This is a thread for people to alert others of possible game bundles (like Humble Bundle or Indiegala) or other great deals for games online in the month of May.
My examples are both from Groupees.com; the Terrific Time Travel Bundle: https://groupees.com/remute6
and the Be Mine 19 Bundle: https://groupees.com/bm19

You're late :)

We already have our Gaming Deals Thread for that. The two bundles you mentioned, along with many others, have been listed there a while ago. There isn't really a good reason for duplicating the reports in a month-specific thread, imho.

Huh, was unaware of that thread. Might as well just use that then.

The Game Deals thread is generally for good discounts and not specifically for bundles, or am I wrong here?
So having a thread that displays only bundles wouldn't be too wrong imho...

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You don't need a thread for that. As already mentioned you can also use the gaming deals thread.

Well, it would unnecessarily duplicate information. Yes, in theory we could have one general thread for reporting all deals, and one specifically for bundles, and one specifically for Steam discounts, and one specifically for Origin discounts, and one for GMG or Gamersgate or other sites, but in practice it wouldn't be more useful than keeping just the general thread that we already have.

Also, with one general thread, we're not taking up a lot of space in this forum. It's extremely nice from GOG that they let us have a thread here which basically advocates their competition, but that doesn't mean that we should create several. ;)

I actually think that this would be a good idea. Then someone who uses only one platform wouldn't have to dig through all the rest to find what is interesting for him or her.

I, personally, for instance, use only Humblebundle in addition to GOG, so I would welcome a thread that is not cluttered with Steam, Origin, Indiegala and whatnot.

Yes, I understand that someone who is only interested in Humble deals, would be interested in a thread that only lists those. For you, this would be a more concise thread with less noise, tailor-made for your preferences.

I also understand that 99% of GOG's members have different preferences and would most probably not benefit from such a thread. Either because they are interested in more than just Humble deals, in which case it would be inefficient for them having to monitor several threads when one would do. Or because they aren't interested in Humble deals, and your thread would be noise for them, pushing other potentially more interesting threads off the front page.

(Yes, one thread alone might not do much, but obviously you can't have a Humble-specific thread without also accepting a Steam-specific thread, an Origin-specific one, also ones for GMG and GamersGate and Nuvem and ShinyLoot and other stores, because people's preferences differ. And you're not proposing that this forum should have one thread tailor-made for your preferences, while at the same time denying the same to others, are you?)

This is an old discussion, it has been repeated many times. As long as we have one general forum, the best solution is to have one general deals thread. Things would be different if we had a dedicated "deals" subforum, but I wouldn't ask GOG to create an entire forum section for advocating deals at their competitors ...

In addition to the Gaming Deals Thread, there's one for the Humble Weekly Sales.

This whole argument is wrong in so many ways.
First of all, it is exaggerating and portraying me in a completely unjustified way. It is no argumentation based on facts but rather one on emotions. Implying that it would be (at least partly) my guilt that the forum becomes unusable for everyone for the sake of my convenience is stupid and obviously nonsense.
Second, if a thread that merely exists for my pleasure while disturbing everyone else can manage to keep at the front page, either I'm a spammer (and I will be reported and the problem will be solved) or the participation in this forum is so extremely low that it doesn't matter anyway.
If such a thread would manage to stay up front, it would be because people are interested in it. That's just logical. So easy. 99% of the threads here do not interest me. That's just natural. I ignore them. So easy, again.
Thinking this one through, you would say that unpopular threads should be avoided altogether. This would mean becoming some sort of Facebook community where 'likes' is the most important thing and deny most people their participation. A forum with a good community - in my eyes - (also) lives from these small threads where you can discuss something more specific with people who are interested. That's your opinion. I have a different one. Others maybe too.

Every Humble Bundle gets a thread dedicated to it in some way. There's the Humble Weekly thread, the Humble Book thread, the Humble Mobile thread, and every time a new main Humble Bundle is released a brand new thread is created for it, like the current Humble Paradox thread.

Look, I merely stated the results of maybe two dozen threads about this topic that I've seen in the past. You're free to to disagree, as well as I'm free to question the usefulness of such threads the next time someone starts one.

If you really think that it's good to flood GOG's forums with threads that advocate their competitors, and don't see a problem with doing so, then we'll just have to disagree on a very fundamental basis. If you really think that next to the general trading thread, and the individual bundle threads that pop up from time to time, and the Humble Weekly thread, we need to duplicate the information yet another time in an "all Humble bundles" thread, then there probably is no use in discussing this further. So far I haven't seen a single argument for such an additional thread except "I would like it".

You are, like everyone here, a guest at GOG's place. GOG is a business that makes money by selling games. As said before, it is extremely nice of them that they allow a general gaming deals thread. I don't think they will be happy if (for example) there are permanently 5 threads on the forum's front page that advocate their competitors, and at some time they will probably feel the need to address this - at which point we could very well lose the general trading thread that we have, along with the others. If you really don't see a problem in advocating someone's competitors at his own space, go ahead and pin a sales flyer of an Aldi supermarket on the black board of the Kaufland next door. See how long that lasts.

Yep, that's obviously right.

The argument is not 'I would like it'. The argument is 'if enough people like it, it will be there. The fact that some people here posted about additional gaming deals threads kinda proves me right, I think.

{EDIT: btw, this is the only argument that can be there for any thread - except, maybe, for some thread containing some sort of extremely important information or education or something. }

I am not a guest. I am a customer. And my activity in this forum increases the probability that I will buy something from GOG. This is a marketing strategy called 'brand loyalty' (google it, if you like).
The risk of scaring away possible customers by censoring unwanted activity can be considered more severe than the possibility of someone buying something somewhere else. I, for an instance, feel loyal to GOG because I use these forums and use Humble Bundle only for games that I cannot buy here.
Nevertheless, your argumentation now does have a point, so though I do not fully agree, I have to commend you for this post.