That's impressive (and reminds me the Quidditch in Harry Potter, but the author must have based it on real games like this one).
"One Day Match" Whoaow.... 8-10h is already quite long for one match. A world cup must last so long !

Fortunately there are enough games you don't need to fire up steam for.
Especially for me, since I forgot my password and can't acess my account since forever :D

Just a guess on my part, but while I think there is probably a high number of people on GOG who are quite fond of the original X-COM games, a lot if not most of them like myself actually own the X-COM games as they've been on bundles on Amazon and other sites in the last year or so at pretty ridiculously low prices. I got the entire X-COM game series including all games except for the Enemy Within expansion pack (which wasn't released yet when I bought the bundle) for $10 about 18 months ago. I sunk 70 hours into X-COM UFO defense so far and a brief trial of the newest game. I plan on going through them all in order roughly over time. Then there are the various UFO After____ games which are decent, UFO Extraterrestrials and these games have been on various promos and bundles over time also.

So I think the target market for X-COM and X-COM clone games is big but already saturated by people owning the original game series and/or clones and for many of us at least, paying $10-25 for another clone no matter how amazing it is, is still just another clone to throw on the pile. Especially since I bought the entire original XCOM official series for $10. :)

So even if it is great, it may not differentiate itself enough or bring enough to the table to cause certain gamers to crack their wallet for $10 even if they're interested. I think they'll sell more to people who don't have the originals or who liked the originals but don't want to play those old ones anymore and like the idea of a new game with a better UI and graphics etc. and think $10 is worth a try.

When the game eventually drops down to $2.99 level in promos though I bet everyone who was ever a fan of XCOM or remotely interested in it will impulse-buy in droves whether they ever play it or not. :) Right now it's at that "I gotta really really want to play it and play it right now immediately" price, but the stack of XCOM games on my shelf is in the way. :)

These should the remaining second run fresh deals:

A Bird Story (-60%)
Astebreed (-75%)
Banner Saga, The (-60%)
Broken Age Season Pass (-67%)
Cognition: Game of the Year Edition (-80%)
Din's Curse (-75%)
Freedom Planet (-67%)
FTL: Advanced Edition (-75%)
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers - 20th Anniversary Edition (-60%)
Halfway (-70%)
Inquisitor (-85%)
Last Federation, The (-75%)
QUBE Director's Cut (-80%)
Raven, The: Legacy of a Master Thief (-85%)
Rayman Origins (-75%)
Risen (-80%)
Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut (-60%)
Tesla Effect: A Tex Murphy Adventure (-80%)
The Gamers: Dorkness Rising {movie} (-75%)

adapted from this post: http://www.gog.com/forum/general/double_insomnia_tracker_thread/post6747

Edit: Drox Operative already showed up in secound run.

Not sure if it spills over to 10 though, I think it would end within 8 hours due to over rate restrictions. Still is lot longer than soccer match.

Sleep deprivation has affected my attention. :)

Aren't you lucky that I have another code for Ultima 7: Complete? Sometimes it pays to speak up, especially when it comes to a game or series I love. PM with code incoming :)

yeah top... 20...ish :P

i figured i own like more than half of those games, but im not actually playing any of them (replaying kotor right now :P) so maybe i should just idk.. stop buying games for time being. but when (good) games selling at 1-3 bucks each, its really hard to resist :/

Yeah about 8 hours, including lunch and drinks breaks for a 1 day match, which the current World Cup matches are. Nothing on a 5 day test match though! I generally only watch 20/20 (20 overs per side) matches if I watch it at all, and they take about 3-4 hours.

Good morning all :) i hope the sale has been kind to you over the last few hours!

The current World Cup started on Feb 14 and is going to last till 29th March which is almost month and a half so yeah it is quite long indeed. :)

still slightly too spendy for impulse IMHO

The current cricket World Cup has more teams in it that usual. It is the first time I have seen Afghanistan play. I believe it will take months to complete!
It sure is!

Drox Operative already showed up in the 2nd run.

Drox Operative already had its second run.