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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
Dear Gods. Modding System Shock 2 changes everything. Still looks old, but so much better.

So, yeah. it freaks me out even more now. Friggin Xerxes.

But I'll need some shuteye now. Hopefulyl I won't miss Aquanox 1 or Witcher 2.
Would somebody be willing to buy me a copy of Aquanox 1? I'm sure we can figure out some kind of compensation.
"There are 237 calls ahead of you."
I think I'll try to get an hour or two of sleep too. Hope Jade Empire doesn't escape me >_<
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ClaudioAGS: 61 sold in the last 35min. 1,74 cp/min... times 239 = 416 min... almost 7 hours left... It´s 23:30 here, time to go... It´s been nice and funny, see (some of) you tomorrow, people... good night!
Christ... maybe i should go take a nap and tell the wife to wake me in a couple hours.
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz *snore* zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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ClaudioAGS: 61 sold in the last 35min. 1,74 cp/min... times 239 = 416 min... almost 7 hours left... It´s 23:30 here, time to go... It´s been nice and funny, see (some of) you tomorrow, people... good night!

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sorry, my bad... really should have some sleep... 137 min to go... going to bed anyway...
Good night! Hopefully what you are waiting for is here when you wake up :)
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ClaudioAGS: 61 sold in the last 35min. 1,74 cp/min... times 239 = 416 min... almost 7 hours left... It´s 23:30 here, time to go... It´s been nice and funny, see (some of) you tomorrow, people... good night!
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Minmataro: Christ... maybe i should go take a nap and tell the wife to wake me in a couple hours.
wrong math... already editted... 137 min left... going to bed anyway, good night!
What if all the Hotline Miami fans wake up or get off work or whatever and come buy it in the next 5 minutes, then all you naysayers who think you need sleep will regret it! You will!
I'd say it's well past time that this poor sale design is officially starting to piss me off.

I had a day off today, I figured that would be enough time to get the one or two games I was looking for(Nexus, no mouth), turns out I was wrong. I never imagined that this thing would draaag on for 3 nights, Insomnia sale? Yeah, but only because you keep trying to shove horribly over-saturated games down our throats in absurd quantities. Now I have to get to work early tomorrow and have to choose between sleep and possibly missing my games because of it.

GOG doesn't care how long a game sits to sell 600+ copies, they are still making each and every sale.
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Leon_Belmont: Maybe you need a fastest internet connection in order to get free games.

It happened to me too bro!
Yeah, my connection is junk, so I'm not really expecting to make it. But some people with fast connections are complaining too...

Anyhow, I think next time they should turn the free games into more of a lottery, instead of "dude with the fastest connection and trigger finger gets it all". Or maybe they should just give away one single freebie of choice ( from a list ) to each user. Well, or just forget about the free games altogether -- the deals are good enough, really. The free games just seem to have caused a lot of frustration and complaints.
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cjc7: Hi All, see I didn't miss anything.. ho hum.... how long has this been going on ?
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MrJeeves84: Two hours, I think? Around there...
Correctamundo - a bit over 2 hours. :<
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CharlesGrey: About 2 hours 30 minutes or so. Will probably take another 2 until the next game shows up.

I left the computer a while ago and was sure I'd miss out on some good deals -- turns out it's still the same game on the frontpage. Hmm.
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techknight1337: Not surprised. Apparently Hotline:Miami has been up three times now. Wonder why.

Ah well, at least I got Wing Commander 4. That makes the sale worth it to me.
Heard Chris Roberts talk about Wing Commander and why a certain "star" appeared in it. Mark Hamill does such a good good Joker in the cartoons and in the game Batman : Arkham Assylum. I must play the Wing Commander series, only played the first one so many years ago=).
Post edited November 16, 2013 by CorranHorn
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Leon_Belmont: Maybe you need a fastest internet connection in order to get free games.

It happened to me too bro!
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CharlesGrey: Yeah, my connection is junk, so I'm not really expecting to make it. But some people with fast connections are complaining too...

Anyhow, I think next time they should turn the free games into more of a lottery, instead of "dude with the fastest connection and trigger finger gets it all". Or maybe they should just give away one single freebie of choice ( from a list ) to each user. Well, or just forget about the free games altogether -- the deals are good enough, really. The free games just seem to have caused a lot of frustration and complaints.
I love GOG to bits but know this sale can frustrate some folks.

I Have No Mouth is available in a pay what you want bundle on a certain site, which I've PMed you.

Oops replied to the wrong one... hehe. This was for Sylenall.
Post edited November 16, 2013 by Chevette
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golea: "your call is important to us, please continue to hold."
From now, that should change to "your call is important to us, please wait while we keane you."
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Leon_Belmont: Maybe you need a fastest internet connection in order to get free games.

It happened to me too bro!
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CharlesGrey: Yeah, my connection is junk, so I'm not really expecting to make it. But some people with fast connections are complaining too...

Anyhow, I think next time they should turn the free games into more of a lottery, instead of "dude with the fastest connection and trigger finger gets it all". Or maybe they should just give away one single freebie of choice ( from a list ) to each user. Well, or just forget about the free games altogether -- the deals are good enough, really. The free games just seem to have caused a lot of frustration and complaints.
It's not that bad. We are talking about roughly $5-10 per game. This whole promo is more like "nice to have".
And I didn't get a free one too. I could see them briefly though.
Post edited November 16, 2013 by golea