THANKS ALOT AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY GOG

Hah, I guessed a different game for the top-left down word. It just happened to have the same number of letters and a 't' in the #1 box. Can't remember what the game was tho, didn't keep the image.

I found the GOG wiki very helpful. I found two of the answers by typing the clue into the wiki's search.

I have seriously bad luck with these. The Spelunky contest started ~20min after I had visited Gog.com and I revisited 3 hours later, when all winning entries had already submitted. Rules weren't clear, so I spend hopeful 3 hours to find the hidden idols only to find afterwards that I had already lost when I did begin my mission.

There have been few others in last few years that I don't anymore remember exactly.

But this time I found this contest that had no "be in first XX correct answers" requirement, but I did somehow confuse the deadline. You can't imagine how happy I was that you finally made a contest with internet-friendly rules. When I found the post, it was still there. Then I spend ~3 hours to crack the puzzle and when I came back to read the submit instruction, the blog post was deleted.

I found the post from browser cache and it said the deadline was ~30 min before that time. Timezones always confuse me and I don't usually really know what date it is currently, so I really had to calculate that carefully.

That said, crossword was much mor fun than the "find words from grid" puzzle that did or didn't have Arma in it. And this time the deadline was generous and clear.

This time it was my fault, but I just had to write to express my bad luck with Gog. I'm sorry if I have previously send more or less passive agressive email with my answes, but you should know, I had good reasons to be upset with my inferior luck and occurrence.

*And to be clear, I have >50 games already on by GOG shelf and I'm not just fishing free games here. I'm geniously bedazzled of my bad luck that prevents me to win before I even have submitted my answers.

I also though "mob build mob breaks" was syndicate -- that was the first answer I put into the puzzle.

And then I thought "mutually assured destruction" was fallout.

Eventually I figured out I had the right answers for the wrong reasons :-)

What was the whole thing about the order of the clues? As far as I was concerned they were in order anyway.

First across clue was "banished to planet voxel" and this corresponded to the first across answer on the grid if you follow a left to right order from the top line down. Same for the down clues too. And this is the standard way to order a crossword.

I played Syndicate without audio. If only I had been able to make it work with my Gravis Ultrasound back then, this puzzle would have been a bit easier.

I feel so stupid for not noticing this when I was doing it. Looking back though, you're completely right.

Nope, not if you were to number as standard crosswords do. Work from top left, across to the right edge, then down a row. First down answer is then the one two to the left of the number 10 square. This is also the answer for the first down clue.

EDIT: Here, see the attached image that illustrates it. :)

The vertical position of the starting letter has priority when numbering crossword clues. I didn't notice it myself, but yes, this puzzle was ordered as a crossword would be.

I totally see what you're saying, though.

Right so has GOG announced any winners? Has anyone been contacted yet?

I certainly haven't seen anything announced yet, and some of the contests were over a week ago!

I'm pretty confident I've been one of the longest account winners, but have yet to hear anything, or see any announcements.

The Riddle one (26th September) had its winners contacted a week later (3rd October). So I'd say wait a bit longer for this one.

Now nearly a week on from my last post, and still nothing?

:/

Do you realize the amount of entries they have to plow through? They also have a business to run while they do so. Plus, there were more than one giveaway which means n+1 more entries to check. Be patient, they will announce the winners as soon as they can.