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About 4 years ago, I was looking for eDuke32 and the source port's site had a big banner which linked to GOG.com's Duke Nukem 3D card. I wouldn't join the site till 2 years later.
I've heard about gog.com when they started, but I didnt even check it out.

I've joined after I've heard about the free Fallout 1 promo - unfortunately, the 'giveaway' was already over. So I've waited for a promo with a nice discount, and bought the whole trilogy (it was my first gog purchase).
I think it was in a, now defunct, tracker...
Oh, I just moved the potato and there it was!
Angry Joe said something about GOG during his Witcher 2 summary review (from a Top 10 list or something else along those lines), and he I am now.
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IAmSinistar: I was at a low point in my life - divorced, bankrupt, diagnosed with tuberculosis, and with a crippling addiction to jellybabies (melted in a double-boiler and injected sublingually). Then one a day, a couple of young fellows in crisp suits arrived at my door and offered to tell me about their scripture...

Oh, how did I find GOG? I heard somewhere that System Shock 2 was available for sale digitally and DRM-free, and that led me here, as well as rekindling my gaming passion.

I also remarried, gained a fortune, had my tuberculosis convert into periodic priapism, and conquered my addiction, all of which I credit to GOG.
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JudasIscariot: Sounds like someone played a country song backwards :D
Not even backwards. In fact it sounds quite a lot like Johnny Cash's The Man Who Couldn't Cry.
I signed up when they basically ignored the purchaser's IP address to give Australians a break so they could buy The Witcher (or something, I don't really remember the details). I thought that was cool of them.
I read about GOG creation years ago somewhere in the web, but then I decided to wait and see if the site could survive and grow enough.
I was a bit skeptical, because abandonware was still quite accepted (and not sold) and easily accessible.

Time passed and then, this December, I heard about the Fallout giveaway in the usual news video with Dodger on Polaris.
I rushed to the GOG site, checked the policy, registered and grabbed the games, then I saw the big promos, got crazy and bought a bunch of titles, joined the fun community.. and now I'm here :)

P.s: I'm still waiting for the original iso download option to be 100% happy :P
P.p.s: ah well, ok, also for Lucas Arts games and others.. fingers crossed!
Post edited January 10, 2014 by phaolo
I discovered GOG when Ars Technica ran a bunch of articles about GOG's closed beta.
Found GOG through the DOSBox website.
Searching the net for information about some old classics specifically Giants Citizen Kabuto, Sacrifice and Outcast then I wound up here and registered. I didn't actually purchase the games until a year later though which is odd but I believe I played quite a few multiplayer games in 2009 which I believe was the main reason.
I heard about it through several angry forum threads on other websites during the fake shutdown publicity stunt.
Game Informer said something in an article that said old classics were on the site. I checked it out and found a few games I couldn't get to run on my system and a few new ones. 70 games later, I'm still on the prowl for old loves. The latest was Battle Realms, the first was Lords of the Realm 2.
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IAmSinistar: I was at a low point in my life - divorced, bankrupt, diagnosed with tuberculosis, and with a crippling addiction to jellybabies (melted in a double-boiler and injected sublingually). Then one a day, a couple of young fellows in crisp suits arrived at my door and offered to tell me about their scripture...
Was that scripture a manual for Jack Keane 2? :)
Facebook I think, from a friend that share something...cant remember very well :P