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Deals so good, you won't want to fall asleep.
You remember back when you used to walk into a store, browse the shelves, pick out a game, and then buy it--all in the actual real world? We don't know about you, but most of us at GOG.com have had our limbs atrophy to small vestigial nubbins since all of our shopping happens online these days. Of course, one thing that sometimes happens in real world stores with real world goods--particularly when they have a good sale--is that they run out of stock. Usually that means that the deal was so good that they couldn't keep up with demand.

Well, in the digital realm, this is usually pretty rare. How do you run out of stock on digital games, short of entropy devouring the universe? Well, we have gotten 101 games that will be on sale on the front page of GOG.com, but the discounts are so high at the moment that we can't just sell an unlimited number of copies of these games: we are only able to sell a few at these discounts--up to 80% off--and once they're gone, they're gone.

So what games will be on sale in our Insomnia promo? Bestselling classics and new games alike. There will also occasionally be some free games in super limited numbers (like, 20 or 30 copies)--if you're fast enough on the trigger finger to pick 'em up, that is. The deal will run from now until we're out of "stock" of games for the sale, and games may show up more than once. So it's time to bathe in a tub of coffee*, dip some espresso**, snort an energy drink***, or do whatever else it takes to stay up so you don't miss out on the best deals on fantastic games on GOG.com since summer.
*This is probably not a good idea
**This is definitely not a good idea
***This is totally safe, though****
****NO IT'S NOT WHAT ARE YOU DOING YOU CRAZY PERSON
Post edited November 13, 2013 by TheEnigmaticT
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Wolfram_von_Thal: What kind of obscure Magicks does one need to use to get one of the FREEones?
A bot
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hedwards: Sure it does, how else does a freebie go away before the page is even loaded?
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Alexrd: I'm not under a good connection at the moment and already got some free games, and I'm also far away from Poland. Therefore it has nothing to do with how fast your internet speed.
"some" free games oO
Ultima® Underworld 1+2 75% off
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hedwards: That's it, I give up. I clicked immediately, and half of them were already gone. I don't care how good the deals are, this is ridiculous. If I have my mouse hovering over the button and click immediately, I should have at least some chance of getting the game.
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senhorlampada: Damn, bro! Your latency must be really high.
My connection at work really sucks and I can see the promos! (except some freebies :()
Sorry,. I meant the freebies. But, even some of the promos are kind of tough to get in on, just not as tough because fewer people are going for them.

I think I'll call it a day, as I have enough games and I'm really turned off by the obvious bias involved here.
so, was Memoria already on sale? :)
Ultima Underworld was for free and now for 1.25$.
I hope somebody will calculate how much money GOG.com made when this sale is over.
60 promos so far, including repeats from free games later sold at discounts.

41 to go?
I actually managed to get Hotline Miami, so it is possible to get something.

(though it looked like there were more like 40-50 copies of it being given away.)
Hopefully I cant be the only one thinking this is an utterly dreadful way of doing sales?
One thing is shit that updates every 7 or so hours. But new deals every 30 seconds to 5 minutes? Come on!
Post edited November 13, 2013 by Rikkano
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hedwards: That's it, I give up. I clicked immediately, and half of them were already gone. I don't care how good the deals are, this is ridiculous. If I have my mouse hovering over the button and click immediately, I should have at least some chance of getting the game.
I bought every game I wanted, it's your connection that's the problem, I think.
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Scorpionscythe: Kind of the point. Why only have 8 free copies when there are thousands. Kind of pointless. No one has even a slim chance of getting something. It's worse than a door buster on Black Friday.
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npalsensei: Because that's the sales rules? Surely you don't expect to start giving out all these games for free right? If anything, it's nice that a few lucky people can get something for free. It's like a lucky draw contest if anything. If you're lucky, yay you, if you're not, oh well.
I am saying that only 8 copies or similar is nonsense. There is no point as there is no fair shot at winning. Otherwise, I enjoy the sale.
This is one of the best marketing strategies I've ever seen. Not only am I telling friends about this event, but I have a dedicated window opened to see what is happening. The discounts amazing and my anticipation renews every time the status bar updates. Well done GOG, well done indeed.
Post edited November 13, 2013 by BeorntheBear
UU... awesome series!
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Kunovski: so, was Memoria already on sale? :)
No