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I'm sure most people here know which wish I mean. It had over 5500 votes and was one of the most active in the Galaxy wishlist. It demanded that Galaxy will stay optional, except for things like multiplayer, achievements etc, and that offline installers won't be neglected. All of that is absolutely coherent with GOGs own stance and promises.

So, how should I interpret this move?? Will Galaxy become mandatory soon? Or is it just a mistake?
Can a blue one comment on this please?

Edit: Waybackmachine link of wish from 2016: https://web.archive.org/web/20160505045753/https://www.gog.com/wishlist/galaxy/be_optional_till_the_end_of_days
(You have to copy and paste this link because it always redirects to the original site)

Wish content: "Be optional till the end of days
The GOG staff has stated it everywhere: that Galaxy will remain optional. I want to trust them.
Therefore this request is supposed to be a reminder for the promise they'd made. This also includes the requirement that non-galaxy features won't be neglected, be it the up-to-dateness of offline-installers and patches or other concerns regarding the website- and account-functionality. Besides, there should never be a game requiring the client or profiting substantially from it's features (except multiplayer, chat and achievements)."

Edit: It seems that my wish was combined with Release the gog galaxy client for Linux wish because the original url https://www.gog.com/wishlist/galaxy/be_optional_till_the_end_of_days now redirects to it.
This makes no sense since the wishes have absolutely nothing in common.
Post edited November 13, 2017 by russellskanne
Yes
I see it:

https://static04.gog.com/wishlist/galaxy/be_optional_till_the_end_of_days

edit: Well this is weird. Looking at that URL and assuming the livesite has the same URLs as the static website, you would think changing the statis04 to www would get you there.

Which means this should work:

https://www.gog.com/wishlist/galaxy/be_optional_till_the_end_of_days

But it redirects here:

https://www.gog.com/wishlist/galaxy/release_the_gog_galaxy_client_for_linux

Did they combine them?
Post edited November 13, 2017 by drmike
Redirects to: https://static04.gog.com/wishlist/galaxy/release_the_gog_galaxy_client_for_linux
O_o
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russellskanne: I'm sure most people here know which wish I mean. It had over 5500 votes and was one of the most active in the Galaxy wishlist. It demanded that Galaxy will stay optional, except for things like multiplayer, achievements etc, and that offline installers won't be neglected. All of that is absolutely coherent with GOGs own stance and promises.

So, how should I interpret this move?? Will Galaxy become mandatory soon? Or is it just a mistake?
Can a blue one comment on this please?
I like galaxy fine & have used it since the beta was available, but I think that is a bad sign. Moreso with galaxy being packed in with more installers lately...
Yup, just noticed that and edited my post.

The status link pulls up the old wishlist page. Replacing the static04 with www give you the redirect.

Or at least it does for me.
And so it begins...
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I could be mistaken but I'm fairly sure I never voted for "Release the GOG Galaxy client for linux", so yeah, I think they combined the wishes.
Gog, wtf?
On the other hand I'm sure Linux users are happy seeing as their votes skyrocketed.

[EDIT] GoG says I voted for Linux even though I know I didn't.
Post edited November 13, 2017 by tremere110
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drmike: I see it:

https://static04.gog.com/wishlist/galaxy/be_optional_till_the_end_of_days

edit: Well this is weird. Looking at that URL and assuming the livesite has the same URLs as the static website, you would think changing the statis04 to www would get you there.

Which means this should work:

https://www.gog.com/wishlist/galaxy/be_optional_till_the_end_of_days

But it redirects here:

https://www.gog.com/wishlist/galaxy/release_the_gog_galaxy_client_for_linux

Did they combine them?
Even worse, the static04 link has 3000 votes less than the "real" one for the Linux wishlist item.
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Calm down guys.

GOG just combined these 2 wishes, because they both would never be fulfilled,anyway. :D /s
Thanks for pointing this out drmike.
Thats really strange since the wishes have absolutely nothing in common.
Still waiting for a blue to comment...
Just want to post a comment here before this thread inevitably blows up (or gets deleted)....

BTW, Wayback Machine capture of the original wish.
This better be a mistake please!

Because if not and the wish is not fixed as it was; then I'm personally getting very close to abandoning my last hope for DRM-free gaming platform gOtimes.
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NovumZ: This better be a mistake please!

Because if not and the wish is not fixed as it was; then I'm personally getting very close to abandoning my last hope for DRM-free gaming platform gOtimes.
I don't want to jump to conclusions, but I hope that this is a similar case to what happened to my first review on absolver.

But GOG main selling point is to be DRM-FREE, otherwise the majority of people wouldn't care about another platform for the pc gaming.