AntiApplicability Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 So, as it stands I have a few people on the Christmas list who would be excellent candidates for CM. However, I cannot seem to find how to gift the downloadable versions. Any ideas? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffsmith Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 http://www.battlefront.com/helpdesk/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=34 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntiApplicability Posted December 21, 2013 Author Share Posted December 21, 2013 Handy that 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Williams Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 When did "gift" become a verb? This seems to be a recent phenomenon that snuck up on me. Now I see it everywhere. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeA Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Googles ngram viewer suggests that "to gift" has been on a steady rise since the 1920s with a bit of drop in popularity during the '70s. Go to http://books.google.com/ngrams and have some fun. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfhand Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 circa 1550 http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gift 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Williams Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Interesting. I've just started noticing the usage of gift as a verb in the last year or two. Thought it might have something to do with the interwebz. Guess I got "schooled". ;-) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sburke Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 and then of course there is the "re-gifter". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 What about gift certificates? It would be great if I could drop hints to Mrs Claus that a gift certificate to Battlefront would make an excellent stocking stuffer? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Hello Ted! It's never been easier getting a BFC gift certificate! Put the desired amount of cash (min. $100) inside an envelope equipped with sufficient stampage and send it to address Mr. Sergei P.O. Box 176-167 Finland 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjkerner Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Hello Ted! It's never been easier getting a BFC gift certificate! Put the desired amount of cash (min. $100) inside an envelope equipped with sufficient stampage and send it to address Mr. Sergei P.O. Box 176-167 Finland Or, alternatively, send to: mjkerner Box 666 Wisconsin, USA 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 You know, I've always said the people on this forum are so helpful. But, to make it easier, why don't you send me your bank account numbers along with any social security numbers and passwords and I can directly deposit the funds. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisND Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Hello Ted! It's never been easier getting a BFC gift certificate! Put the desired amount of cash (min. $100) inside an envelope equipped with sufficient stampage and send it to address Mr. Sergei P.O. Box 176-167 Finland I've sent five envelopes to this address, and the gift certificate hasn't been sent out yet. What gives? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kettler Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Doug Williams, Based on what I've seen to date, this, to me, not a verb, has been unleashed upon us as a result of Hollywood speak. GraemeA, Cool tool, and the other's definitely news to me. sfhand, And what you said's even bigger news. I suspect the 1550 period usage didn't last long, but I could be wrong. I'm campaigning for the return of "gruntled" (content, happy) to mainstream use. Already, I've seen it happen several times. Another one I like is "underwhelmed," a really useful word covering such situations as "The Air Force was completely underwhelmed when the XF-25 failed to meet performance requirements, and that service is thinking about canceling the program." The word connotes a failure to meet expectations, whereas the accepted "overwhelmed" connotes something altogether different. And don't get me started on the poor immigrant trying to navigate "flammable" and "inflammable," "sick" in standard and colloquial usage ( I frequently have to ask which way it's being used), also "bad." For real fun, there are "struck" and "stricken." The former is used in all cases except disease. Thus, military target was struck, but the Chinese were stricken by SARS. Had to retrain on those. These are but a few of the reasons I'm glad I was taught English as someone born here in the States. That said, the English I was taught is, in many ways, practically a ruin. Ted, Good idea, but Sergei saw you coming. On a wry note, how hard is it to get Blue Point oysters where you live? Is that the Blue Point from which their name comes? Sergei, Human nature being what it is, you may well find your game purchase coffers expanding per your gift certificate approach. Better yet, float this on a forum with gobs of traffic and fairly dim, single topic focused members. Something with armor classes, hit points and respawns. NOT this august global body. Regards, John Kettler 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 As a matter of fact it is John. It's always possible to get them in season, about 9 months out of the year. A friend recently turned me on to oysters with Absolute Peppar and a dash of cocktail sauce. Calls them Oyster Shooters. If you would like a dozen just send me a gift certificate. You can get them from Sergei. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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