Oh man, that totally sucks - you'd think GOG would know better to spread them out over the life of the sale. Since I can't find five games on the sale list, I guess I'll be passing this one up. :-(

Well, at any rate you can use this method to save rolls.

I saw that people got Aarklash. What did I get? Ittle Dew.....there is no greenlight process for GOG?

A personal observation of ten 5-pot rolls: Every single time there have been two constants. 1) 4 of the 5 games are games I already own, and 2) the game I don't own is always Alien Shooter. Always.

Well there's either a time limit for which to return to a roll, or the "rare" games have definitely been removed from the Pots. All my older rolls from back when I wasn't getting games i already own 404 now.

Oh wow... This I did not know! Thanks so much for the info!

It would be interesting what rolls people get who already own all 4 Zombalien Shooters. Anyone?

I always get these :

Avernum
Aqua Kitty
Giana Sisters: Rise of the Owlverlord ( wishlisted )
Ittle Dew
Penumbra ( wishlisted )
Tales from Space Mutant Blobs Attack

Last roll I got the following:

Avernum: The Complete Saga
Geneforge 1-5
Penumbra Collection
Aqua Kitty
Giana Sisters Rise of the Owl something

I have absolutely NO USE for the last two, but to get the other three for $10 I figured was a deal.

Still trying for Cognition and Memoria.

After being bestowed that luck, I was only missing two more titles from the promo (namely "Deadly Premonition" and "Deponia 3"). I kept selecting 5 pots of gold until I got the "You already own 3 of those games" message (as opposed to 4 or 5 games) and, sure enough, the games I got were "Deadly Premonition" and "Deponia 3" (and a "Cognition" gift code, which is pretty sweet). But that was 7 hours ago, I don't think I would be able to snag any of those titles now.

i'd guess it was probably setup from the beginning to only have a certain number of licenses and since people meta-gamed the system to make it non-random more popular titles ran out first. if people had let it be random, with more weight given to anything on the wish list and not already owned it probably would have worked fine.

i'd hope it's a per dayish thing and will reset.

i think it's too bad because it's a fun promotional idea, but it can't work if people meta-game it. i find it to be in bad taste to talk about exploiting it on gog's own forums as it's likely costing them money, but it's their forum.

So I decided to try getting four specific games and one pot of gold to see what I would get. All three times the random game was Alien Shooter. That damn leprechaun really wants me to get Alien Shooter.

Think you could check it again? Would be really interesting if you still get all the Shooters, if you get the same games as a new account or if you actually get the BIG games.

My condolences by the way. I was sad enough to get even one of those games, I can't even imagine how you must feel.

I assume that they don't mind the conversation since they haven't shut this thread down. Despite all the talky-talking going on here, I think most members never check the forums. As you can see from my post count (and I can see from yours) this is my first foray into the forums here.