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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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tfishell: I'm assuming that the free games just fly by because people in Europe receive them quicker? I'm in the US, and WC4 just came and went in 1 second.
I'm in Europe. 100 MB/s connection and it matters not.
I managed to pick up both Master of Magic and The Chaos Engine XD yaaay
I wish I was at home to get the free ones!
My job's connection just sucks :D
Just missed WingCommander 4
WHAT?? there was Wing Commander 4? ....
yeah the free ones are impossible. Second time: I sitting here with my mouse on the button just in case it's a free one and I don't even come close....
You know... been thinking... at times, if I miss out on a game deal that I wanted really bad, there is a brief window afterwards where I am tempted to just buy the sucker even at full price just to spite fortune. Wonder if that is part of the evil machinations behind this promo today? :-p
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tfishell: I'm assuming that the free games just fly by because people in Europe receive them quicker? I'm in the US, and WC4 just came and went in 1 second.
Nope.

As far as i know. The gog server is in poland. I live right next to poland and I did not even see wing commander 4 pop, and I am actually camping the gog site. so far i have missed all free bees, despite cliking all but WC4. Never works.

Some asshats with bots are fucking this up.
Post edited November 13, 2013 by maul_inc
I didn't even see Wing Commander showing up, went straight to the next game, but I already have all of them Wing Commanders ;-) great games.
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Stooner: WHAT?? there was Wing Commander 4? ....
Yes.
and now the counter is broken...
To get free games just constantly spam the buy button and use hotkeys to go back, it's draining but... maybe free games.
TBH I still didn't buy anything but I really think this promo is AWESOME!
Anyone, I mean ANYONE was fast-clicker enough to get something from "free" offer?

Just measured it - it was 488 ms between "Wing Commander" offer appear and my click, and "offer already expired"... :(

Side note: boy, Reus was fast...
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Stooner: WHAT?? there was Wing Commander 4? ....
Yeah, for free. :\