Not really, I buy from GOG for two reasons; DRM free and new OS compatibility. I can't really get that with Steam, and this is no reason to buy from Steam when GOG can improve this themselves. If GOG want's to compete in selling newer games, which they do, than this is a must. The patching process was fine for older games that didn't get many patches, if any... but that is obviously not GOG's prerogative anymore. GOG wants to compete with Steam.

But I tend to agree with Gydion though anyway, it appears GOG plans to take the Steam route with Galaxy, but the back end is just not ready yet. I base this on the fact Galaxy includes, like Steam, a way for devs to provide beta patches and such. No reason to do this if devs have to go through GOG for this.

I imagine eventually patches will be pushed live to Galaxy users via devs while standalone installers come later on via GOG. Those who want patches quickly will use Galaxy, while those who want stability and standalone installers will wait for GOG.

EDIT: To clarify an automated build for the standalone installers when patches are added to Galaxy would also be idea, but that would of course be up to GOG giving up even more control. They way there is no wait between a Galaxy patch and a standalone installer patch.

This I can agree with because they're human and deserve time off, though I was hoping for something special tomorrow. (Not a free game of course, but a special highly-desired release.)

Ridiculous, stuff like this is going to hurt gog.

Well, another definition I read in the internet is, that "these" and "those" are related to how near or far a multitude of things is. How confusing.... Maybe I should use my own word to replace "these" and "those", maybe "thise" or "thase"? :D

Same thing. "This" refers to something nearer you than the listener, something you're holding, something you said or did, etc.
"That" refers to something far from you or nearer to the listener than you, something the listener is holding, something the listener or someone else said or did, etc.

(eg. "This is my plan", "That is your plan", "That is his/her/their plan", "This is the plan (which I just explained or am about to explain)" "That is the plan (which someone other than you just explained)")

"these" is the plural form of "this" and "those" is the plural form of "that", so the same rules apply.

(Also, to explain one grey area, if you gesture expansively and say "this is my land", it implies you're standing within it, while, if you gesture expansively and say "that is my land", it implies you're standing outside of it.)

If you're still likely to forget, you could also say "Hm, would be cool to have a list of them".

And sometimes it's even both and then it is getting really annoying: I have tried to get the files for addiotional language support for the original version of "MIND: Path to Thalamus" to GOG (I am not talking of the enhanced edition here) for about a month now (first contact with devs was beginning of novembre). They told me that they must have missed an update on GOG since the steam version already supports additional languages a while ago while the GOG version never did. They will contact GOG to see if they were willing to update those files which GOG after release of the enhanced edition kept as bonus and steam gave access to over the beta branch. Since GOG said officially that they won't support the original version I asked Judas if they will still update the original version if I'd be able to get these files to GOG. Judas assured me that he'll do so if the files they are getting are useful. So I pushed the devs again and again (wrote several posts on their site and on steam as well as writing a mail to their publisher) and a few days ago the devs told me that they have offered GOG the updated original version but GOG refused to update the game because they only want to maintain one version of the game which is the enhanced.

You can read all about it here: http://steamcommunity.com/app/296070/discussions/0/485622866440219183/

Of course I got very mad and contacted Judas immediately and he was telling me that he did not spoke to the devs and that he does not know what was happening but he will find out. Later the day I got a mail from the publishers as well who told me that they have given GOG the files and it's up to them what to do with them. Now I am waiting for this mess to clear up and I have no idea what happened or what will happen.

Don't get me wrong, I trust Judas and I am sure he will get to the bottom of what happened here - I also think that this is not Judas fault but a miscommunicating somewhere at GOG. The problem here however is that I, the paying customer, spent a lot of time and effort just to get my own game updated the same way it was on steam and in the end the store I gave money to decided for me to let my work go to waste. To make it a bit clearer: the original version and the enhanced version of the game are a bit different so as a fan and collector you'd like to keep both so the "old" version is not obsolete like GOG was obviously stating. I would really want to know WHO on earth the person was that told the devs that they don't want the files. SUCH behaviour is imo unacceptable. Had I bought on steam I would have had the newest version without all this stress ... I was already thinking to buy it again there but no, won't do this. This is GOG's fault and I expect them to fix this. Since nobody will be at GOG until next year I fear that they will forget about the issue. I really hope that I am wrong here. This is a matter of principles and I very much stick to my principles so GOG better does not forget about this because I won't!

Once you have the ability for devs to push updates instantly via Galaxy, automated creation of the offline installers should be trivial.

Oh I imagine that's true. The question is will GOG do that, or will they stick to the old way of doing it themselves. Ideally though automating a standalone installer build when the devs upload patches for Galaxy would also be the way to go.

Hey now, you're supposed to be on leave until January. Did someone lock you in the building?

Will the linux version arrive today ? :D

Damn..i realy wanted to play the game this weekend. Is there a way to get the linux game files without the installer ? I can istall it myselfe.
Merry Xmas anyways :)

From MaGog's logs for 24 December:

NOTE! Probably REMOVED FILE Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition, all_files, Patch 2.0.103.346 [Windows] (dl_ver: 2.0.100.40 (gog-7) -> 2.0.103.346 (gog-8))

NOTE! Probably ADDED FILE Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition, all_files, Patch 2.0.104.737 [Windows], dl_ver: ***TO*** 2.0.100.40+ (gog-7+) -> 2.0.104.737 (gog-9)

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