Discord Garfield

Give him a break Terminator, considering that servers have been fucky, he probably thought that he wouldn't be getting anything anyway. If he ends up not giving you anything, you'll be rematched instantly because it's automated, but until those script kiddies at phantom force stop putting their micropenises in to Valve's USB drives, there won't be anything happening. Just be patient. The fix likely won't come for a while because, again, it's Christmas, the people who work at Valve are likely at home with their families, which is why those asshats strike on christmas, because they know the building will be empty.

ALRIGHT BOYS I THINK I FOUND THE PROBLEM! https://twitter.com/SteamDB/status/680490823226671104 Steam has been having some issues with caching today, you were able to look at your account details and see someone else's account, steam wallet, purchase history, and all. Not sure about credit card information, though that is a distinct possibility. The way this connects is because this event was supposed to be automated, the bots are likely freaking the fuck out since the servers are shitting their pants at the moment, so the gift delivery may need to be postponed until a later date, but on the bright side, it might mean that some people who the system says were grinches, actually did end up getting people presents, so that's good at least.

I had a similar situation, I gifted a pink B.M.O.C. to my recipient, and he was grinch, as was my santa. Was it really that common that people weren't giving stuff out, or was there a logistics issue with the number of gifters? I clicked to reclaim my gift, but I didn't get the option to trade the bot for my item back. Was it escrow? I could see that being an issue logistically, but considering it's all automated and the bots use a desktop authenticator made by Geel, I don't think that would be a problem, I mean if you're not giving away anything, it shouldn't require you to authenticate anything (which is another reason escrow is bullshit, but that's beside the point). Anyway, I'd say escrow definitely threw a wrench in to the plans, and made the event fairly disappointing for most involved. It's not really the fault of the scrap.tf devs or anything, it's mostly on valve and the greedy fucks in the community who thought they could get something for nothing, despite seeing that there was a gift sending requirement (even though they could just send something cheap, which is the equivalent of wonder trading a zigzagoon in hopes of getting a 6 iv Japanese ditto, seriously, if you do that, fuck you). All in all, a disappointing event, but you can't say they didn't try.