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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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Chandoraa: Just got Shadow Man. Didn't cheat this time either :-P.
That's what it was? OK then, I really don't care about that game. Not even worth a torrent download.
Dark Eye is also on the humble weekly, 6 dollar +more games
Shadow Man is my first freebie. After +20 fails on freebies ...... :p
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DubConqueror: Damn, missed Sacred Gold by posting about Jack Keane here. Bad bad Conqueror.

How many copies was it?
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zeffyr: 200 at 1.99$.
Should post a meme about it. "The number of Sacred copies is TOO DAMN LOW".
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Zoidberg: Someone can explain me how is it possible for me to miss a free game while clicking instantly on it as soon as I see the sale???
I'd say there would be about 10 000 people doing the exact same thing, with many of them having a better internet connection than you, and/or living closer to GOG's servers.

So it's like a lottery, only that there *is* a precision and connection speed in play.

Still, if you're good I'd say your chances are about 1/1000, or in good cases 1/100. In worst case, 1/10000.
No way guys! I CLICKED FASTER THAN ANYONE EVER IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE
Guys, THEY'RE THERE. It's just that, well, you've got people ALL OVER THE DAMN WORLD clicking on that free game button, and someone's signal is going to get there first. It's not broken or buggy, it's just that at least 40 people are 1) seeing the button before you are, and 2) getting their click received by the server before yours.
Part of the original order next possibly

Shelter $3.99
Deus Ex GOTY $1.99
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams $2.99
Tropico 3
Icewind Dale Complete $1.99
Wargame: European Escalation $6.69
Nexus: The Jupiter Incident $1.99
Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut $4.99
Miasmata $2.99
Shelter for
Theme Hospital $1.49
Puddle $1.99
Post edited November 14, 2013 by nijuu
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tapeworm00: No way guys! I CLICKED FASTER THAN ANYONE EVER IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE
=D
60% off Shelter.
Shelter!
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YellowAries: Are you friggin kidding me? I just tried to get the free shadow man game and I clicked like immediately as it showed up only to be told the offer expired... don't get me wrong here I'm not ungrateful I just don't think it's exactly fair to make it so the free games are offered for 10 milliseconds... oh well
Oh, surely the free games are difficult to get, you are clicking along with 50 thousand others at the same time... heh

Making a purchase is a bit tricky too with all these limited copies running down.
is shelter worth it at that price?
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YellowAries: Are you friggin kidding me? I just tried to get the free shadow man game and I clicked like immediately as it showed up only to be told the offer expired... don't get me wrong here I'm not ungrateful I just don't think it's exactly fair to make it so the free games are offered for 10 milliseconds... oh well
They should probably leave the free game button up for a minute and enter everyone who clicks it into a drawing. You probably wouldn't win anyway, but atleast you would feel like you have a chance.
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nijuu: Part of the original order next possibly

Shelter $3.99
Deus Ex GOTY $1.99
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams $2.99
Tropico 3
Icewind Dale Complete $1.99
Wargame: European Escalation $6.69
Nexus: The Jupiter Incident $1.99
Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut $4.99
Miasmata $2.99
Shelter for
Theme Hospital $1.49
Puddle $1.99
I hope you're right, almost all of those are great games.

Unfortunately, no money :/