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Posted September 22, 2011
2011 has been a fantastic year for GOG.com, let's make it even better and make the last push to achieve the 6 million unique downloaded games milestone.

During our presentation at the CD Projekt Fall 2011 Conference we've shared some numbers that show how successful this year was for GOG.com, all that was possible thanks to you - our great community. One of the big milestones we'd like to celebrate with you is the 6 million unique downloaded games! Help us achieve this number and we'll launch a time-limited special offer for all GOG.com users!

Note that when we say "unique games downloaded," that means redownloading games that you have already downloaded before won't increment the counter.

When the counter on the main page of the website hits 6 million, two exciting things will happen. First off, the lucky user who downloaded our 6 millionth unique game will receive everything that's currently in the catalog, absolutely free! Secondly, everyone who has an account on GOG.com will be able to download Broken Sword: Shadow of The Templars Director’s Cut for free, thanks to Sir Charles Cecil and Revolution Software. The offer will be valid only for 48 hours starting from hitting the milestone, so be sure to check GOG regularly or follow us on and [url=https://www.facebook.com/gogcom]Facebook. Let's get cracking to unlock this achievement as soon as possible - it's all in your hands now!
Posted September 29, 2011
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tarangwydion: Hey, you are supposed to be sleeping at this hour... :-D
I'm going, I'm going...I just had to drive my boot home. ;-P
Good luck everyone. :D
Posted September 29, 2011
Agh only about 4000 to go and I need to go get my son from school. Depending on if there is a new game announced today I am probably out of the running :/

However congrats to whoever is lucky enough to get this!
Posted September 29, 2011
It's 5:12 AM here, GMT -4.

There is no way I am going to sleep now.
Posted September 29, 2011
Quick last minute question: Is the winner determined on download completed or download initiated?

@Lenok Haha, 3:30 am here. Um, I'm obligated to find out when the 6 millionth download happens, as I already informed my Facebook contacts such. Yeah >_>
Post edited September 29, 2011 by elus89
Posted September 29, 2011
Im guessing its about 2.5 hours left...
Posted September 29, 2011
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elus89: Quick last minute question: Is the winner determined on download completed or download initiated?
I've read in another thread that it's based on the download initiated
Posted September 29, 2011
initiated.

so free games count or not?
Posted September 29, 2011
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lugum: initiated.

so free games count or not?
I don't think it's been concretely said but I can't see them not counting - after all, this is marketing ;) Why limit the number of legitimate downloads they can claim?
Posted September 29, 2011
How accurate that Javascript counter for downloads on mainpage is? Do you update the values it contains since it doesn't seem to fetch any data from db at all?
Posted September 29, 2011
A big surprise to me is just how steady the rate has been. Any bet on the number that everyone's going to jump on to try and win? My bet... 6999200.
The last number directly from their database was 6996879. You can check from their web page source code. So yeah, they're actually updating it fairly frequently. I'd say every 300 downloads or so.
Hmm, the rate just jumped from 0.31 to 0.46...
Post edited September 29, 2011 by elus89
Posted September 29, 2011
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elus89: A big surprise to me is just how steady the rate has been. Any bet on the number that everyone's going to jump on to try and win? My bet... 6999200.
The last number directly from their database was 6996879. You can check from their web page source code. So yeah, they're actually updating it fairly frequently. I'd say every 300 downloads or so.
Hmm, the rate just jumped from 0.31 to 0.46...
The start point is grabbed on the fly from the actual database you can see this by loading it in 2 screens a few seconds apart
Posted September 29, 2011
From the web page source code: downloadsCounterCurrentVal = 6000000;
Does that mean its already at 6M?
Posted September 29, 2011
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Buddy_Bert: From the web page source code: downloadsCounterCurrentVal = 6000000;
Does that mean its already at 6M?
no it's to trigger a different screen if you visit after 6m.
Posted September 29, 2011
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Buddy_Bert: From the web page source code: downloadsCounterCurrentVal = 6000000;
Does that mean its already at 6M?
From the same source, you'll see it says
If currentvalue is less than 6million, increase it by one.
Else currentvalue is set to 6million.
Posted September 29, 2011
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elus89: A big surprise to me is just how steady the rate has been. Any bet on the number that everyone's going to jump on to try and win? My bet... 6999200.
The last number directly from their database was 6996879. You can check from their web page source code. So yeah, they're actually updating it fairly frequently. I'd say every 300 downloads or so.
Hmm, the rate just jumped from 0.31 to 0.46...
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wodmarach: The start point is grabbed on the fly from the actual database you can see this by loading it in 2 screens a few seconds apart
Yep. My guess is they've increased the pace of database retrievals. They're still about 50 downloads behind or so.
Edit: By behind, I mean the counter has continued along an approximately correct rate in which it's reading is about 50 higher than the most recent initial number drawn from the database.
Post edited September 29, 2011 by elus89
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