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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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Velgor: I'm sitting on the fence with a very sore wallet. Do I get Primordia? I love point and click adventures. <gah!>
If you enjoyed B.A.S.S. Get it and don't think!
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Travanoid: I went to sleep during Fez, did I miss anything awesome? I'm still looking for BG1, Theme Hospital, and HoMM3
Well, it may interest you that BG is gone.
Only missed Populous: The Beginning - oh well, I'll get it in a future sale

Got everything else I wanted in this sale. IWD was the last one.
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Travanoid: I went to sleep during Fez, did I miss anything awesome? I'm still looking for BG1, Theme Hospital, and HoMM3
BG1 has already come and gone. The rest is still up for grabs, tough.
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animalmother2105: Nope, $1.99
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dedoporno: Really?!? How many copies were there? I was afk not longer than 5 minutes, how fast did it sold out? I wanted that for to make the RPG trifecta, dammit!
900 copies melted in a few minutes. And the forums crashed.
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LeonardoCornejo: Kuma (bear [animal] in Japanese) has to BEAR the world on his shoulders LOL
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Xiko91: I caught that :D
Not every body would anyway.
Anyone have extra copy of Baldurs Gate 2 or Icewind Dale 2 for trade, PM please!
So, has anyone bought anything else on the site this weekend? I ask because I'm pretty much giving up on the sale at this point.

But Redshirt's been staring at me for the last four days, and I keep being tempted. Not for $20, mind, but I'm curious.

I actually did cave and quietly bought Wasteland yesterday, purely because I kept seeing it while I was Keaneing.
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robbknoll: What was before IWD? Was it still Omerta? I ended up going to the shop and just getting back in time for IWD =)
Yes, it was straight Omerta to IWD to Primordia.
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animalmother2105: Nope, $1.99
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dedoporno: Really?!? How many copies were there? I was afk not longer than 5 minutes, how fast did it sold out? I wanted that for to make the RPG trifecta, dammit!
900 copies, gone in under 5 minutes.
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spoonwhale: I'm just gonna play Baldur's Gate 2 and not worry about the first one.

And if i like BA 2, then i'll get Planescape :D

Though i'll have to wait for the winter sale.
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Khalaq: I really do encourage you to play BG1, first. There's a lot of backstory to BG2 you will miss out on, even though you could carry one without it. Also, you can port your BG1 game into BG2 to continue your story.
Porting your character becomes pretty awesome if you manage to get your character levelled up right with all the books you can find. Think I ported an elf ranger last time with 21 dex :)
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Velgor: I'm sitting on the fence with a very sore wallet. Do I get Primordia? I love point and click adventures. <gah!>
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Sachys: If you enjoyed B.A.S.S. Get it and don't think!
Curse you and your silver tongue! Bought it.
Primordia looks good, but I already bought too much during this sale and I really want to save my money to buy Jade Empire for a friend. Oh well, perhaps during a next sale.
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MadVulcan: People are using scripts to get the FREE offers. As a couple other people said, the freebies should be done like lottery among the people who clicked within the first 10-seconds or something. Anyone within the time-limit would have an equal chance, regardless of their lag times, ping times, or willingness to exploit the process. I know, I know, they DESERVE to win for being so very clever as to use someone else's script program, and I'm just a sore loser. :p
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Ungunbu: i hope they'll do that in the next insomnia
anyway it's still possible to get free games even without scripts --- i was able to get them and also many other people
I edited my post when I saw more people who I know got free offers legitimately (plus I was being a bit too sarcastic, lol). A few people are using scripts, but my lag time is also an impediment. Hopefully now that GOG sees how fast things go, they will consider improving their method and systems for next time. Every time I click on a free offer its either already expired or the server has overloaded. Thank you for your reply.
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robbknoll: What was before IWD? Was it still Omerta? I ended up going to the shop and just getting back in time for IWD =)
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stan423321: Yes, it was straight Omerta to IWD to Primordia.
Thank you kindly.