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Whaaaaaaatttt?????? Well, it was good while it lasted, farewells Giveaway Threads :D
Now I'm going to make my own Giveaway Thread, with Blackjack and Hookers!
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How sad, but thanks finkleroy for all your hard work.
If I knew that, I would definitely picked some game as farewell gift:)
Since I'm not a social networks user, new form of GA is not for me.
Anyway thanks finkleroy and wish you all the best.
It's sad that the giveaway has to leave GOG... sad news indeed. But I'm sure there are more than valid reasons behind this decision.
I haven't got much to add to what has already been said. I'd just like to thank finkleroy for all the awesome work he's done over the years; and all the donors who contributed to the giveaway. Best wishes to all.
I'm not on Discord and I don't feel like joining it. On the other hand, the prospect of Doc0075 starting his own giveaway is a cause for hope and rejoicing; we'll see what the future brings.
Sad about this giveaway ends. I have to give thanks to finkleroy, zeogold the puzzlemaster, HypersomniacLive, Doc0075, moonshineshadow, who made this possible, and all the other people who contribute to keep alive this community place. Sorry if I forget someone, so much good people here. Amazing job with a time consuming and a lot of effort to bring joy to the googlodytes.
Thanks a lot to all the donors who contribute on this giveaway, specially to Doc0075, his generosity has no limits. He knows how to fill a list that seemed empty as a desert, with incredible games of great quality, sometimes even a little overwhelmed just reading the list.

I'm not a discord user, so I want to wish you the best on the other platform. I will keep trying to contribute as much as possible so that the forum is a good environment to share good games and good times.
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Cavalary: First, thank you for all this time and effort put into maintaining the giveaways, and to all the donors who "fed" them throughout the years.

Entirely understandable to no longer want to put all this effort into maintaining something intended to bring together and reward active members of a community that the higher ups of the site it's built around seem set on destroying, on the forums that those same people seem set on killing, the result of this being that the currently active community is becoming more and more just a bubble of sycophants, with ever more of the, shall we say, more discerning members leaving or being more or less explicitly driven away or silenced.

On the choice of moving to Discord, however... And you can see that it's not nearly every gamer who's on Discord, especially, just as you say, in case of those who were sticking just to GOG, or at least avoiding DRM-ed platforms. Moving to the, ahem, alternate forum would have struck me as more appropriate, but it is of course your call.
In my case, I've been staying away from any chat/messaging stuff for many years now, sticking to e-mail, this forum and the MobyGames one, ever less so but still a bit of Facebook used just as e-mail basically (no more public activity in years) and maybe a couple of other sites that also have messaging systems that can be used like e-mail, not as a chat. And in recent years I also seem to have hit a... mental limit of sites to make accounts on, so if I don't happen to already have an account elsewhere made who knows when which I may dig up to use (happens occasionally), I tend to refrain from posting anything even if I'd happen to want to unless I can do it as a guest. And I resisted using Discord despite being pointed to it all the time on for example MobyGames or by ZP people, but I did check something a couple of times on it, seeing that it can be used with a guest account. Now I gather that on this server made for this giveaway that won't be possible, which makes me wary about even having a look, even before the requiring phone number part. And if I would, seeing as I clearly won't be joining any conversations on a chat service, not sure how fair it'd be to just poke in to see whether anything I'd care about was donated and ask for it.

But, again, your call and entirely your right to make it.
... And, considering GOG's actions regarding the community, I can't in all fairness say that I'd want this giveaway to continue here.
Sorry for being oblivious, but what is the alternative forum that you speak of?
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truhlik: If I knew that, I would definitely picked some game as farewell gift:)
Since I'm not a social networks user, new form of GA is not for me.
Anyway thanks finkleroy and wish you all the best.
I'll be keeping the giveaway going until all the non-daggered keys are gone and the recent freebie keys have either been given out or expire.

I've chosen Discord for a variety of reasons. Most gamers already have a Discord account. Quite a few members of this forum don't have one and refuse to sign up for one, but far more have already joined us there. I have complete control over there over who is or isn't allowed to join the server. And we can turn it into more of a community. I don't yet know if we'll be utilizing these features, but Discord supports voice chat, sharing your screen and live streaming. We could chat sometimes, have a Jackbox night, members could live stream, etc. If I'd moved to another forum, randos could stop in, and we wouldn't be able to utilize those additional features.
Post edited April 08, 2022 by finkleroy
May I request X-Morph: Defense Complete Edition and daggered keys for Cave Story's Secret Santa, Deadlight: Director's Cut and Wanderlust: Transsiberian?
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Hello finkleroy & everyone else!

I am by no means a significant part of the community giveaway, since I participated only once earlier this year. Thanks again finkleroy and the donator Doc0075 for the pleasant gift of "Haven Park"--a wholesome and upbuilding game.

As many others before me, I just want to express my appreciation for the diligent hard work of the hosts, especially the recent one finkleroy, who continued this communitiy giveaway, and of course for all the generous donators!

No matter the reasons, good luck and all the best for your continous efforts on this new avenue, finkleroy!

I prefer to stick a while longer in the waters of the GOG.com forum instead of already heading towards new horizons (fully acknowledging long standing issues around here). It took quite some years for me becoming active on the GOG.com forum(s) in the first place, and it is the only online community in which I am participating in almost a decade.

Twitter, twitch, Discord and so on are not for me. Hence, I am sorry and have to wish you and everyone else following you on your endeavor farewell!

"So long and thanks for all the fish."

Kind regards,
foxgog
Can I ask for Iratus: Lord of the Dead?
I updated the message about closing down this giveaway and moving the other giveaway to Discord.

FOR VARIOUS REASONS, I'M MOVING THE NON-GOG GIVEAWAY TO DISCORD AND SHUTTING DOWN THE GOG GIVEAWAY. I WILL BE TURNING THE NON-GOG GIVEAWAY INTO ONE FOR KEYS FOR GAMES FOR ALL PLATFORMS, INCLUDING GOG. I WILL NOT BE TAKING ANY OF THE KEYS FROM THE GOG GIVEAWAY WITH ME. INSTEAD, I WILL TRANSFER THEM TO WHOMEVER STARTS UP THE NEXT GOG GIVEAWAY ON THE FORUM. THIS GIVEAWAY WILL REMAIN ACTIVE UNTIL ALL NON-DAGGERED KEYS ARE GRANTED AND ALL THE KEYS FOR THEA 2 HAVE EITHER BEEN GRANTED OR HAVE EXPIRED. I WOULD MUCH RATHER EXPLAIN WHY I'VE MADE THIS CHOICE ON DISCORD THAN GOG. PLEASE DO NOT ASK HERE. FEEL FREE TO ASK ME FOR AN INVITE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THE DISCORD SERVER. PLEASE SET YOUR DISCORD NAME TO YOUR CURRENT GOG NAME FOR THE DISCORD SERVER. YOU CAN SET IT TO WHATEVER YOU WANT FOR WHATEVER SERVER YOU WANT. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE ACCOMPLISHING THIS. I WILL NOT BE ADDING ANY MORE KEYS OF ANY SORT TO THIS GIVEAWAY. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DONATE A GOG KEY, PLEASE EITHER DONATE IT TO WHOMEVER STARTS THE NEXT GIVEAWAY ON THE GOG FORUM, OR DONATE IT TO ME IF YOU'D LIKE FOR ME TO ADD IT TO THE GIVEAWAY ON DISCORD.
Post edited April 08, 2022 by finkleroy
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maxleod: May I request X-Morph: Defense Complete Edition and daggered keys for Cave Story's Secret Santa, Deadlight: Director's Cut and Wanderlust: Transsiberian?
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drxenija: Can I ask for Iratus: Lord of the Dead?
Granted.
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KillingMoon: I believe, that I haven't encountered any ;) Game setting is quite nice and interesting, though a little strange: obvious tribute to dystopian Blade Runner mixed up with children game themes (hero, no onscreen violence, educational motives, language, ect.). Though happy ending, after a deeper look, is rather... very sad. So, could be played by childrens or sarcastic adults.
...but it's primarily a children's game, yes? The child MC suggests that. I enjoy the occasional PNC, but I'm not a fan of games centered on children.

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Wow. Just read about the thread closure. Too tired to say anything now.

*sigh*
Post edited April 08, 2022 by BlueMooner
Think ' m gonna take one key for Thea 2 The awakenning before it expires.
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Cavalary: Entirely understandable to no longer want to put all this effort into maintaining something intended to bring together and reward active members of a community that the higher ups of the site it's built around seem set on destroying, on the forums that those same people seem set on killing, the result of this being that the currently active community is becoming more and more just a bubble of sycophants, with ever more of the, shall we say, more discerning members leaving or being more or less explicitly driven away or silenced.
Je ne sais trop a quoi se rapporte les mots de "the higher ups of the site" mais je plussoie pour les "perspicaces" qui deviennent silencieux, donner son opinion c'est a coup sur se faire flammer par la "communauté" il serait plus juste de parler de "communautéS" au pluriel, avec les guerres fratricides et les chasses aux sorcières qui vont avec.

J'en profite pour redire a Finkleroy que je lui souhaite beaucoup de chance dans son nouveau projet et je le remercie, sincérement, pour tout le travail fait jusque là.
Post edited April 08, 2022 by gvyop