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4th Annual Demoscene Card Exchange

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Aaand it’s done! Hope everything arrives. :) Thanks for organizing this!
added on the 2023-11-27 11:06:12 by juvi juvi
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Good to hear it survived for at least some. It's nothing major, basically just a sticker, but made with a 3d printer so it's possible the postal system isn't kind to it.

I have a personal wax seal I got made once, I thought about putting it on my envelopes but wasn't sure how it'd fare. I also completely forgot to do it before mailing my cards, so oh well. Next year, maybe. 🙂
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I have a personal wax seal I got made once, I thought about putting it on my envelopes but wasn't sure how it'd fare.

That was kind of the idea =). As far as I understand you're nowadays supposed to put waxed envelopes inside envelopes if you want them to have any chance of surviving..

Also, received my first card.
added on the 2023-11-28 13:06:02 by sol_hsa sol_hsa
Received the first card - thank you Starchaser! It was pretty fancy even without the wax seal :]

Happy holidays to you, and all sceners!
added on the 2023-11-29 14:33:05 by appas appas
I got my cards posted yesterday! And I received the first card today! It was so nice and totally made my day! <3
added on the 2023-11-29 15:22:56 by rimina rimina
All five of mine on their way :)
added on the 2023-12-04 13:53:22 by spiny spiny
Sent all the last cards to Europe yesterday. Last day to send cards to Europe so they make on time for Christmas would be tomorrow, according to Finnish post office. So not even close!
added on the 2023-12-04 14:43:45 by pestis pestis
Received my card, and I really love it a lot! Amazing idea by the way :) thanks <3
added on the 2023-12-04 23:58:31 by juvi juvi
30% of cards received, and oddly enough I've gotten blank demoparty.berlin cards from two people.. =) Apologies, unless something weird happens, I'm unable to attend.

Also, this is the first time I've received a postcard as tracked priority mail. As in, have to show my ID at the post office to receive it.
added on the 2023-12-05 15:44:05 by sol_hsa sol_hsa
All mine got sent last month, so they should be there or well on their way. Haven't received any yet, but they'll get here.

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30% of cards received, and oddly enough I've gotten blank demoparty.berlin cards from two people.. =) Apologies, unless something weird happens, I'm unable to attend.

Also, this is the first time I've received a postcard as tracked priority mail. As in, have to show my ID at the post office to receive it.

Maybe they really wanted to make sure it got there. 😄

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Received the first card - thank you Starchaser! It was pretty fancy even without the wax seal :]

Happy holidays to you, and all sceners!

Glad it arrived fine and you like it. 🙂
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All mine got sent last month, so they should be there or well on their way.
Maybe they really wanted to make sure it got there. 😄

That would be me... after the "lost" (but eventually recovered, half a year later!) card two years ago, I have defaulted to registered mail for foreign cards. Unfortunately there is no control over how the mail will be treated in the arriving country - if I post locally I have the option for proof of delivery with or without signature, but that option does not seem to exist for international letters, so they seem to default to requiring a signature.
Interestingly, a local card I sent (without proof of delivery) now seems to be stuck for over a week, or maybe the tracking is just broken...
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Interestingly, a local card I sent (without proof of delivery) now seems to be stuck for over a week, or maybe the tracking is just broken...

Postal system is in a total chaos in december, so I'm not surprised.
added on the 2023-12-07 09:30:19 by sol_hsa sol_hsa
60% of cards have arrived, plenty of really nice surprises, stickers and a kinetic card =)

For those asking, yes, the new year demo is already done, youtube vid has been scheduled for publishing, just waiting for the date to post on pouet..
added on the 2023-12-08 15:38:14 by sol_hsa sol_hsa
Gotta say, this is about the best "festive" thing ever. Thanks a million to RacoonViolet and pestis for your awesome, heart-warming, elaborate greeting cards!

Also, sorry to to my recipients in Finland and Norway if the card pickup got tedious and involved ID verification because I, too, fall into Saga's category of "better use Einschreiben this time because two cards got last year"
added on the 2023-12-09 16:53:32 by losso losso
Got my second card today! Thanks, spiny - merry Christmas to you, too, and to all sceners everywhere!
added on the 2023-12-13 16:15:18 by appas appas
aaay, at least one has made it to its destination then :)

none here for me yet, but plenty of time :)
added on the 2023-12-13 17:45:36 by spiny spiny
Three cards have arrived so far. Thanks a lot silvia (a nice idea with your intro/card), v3nom (beware of the violet partyplace!) and platon42 (that was great!).

I've heard that my link has been a bit tricky to get right. A little tip: it's uppercase "i", not lowercase "L".
I got a reply to my sender's address from the card I sent to silvia - thank you for that! I hope you get to visit a party in person some day.
added on the 2023-12-16 02:46:14 by appas appas
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Three cards have arrived so far. Thanks a lot silvia (a nice idea with your intro/card), v3nom (beware of the violet partyplace!) and platon42 (that was great!).

I've heard that my link has been a bit tricky to get right. A little tip: it's uppercase "i", not lowercase "L".

I got yours, thank you! 🙂

Next year maybe do a QR code; as long as it's at least 3cm square and has a bit of space around it, it'll read fine. Or use a URL shortener, like is.gd, so there's less to type and get wrong.

Though tbf to you, I once sent out links to a gift download link to a song on Bandcamp (Goldfish by Workbench Music) to all my targets that year across two exchanges--this was back when the exchange was Nectarine only--and I engraved it onto the bottom back of the card where it might've had contrast issues. (Everyone got their own link; iirc paying for that many gift links and sorting that out was a PITA. I should do it again! 😅)
I was able to sort out the link, thanks. 🙂

(Goldfish; one household had two people participating in the non-Nectarine exchange. The other got Paper Frog.)
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Next year maybe do a QR code; as long as it's at least 3cm square and has a bit of space around it, it'll read fine. Or use a URL shortener, like is.gd, so there's less to type and get wrong.


The long URL was meant to be a little puzzle so it was intentional but yeah, maybe it's better to shorten the link next time.

Glad to hear you were able to open it.
Lol, typing that URL... yet I only made 1 typo. Opened in 2nd round :D
added on the 2023-12-20 11:57:31 by angelo angelo
Thanks to the dudes for nice sendings and warm wishes =).

@Daddy Freddy:
Please remember go to your local Posti office to pick up the stuff ;)
Do not have your email with me, thus writing here.
added on the 2023-12-21 10:45:52 by sim sim
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@Daddy Freddy:
Please remember go to your local Posti office to pick up the stuff ;)
Do not have your email with me, thus writing here.


Oh, should your card have already arrived, can you see from tracking that it is somewhere already? I haven't received any notifications.
Yes, I got yours ^^. Cool one, thanks \o/.
Do not have it with me, so no email from you.

Your stuff is in the Posti, Pori Sokos, with 4 days left. Take your ID.

For the track number, have a look at my account here to have my mail.
Unless you wish me to public it here =P.
added on the 2023-12-21 11:19:57 by sim sim

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