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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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UncleOvid: By all means, rant. Better that than resignation. Keeping it up until you get used to it is how the distributors win.
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Briareos262: It's just a small comment. There are plenty of other Blizz fanboys or former fanboys complaining about D3 on various PC forums still im sure =)
Fair. But every voice counts. This is an industry that has made enormous effort to undermine the very concept of private ownership in consumerism, and it works as long as people accept it.

Sorry, I get kinda ranty about it myself. This isn't really the place for it, though.
I already bought everything I want and I keep checking when I walk past my PC.... why do I keep looking at the main page? D:
I wonder if we can push the post count to 20,000 before this sale event is over?
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iuliand: So far I don't like this promo for the following reasons:

- first round was insanely fast. I tried to buy King's Bounty Crossworlds but due to the fact the PayPal "pay" button didn't worked on iPhone I couldn't finalize the purchase. The promo ended by the time I wanted to retry.
- the free games are meant to be grabbed by superhumans... I don't even dare to hope at grabbing one. Some free games I would have preferred to be discounted instead in order to have a chance to get them.
- now on the last round I'm still waiting for King's Bounty Crossworlds but seeing how slow some of the games pass I don't think I'll have a chance to get it before I need to go to sleep... I know it's called "insomnia" promo but that doesn't mean I really have to skip the night... I have to sleep.

I simply dislike guarding the site waiting for the next game. Imagine how much time is lost by so many people waiting for their favorite games to come up. It is not a user friendly promo.
Probably not a good idea to try this promo from a mobile device especially freebies
Freebies is really potluck
unfortunately there are some slow burners which have too many copies up (seems to be mostly indies) or too expensive..for a promo like this :/
looking the "left" counter is somewhat addicting imo
I think I can safely retreat for another hour before the next offer pops up.
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Sylenall: Anybody know when Nexus might be up? I'm gonna leave work and It'll probably take me about an hour and a half to get home.

I'm scared D:
Im waiting for that one too, but it doesn't look like it will any time soon. Of course they could throw a curve ball and mess up everything.. here's hoping.
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iuliand: - the free games are meant to be grabbed by superhumans... I don't even dare to hope at grabbing one. Some free games I would have preferred to be discounted instead in order to have a chance to get them.
The free games have been discounted, and vice versa.
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acarlson412: Well yeah I've already decided I want Startopia. I'm not worried about missing it, I just want it to come up so I can buy it and stop watching the sale so much, ya feel me? At least this thread is entertaining while I wait.
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Cardian: This thread is the best thing about the sale ^_^ And, as was pointed out before, you can tell your grandchildren where you were during many phases of The Keaning.
I think I've completely repressed the memory. I remember giving up after two or three hours of waiting and going to bed, but I remember the last time more clearly. Right before it came up again, I was sitting in the kitchen eating with my girlfriend and I said "If the next game is Jack Keane 2, so help me GOD.." and sure enough it was. Luckily it wasn't so bad that time.. :P
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Fictionvision: I already bought everything I want and I keep checking when I walk past my PC.... why do I keep looking at the main page? D:
Your addicted. Like all of us.... im thinking whether to do somethings and when...
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justanoldgamer: DLCs are just what we use to call expansions. The difference is that they come out faster now, or it seems that way to me. In any case GOG does have some DLCs.
Exactly, bloody exactly!
I am so fed up with people bitching about DLC and nostalgiaing about expansions in the same sentence. They're the same bloody thing!
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Fictionvision: I already bought everything I want and I keep checking when I walk past my PC.... why do I keep looking at the main page? D:
Because they laced the photons with Jack Kaene-cocaine; it's so addicting you won't believe your eyes.
Post edited November 15, 2013 by BeorntheBear
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Knofbath: I really doubt your ping is that low. That's the kind of ping I get to my local ISP...
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jpwiseguy: No, seriously...

...and my apologies if I came off like a bragging ***, wasn't my intention. Just saying that I think luck has more to do with it than connection speed.
I'm in the US also, on a 20Mbps connection. Pinging www.gog.com nets me a lower 38ms ping compared to the 169ms ping I get to secure.gog.com, the one that actually matters.

While I do think this has some bearing on one's win rate, I was still lucky enough to win a copy of a game... accidentally. My finger slipped and clicked on a buy button, probably during a changing offer. Then I saw an email pop up with my win, while my browser just showed the bear. However, when I've *tried* to win a game, it's been fruitless.
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Briareos262: It's just a small comment. There are plenty of other Blizz fanboys or former fanboys complaining about D3 on various PC forums still im sure =)
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UncleOvid: Fair. But every voice counts. This is an industry that has made enormous effort to undermine the very concept of private ownership in consumerism, and it works as long as people accept it.

Sorry, I get kinda ranty about it myself. This isn't really the place for it, though.
hehe, if he wants to rant about Blizz, this is the place to do it. Probably not this thread though :P
My list so far (never owned or played any of these, so I'm pretty excited about it);

Bought
Deus Ex
Syberia
Populous
Might & Magic 6 Pack
Jade Empire
Heroes of Might & Magic 3

Waiting for:
Ulitma 7 (never played)
Ultima Underworld (never played)
..Possibly one of the Thief titles...not sure.

I'm also gonna pick up Witcher in the weekend sale

Already have NWN1 & 2, and Planescape.