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Posted August 31, 2018
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Mawthra: And on the flip side, I've seen a lot of guys like you that do just the opposite... what's your point?
I think, I made my point pretty clear.
You however, have not yet explained what free DLC has to do with anything I wrote in my first comment...

EDIT: since you edited your post...

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Mawthra: Thing is... GOG is so vague or doesn't say anything at all about the process, so... either all these devs just got together and said "let's all say they never even responded to make them look bad"... that makes no sense
I think, I explained that part pretty well in my first comment.
Post edited August 31, 2018 by BreOl72
Posted August 31, 2018
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Mawthra: And on the flip side, I've seen a lot of guys like you that do just the opposite... what's your point?
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BreOl72: I think, I made my point pretty clear.
You however, have not yet explained what free DLC has to do with anything I wrote in my first comment...
It's because I don't even know what you were going on about with the DLC or why you got hung up on that... all the DLC for the game is free, what's the issue and I'll respond
Posted August 31, 2018
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Mawthra: It's because I don't even know what you were going on about with the DLC or why you got hung up on that... all the DLC for the game is free, what's the issue and I'll respond
Gosh, are you in any way "special"?
Go back and re-read my comment...nowhere do I mention DLC's - be them free or not. smh
EDIT: Hint - look out for the emphasized parts.
Post edited August 31, 2018 by BreOl72
Posted August 31, 2018
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Mawthra: It's because I don't even know what you were going on about with the DLC or why you got hung up on that... all the DLC for the game is free, what's the issue and I'll respond
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BreOl72: Gosh, are you in any way "special"?
Go back and re-read my comment...nowhere do I mention DLC's - be them free or not. smh
Well, now you're just living up to your tag of grumpy old man... no need to stoop to such a level by throwing personal insults... Your point #2 was all bout the DLC... did you not read what you wrote?
Posted August 31, 2018
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BreOl72: Gosh, are you in any way "special"?
Go back and re-read my comment...nowhere do I mention DLC's - be them free or not. smh
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Mawthra: Well, now you're just living up to your tag of grumpy old man... no need to stoop to such a level by throwing personal insults... Your point #2 was all bout the DLC... did you not read what you wrote?
Read my last edit.
Posted August 31, 2018
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Mawthra: Well, now you're just living up to your tag of grumpy old man... no need to stoop to such a level by throwing personal insults... Your point #2 was all bout the DLC... did you not read what you wrote?
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BreOl72: Read my last edit.
No... you just went off the deep end by throwing personal insults my way, so... go nag someone else if that's your thing
Posted August 31, 2018
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BreOl72: Read my last edit.
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Mawthra: No... you just went off the deep end by throwing personal insults my way, so... go nag someone else if that's your thing
Farewell then.
No point in arguing with people who lack reading comprehension.
Posted August 31, 2018
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Mawthra: No... you just went off the deep end by throwing personal insults my way, so... go nag someone else if that's your thing
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BreOl72: Farewell then.
No point in arguing with people who lack reading comprehension.
Wow man... you're something else... hope your day is awesome
Posted August 31, 2018

I understand the frustrations people have with the curation process. There is a ton of things that go into this beyond whether the game is good or not. I'm currently working on creating something that will hopefully shed some light into the process without giving away key information.
I've been working on it, too. Attached is my work-in-progress.

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Do what you gotta do, gOg. I don't have time to play the games already in my library, so missing out on a few more isn't going to squelch my enjoyment of the hobby. The efforts so far? Much appreciated. Speaking for myself, anyway.
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Posted August 31, 2018
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Wolfy777: One little problem: you'd be replacing democracy (all votes are equal and voting majority wins) with plutocracy (only wealthy people get to call the shots).
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fronzelneekburm: 1) I wouldn't call it a plutocracy. Plutocracy implies that you'd have a bunch of dim bulbs calling the shots for no reason other than them being loaded with money. Call it a meritocracy: However much (or little) money you have, if you decided to support gog, you should get more of a say in gog's choice of releases. After all, you're more likely to buy them.

2) It's not like the current "curation" system is democratic either. Quite the opposite. A bunch of "curators" decide which games to accept (or reject) for arbitrary (and sometimes rather ludicrous) reasons. What's democratic about that? The wishlist is nothing other than a tool for the "curators" to determine "Oh, this thing we're about to turn down might sell after all".

3) This is about getting good games here, we're not electing a government or anything. It doesn't even have to be democratic.
1) Take it up with the definition of the word.
Just because someone is poor doesn't mena they have "poor taste" and should be ignored.

2) The wishlist is huge and it's not easy getting permision to sell games. If nothing else you have to track down all right holders of the game and set terms that they all agree on to be able to sell the game.
Plus it's impossible for GOG to sell every game ever made despite how nice it sounds.

Besides, some curation is better than none at all.

Still it would be nice to know what GOG's criteria or to know why some titles are rejected.

3) Heck this has been brought up so many times the birds are singing about it. XD

"Good" is subjective. People have diffrent tastes and prferances.

E.g. I generally don't like FPS games (e.g. Call of Duty) because they require fast reaction time.
Does that mean all FPS games are bad? No, far from it.
I like fantasy games.
Does that mean that I don't play other gneres? No, my collection is quite diverse.
Does that mean every non-fantasy game is in general or in my opinion "bad" by defult? No, of course not.

Beside droping equality of votes would create a too great backlash for GOG to handle.
Posted November 08, 2018
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Linko90: Steam Greenlight worked really well ;)

I understand the frustrations people have with the curation process. There is a ton of things that go into this beyond whether the game is good or not. I'm currently working on creating something that will hopefully shed some light into the process without giving away key information.
Hi Linko! :)

Is that explain-the-"curation"-process-to-the-plebes-thing you were talking about still happening?
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