Wow.

I'm deliberately out of work. My working-season is over, I stopped taking new contracts and clients until end of September. I scheduled some check-ups so the doctors can patch me up and I will go on holiday soon. So that should be fantastic, but it isn't...

Just after one week without my usual workload, without my regular clients, I already feel bored and lonely.

And I don't even have to worry, as I have clients queuing up to get an appointment with me end of September...

So I sympathise...
No nonono even more than that, I want to contribute something too...

So (in accord with ddickinson) I'll offer a tier IV (5.99$) game each to two unemployed participants I chose. I'll think it's only fair that they decide if they want the Tier IV game or renounce it to have chance for a more valuable game. If they renounce and take their chances, I don't mind at all, ddickinson just has more work finding two new winners then.

Good luck to all...

and as favourite Spaceship Commander used to say:
"Never give up, never surrender." ―Commander Peter Quincy Taggart.

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I PMed two participants and am waiting for their reply...

For the people posting games for each price bracket I think the idea is for you to chose one game from any price bracket yourself, so for example, phaolo : If out of those games you want longest journey the most you would just enter for that as opposed to posting a list f what you would have in each and then getting one chosen for you.

More rep for this lovely themed giveaway :)

Thank you Khadgar42 for such a wonderful gesture, have a well deserved +1.

If you take Khadgar42 up on this fine offer, and have already posted here, then please edit your entry to reflect this, so that I don't accidentally enter you into the final draw again.

Once again, I would like to thank all of the wonderful members who have contributed to this giveaway.

That would indeed be a wonderful giveaway, especially if all of the current contestants qualified for the new "happily employed" giveaway.

I honestly think that would be terribly unfair to the "happily out of work" people.

Okay, how about open to all, but those now "happily in work" get two chances to win :).

Just a quick *bump*.

The giveaway will end in less than 24 hours (Thursday 14th at 12:00 GMT), so now is your last chance to enter.

Not in since I have a shitty job that pays the bills, but I think it's great what you're all doing.
GOG community once again looking out for each other, +1 (I would give even more, if I could) !!!

I'm in for Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath which is $9.99.

Though if you really wanted to buy me a beer you could just purchase it online and have it shipped to my house.

—————— GIVEAWAY RESULTS ——————

I would like to thank everyone who has contributed to this thread, both those who were entering and those who did not enter but still offered some lovely and kind words. Not to mention those that were eligible to enter but abstained, to give others a better chance of winning. I would also like to give a big thank you to the kind members who offered to give extra prizes. Because of their kindness we have been able to offer over half a dozen games as prizes. It is really wonderful to see the kinder side of the community and see some of the wonderful members here on GOG.

And now for the results, which were picked randomly in a paper raffle. The first name picked was aJillSandwich (Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD), and although I was originally only going to pick another winner if the first was a tier 4 winner, I decided to pick another anyway, to keep with the spirit of the thread. So the second winner is QC (Silver).

These two winners will be getting their codes shortly from me. As for the other winners, well I will not announced them yet. I will message the other kind members who are offering prizes, once they confirm that they are okay with still gifting a game to their winner, I will update the list below. Because the gifts are coming from several members, please be patient as it may take a few days for them to give you the code or to respond to PM as they may be offline.

The winners:
1. aJillSandwich - Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath (your code will be sent by me).
2. QC - Silver (your code will be sent by me).
3. Matruchus - Space Run (your code will be sent by another contributor).
4. amund - Banished (your code will be sent by another contributor).
5. xxxIndyxxx - Crystal Caves (your code will be sent by another contributor).
6. Getcomposted - Zeus + Poseidon (your code will be sent via me on behalf of another member).
7. Falci - Screamer 4x4 (your code will be sent by another contributor).

I would like to thank these kind members for their contributions, they deserve a very worthy +1, so be sure to thank them if you won a game from them. (not all are listed, as some wished to remain anonymous).

A big thank you to the following (in no particular order):
Luned - samlii - dedoporno - Khadgar42 - trentonlf & an honourable mention for rtcvb32.

On a final note: I would like to wish all of you who are unemployed the very best of luck with finding a new and satisfying job. Good luck, and don't give up hope!

Hope is the thing with feathers. That perches in the soul, and sings the tune without the words, and never stops at all. ~ Emily Dickinson (1830-1886).

Congrats to all the winners and thanks to the awesome GOG community!!

Thank you for posting, I forgot to include you in the list of wonderful members to thank (sorry about that). I have updated that now. And thanks again for your wonderful contribution.

Thanks to ddickinson for an awesome idea for a GA - it makes sense to support those GOG-ers who can't afford to buy games by themselves at the moment.

And thanks to the donors as well :)

Congrats to the winners and thank you to ddickinson, trentonlf and all generous contributors for supporting those who are excluded from the job market for fake reasons !