Hey everyone,

Christmas and Smissmas are upon us, and it’s time for our subreddit’s festivities!

I hope you're all doing well!

A little message from NTDonkie before we continue, this is probably going to be my lsat Christmas event where I am fully able to dedicate time to helping, as some of you already knew I've wanted to become a mother and this is the perfect time to tell you all that that dream is coming very much true! #babydueJune2022! I will still be around but I won’t be as much as I have been! Many huggles!

Random Acts of TF2 as we all know is an amazing little community that has been steadily growing with a few new faces showing up each week.

Our Discord server has also been growing steadily and is a fantastic place to chat openly to each other about giveaways or TF2 itself! Why not come join us in the Christmas event Channel once you have signed up!

https://discordapp.com/invite/mwP7YX4

What are we doing?

This event will operate the same way it did last year.

To participate, simply sign-up to the event. Sign-ups will be open for roughly 7 days from December 1st until December 7th!

We will require some info from yourselves: your preferred classes, items, and the like.

The mod team will then work as quickly as possible (about 3 - 5 days) to go through all the responses, pair everyone up with a giftee, and assign you a gifter!

You will then be sent the Reddit & Steam username of your giftee, along with their trade partner URL, so you will be able to deliver the gift(s) of your choice to them, and maybe add them for a chat!

You can head here to find your own trade URL: http://steamcommunity.com/my/tradeoffers/privacy

The minimum gift value requirement in this event is 1 craft hat or 1.66 ref. Do not simply give currency as a gift. Try to personalize your gift. Most people who take part in this event want some thought and effort put into what they’re given. You can include currency in your gift, just please do not make it the only thing you give. If you only give currency, you will be barred from future events on this subreddit.

How do I sign up?

Simply fill in this form  

When will the gifting be?

Once we have collected all of the responses, the mod team will work quickly (about 3 - 5 days) to sort out responses and assign gifters!

Your giftee, and any information required, will be sent to you via /u/RAoTF2Events.

Once you have gifted to them, MESSAGE MODMAIL with proof (an uploaded screenshot) that the trade has been completed and accepted.

Failure to do this will result in an appealable ban from /r/RandomActsofTF2.

Send your proof to MODMAIL.

If you do not have a flair already, you can also add the name of the flair you would like to your reply. Available flairs are found here: https://www.reddit.com/r/RandomActsOfTf2/wiki/hat_flairs

Please also read the Hat Flair FAQ

We advise you to get your gift and send it to your giftee by no later than December 25th.

Any questions regarding the event?

Please send us a message here.

Anything else I should look out for?

Christmas is always a busy time of year for us all IRL, so please bear with us over the Christmas period.

As with every event, there will be some issues. If you will not be available for the gifting, please indicate this on the signup form. We have tried to simplify this by giving you a trade URL.

If you are still waiting after the event has ended, please contact modmail.

In the case of the latter, we've got some items prepared as a backup. You can also volunteer to help out by being a second gifter. This would mean you may be asked to help out with giving gifts to people whose gifters bailed out on them.

Anything else?

Yes! Keep your eyes open for some rather large and also fun giveaways from the community!

Please send all Christmas Gifting event questions to https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/RandomActsOfTf2

The Philanthropist's Indulgence will be given out to all participants who have not already received the badge and have fully completed their proof of gifting. Badges will be given out once the event has finished on or around the 1st of January 2021.

The Altruist’s Adornment will not be given out to people participating in this event. The badge is given out via a monthly vote poll exclusively.

Summation

• Christmas gift exchange
• Sign up
• Sign-ups due by 23:59 UTC December 7th
• 1.66 refined minimum value (craft hat)
• No maximum value
• Do not only give currency, personalize the gift
• Information will be distributed via Reddit PM from /u/RAoTF2 Events
• Gifts are due by December 25th
• Valid gifting proof as outlined by subreddit rules must be provided after gifting to modmail
• Failure to provide proof will result in a subreddit ban and no badge
• Badges will be distributed within a few days after the event ends
• Any questions or concerns should be directed to modmail.

*Second gifting will be in January

Have an amazing Smissmas and Christmas everyone, and a Merry New Year!