Heh. Thankfully most of them are better tested than GOG was when they officially launched though. I don't think they'd be playable otherwise.

I am one of that unfortunate majority that hasn't had a problem since coming out of beta so it's never affected me. Same with Beamdog and to a lesser extent the same with Steam though I know how annoying it can be given my experience with Impulse. It doesn't help when you have people like me who never had a problem saying "Well I've never had an issue so STFU".

The reason I'm now a bit more conscientious towards people who are having problems I'm not having is that I've been in a similar position myself many times in the past. After all there's a pretty big difference between something working for most people and it working as well as it should.

Personally, I wouldn't put much stock in Beamdog being overly concerned about what happens to your games after their demise, considering that they decided to build their service model around a mandatory black-box client.

It means that your activation expires. They're saying if they think they'll go offline they'll set your activations to expire somewhere in the year 3000 or null it out. This won't help you if you need to reinstall, though.

I certainly do and they clearly haven't got around thinking about how to back up games. All I can say is the games are in an installed state when delievered. You might want to send them an email enquiry regarding my solution and if it would work.