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Open Forum => Off-Topic => Topic started by: Master KChief on October 22, 2010, 04:46:00 AM
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another year with my girlfriend, another birthday to buy gifts for. thankfully due to the input of the community last year, i was able to buy her an awesome ring (http://www.cactusgamedesign.com/message_boards/index.php?topic=18269.0) which she still wears to this day. now im burdened with the task of finding something as cool/endearing or cooler/endearing(er?) than last year. its a difficult task, as her birthday is always nestled firmly on the day when the newest installment of the best selling first person shooter in videogame history launches (november 9th), and i must always fight the temptation of getting her a gift that pretty much is for me (this pretty much happened last year when i also got her the limited edition version of said fps game console for her birthday, knowing full well shes not that much into said fps ;D).
so far the best i've got is getting her a black nintendo wii (or 25th anniversary red wii, which coincidentally drops on november 7th) from my store. she has expressed fond memories of playing the donkey kong country games for the super nintendo when she was younger, so i woud probably also preload DKC 1, 2, and 3 from the Virtual Console on it, as well as i dunno, maybe get her a gift card for donkey kong country returns which comes out on the 21st? the only problems with this is me, as well as her sister, already own a wii...and, i dunno, is it a bit cheesy or unthoughtful getting her videogame gifts when i work at gamestop? does it seem like im taking the easy way out?
her bday is in a little over 2 weeks, so i have a little while. any and all brainstorming ideas would be greatly appreciated. especially if its from rawrlolsauce and it involves sheep, sandwiches, or refrigerators.
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make her a nice romantic dinner at home. always works for meh...
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yeah, that kinda goes without saying...dinner, movie, pampering, the whole spiel. but the gifts are an integral part too! :)
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You're worried about your gift being unthoughtful, so you ask the internet what it should be XD At least you're not asking on /b/
Does she have an SNES? Keeping the idea but actually getting the original system and games would have way more endearment factor and less danger of "oh you got this at your store" because last time I checked, Gamestop doesn't carry SNES.
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+1
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+1 to Pol, that's some originality and retro quality. I'm thinkin' she'll like it because "you" put some thought and creativity into it.
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I hate to jump on any bandwagon, but I also agree with Pol. Going with the original is the way to go.
Typically I wouldn't recommend video game anything as a present for a girl. But if this girl is going to be the one for MKC for the rest of his life, she better have a pretty strong appreciation for video games. Therefore, if she hates the present and dumps him over it, then she wasn't the right one anyway :)
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lol prof said it best xp...
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Well she didn't dump him for getting her the limited edition FPS, so looks like he's golden.
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Well she didn't dump him for getting her the limited edition FPS, so looks like he's golden.
GOLDEN3YE!
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I'm not so sure about the going back to the old system idea. After you've played today's games, the old games are great to play and think man this used to be awesome, but it fades pretty quickly. The replay value goes down to about 0 after a couple plays. My favorite games used to be Mario 64 and Goldeneye. Thought, hmm, i'd be cool to get a 64 and play those old games on the old system. Played them twice I think, and haven't touched them since. Another thing you can think about is screen size. Donkey Kong used to look awesome on the 19inch TV. On bigger TVs, DK is just a big brown dot.
Daniel
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Buy her a goat.
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make her a nice romantic dinner at home. always works for meh...
make her a nice romantic dinner at home that involves rawrlolsauce!, sheep, sandwiches, refrigerators, and a goat
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I can prepare a delicious meal of TV Dinners for the low price of $50 per hour.
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I can prepare a delicious meal of TV Dinners for the low price of $50 per hour.
Deal. Where do I send my name, SSN, address, and credit card info?
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Wait until she leaves the room.
Put in a recording of a commercial about diamonds or something.
Give her diamonds or something.
(Make sure the recording and what you give her are the same thing.)
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You can just message it to me. You also need your mother's maiden name.
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1) beware of jewelry....
if you don't have much money now, don't buy her a diamond necklace thinking you can always buy her a better one down the road. women prefer sentimental value to upgrades (usually) and consider you buying her a better one taking away from the first one
2) obviously dinner/ pampering/ etc is expected, so however you go about satisfying these expectations, try and make it surprise her and surpass her expectations which will likely grow by the day until then :P
-for example- tell her you are taking her to a casual laid back cafe 20 minutes away and to wear something comfortable. instead drive her to a field/park/woods/pre-arranged site for a just-after-dark candle lit picnic under the stars. bring lot's of blankets :)
-since the example relies on clear skies and good weather, have a back-up plan (reservations at a fancy restaurant (and a dress hidden in the back seat)
3) start the evening with a massage. women generally stop thinking (to some degree) when receiving a good massage. Thus, you will lower her expectations and pause her excitement, creating a lull in the day, which you will shatter with the evening festivities :D
4) the gift itself should be something unexpected, thoughtful, and as good or better than what she expected. It should also be something that can be used for a long time and remains visible in her everyday life (ex- picture/frame). that way she is reminded of what you got her and of the birthday you spent together.
5) if you get her a card, i highly recommend making it yourself and put a lot of time into it. it shows time commitment and thoughtfulness. it doesn't have to have great artwork, or be funny. However, the more you write and spoil her with your loving words, the more she will melt
if you want more specific ideas, feel free to ask, but i recommend taking this and all the other comments here as no more than a suggestion/outline/example, and not perform any of the specifics.
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I can prepare a delicious meal of TV Dinners for the low price of $50 per hour.
Deal. Where do I send my name, SSN, address, and credit card info?
By the way, Sauce lives in Nigeria...
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1) beware of jewelry....
if you don't have much money now, don't buy her a diamond necklace thinking you can always buy her a better one down the road. women prefer sentimental value to upgrades (usually) and consider you buying her a better one taking away from the first one
2) obviously dinner/ pampering/ etc is expected, so however you go about satisfying these expectations, try and make it surprise her and surpass her expectations which will likely grow by the day until then :P
-for example- tell her you are taking her to a casual laid back cafe 20 minutes away and to wear something comfortable. instead drive her to a field/park/woods/pre-arranged site for a just-after-dark candle lit picnic under the stars. bring lot's of blankets :)
-since the example relies on clear skies and good weather, have a back-up plan (reservations at a fancy restaurant (and a dress hidden in the back seat)
3) start the evening with a massage. women generally stop thinking (to some degree) when receiving a good massage. Thus, you will lower her expectations and pause her excitement, creating a lull in the day, which you will shatter with the evening festivities :D
4) the gift itself should be something unexpected, thoughtful, and as good or better than what she expected. It should also be something that can be used for a long time and remains visible in her everyday life (ex- picture/frame). that way she is reminded of what you got her and of the birthday you spent together.
5) if you get her a card, i highly recommend making it yourself and put a lot of time into it. it shows time commitment and thoughtfulness. it doesn't have to have great artwork, or be funny. However, the more you write and spoil her with your loving words, the more she will melt
if you want more specific ideas, feel free to ask, but i recommend taking this and all the other comments here as no more than a suggestion/outline/example, and not perform any of the specifics.
Jaeger wins. I can't help but agree with all of that. He must have had a lot of practice.
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yes, jaeger is most definately the resident love guru, having helped me tremendously during my 'get out of the doghouse' period.
i thought about getting a star named after her through the international star registry, but then i learned that none of the star names are recognized by any official astronomical organization. what a brilliant way to make money...millions of stars in the sky, the potential to make millions of dollars just for sending people an unofficial piece of paper. :P
any other specific ideas?
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now im burdened with the task of finding something as cool/endearing or cooler/endearing(er?) than last year.
Stop buying into consumerism. Get her something that shows that you love her.
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+1 with Sean. Something like a car, jewelry, or a goat.
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+1 with Sean. Something like a car, jewelry, or a goat.
Yeah! That'd help the economy!
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*A german car.
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On a random note, every time I see this thread, I always think there's going to be spoilers.
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XD
on another note, she told me what she'd really love for her birthday this year is a white guardian angel... ::) ;D
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Ring Wraith said he'd give it to you if you fly me out to Nationals every year for the next 5 years (in addition to paying for my stay at a 5 star hotel).
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how about next year? :)
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But its only going to be a 3 hour drive to nats (for me) next year! >:c. That'll be just as fast as flying.
(Also, Andrew, I get 95% agent's fee)
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on another note, she told me what she'd really love for her birthday this year is a white guardian angel... ::) ;D
Well then, I guess you can buy an xbox 360 slim for me and we can do a trade. ;)
But its only going to be a 3 hour drive to nats (for me) next year! >:c. That'll be just as fast as flying.
(Also, Andrew, I get 95% agent's fee)
After the deal I cut you on gas last trip we had, you've already recieved your 95%.
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It was 110 miles to Arden Hills. Thats what, 5 gallons of gas? At $3 each that would be $15. Split that between the 3 people and that would be $5, you didn't charge us anything ;D (atleast I don't remember you charging....). $5 is 95% of ~$5.26. That means you're selling your error for $5.26. I'll buy it.
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It was 110 miles to Arden Hills. Thats what, 5 gallons of gas? At $3 each that would be $15. Split that between the 3 people and that would be $5, you didn't charge us anything ;D (atleast I don't remember you charging....). $5 is 95% of ~$5.26. That means you're selling your error for $5.26. I'll buy it.
Don't forget the Iowa trip...
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I've installed a teleporter in my basement and I live 15 minutes from Arden Hills.
Pay me a measly $2,000,000 and come over when ever you want.
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We're even on that. There was heavy interest on the large amount of money I lent you for 30 minutes.
If you don't want to habeeb that.... a round trip took ~$54 in gas. Thats $27 each and you charged me $5. That leaves $22 you "gave" to me. 22$ is like 95% of $23.50 or something (too lazy to check.) So, that means you're selling it for $23.50. I'll buy it.
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We're even on that. There was heavy interest on the large amount of money I lent you for 30 minutes.
If you don't want to habeeb that.... a round trip took ~$54 in gas. Thats $27 each and you charged me $5. That leaves $22 you "gave" to me. 22$ is like 95% of $23.50 or something (too lazy to check.) So, that means you're selling it for $23.50. I'll buy it.
xbox 360 first.
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how about a fsp, straight up. a real one.
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I haz liek over 9000 FSPs laying around. There is only ONE of these error cards in the market, possibly period.
(I'm now raising my free to 98%.)
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Free to 98%? What? ;)
I guess Sauce is my agent...keep it up!
Although that is tempting, I don't need an FSP, since I have one, don't use multiple decks that are similar, and there are over 9000 I can borrow of Sauce's.
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I'll take it for the "free" with 98% interest.
:)
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Nah. I'm just pretending to be your agent to get MKC to bid higher. I want it too, but I don't want to waste tons of time negotiating just to have MKC outbid me ;D. The faster he goes above the "max price" I have in mind, the less time I waste :-*
Is there anything you are looking for, however?
PS- I still owe you all those cards you borrowed me. Come to think of it I better go make a trade thread to get the ones you're not trading me.....
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Is there anything you are looking for, however?
PS- I still owe you all those cards you borrowed me. Come to think of it I better go make a trade thread to get the ones you're not trading me.....
Not card wise.
Heh, not a big deal, but I'll need a few of them eventually...probably...
This thread has been hijacked.
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Why don't you hire a brass band and sing a love song sweetly to her
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go to your local wal-mart and buy her a bouquet of roses w/a $50 gift card
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pray that God will give you some ideas
Sadness
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Instead of taking her out to some fancy restaurant you should buy 100 McNuggets.
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Who let emo kids on the board?
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Who let emo kids on the board?
Caleb has been around for years?
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Colin called me emo once. That really hurt so I went and cried while cutting myself and listening to My Chemical Romance. Because they're so hardcore.
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Get her a once-of-a-lifetime deal on a white birth foretold!!!!!
for only $50.00 I would part with my most super, ultra, epiccally valuable WHITE BIRTH FORETOLD!!!!!!!!!!
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Who let emo kids on the board?
lolwut? I hope that wasn't aimed at me because I'm not really...
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Get her a once-of-a-lifetime deal on a white birth foretold!!!!!
for only $50.00 I would part with my most super, ultra, epiccally valuable WHITE BIRTH FORETOLD!!!!!!!!!!
i would do $5.00, seeing how everyone is pulling white silver cards now.
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Idk how it could have been interpreted that my comment was aimed at Caleb (who's awesome) and not at the person named "sadness" writing the bad pseudo-poetry.
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Who let emo kids on the board?
TheSchaef. I'd suggest you take it up with him privately.
Though I fail to see how you consider a list of suggestions "poetry".
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Idk how it could have been interpreted that my comment was aimed at Caleb (who's awesome) and not at the person named "sadness" writing the bad pseudo-poetry.
woops missed the sadness nvm (and you're awesome too :-* )
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Idk how it could have been interpreted that my comment was aimed at Caleb (who's awesome) and not at the person named "sadness" writing the bad pseudo-poetry.
Why is Sadness picture "Joy"?
That doesn't seem very emo to me...
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Idk how it could have been interpreted that my comment was aimed at Caleb (who's awesome) and not at the person named "sadness" writing the bad pseudo-poetry.
Why is Sadness picture "Joy"?
That doesn't seem very emo to me...
That was Jellboy's Avi
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It seems to be a very popular one.
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Custom Avatars: too mainstream.
USE DEFAULTS
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Custom Avatars: too mainstream.
USE DEFAULTS
just ask yourself: WWSCD? what would a stereotypical christian do?
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guys, im still lost on ideas of things i could possibly get her. anymore suggestions? ???
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A shark hoodie.
(https://www.cactusforums.com/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2F2.media.bustedtees.cvcdn.com%2Fe%2Fc%2Fbustedtees.7bc61dbe7a725445a1df226cc412612f.jpg&hash=5a9aec98b34bda1679f13b1d2d9aa2f4874ff5fd)
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http://www.vat19.com/dvds/worlds-largest-gummy-bear.cfm (http://www.vat19.com/dvds/worlds-largest-gummy-bear.cfm)
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http://www.bitrebels.com/geek/worlds-biggest-kitkat-bar-only-45888-calories/ (http://www.bitrebels.com/geek/worlds-biggest-kitkat-bar-only-45888-calories/)
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worlds largest chocolate bar. FTW.