but maybe like just under ?200 or something? Got some generic sweets and stuff, jumpers etc etc.

I got 20 of the 40 (55 if we count the Extra Deck) Yugioh Prediction Princess deck I wanted but that's fine, I only asked for them for Christmas because i'm a lazy fuckboy who would rather hand my family a decklist and have someone else trawl through Ebay. I can fill out the rest myself. I noticed they got all 3 Rituals and all 3 copies of Tarotrei but that was just luck apparently, they just took shots in the dark. Got my hands on some copies of good old Mirror Force though, fucking cheese that it is. "Destroy all monsters your opponent controls that are in the Attack Position when they declare an attack"

It's legitimately the most "I activate my Trap Card!!!" Trap Card in the game.