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Posted May 01, 2013
Enter for a chance to receive a bundle of 66 indie games!

With today's addition of FEZ the number of indie games in GOG.com catalog amounts to 66. It's a nice sounding number (about 2/3rds of 100!), so we thought celebration is in order. What better way is there to celebrate games, than by giving away free games? (Here's a hint: there is no better way.) So, for the next 6 days everyone gets the chance to enter our sweepstakes--and the prizes are truly sweet. One lucky person will receive an enormous bundle of all the 66 indie games from our catalog. Eleven more people will be awarded 6 indie games of their choice each. Here's how you enter:

Do you see the entry form below? All you need to do is provide us with your valid email address. That's it, you're in! You get exactly one entry in the sweepstakes. Optionally, you can make your chances better by doing two things for us: you can tweet about our sweepstakes for an extra entry (there's a Twitter field already filled out for you--if you don't want to tweet, make sure it's blank before submitting your entry), and notify your Facebook friends (a pop-up will pop-up upon completing the form). You'll be awarded an extra entry for every friend that enters from your referral. All this social-sharing is purely optional, of course.

Note: the sweepstakes entry is now closed. Winners will be contacted soon.
Post edited May 02, 2013 by G-Doc
Posted May 01, 2013
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G-Doc: You've already entered at step 3 :-)

All you need to do is enter a valid email address. Everything else is optional.

Notice that the pop-up already informs you that you have 1 entry (see attachment).

I admit it looks a bit confusing, but that's the first time we use this sweepstakes platform. Be easy on us :-)
Did not see that popup at all.

When I click enter its a facebook popup asking for login credentials... nothing else. There is no confirmation that I have any entries (which is fine, I just assume you want to know how its working).
Posted May 01, 2013
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Zoltan999: Don't have a fb or twitter..discrimination, I say :-P
you can still enter - just enter your email and press continue, you have now entered the draw. The script then just stops when it tries to go further.
Posted May 01, 2013
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JMich: Interesting. Let's see how's my luck.
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nijuu: How many won last time they had a big giveaway , who were actually gog members/customers?
I won at one and I'm normally not really fortunate in such things ;-) But true, knowing how many customers GOG have and how relative few are constantly active in the forum it's very unlikely you will recognize many there nor you will win. Good thing here is just to participate in giveaways you know you have fun doing them or they're so lazy like this one, but never do them just you believe you could win. Do it for your personal fun, not the possible price. Believe me, in the impossible case yo win it feels much more sweeter but also kind of bizarre...

Btw, great giveaway, really a good way to promote that gog also have indie games.
Post edited May 01, 2013 by DukeNukemForever
Posted May 01, 2013
Sharing post wall for facebook option doesnt seem to work. says error has occurred
Posted May 01, 2013
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nijuu: How many won last time they had a big giveaway , who were actually gog members/customers?
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DukeNukemForever: I won at one and I'm normally not really fortunate in such things ;-) But true, knowing how many customers GOG have and how relative few are constantly active in the forum it's very unlikely you will recognize many there nor you will win. Good thing here is just to participate in giveaways you know you have fun doing them or they're so lazy like this one, but never do them just you believe you could win. Do it for your personal fun, not the possible price. Believe me, in the impossible case yo win it feels much more sweeter but also kind of bizarre...

Btw, great giveaway, really a good way to promote that gog also have indie games.
Don't worry guys :-) We're preparing a contest targeted mostly to our active community members. It will be ran exclusively in the forums, with just some sort of announcement in social media. Give us two weeks or so.
Posted May 01, 2013
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nijuu: Sharing post wall for facebook option doesnt seem to work. says error has occurred
Same here.
Posted May 01, 2013
Like others have said, the way this works is very confusing for people who don't want to sign in anywhere, as they don't get any confirmation whether their e-mail address has entered or not.

Anyway, I can't say that I approve of GOG's attempt to let users buy into better chances at winning by encouraging them to do some free social media marketing for them, those are marketing tactics that definitely won't raise my sympathy for a company. Then again, the sad thing is that they work, and that GOG is a business and not a moral institution, so I guess it makes sense for them. Besides, never look a gift horse in the mouth and all that, even if it's got bad breath. :P
Posted May 01, 2013
Well, just entering my email address won't hurt..

Will the winner get announced ? since last "free giveaway" from GOG I wondered who won the raffle (just like any body in the forum that wondered). Maybe GOG should make announcement as news, or is it because a private matter (you know, username/email information privacy) so GOG won't announce the winner ?

Or does GOG just announce it generally on twitter/facebook ? something like "we already have some people for the game sweeptakes! check your email for next 24 hours to check whether you win or not"

Anyway, let just see how this sweeptakes turn out. The one person who got 66 games will be really lucky.. or not if the person already own most of the indie games at GOG (or even already have 66 indie games from GOG)
Posted May 01, 2013
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Leroux: Anyway, I can't say that I approve of GOG's attempt to let users buy into better chances at winning by encouraging them to do some free social media marketing for them, those are marketing tactics that definitely won't raise my sympathy for a company. Then again, the sad thing is that they work, and that GOG is a business and not a moral institution, so I guess it makes sense for them. Besides, never look a gift horse in the mouth and all that, even if it's got bad breath. :P
Well, I don’t have to wait for giveaway to do some free social media marketing for GOG. When I found something interesting (ex. new game in catalogue) I just share that info to my friends. Why you call it immoral?
Posted May 01, 2013
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Leroux: Anyway, I can't say that I approve of GOG's attempt to let users buy into better chances at winning by encouraging them to do some free social media marketing for them, those are marketing tactics that definitely won't raise my sympathy for a company. Then again, the sad thing is that they work, and that GOG is a business and not a moral institution, so I guess it makes sense for them. Besides, never look a gift horse in the mouth and all that, even if it's got bad breath. :P
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jaron11: Well, I don’t have to wait for giveaway to do some free social media marketing for GOG. When I found something interesting (ex. new game in catalogue) I just share that info to my friends. Why you call it immoral?
Supporting a company out of your free will (like you do in your example) isn't, but the company making it a condition for you to get something good in return is a bit different. You may not even like the company but "support" it only because they promised you something shiny. I don't know if that's immoral, it's regular business, but I still consider it kind of shady myself, or in any case not very sympathethic. To me that sounds a bit like offering money to your loving partner and asking them to give you a good time. ;)
Post edited May 01, 2013 by Leroux
Posted May 01, 2013
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Zoltan999: Don't have a fb or twitter..discrimination, I say :-P
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amok: you can still enter - just enter your email and press continue, you have now entered the draw. The script then just stops when it tries to go further.
I'll believe it if I win! ;-)
Posted May 01, 2013
I'm not entirely sure if I managed to get in. No confirmation, no nothin.

Also the tweet thing didn't seem to work, despite the fact that Woobox now shows up in my permissions list.
Post edited May 01, 2013 by retsuseiba
Posted May 01, 2013
Entered :D Good job GOG !
Posted May 01, 2013
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Leroux: Supporting a company out of your free will (like you do in your example) isn't, but the company making it a condition for you to get something good in return is a bit different. You may not even like the company but "support" it only because they promised you something shiny. I don't know if that's immoral, it's regular business, but I still consider it kind of shady myself, or in any case not sympathethical. And isn't this a bit like offering money to your loving partner and ask them to give you a good time? ;)
I think you are over thinking the issue. Try it from another point of view. If you like GOG and would support them on your own free will, here is an opportunity they have for you and they would also like to make it worth your while.

What I find to be rather silly are the companies that sell their logos on t-shirts, mugs, etc. YOU pay THEM to advertise for THEM. :/ This is an attempt to flip that crazy setup in favor of the fans. If you want to advertise for us... let us do something for you.

The fact that its optional should make this discussion moot. I don't think there is anything immoral, underhanded, or remotely dishonest with letting people know what they can do for you and what you are willing to do in return.

Bottom line, if you don't feel like telling your friends about GOG, you should not utilize the social aspects of this contest. If you do want to tell your friends about GOG... bonus!
Posted May 01, 2013
I'm not participating because i will not win anything .
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