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General discussion (archive)GOG.com: The First 5 Years(261 posts)(261 posts)
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Posted January 08, 2014
5 years is a long, long time in the Internet. Let's go down the memory lane!

The beginning of a new year is a good time to stop for a moment and take look back on your past. You take note of your accomplishments, try to learn from your mistakes, and you get all nostalgic about the days gone by. You know we're big on nostalgia, right? With 5 very successful years in the digital gaming market, we thought we'd chat about the company's history a little. We invite you to join CD Projekt's Marcin Iwiński, Guillaume Rambourg, our Managing Director, and Piotr Karwowski, our Creative Director (both of them core members of the GOG.com team who were with us for years), as they talk about the company's history, the concept behind it, and the best (and one not very good) ideas in our history.

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Thanks for being with us, dear users, and for making GOG.com the awesome place that it is! Tell us, please--what is your favorite moment in GOG.com history?

Or maybe you would like to become a part of it? Check out our GOG.com/Work page--we may happen to have an opening for a position you'd be perfect for.
Post edited January 08, 2014 by G-Doc
Posted January 08, 2014
Didn't realise you had tried to do Amiga games. Such a shame that it wasn't possible, hopefully it will still happen one day.

Cheers for 5 years GOG and all the best for the years to come.
Posted January 08, 2014
I'm glad to hear that being DRM free is still your most important point. Because that's what it is for me too.
Posted January 08, 2014
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tfishell: ..
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Elenarie: Look at the source code of the packages, it is all there.
I know VERY little about programming, so I was hoping to hear from somebody else to get a second opinion on your opinions.
Posted January 08, 2014
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Elenarie: EDIT2: Such lovely place this has become lately, see, a post criticising obvious downfalls of the service, and a second later you are downrepped and your post hidden. Thank you for even further making this place worse. <3
You should not complain about that, there's no attention grabber like red ink next to a post. And nothing peaks curiosity more than having to open up a "hidden" cache of a post among all the dribble. Your post is the only one anyone will remember after having closed the thread.

And my favourite moment was in December 4th 2012, doesn't happen often that a new best game ever in my 25 years of playing games gets released.
Post edited January 08, 2014 by jamotide
Posted January 08, 2014
THANK YOU Gog.com Team!! It feels so good to see that the drm-free concept is a good deal for everyone of us! Sláinte!!
Posted January 08, 2014
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tfishell: I think Elenarie has the right idea about giving GOG significant constructive criticism now that they're in the big leagues (perhaps somebody more knowledgeable can comment on whether or not Elenarie's points are valid); the problem is how s/he said it, kind of dick-ishly.
Constructive criticism is intended to be well... constructive, and leans towards being friendly and can point out both positive and negative things while retaining an overall positive friendly and well intentioned demeanour. When I read the comments you refer to I struggle to find anything overly constructive about it personally. That's ok too, everyone can be fired up and need to vent from time to time and I'm no exception to that either, but I wouldn't confuse "criticism" with being "constructive" unless it actually is constructive. ;o)

Here's some tips for constructive criticism from good ole Wikipedia...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructive_criticism
Post edited January 08, 2014 by skeletonbow
Posted January 08, 2014
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GOG.com: Tell us, please--what is your favorite moment in GOG.com history?
"The Witcher and the sequel DRM-free? Ok, so what's the catch? No catch? No really, what is the catch?"

And then it finally hitting me that yes, there is indeed one store and developer out there who is the total opposite of all the other gaming companies constantly pushing more and more Starforce, installation caps, always online DRM etc. to me. It is like meeting a bank manager or a housing agency who seems to be the total opposite of any other bank manager/housing agency you've met before.
Post edited January 08, 2014 by timppu
Posted January 08, 2014
my favourite moment? finally buying Stonekeep!!! it was massive...

anyway, that arrivals/departures thingie you've got in your offices is really neat ;) also, I've never seen that comix before, how come?
Posted January 08, 2014
Favourite moment? When the unthinkable happened and GOG released a System Shock 2, the very eponymous of legal limbo itself.

Congratulations and thank you, that you are, GOGers!

Wszie dobre!
Posted January 08, 2014
My favorite moment? ALL the moments! You consistently wow me every single day, gog. Be it new releases, entertaining sales events or your amazing community - there is never a shortage of delightment whenever I visit this lovely location of the web. I came here almost a year ago simply to find a version of Alpha Centauri that would run on a modern system - you handed me that, a bunch of great games for free and introduced me to over 30 years of awesome games that I never even heard of before.

In a time when acquiring and running software legally is more of a pain in the ass than simply pirating, I am glad there is a place where I don't feel like a crouton for actually parting with my money. I have no hesitations in voting for your revolution with my dollar, keep fighting the good fight!
Posted January 08, 2014
My favorite moment would be when I first noticed the D&D Dynamo Bundle thanks to Torment: ToN chat on Kickstarter, which then led me here. It eventually led to me purchasing the bundle, those being very prized classics for me, and I went on to learn about many games I missed growing up and many others I never knew existed. I've learned so much thanks to GOG, about gaming platforms, DRM and disitribution, as well as indie games, and classics. I can't wait to see what the future holds!

But...no enigmatic hint in the video? ;O

I'm devastated...

Not really :)

Kudos GOG and a happy new year. I wish you the best, as well as my pocket book, so I can keep supporting you.

Now release more games! :D
Post edited January 08, 2014 by JinseiNGC224
Posted January 08, 2014
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Greetings, GOG users. I come to you from the not so distant future, and I want to say my favorite moment in GOG's history is when they signed LucasArts in 2014. It was a great day for all!

- future mondo84 :p

*crosses fingers*
Post edited January 08, 2014 by mondo84
Posted January 08, 2014
Favourite moment was went I realised I can buy a working Lords of the Realm 2 game.
Posted January 08, 2014
Every moment was superb! i love GOG.com.
Thx for all :)
Posted January 08, 2014
I'll be with you as long as you are with us like the 1st year!
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