Hmm, my GOG couldn't wait to present itself in German :D

I jut hope that doesn't mean I will at some point be able to buy "German Special Versions" of games only.

I don't mind if some versions are "cut" to the point to have no gore or something like that - and it is OK to not be able to see Nazi symbols in games because GOG has to abide the German law, if they want go have some German store.

I play games in English if I can get them, just because of the language. It is fun to me, helps me to learn it and sometimes just doesn't sound so ridiculous (if one ever heard the "Kopfschuß" instead of "Headshot" in a UT game knows, what I mean).

Please let us furthermore play the games in English, if we want to - no "for you available in German language only" games please. Thank you.

Does this mean the censored versions will be delivered to all German speaking regions or only to people from Germany?

No need for hat eating habits, like I already said this is common sense, and, like I already said, I really hope I'm wrong because I too want galaxy to deliver all those pink rainbows and unicorns that gog promised. But as life already schooled us time after time after time, this is probably too good to be true to happen that way and It'll probably fail at some levels.

call it what and how you like but it's relatively easy to put one plus one together and get something pretty realiable with a decently high probability of happening.

Yep, the whole point of Galaxy is a steam-like developer approach so it could simplify their work and thus reduce their costs with doing things.
The whole point of galaxy is to attract new (and old) game developers by simplifying their work and to attract new gamers (customers) simplifying their game "experience" too!
In order to attract (new) game devs, Galaxy will have several features among others will be fast and direct game update/patching.
Do you really think game devs are interested in the "old/classic" patching system where they send a file to gog, gog does its mumbo-jumbo and then the patch happens? Like now?
No matter what gog is telling you, use your common sense, out of the box. Try to see the whole picture. See also all that happened here in the last year or so: fixed-price: fall, worldwide availability: fall.

What's more likely to happen?
-gog performing a miracle with a galaxy be all end all perfect client;
or
-what I already presumed above?

I repeat, I'm really hoping to be wrong, terribly wrong. Paranoia wrong ;)
But, imho, there are a lot of leads telling otherwise ... :(

According to this there was a planned law to restrict internet access but they decided against it.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sperrungen_von_Internetinhalten_in_Deutschland

The list you are talking about is not blocking anything. It MAY be that google ect. are blocking some of the URLs on that list but that is their decision to prevent users to access a site which may be in conflict with the law. You can still access the url without a problem.

http://www.chip.de/news/BPjM-Leak-Bundespruefstelle-zeigt-Hacker-an_70885807.html

Not in Germany, but still don't like this change

My concern is
1) This really needs to stop spreading GOG. We rely on you to keep the line, and while it's great to expand it does look an awful lot like compromises are being made.
2) One reason I came to GOG is the (by gaming forum standards) relatively tolerant, international nature of the forums. Splitting off by language is fine, but I like bumping into different perspectives. Balkanized forums remove one of the few good features of GOG forums.

Spot on, my friend!

That was exactly what I wanted to write just now. Both GOG abiding to Germany's laws that have no say what-so-ever in this online stores catalogue since GOG is not based in Germany and my way of buying games from now on here on GOG. For me too GOG today lost it's unique appeal.

Have you used Galaxy? I am using the alpha right now and it is becoming exactly what I wanted from a client, what I wanted Steam to be. It's taking what steam does, getting rid of the crappy parts and doing it way better.

The fact is this is simply guess work on your part, with no actual support.

To you I'm sure it is reasonable and probable, does not make it reality.

You are correct GOG wants to grow and become more like Steam. But from my understanding GOG still handles the patches themselves since they test them before releasing them to the public. Nothing has ever been stated that GOG has built a system for devs. I repeat again what developers are interested in here is irreverent, GOG handles the patches like they always have, all the devs do is said them the new files. If GOG does implement a system for developers to quickly add there patches to Galaxy, GOG can simply grab the modified files and make a patch, like they do now. GOG has stated that how we access content via the site will not change.

Will it be slower to be added to the site than Galaxy? That's very possible sure & likely, but understandable... it's a lot easier & quicker to add the files to the server than to package them yourself, test, ect. But that doesn't mean GOG isn't going to do it or that some developer is going to stop them from doing it the classic way. But so far in my experience the opposite has happened, the standalone patches are here on the site before Galaxy gets them. Sure this will probably change once Galaxy is out of alpha though.

Your making this out to be one or the other. Nothing is perfect, but that doesn't mean what you presume to be correct is going to happen either.

It's one thing to be skeptical, it's another to bluntly give out false info that you can't prove and has zero basis to it when it contradicts everything GOG has done and has said. Galaxy works great, and continues to improve. And based the features we have been told are coming, it is going to do a lot of things better than Steam.

Close the german website as fast as you can. This is not a good idea.

It only means censorship.And I say this as a german. And I know, what will be comming for you next.

Commandos 2+3 is only the beginning of an endless and annoying struggle against the german censorship organizations. It will make the website unusable for german gamers. They will be forced to pirate the international versions, as they are used to by now!

This means in consequence LESS money for you.

If you must, use the Austria or Switzerland laws, they also speak basicly german. But do NOT fall into he trap of using the german laws!

Hey, I know gameware.at , they are awesome!
GoG should really contact them and have a talk about such matters.

+1 for everything you said.

I understand. Like I said, I hope you're right and I'm wrong. Seriously.

One more thing I'd like to say: I already mention (ok, not in these exact words) that all my rant above was pure speculation, my thoughts on the matter, based on some of my common sens. That's all ;)

I remember that there was a way to skim a thread by showing only staff posts, could someone be so kind to remind me how it was done?

"with a swastika"

Wow... What!?

What? A swastika? Where?