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Posted January 07, 2021
Good to know you're okay, welcome back! :)
Posted January 07, 2021
their are a few things not mention on the forums.

their is a huge backlash on Devotion (more political then about the game) search if interest mega topic

also their is a topic ongoing about CDPR getting a few lawsuits from investors that feel scammed by them (which i can understand)
Posted January 07, 2021
Hello! It has really been a long time, I remember you from when I was still a new guy here!
Posted January 07, 2021
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Lionel212008: Things aren't quite the same and the mods are stricter.
Lots of influx of new users with Witcher 3 and the climate became way more toxic (haha), old users leaving (the forums at least, I'm still in contact with a few, and they shop here at least), but it's the same all over the internet. Sign o' the times, I guess. Of course moderation had to step in - the times of openly discussion politics and even religion in a friendly manner are over, threads like turn into cesspits and poo-flinging in no time, so it's forbidden now. "Why we can't have nice things..." - not because of moderation, because of people...

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Lionel212008: Overall, the community at GoG is still pretty awesome despite the Cyberpunk and Devotion debacle.
Nice that you can still see it this way. :-)

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Lionel212008: I find it strange to see a few games with DRM here. It is perhaps due to the times that we live in. Offline installers take an eternity to download as well and aren't kept as up-to-date, with the focus being on galaxy.
The DRM-lines are getting blurred. But locking CP77 goodies (however insignificant) behind an online requirement is certainly a new low.
Offline installers... partly to blame on manpower and the pandemic, I'd apply Hanlon's razor here.
Download speeds - I get my connection (100 MBit) maxed out with both gogrepo.py and Galaxy, so it's some other issue, and often only tied to some ISPs or regions, not a general problem.
Post edited January 07, 2021 by toxicTom
Posted January 08, 2021
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toxicTom: snip
For me, finding games with DRM on GOG was the biggest shock. I understand that new gamers may prefer convenience over games being DRM free and perhaps the DRM-free demographic is shrinking. At the end of the day GOG is a business.

I do miss the old days when things were more open-ended in general. However, like you say, this is a change that has happened across forums on the internet.

I still think that the community here is pretty awesome : ) It is good to have people be vocal about the things that we all care about.
Posted January 08, 2021
Been a while indeed and a lot has changed. Can't say for the better . . .

Good to see you.
Posted January 08, 2021
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toxicTom: Lots of influx of new users with Witcher 3 and the climate became way more toxic (haha)
It's no more "toxic" here than elsewhere...in fact some sites are much worse in terms of "toxicity, yet they sometimes allow more speech(even those with modding).

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toxicTom: Of course moderation had to step in - the times of openly discussion politics and even religion in a friendly manner are over, threads like turn into cesspits and poo-flinging in no time, so it's forbidden now. "Why we can't have nice things..." - not because of moderation, because of people...
They don't always, though.....and why not ban/mod the users if that's the case?

(Once such "bad apples" got modded everyone else would likely become civil again in short order)

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toxicTom: The DRM-lines are getting blurred. But locking CP77 goodies (however insignificant) behind an online requirement is certainly a new low.
It doesn't fit the premise of DRM free....thankfully at least(for now) it's just a few clothing skins.



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Lionel212008: For me, finding games with DRM on GOG was the biggest shock. I understand that new gamers may prefer convenience over games being DRM free and perhaps the DRM-free demographic is shrinking. At the end of the day GOG is a business.
I also dislike DRM....the difference being I can strip it out if need be(this is legal on purchased games where I live). I do prefer having games DRM-free to begin with, like on GOG/zoom platform, though.

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Lionel212008: I do miss the old days when things were more open-ended in general. However, like you say, this is a change that has happened across forums on the internet.
Alt tech is growing, starlink might soon be a thing, etc.....so not all is lost for free speech on the net, I think.

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Lionel212008: I still think that the community here is pretty awesome : ) It is good to have people be vocal about the things that we all care about.
That is a nice aspect of the forums here, I agree.
Post edited January 08, 2021 by GamezRanker
Posted January 08, 2021
Welcome back, smoking baby:)
Nice to see you again. Hope you'll feel here like in old days.
Posted January 08, 2021
Welcome back, Dischord. How are you ?

Most of the changes were already mentioned above, the fact that GOG Galaxy became less and less optional is the main news you should keep in mind. Offline installers aren't as up-to-date as before and not a priority for GOG (you can check that thread).
Post edited January 08, 2021 by MaxFulvus
Posted January 08, 2021
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MaxFulvus: Offline installers aren't as up-to-date as before and not a priority for GOG
Tbh with GOG only keeping one version of them on the offline installer pages, and with some updates borking games, i'm sort of ok with the latest updates not coming right away to the offline installers. This way galaxy users test them out first, before we get them. :)
Posted January 08, 2021
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Dischord: ...
In addition to what Wishmaster said, GOG has started to sell games with DRM in them. Yes, single-player games. So far, only parts of those games are DRM-ed (a mission here, a DLC there), but GOG isn't doing anything against it. On the contrary: Cyberpunk 2077 is one of those games with a DLC that requires Galaxy!

https://www.gog.com/forum/general/drm_on_gog_list_of_singleplayer_games_with_drm/page1

Oh and also GOG has become a key-reseller for Epic. Only through Galaxy so far, but it shows which way they want to go.
Posted January 08, 2021
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Lifthrasil: [...]
Oh and also GOG has become a key-reseller for Epic. Only through Galaxy so far, but it shows which way they want to go.
umm... no... no they have not in any sense of the word. I understand you are angry about it, and I know your position here so I can sympatise and I can see your point of view, but either you do not understand what a key-reseller is, or you are blatently lying.

gOg have gone into parthership with Epic, and you can buy games from EGS via Galaxy, there is no key-reselling involved here at all, there is in fact no keys involved in this process. Key-reselling has some very negative conotations which you attempt to hack into here, but you do not promote your cause with un-truths, this is part of the fake news problem we have today. Rather you come across as someone who a) do not know what they are talking about, or b) somone who is deliberatly very liberal with the truth. I hope you do not want to be either, so please keep yourself on the right path. Please have the integrity to be truthful.
Post edited January 08, 2021 by amok
Posted January 08, 2021
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Lifthrasil: [...]
Oh and also GOG has become a key-reseller for Epic. Only through Galaxy so far, but it shows which way they want to go.
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amok: umm... no... no they have not in any sense of the word. I understand you are angry about it, and I know your position here so I can sympatise and I can see your point of view, but either you do not understand what a key-reseller is, or you are blatently lying.
OK. It was worded in a too sharp way to convey my feelings about it. But the fact is, they sell games for Epic through Galaxy. With DRM and all.
Posted January 08, 2021
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amok: umm... no... no they have not in any sense of the word. I understand you are angry about it, and I know your position here so I can sympatise and I can see your point of view, but either you do not understand what a key-reseller is, or you are blatently lying.
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Lifthrasil: OK. It was worded in a too sharp way to convey my feelings about it. But the fact is, they sell games for Epic through Galaxy. With DRM and all.
indeed they do, and that is a fact. Thank you
Post edited January 08, 2021 by amok
Posted January 08, 2021
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New breed of gamergaters appeared here :D
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