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Infin8ty: That's the difference between PRNG's and raw speed, although if you knew the PR algorithm, then you could manipulate it.
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Ungunbu: naaah
when you click buy a checkout link is generated for you and you are redirected -- you can't do anything about it imho -- the link is saved in the db
Theoretically, the PRNG after a modulus will result in a Boolean value that determines whether it's free or not; if you estimate the rate at which people access the site and know the PR algorithm, one could greatly increase their chances for getting a free game. It still wouldn't be 100% as there is an estimation element, but if one knew the PR algorithm, it would be easier.

Also, the source code would be great as well.... :)

(I don't know the PR algorithm used, they tend to be absurdly complicated and vary between different OS's, and sometimes hardware.)
Syberia 2 - 80% ($1.99) - 300
Syberia 2 at sale!
A march of sequels at the end of Round 2...?

1. Theme Park - 75% off ($1.49) - 800 copies
2. Luftrausers - 75% off ($5.24) - 200
3. Deadly Premonition: Director's Cut - 75% off ($1.49) - 300
4. Entomorph: Plague of the Darkfall - 75% off ($1.49) - 300
5. Teslagrad - 75% off ($2.49) - 400
6. Blitzkrieg Anthology - 80% off ($1.99) - 500
7. Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers - 75% off ($2.49) - 300
8. Shelter - 90% off ($0.99) - 300
9. Quest For Glory 1-5 - 75% off ($2.49) - 600
10. Race The Sun - 75% off ($2.49) - 300
11. Blade of Darkness - 75% off ($1.49) - 300
12. The Last Express - 70% off ($1.79) - 400
13. Flatout 2 - 80% off ($1.99) - 400
14. Long Live The Queen - 75% off ($2.49) - 400
15. Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers - 80% off ($1.99) - 200
16. Interstate '76 Arsenal - 75% off ($1.49) - 300
17. Legend of Grimrock - 80% off ($2.99) - 500
18. Police Quest 1-4 - 75% off ($2.49) - 500
19. Driftmoon - 85% off ($2.24) - 300
20. The Guild Gold Edition - 80% off ($1.99) - 300
21. American McGee's Grimm - 80% off ($1.99) - 300
22. Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now - 80% off ($1.99) - 500
23. King's Quest 4-6 - 75% off ($2.49) - 500
24. Broken Age, Season Pass - 40% off ($14.99) - 100
25. Rise of the Triad (2013) - 80% off ($2.99) - 300
26. Etherlords 2 - 75% off ($1.49) - 400
27. Little Big Adventure 2 (Twinsen's Odyssey) - 75% off ($1.49) - 400
28. Wasteland 1 - 75% off ($1.49) - 600
29. Sang-Froid: Tales of Werewolves - 85% off ($2.24) - 300
30. Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space - 90% off ($2.99) - 400
31. Alan Wake's American Nightmare - 80% off ($1.99) - 400
32. Still Life - 80% off ($1.99) - 300
33. Pirates! Gold Plus - 75% off ($1.49) - 400
34. SiN Gold - 60% off ($3.99) - 300
35. Hammerwatch - 75% off ($1.99) - 300
36. Gobliiins Pack - 75% off ($1.49) - 300
37. Humans Must Answer - 80% off ($1.99) - 300
38. Space Quest 4+5+6 - 75% off ($2.49) - 500
39. Leisure Suit Larry: Love for Sail! - 75% off ($1.49) - 700
40. Lone Survivor: The Director's Cut - 75% off ($3.74) - 450
41. Gateways - 80% off ($0.99) - 300 copies
42. Heretic Kingdoms: The Inquisition - 75% off ($1.49) - 400
43. Papers, Please - 60% off ($3.99) - 600
44. Shadowrun Returns - 66% off ($4.99) - 600
45. Warlords Battlecry 3 - 80% off ($1.99) - 200
46. Inquisitor - 85% off ($2.24) - 300
47. Painkiller Black Edition - 80% off ($1.99) - 400
48. The Book Of Unwritten Tales: The Critter Chronicles - 80% off ($3.99) - 200
49. Shattered Haven - 80% off ($1.99) - 200
50. Torchlight - 90% off ($1.49) - 400
51. The Inner World - 66% off ($4.99) - 150 copies
52. Children of the Nile Complete - 80% off ($1.99) - 500
53. Full Spectrum Warrior - 75% off ($2.49) - 150
54. Divinity: Dragon Commander, Imperial Edition - 70% off ($13.49) - 150
55. Deus Ex 2: Invisible War - 80% off ($1.99) - 500
56. Raiden Legacy - 80% off ($1.99) - 300
57. The Bard's Tale - 80% off ($1.99) - 400
58. Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse - 90% off ($3.49) - 400
59. Pid - 90% off ($0.99) - 300
60. Duke Nukem 3D: Atomic Edition - 80% off ($1.19) - 300
61. Vampire The Masquerade - Redemption - 75% off ($1.49) - 500
62. Uru: Complete Chronicles - 80% off ($1.99) - 300
63. Ring Runner: Flight of the Sages - 80% off ($1.99) - 300
64. Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness - 80% off ($1.99) - 350
65. Deponia 3: Goodbye Deponia - 70% off ($5.99) - 200
66. Time Commando - 75% off ($1.49) - 300
67. Evil Genius - 80% off ($1.99) - 500
68. Betrayal at Krondor Pack - 75% off ($1.49) - 300
69. FTL: Advanced Edition - 66% off ($3.39) - 700
70. Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller - 80% off ($5.99) - 300
71. Star Control 1 + 2 - 75% off ($1.49) - 300
72. Symphony - 75% off ($2.49) - 200 copies
73. Hitman 2: Silent Assassin - 80% off ($1.99) - 500
74. Little Big Adventure (Relentless: Twinsen's Adventure) - 75% off ($1.49) - 300
75. Alan Wake - 80% off ($5.99) - 100
76. Hitman: Codename 47 - 75% off ($1.49) - 500
77. The Zork Anthology - 75% off ($1.49) - 300
78. SWAT 3: Tactical Game of the Year Edition - 75% off ($2.49) - 300
79. Gomo - 80% off ($1.59) - 200
80. Shadow Man - 75% off ($1.49) - 400
81. Battle Worlds: Kronos - 66% off ($9.99) - 200
82. PixelJunk Shooter - 80% off ($1.79) - 200
83. Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries - 75% off ($1.49) - 300
84. Valdis Story: Abyssal City - 75% off ($3.74) - 500
85. Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura - 75% off ($1.49) - 800
86. Aarklash: Legacy - 75% off ($5.24) - 400
87. The 11th Hour - 75% off ($1.49) - 400
88. Stronghold Crusader HD - 75% off ($2.49) - 500
89. Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive - 75% off ($1.49) - 300
90. Democracy 3 - 75% off ($6.24) - 200
91. S2: Silent Storm Gold Edition - 80% off ($1.99) - 500
92. Sam & Max Save the World - 90% off ($2.99) - 400
93. Edna & Harvey: Harvey's New Eyes - 90% off ($1.99) - 150
94. Signal Ops - 85% off ($2.24) - 300
95. Riven: The Sequel to Myst - 75% off ($1.49) - 300
96. Cannon Fodder - 75% off ($1.49) - 300
97. Capitalism 2 - 80% off ($1.99) - 300
98. Syberia 2 - 80% off ($1.99) - 300 copies

Those two last to come:

Smugglers V
Trine 2: Complete Story
Post edited May 13, 2014 by Dexterus
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Ok, this round two needs to end... like right away so that round three starts!!


...still can't believe I missed Riven, the waiting will be torture...
I've got the GOG home screen up on my laptop and my tablet - it appears I was the very first person to grab Syberia2! Still didn't get it free though!
Anyone got a spare Democracy 3? That's the only one missing from my list this time and I don't want to risk missing it.
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Ungunbu: naaah
when you click buy a checkout link is generated for you and you are redirected -- you can't do anything about it imho -- the link is saved in the db
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Infin8ty: Theoretically, the PRNG after a modulus will result in a Boolean value that determines whether it's free or not; if you estimate the rate at which people access the site and know the PR algorithm, one could greatly increase their chances for getting a free game. It still wouldn't be 100% as there is an estimation element, but if one knew the PR algorithm, it would be easier.

Also, the source code would be great as well.... :)

(I don't know the PR algorithm used, they tend to be absurdly complicated and vary between different OS's, and sometimes hardware.)
still... even if you knew how they determine free or not free (even with source code at hand) i don't think you could do anything about it since it's server side -- even if it was something as simple as if ((rand() % 10000) <= 1) game_is_free = true;
Wow I missed a lot of games, guess this started at noon yesterday or something. It wasn't on in the morning.
How wonderful...

I've been following the second round since 07 - Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers, up to 64 - Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness. There was only one more game that I wanted to get, and that was Deponia 3. So I thought that maybe by the pattern, that game would show up next.

Unfortunately I had to go somewhere right when Tomb Raider had about 150 left, but luckily I was able to find a (very iffy and weak) wifi connection.at that location. Tomb Raider was still going, so I kept watching until it got down to one left...then right at that moment the connection went out.

After a few minutes I was able to get it back and saw that the next one was Time Commando. That shot my idea of the pattern. Watched the next games up to FTL with no more connection issues, but had to leave and go to another place that did not have wifi. Hoped that by the time I got back home (with a much better connection) not too many games would have gone by and that Deponia 3 was not one of them...

Anyone following the list will know what I found when I got home (right now).

*sigh*

I don't know if it's worth it to go though round three for just one game. At least I completed my Sam & Max collection and all the other games I wanted.
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LynetteC: I've got the GOG home screen up on my laptop and my tablet - it appears I was the very first person to grab Syberia2! Still didn't get it free though!
But you got it, and even as the first one! Grats! Now only for the train ticket - Oscar awaits. ;-)
If Alan Wake has a nightmare to kick off round three, I will hire Wayne Brady to choke a bitch.
Before it pops up... is Smugglers any good guys? It looks fun, but some of the reviews make me think twice :/
Anyone have a alan wake or sam and max save the world key?
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foxworks: Very awesome!
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Stooner: Yeah... right? :D
I got an email alert "your purchase thing" and wtf? GOG charged me and I didn't even notice?
I thought we'd get a confirmation screen, so I can choose gift and all that, but it went straight to my account.
It did that in round one. Or at the very least asked you to confirm you wanted the free game. Didn't check if I could gift it.