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Deals so good, you won't want to fall asleep.
You remember back when you used to walk into a store, browse the shelves, pick out a game, and then buy it--all in the actual real world? We don't know about you, but most of us at GOG.com have had our limbs atrophy to small vestigial nubbins since all of our shopping happens online these days. Of course, one thing that sometimes happens in real world stores with real world goods--particularly when they have a good sale--is that they run out of stock. Usually that means that the deal was so good that they couldn't keep up with demand.

Well, in the digital realm, this is usually pretty rare. How do you run out of stock on digital games, short of entropy devouring the universe? Well, we have gotten 101 games that will be on sale on the front page of GOG.com, but the discounts are so high at the moment that we can't just sell an unlimited number of copies of these games: we are only able to sell a few at these discounts--up to 80% off--and once they're gone, they're gone.

So what games will be on sale in our Insomnia promo? Bestselling classics and new games alike. There will also occasionally be some free games in super limited numbers (like, 20 or 30 copies)--if you're fast enough on the trigger finger to pick 'em up, that is. The deal will run from now until we're out of "stock" of games for the sale, and games may show up more than once. So it's time to bathe in a tub of coffee*, dip some espresso**, snort an energy drink***, or do whatever else it takes to stay up so you don't miss out on the best deals on fantastic games on GOG.com since summer.
*This is probably not a good idea
**This is definitely not a good idea
***This is totally safe, though****
****NO IT'S NOT WHAT ARE YOU DOING YOU CRAZY PERSON
Post edited November 13, 2013 by TheEnigmaticT
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gscotti: RCR has been running for over 7 hours, so 8.5 hours is totally within reach!

Would "steam keys" make RCR more desirable? It ties it to Steam, IMHO a less desirable alternative to no DRM. Or am I missing something? (not a Steam user)
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mm3n: the regional pricing differences can be maddening sometimes,
Regional pricing differences? Stop right there: I have strong feelings about that kind of crap, and it involves phrases along the lines of *"fsck that shit, fsck it with the Burj Khalifa, without lube!"*
As a European, I've been always at the receiving end of these "regional pricing differences" and I've grown very allergic to them.

And to think that so many people maintain that "Steam's DRM is not that big of a deal". If it discriminates by region/country, it is a big, bad bad deal.
I'd buy one to speed things along...

...But it was exactly the one free game I lucked out on.
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Elinnea: If you really want to know, the forum comments are time stamped, and we started talking about it as soon as it started selling. I'm just too lazy to go back through, I'm afraid. But the info is there.

I know I just got a solid six hours of sleep and I started after RCR came up. When I got up and looked at GOG I had to refresh, thinking it had gotten stuck. No, no, still going...
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gscotti: I know that posts are timestamped, but like you, I am way too lazy to find the page where RCR is first mentioned. Let's be honest here: GOG forums make it excrutiatingly hard to jump to the page you want. It's impossible to use a geometric algorithm.

Anyway, I counted the number of sold games per minute, and it's almost exactly 1 game/min right now. So, unless there is a long tail at the end, I expect RCR promo to end in 1.5 hours or less. Plenty of time to grab something to eat.
Found it. :)

http://www.gog.com/forum/general/special_promo_fall_insomnia_promo/post17875
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mm3n: the regional pricing differences can be maddening sometimes,
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gscotti: Regional pricing differences? Stop right there: I have strong feelings about that kind of crap, and it involves phrases along the lines of *"fsck that shit, fsck it with the Burj Khalifa, without lube!"*
As a European, I've been always at the receiving end of these "regional pricing differences" and I've grown very allergic to them.

And to think that so many people maintain that "Steam's DRM is not that big of a deal". If it discriminates by region/country, it is a big, bad bad deal.
Ive noticed that the usd price is the same as the Euro price. Main reason why i like gog currency conversion working at its best.
Edit: one of the main reasons
Post edited November 16, 2013 by Daz12380
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gscotti: I know that posts are timestamped, but like you, I am way too lazy to find the page where RCR is first mentioned. Let's be honest here: GOG forums make it excrutiatingly hard to jump to the page you want. It's impossible to use a geometric algorithm.

Anyway, I counted the number of sold games per minute, and it's almost exactly 1 game/min right now. So, unless there is a long tail at the end, I expect RCR promo to end in 1.5 hours or less. Plenty of time to grab something to eat.
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Faeja_Vu: Found it. :)

http://www.gog.com/forum/general/special_promo_fall_insomnia_promo/post17875
Woo hoo! A non-lazy person! :D

Thanks. So, definitely 7 hours ago right now.
I am so lucky, I went to sleep a while after RCR went up but I had planned to wake up like an hour or so later to see what the next game sale was. I only ended up waking up now, and unbelievably, it is still up, but nearly over so I didn't miss out on anything new... talk about luck haha.
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gscotti: I know that posts are timestamped, but like you, I am way too lazy to find the page where RCR is first mentioned. Let's be honest here: GOG forums make it excrutiatingly hard to jump to the page you want. It's impossible to use a geometric algorithm.

Anyway, I counted the number of sold games per minute, and it's almost exactly 1 game/min right now. So, unless there is a long tail at the end, I expect RCR promo to end in 1.5 hours or less. Plenty of time to grab something to eat.
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Faeja_Vu: Found it. :)

http://www.gog.com/forum/general/special_promo_fall_insomnia_promo/post17875
And that guy was right! :-)
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Buenro-games: ░░░░░███████ ]▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ Sick of this, gonna get me some THIEF the hard way.
▂▄▅█████████▅▄▃▂ ☻/ ︻╦╤─
Il███████████████████]. /▌
◥⊙▲⊙▲⊙▲⊙▲⊙▲⊙▲⊙◤.. / \
*Hitches a ride on the back*
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Deva: After watching this video --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvx4xXhZMrU

... I decided I should buy Retro City Rampage. Looks pretty cool, so I'm glad it took its time selling. :)
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EX-Deimon: The game IS good, especially for the price it is going for. Though, I was lucky enough to get it free, I would have been happy enough paying for the current sale price. You'd appreciate it more if you grew up playing games from the 80s-early 90s as well as a lover of the cheesey 80s action flicks.
I was in my 20s during the '80s, (a great decade to start using and programming computers), so perfect. :)
Errrrm, also for the people complaining about the Steam price differences between Euro/US etc, I agree however, just do what I do - wait for the amazing steam sale. Nuff said, to be honest. Again, far more important things in life to worry about. Example, when is La-Mulana gonna appear.
I just bought RCR!! PRAISE ME!! xD
high rated
And a few centuries later :
Game... Game never changes...
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Buenro-games: ░░░░░███████ ]▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ Sick of this, gonna get me some THIEF the hard way.
▂▄▅█████████▅▄▃▂ ☻/ ︻╦╤─
Il███████████████████]. /▌
◥⊙▲⊙▲⊙▲⊙▲⊙▲⊙▲⊙◤.. / \
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RandomJC: *Hitches a ride on the back*
Gah! And you displaced the turret doing so!
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smoother: I just bought RCR!! PRAISE ME!! xD
You have been praised. Move along, chap.
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Elinnea: If you really want to know, the forum comments are time stamped, and we started talking about it as soon as it started selling. I'm just too lazy to go back through, I'm afraid. But the info is there.

I know I just got a solid six hours of sleep and I started after RCR came up. When I got up and looked at GOG I had to refresh, thinking it had gotten stuck. No, no, still going...
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gscotti: I know that posts are timestamped, but like you, I am way too lazy to find the page where RCR is first mentioned. Let's be honest here: GOG forums make it excrutiatingly hard to jump to the page you want. It's impossible to use a geometric algorithm.

Anyway, I counted the number of sold games per minute, and it's almost exactly 1 game/min right now. So, unless there is a long tail at the end, I expect RCR promo to end in 1.5 hours or less. Plenty of time to grab something to eat.
It was 7 hours ago

http://www.gog.com/forum/general/special_promo_fall_insomnia_promo/post17875

Yes im bored. So i looked LOL