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Posted January 28, 2014
Let's do the time warp again*!

Welcome to our [url=http://www.gog.com]DRM-Free Time Machine Sale! Fasten your seatbelts and prepare for a fascinating ride to the early days of PC gaming and back again, with 30 excellent titles selected from the years 1983-2013, available up to 90% off (that is for as little as $0.59!). You'll find amazing games in amazing prices featured one by one on GOG.com main page, and before the sale is done you'll be able to complete your very own display of gaming history on a budget below $65 (because this would be the cost to get every single game in the sale). Are you ready?

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There's more than just buying games incredibly cheap to our DRM-Free Time Machine Sale! We're ready to pass its steering wheel (or rather the control console) to YOU. Each game in the sale is offered for a limited time only, and how long we stay in its year is up to you! Each time you see a new game on sale you can vote to either add or subtract 1 second from the timer. Each time you buy a game, you add 3 seconds to the time of it being on sale. We begin with 1983's Zork, bundled with the rest of the Zork Anthology of 6 games in total, for only $1.79. How long will it last on the front page? You'll be the judge. What comes next, as the game of 1984? Let's find out!

Let's take a trip in GOG.com's DRM-Free Time Machine Sale! 30 great games from 1983-2013 will be available up to 90% off, and you get to decide how long each game is on sale. Ready? The technomagical gateway to 1983 opens NOW!

* "Again?", you might ask, "when did they ever do the time warp?". Well, once you embark on a journey through time, all becomes relevant and there's absolutely no guarantee that what you are doing, you are doing for the first time. In fact, that's highly improbable. After all, time isn't linear. It's more like a giant wobbly-bobbly goggy-boggy ball of gaming awesome!
Post edited January 28, 2014 by G-Doc
Posted January 28, 2014
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mudd1: You mean to say that it glues us more to the screen and steals more of our time than the sale itself ;)
It does that too, aye. :)

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Davane: It's a well know trope - Electric Boogaloo. Troperiffic! :D
Yes, and I was explaining where the trope came from. They don't occur in a vacuum, after all. It's a social, word-of-mouth phenomenon, just as urban legends are.
Posted January 28, 2014
Wake me when it gets to about 2003 or so. :P
Posted January 28, 2014
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Caladus: It's the only thing keeping me from outright just buying the pack right now. Of course it would be easy enough to just firewall the software itself.
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mudd1: There is no mention of the company name he mentioned anywhere in the EULA. In fact, the word "massive" doesn't appear at all, neither does anything related to "advertisement". So I'd say "go ahead". It seems to be a false claim, at least by now.
Massive Entertainment is owned by Ubisoft, although they don't seem to have anything to do with Might and Magic. Anyway, I've played all six of the games, and can attest to none of them feeding me adds or trying to connect to the internet. I assume that that's some sort of standard thing that gets stuck in whether it actually applies or not--they don't write a new EULA for every game, after all.

Anyway, GOG, it was fun the first time, but the first time I was stuck in my office for hours with nothing else to do. This time, not planning to spend the day in front of the computer on the off-chance that something I want comes up, so see you around.
Post edited January 28, 2014 by BadDecissions
Posted January 28, 2014
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ng: "In the previous sale we made you love some bad games (okay, not so good ones) (that would be Jack Kean 2). Today we'll make you hate some good games for a change."
I mean some promos apparently will go on indefinitely...
Jack Keane 2 was the best game ever. Just look at the reviews
Posted January 28, 2014
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foxworks: Per the OP "Each time you buy a game, you add 3 seconds to the time of it being on sale."
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Malek86: Uh, then it looks like the previous games weren't particularly successful. I wonder how many more times we'll get "roadblocks" like this one.
Yeah, Ultima and King's Quest didn't fair too well. Lack of interest could be attributed to many already having them in their inventory. Or just lack of interest all together ;) Seems Might and Magic is doing well despite it already being featured during the Insomnia Sale.
Posted January 28, 2014
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nrjank: disappointed. after buying my +/- buttons went away. I wanted to buy and click +1 to make all of you wait a bit longer.
You add 3 secs when you buy, so you did make it longer :]
Posted January 28, 2014
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foxworks: Yeah, Ultima and King's Quest didn't fair too well. Lack of interest could be attributed to many already having them in their inventory. Or just lack of interest all together ;) Seems Might and Magic is doing well despite it already being featured during the Insomnia Sale.
I'll assume that Ultima and King's Quest look simply too old to be of interest to people (especially knowing how unforgiving games were back then). Whereas people could be buying this one simply for MM6 or the Xeen games.
Posted January 28, 2014
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rawmilk905: Wake me when it gets to about 2003 or so. :P
By the look of things, 2003 will never come.

It's the promo to end them all: the eternal promo!

Might & Magic: 1986, forever! Hahahahahahahahahaha!

EDIT: On a more serious note, I don't particularly like this promo. Wake me up in 2003 indeed.
Post edited January 28, 2014 by Magnitus
Posted January 28, 2014
Greeting old games lovers, I want 3 parts of Broken Sword, but i'm from Russia, and it's allready 10 p.m. and I have to sleep this night ))) any opinion about time of selling this pack ? Ten Years = ten hours ?
Posted January 28, 2014
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nrjank: disappointed. after buying my +/- buttons went away. I wanted to buy and click +1 to make all of you wait a bit longer.
You already added +3, so why do you need to add another +1!?

How long has this one been going for now! Anyone would think that the timer is powered by Windows Installer...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yX8yrOAjfKM
Posted January 28, 2014
Wow, I left about an hour ago and it was 1:17 almost exactly... Awesome, time has stopped.
Posted January 28, 2014
I just realise I can't find my rep. Where is it ?
Posted January 28, 2014
So, any plans to spam the reviews section of the game in order to prevent people from buying and thus make its sale end? :-P


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cmdr_flashheart: Working hours can vary depending on company and occasion. Really, I was hoping that the sale wouldn't be automated so there was a chance to sway what games could appear the next day. It was a pipe dream :]
That would kind of defeat the character and heart of the Sale.


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CrowTRobo: Sorry if this was addressed already but I am at work and cannot read the whole thread, kind of busy today. Will the sale repeat like the Insomnia sale (for those of us who cannot frequently check the site during work hours)?
Nth concrete yet, though that "time warp again" note could be a hint.
Posted January 28, 2014
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Potzato: I just realise I can't find my rep. Where is it ?
Right below your avatar picture in your post.
Posted January 28, 2014
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mudd1: There is no mention of the company name he mentioned anywhere in the EULA. In fact, the word "massive" doesn't appear at all, neither does anything related to "advertisement". So I'd say "go ahead". It seems to be a false claim, at least by now.
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BadDecissions: Massive Entertainment is owned by Ubisoft, although they don't seem to have anything to do with Might and Magic. Anyway, I've played all six of the games, and can attest to none of them feeding me adds or trying to connect to the internet. I assume that that's some sort of standard thing that gets stuck in whether it actually applies or not--they don't write a new EULA for every game, after all.
No, they don't. They even write three paragraphs about the disc and its warranty. However, while I would never claim it to be beyond Ubisoft to include a "we might spam you at will" clause into their terms of service, I can find no such thing in this EULA. The only scary part I can find is this:

"The User acknowledges that Ubisoft may collect and use certain User data in accordance with the privacy policy accessible on the website http://www.ubi.com/UK/Info/Info.aspx?tagname=PrivacyPolicy."

It turns out, however, that at least as of now this data collection only encompasses game registration and such things. No in-game usage data.

Edit: Oh in case it hasn't become clear I should add that yes, the EULA for Might and Magic is indeed issued by Ubisoft. So the default would be to expect the worst and the poster in the other thread who warned about the advertisements did at least put together a coherent and plausible story. It's just none that can be verified in any way from what he said.
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