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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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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.
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Fuma: 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.
It's better than 24 hours of a game you don't want. At least this way, even if you don't have much time to spend in front of the computer, you might see 2 or 3 games if you're not unlucky enough to be here during one that sell slowly.
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Ungunbu: i can assure cheating is 100% possible
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tapeworm00: Possible, but given the number of people participating it doesn't seem necessary to explain how the freebies go so fast.
yeah it's both the factors
Fez 500 @ 2.99
Is this game actually any good?
Post edited November 14, 2013 by nijuu
70% off Fez

Great game, should go fast.
Post edited November 14, 2013 by Flam3crow
what will be the next freebie? random?
Fez time

500 @ $2.99

I think this one will take a bit.

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nijuu: Fez 500 @ 2.99
Is this game actually any good?
It's OK. More puzzle solving than platformer. I played through it on 360 and had a fine time with it. Got the PC one in a humble bundle.
Post edited November 14, 2013 by Fictionvision
Ah FEZ, I beat you when you first came out. Won't be buyint it, as I want other games more.
Norm the Genie: "Aw Fez"
Post edited November 14, 2013 by Elmofongo
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JakFox: 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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Flam3crow: It was there or 5 hours.
Wow. That's rough. Glad it went away though.
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nijuu: Fez 500 @ 2.99
Is this game actually any good?
Managed to get it yesterday. BG2, show up!
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hedwards: 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.
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JMich: It is possible that the European servers are better distributed. One in the UK, one in Germany, one in Russia, using a better infrastructure for server communication than the US ones. That would be a case of akamai's servers being subpar though, not of a Polish server offering advantages.
On the other hand, Akamai is one of the well known CDN providers, so I'd like to think that they don't have troubles with their infrastructure.

P.S. The server locations are guesses, no idea where the servers actually are.
That's a fair point there, either way, it sucks that people can get multiple freebies, while the rest of us can't click fast enough to have a decent chance. If a third or half of a second isn't fast enough to even get to click, that's something that they need to address for future promos.
5 more games until Jack Kane 2, guys.
Brace yourselves
I would not be unhappy about another Jack Keane in 10mins, since I need to be away for a few hours :D
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Fictionvision: Fez time

500 @ $2.99

I think this one will take a bit.
agree
Everybody, buy Fez so Phil Fish can bitch about how cheap we are (again)!