I'm all for defending the forum being open but do you have to make about the cringe fest DRM free circle jerk? I mean, seriously? The forum pre-dates that sad state of self serving wankery.

What I would love to see is this returning to the proper open forum without moderation and censorship, like the old days. Not of this thread locking crap and none of this "don't you dare like steam because FCKDRM" bull!. This place was better before the hipsters came on board and ruined it.

I like zoom and glad to have another DRM free gaming store. But they have issues getting overlooked because of what so-called bad things GOG has done.

A couple of issues with zoom. IMO
1.
As you said, they have too few games and barely any sales. It doesn't help when zoom has been around for eight years but only has over 400 games.

2.
Using discord for everything seems off to me. I had an issue with a game that has been ignored in discord. I asked for help several times. Maybe they think it's a none issue. IDK

3.
Zoom seems to be picking games from the bottom of the barrel. Some of the games released are odd and don't look good.

Also, Zoom will not change its name because the CEO said he came up with the title before Zoom.us. Zoom not a bad store, but not a great one. No did not.
Zoom video conferencing software Initial release date: September 10, 2012

Zoom platform is only 8 years old which would make the released date 2013 or 2014.

Just a little aside: "toxic" is one of those horrendous newspeak words that are bandied about nonstop in online discussion nowadays (along with terms like "whataboutism") and anyone who unironically uses it can be safely written off as a moron.

A lot of people on Zoom discord think GOG forums are toxic. You're calling a lot of people a moron.

just kidding. :)

Your forum title inspired me to MS-Paint this little masterwork. Enjoy!

*chef's kiss*

TLTR: There is hope & life even if GOG shutdown by their own stupidity. Probably, one of the bests ,,ideas,, their lazy & incompetent human talent could come up with. I disagree. IMO you are romanticizing/overestimating GOG.
What about then with all those independent devs/pubs, the FOSS, the client-free vgaming stores, vgaming websites like pcgaming[EXTRA]wiki, blogs, etc. out there?
Are they going to dissapear at the exact minute GOG shutdown? Absolutely No. Personally I refrain to use (and ignore instead) the ,,trendy term,, "toxicity" as much as I can because its ambiguous & stupid usage.
And you might agree, considering you are providing an example of the wrong tag applied to us.
Call us retrogrades, hostiles, antisocial (choose the term you like) and then we can have a constructive conversation about it. Otherwise, we would have a useless & endless argue...
Just to clarify: I mean not you rjbuffchix (you are the messenger), but anyone prefering the ,,trendy term,, "toxicity" Do you mean as a -forum space- to conversate?
I've not used discord. From what I've read (including the specific ZP case too)
I assume it's their -Q&A/support- channel... and a kind of massive chat (with video streaming)...
Not appealing to me this IM client in turn and it does not sound "DRM-Free" dedicated either.
But if you/somebody have more info, please share to reconsider. I insist you are romanticizing/overestimating GOG.
GOG is not the DRM-Free paladin nor the bastion.
An important & relevant -commercial- case? Yes
And if they sink, it's gonna be by their total lazyness & incompetence not because "DRM-Free" as business is not viable (another of those ,,ideas,, lazy & incompetent human talent come up with and is already being spread here in the forum)

But it is up to us, the vgaming users to realize that, give it the proper dimension, and do not follow their lazy & incompetent games (mental gymnastics, excuses, lies, stupidity, etc)

I would like to clarify my comment as I realize I was unclear. I did not intend to suggest that GOG is the only champion for DRM-free. What GOG is, is the biggest DRM-free store (how pure they are to this concept can be questioned given their more recent direction, but stay with me). So, as other users have suggested, if GOG were to hypothetically go down, this has dire consequences for DRM-free gaming as a whole. It does not mean that the other stores won't exist, but it does mean "DRM-free gaming" as a concept will be hanging by a thread. I also believe if GOG were to fail, the concept of DRM-free will be scapegoated rather than the actual reasons we offer such as incompetence and entering a "red ocean" space instead of focusing on their niche to be successful.

Additionally, as food for thought, it has recently occurred to me that the "itch" site may be the better long-term hope for DRM-free diehards compared to Zoom-Platform. I am honestly not sure. My reasoning is that itch, despite apparently allowing some DRM, seems to have a larger number of DRM-free games and I get the sense the developers are younger/newer, meaning that if we support them now perhaps they will continue to be willing to make DRM-free games. Zoom-Platform is certainly more my style in terms of the type of games that release, but I don't get the sense it is a "hip" place to be, which could limit the amount of games in the future as well as the amount of newer developers wanting to put their games up on there.

In terms of the "discussion" space on itch, it seems to be on the individual gamepages themselves, not really that ideal. Though, I have been able to avoid buying a game that seemed to require internet connection, solely thanks to user comments as there was nothing in description to warn of such a "feature".

As for this other forum, can someone please PM me about that?
Yes, I do, as, if I didn't view this space as a community where people who care about DRM-free are concentrated, I wouldn't care what they do with the forum. Your mileage obviously varies.

Thank you, I will correct it immediately.
As for the other forum ... I have troubles with changes but I'll definitely think about it ... at least my login still works, already checked this :)

Every day multiple threads are created with endless whining about the same stuff over and over again. If anything mods should be closing more threads for being redundant.

Can't believe the forums are still the same D'=

And now every post is being downvoted automatically or what? Damn.

I agree with you rjbuffchix, there are plenty of opportunities for DRM-free.

-scapegoat- The perfect term and I didn't know it in English. Not anymore, thank you :)

Yes, irritation.ou looks promising. I started using it since their first massive bundle (almost 2 years ago?). Unfortunately I haven't seen changes on its improvement areas: Lots of Suspended/InDev/School projects, Features listing, Version control, Ease to find what you are looking for, etc.
If it has been the same in the last 5 years, then maybe they are happy with the current state and won't change much in the future... but I don't know.
Someone with longer experience there could help with their opinions and better guesses.
Important: Please note it has forum (Community menu in the main page)

ZP. Started using it since the Hitmale thing. Prices are high, the brand name doesn't help but I've heard (and read in the specific thread) of happy customers with its promptly & efficient support. Then that justifies the prices for now. They seem to gain momentum.
I hope they grow, expand their catalog and optimize prices. I also bet on them.

Meanwhile, in other latitude, there is a waste of resources, time, opportunities... earning its own fate.

It's always the same people whining over and over again. I see what GOG did as trivial. All 1200 + of my games are still DRM free with no issues. They all work!
Yup, even if you support GOG. I think a real purge is needed. lol

Ahhh... Stockholm Syndrome. xD

Defend gog to the death, no matter how badly they fuck up, Because if they go down, they'll take your library down with them.

A sad sight, really.