Take that scripters and thanks wpegg!
(my first ninja ever)

Haha, I don't know about scripts, but I'm personally having a lot of problem separating the 'data' from the 'noise' in that code. :-P

it even beaten me.

see N0x0ss there is your anti-lugum code.

Sadly(for those who want it to be so.) it isn't possible, and imo there are much better/simpler ways to prevent scripters from nabbing codes if one wants to prevent them form doing so.
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Maybe you or someone else should make a FAQ for such and post it in the "Gifting for dummies" thread, or even have OP of this one add such tips/info to the OP post(Just a few ideas I was spitballing.)?
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Who said one had to use this option by itself? One could employ such preventative steps in their giveaways as you advocate and also allow scripters to try and snatch the codes from them anyways(While they also snatch or try to snatch any codes written in plain text, etc.), thus making it not so futile a thread after all.

BTW not saying we/you should do this or have to do this....just throwing more ideas out there and finding loopholes in/exceptions to your seemingly "worst case scenario" type predictions for this thread.
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I was speaking more in general, and not directing the complaining bit towards any one person. ;)
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How does one handicap someone's mind, anyways? Just thinking aloud here.

Someone listened to my suggestion

True, but if you happen to spot it and recognize the GOG gift code syntax, one can crack it in roughly 1-2 minutes without fail. However, someone still beat me to the code. :( (Plus, IMO, a script can still crack this if you code in some dictionaries under the assumption that the likelihood of the gift code containing an actual word is too low to worry over.)

EDIT: Congrats to andrestv on getting the gift!

Alcohol. Lots and lots of alcohol. :-P Also, a Big Brother marathon, but that would be more 'torture' than handicap. ;-D

they still air that crap? or you got all episodes on dvd?

Sadly, they do, in Spain. I think we have the world record, with 13 or 14 'seasons'... :-(

In Brazil too. 12 seasons (I guess) and counting...

You know, I miss those point & click Pink panther games on pc :/
Only played the 1st one, but learned recently that there was a sequel to it.

YEAH. I played both, but the discs weren't mine :P
They had some cool songs...

I remember the voice acting was too loud... There was this german doctor who had such a heavy accent also ...
Inspired by Einstein i believe

Now I remember that I played them in Brazilian Portuguese (even the voice acting was dubbed), what makes sense: I could never finish an adventure when I was a kid because I knew nothing of English...

I don't think the situation is "serious" enough for that right now. If that ever happens, it's probably an option. Its effect would be limited (since few people tend to read such texts), but it wouldn't do any harm either.

Not sure if I'm understanding you correctly. I think you're talking about the coexistence of several "games" in this thread - we have the "quickness" game (where the code is given as a link or as plain text, and you just need to click or enter it), the "riddle" game (where the code is decrypted in some way), and the "obfuscation" game (where the code is hidden at places where you wouldn't usually look for one, like editing it into an old post). If you're suggesting that a "script-grab" game could coexist with those, then my answer is: theoretically yes, but it will destroy the "quickness" game, or at least the "quickness" game would need to be adapted into a form that prevents the scripts from simply taking over. Even then, the coexistence would be somewhat fragile, since not everyone who's gifting a code might be aware that scripts are around (and are accepted), and that could lead to frustration (as already happened). In the end, trying to make room for a script-grabbing game might entail more problems than it's worth. It's a rather hypothetical scenario though, imho.

Yes, I understand that part of our discussions deals with principles and hypothetical situations. :)

In chess (which was your example), you'd simply give the superior player less time to plan his move. If a participant in a competition agrees to a handicap, then usually a way can be found to implement one. It's the agreement that's more likely to become a problem. ;)