PixelBoy: Yeah, especially if it's handled like the secret Telltale giveaway scandal a while back.
Whatever GOG is going to do, we can only hope they are open about it and give an equal chance for all users.
firstpastthepost: It's a scandal for them to give games to people who have them wishlisted? That's less of a scandal and more of a giveaway.
Or do you also think contests are scandals? I assume you are a member of the participation ribbon generation.
We have had this conversation before, so there's no reason to go through it all over again. But with that wishlist giveaway, MOST Gog users didn't have a chance to participate, and MOST Gog users to this day don't know such a thing ever existed, because it was done in secret and not counting a single "blue" reply in a thread started by a Gog user, they never said anything about that giveaway.
Contests are OK, if you publicly announce them, publicly tell the rules, and publicly tell what the prizes will be. Winners may remain secret due to privacy concerns, obviously.