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Posted November 13, 2013
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
Posted November 14, 2013
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gbaz69: Where both Icewind Dale games in this promo, or only the first one?
http://se.reddit.com/r/GameDeals/comments/1qjevg/gog_fall_insomnia_megathread_limited_quantity/
Posted November 14, 2013
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brunosiffredi: Did Deus Ex appear in the last couple of hours?
No
Posted November 14, 2013
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Artificer: If it does come back I suspect it will move rather faster after the devs showed up here and were awesome about it ;)
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ldycash1: Good point. I think a few of us may have been swayed :)
What I'm REALLY hoping at this point is that some of that "art" is going to end up printed and stuck on office walls and that we'll get a picture or two of it.
Posted November 14, 2013
Nice sale... different... kind of fun in a sadistic sort of way... but have to work... spent about 67 minutes watching, but unfortunately can't do this all day.

Have fun and good luck to those of you who can! :)
Posted November 14, 2013
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hedwards: The order goes out from Poland as to when to release the next game.
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JMich: It doesn't. There is a counter of how many games are sold, which is not on a single server. It's part of the CDN. When the script queries what game is currently on sale, it gets a dataid. If the data id is the same as it currently has, it displays the proper number of games left. If the data id is different, it switches to the new game. The script isn't on a central Polish server, but it's part of the CDN, and it queries the CDN's database, which should propagate properly. So if the last unit is bought from an american server, the american server should be the first to reply with "New Game!", not the Polish one.

The question then becomes if Akamai's US servers are faster/slower than the European/Asian ones.
I wonder if the speed tests from the other day were to test this.
Posted November 14, 2013
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hedwards: I'm out of here. I've tried 7 times, and have yet to find a case where it was even open for more than a couple seconds. That last one should have given me a copy, just for clicking while it was still up. It was down in less than half a second. Literally with my finger on the mouse button and my pointer on the button clicking immediately and the offer was gone before I had completed the click. Never even saw how many copies they were giving away. This definitely does not make me want to buy one of the games here.

All this cheating and the fact that there is apparently no limit to the number of free copies is really putting a damper on things. With a limit at least, it would eventually start to wear down the cheaters a bit.
The counter seems to be updating about every 2 seconds, so unless you hack the script to have it update on the order of miliseconds that's the biggest stumbling block, may even be that all free copies are gone before the counter updates at all, which is why at times the freebies don't appear at all for people. If it does update while there are still some free copies available, it depends on exactly when during that time, and then you have to add the ping into account, and the time it takes for the text to actually show up, meaning there's still a chance that by the time you see it, it's in fact gone. Then, only if you do see it while there are copies left, your reaction time is added into the mix, then ping again to see when your click actually reaches the server.

That'd be about the breakdown of freebies.
Posted November 14, 2013
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binn05: well, if it is following this list, will have a JK2 in 7 games from Ultima lol
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RudyLis: Sweet dreams incoming!:)

Btw, while I was communting back home, had I missed Space colony or Nexus?
Thanks in advance.
Neither
Posted November 14, 2013
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hedwards: I'm out of here. I've tried 7 times, and have yet to find a case where it was even open for more than a couple seconds. That last one should have given me a copy, just for clicking while it was still up. It was down in less than half a second. Literally with my finger on the mouse button and my pointer on the button clicking immediately and the offer was gone before I had completed the click. Never even saw how many copies they were giving away. This definitely does not make me want to buy one of the games here.

All this cheating and the fact that there is apparently no limit to the number of free copies is really putting a damper on things. With a limit at least, it would eventually start to wear down the cheaters a bit.
Once again, there are thousands of people clicking at the same time on this thing, which gives like 20 copies of a game. Repeat: thousands. It doesn't need cheaters, it just needs to register whoever clicked half a second quicker than you (which given the probabilities involved is, again, thousands of people more than unique snowflake you) for absolutely every game to go in a second. This might be too much loss of control for some, and completely unconceivable for others, but at least try to understand that there's more than 20 people watching this thing right now.
Posted November 14, 2013
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binn05: well, if it is following this list, will have a JK2 in 7 games from Ultima lol
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RudyLis: Sweet dreams incoming!:)

Btw, while I was communting back home, had I missed Space colony or Nexus?
Thanks in advance.
I think you didn't missed them
Posted November 14, 2013
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nijuu: Neither
Many thanks.

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binn05: I think you didn't missed them
Many thanks too.:)
Post edited November 14, 2013 by RudyLis
Posted November 14, 2013
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gbaz69: Where both Icewind Dale games in this promo, or only the first one?
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ahctlucabbus: http://se.reddit.com/r/GameDeals/comments/1qjevg/gog_fall_insomnia_megathread_limited_quantity/
Thanks... just being doublely sure my dislexia not screw with me, having me waith for a game that is not in the promo, haha
Posted November 14, 2013
is ss2 a freebie?
Posted November 14, 2013
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hedwards: The order goes out from Poland as to when to release the next game.
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JMich: It doesn't. There is a counter of how many games are sold, which is not on a single server. It's part of the CDN. When the script queries what game is currently on sale, it gets a dataid. If the data id is the same as it currently has, it displays the proper number of games left. If the data id is different, it switches to the new game. The script isn't on a central Polish server, but it's part of the CDN, and it queries the CDN's database, which should propagate properly. So if the last unit is bought from an american server, the american server should be the first to reply with "New Game!", not the Polish one.

The question then becomes if Akamai's US servers are faster/slower than the European/Asian ones.
Should be, but it doesn't appear to be the case. I can't imagine that the Europeans are beating us out on that last purchase that consistently. I think apart from that first game I tried for, none of them have been up for more than a half second. That last one was up for milliseconds.
Posted November 14, 2013
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Artificer: Well, I'm sorry you feel that way but the vast majority of people posting on this thread have been loving the sale, in spite of its issues so please leave the insults aside. Most of the people enjoying the sale are, in fact, "normal people" and not "13 year old impulse buying monkey children" as you suggest. I will avoid making any comparisons between your petulant tone and your own age but feel free to draw your own conclusions.
Lovely that you enjoy it, but please tell me, how am I to take part if I have a job and life?
Yes, yes "insomnia!!!!!" but as far as promos go it's bollocks. Steam once did 4 hour sales and people were angry at that so all sales now are 24 hours or longer.
If I want a cheaper game I just need to stay in front of the GOG page and keep clicking like a monkey as fast as possible once a good game shows up? That's unreasonable and only people who do not value their time feel this promo is fun. It's annoying. It rewards bots. It's a brilliant marketing hype strategy, but for normal people who can check the page 1-2 times per hour it's just annoying that whoever has a macro bot gets the good deal.
Posted November 14, 2013
Wow! Still going strong, huh? Can anyone tell me when Jack Keane 2 left the floor? It was last night (or about 11 hours ago).
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