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https://www.gog.com/giveaway/claim

rms
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On Tue, 7 Jul 2026 07:24:38 -0600, "rms" <rmsmoo@moomoo.net> said this
thing:

https://www.gog.com/giveaway/claim

Weird link. It gave me a JSON error page but then the game was added
to my library anyway? Also, the game shows up as costing $1.99 if you
go to the it's store page directly
(https://www.gog.com/en/game/silence). /AND/ the 'free give-away'
offer didn't show up on GOG's front page until *after* I claimed the
game.

So, all-in-all, typically GOG web-design, I guess.

Oh well, free game. Thanks rms for the heads up.






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On Tue, 07 Jul 2026 11:26:42 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tue, 7 Jul 2026 07:24:38 -0600, "rms" <rmsmoo@moomoo.net> said this
thing:

https://www.gog.com/giveaway/claim

Weird link. It gave me a JSON error page but then the game was added
to my library anyway? Also, the game shows up as costing $1.99 if you
go to the it's store page directly
(https://www.gog.com/en/game/silence). /AND/ the 'free give-away'
offer didn't show up on GOG's front page until *after* I claimed the
game.

So, all-in-all, typically GOG web-design, I guess.

Oh well, free game. Thanks rms for the heads up.

Yeah, thanks rms. I did get the same JSON error but it was added to my
account anyway as well.
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On Tue, 7 Jul 2026 07:24:38 -0600, "rms" <rmsmoo@moomoo.net> wrote:

https://www.gog.com/giveaway/claim

rms

link no work.. same as the spallster. maybe i will look for it on gog
client
thx
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On Tue, 07 Jul 2026 14:13:29 -0400, Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com>
wrote:

On Tue, 07 Jul 2026 11:26:42 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson ><spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tue, 7 Jul 2026 07:24:38 -0600, "rms" <rmsmoo@moomoo.net> said this >>thing:

https://www.gog.com/giveaway/claim

Weird link. It gave me a JSON error page but then the game was added
to my library anyway? Also, the game shows up as costing $1.99 if you
go to the it's store page directly
(https://www.gog.com/en/game/silence). /AND/ the 'free give-away'
offer didn't show up on GOG's front page until *after* I claimed the
game.

So, all-in-all, typically GOG web-design, I guess.

Oh well, free game. Thanks rms for the heads up.

Yeah, thanks rms. I did get the same JSON error but it was added to my >account anyway as well.

*--

we have been thru this a bunch of times before with gog
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On Tue, 7 Jul 2026 07:24:38 -0600, "rms" <rmsmoo@moomoo.net> wrote:

https://www.gog.com/giveaway/claim

rms

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Yep! it was auto added to my account and i didnt do a thing lol
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On Tue, 07 Jul 2026 19:03:19 -0600, PW <noneused@noneused.net> said
this thing:

On Tue, 07 Jul 2026 14:13:29 -0400, Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com>
wrote:

On Tue, 07 Jul 2026 11:26:42 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson >><spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tue, 7 Jul 2026 07:24:38 -0600, "rms" <rmsmoo@moomoo.net> said this >>>thing:

https://www.gog.com/giveaway/claim

Weird link. It gave me a JSON error page but then the game was added
to my library anyway? Also, the game shows up as costing $1.99 if you
go to the it's store page directly
(https://www.gog.com/en/game/silence). /AND/ the 'free give-away'
offer didn't show up on GOG's front page until *after* I claimed the >>>game.

So, all-in-all, typically GOG web-design, I guess.

Oh well, free game. Thanks rms for the heads up.

Yeah, thanks rms. I did get the same JSON error but it was added to my >>account anyway as well.

*--

we have been thru this a bunch of times before with gog

Yeah. I love their ethos but man, when it comes to web-design (and
marketing ideas) those guys need a major refresh.

I suspect this particular problem was caused because they just ran
another give-away for the "Nexus: Jupiter Incident" give-away a few
days ago and it caused some confusion in the code. Possibly the
give-aways set a 'already claimed this game' cookie or something from
the first-giveaway that hadn't expired yet.

It's always better to point to the game's store-page than link to the
generic give-away URL anyway... if only so people can see what game
they are claiming first. ;-)


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On Wed, 08 Jul 2026 14:01:14 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tue, 07 Jul 2026 19:03:19 -0600, PW <noneused@noneused.net> said
this thing:

On Tue, 07 Jul 2026 14:13:29 -0400, Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com>
wrote:

On Tue, 07 Jul 2026 11:26:42 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson >>><spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Tue, 7 Jul 2026 07:24:38 -0600, "rms" <rmsmoo@moomoo.net> said this >>>>thing:

https://www.gog.com/giveaway/claim

Weird link. It gave me a JSON error page but then the game was added
to my library anyway? Also, the game shows up as costing $1.99 if you >>>>go to the it's store page directly >>>>(https://www.gog.com/en/game/silence). /AND/ the 'free give-away'
offer didn't show up on GOG's front page until *after* I claimed the >>>>game.

So, all-in-all, typically GOG web-design, I guess.

Oh well, free game. Thanks rms for the heads up.

Yeah, thanks rms. I did get the same JSON error but it was added to my >>>account anyway as well.

*--

we have been thru this a bunch of times before with gog

Yeah. I love their ethos but man, when it comes to web-design (and
marketing ideas) those guys need a major refresh.

I suspect this particular problem was caused because they just ran
another give-away for the "Nexus: Jupiter Incident" give-away a few
days ago and it caused some confusion in the code. Possibly the
give-aways set a 'already claimed this game' cookie or something from
the first-giveaway that hadn't expired yet.

It's always better to point to the game's store-page than link to the
generic give-away URL anyway... if only so people can see what game
they are claiming first. ;-)

*---

Yeah but the free game gets lost on the webpage
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On Wed, 08 Jul 2026 21:17:10 -0600, PW <noneused@noneused.net> said
this thing:

On Wed, 08 Jul 2026 14:01:14 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson ><spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

It's always better to point to the game's store-page than link to the >>generic give-away URL anyway... if only so people can see what game
they are claiming first. ;-)

Yeah but the free game gets lost on the webpage

I actually meant the page specific to the game being given away,
rather than just the GOG front-page.

So https://www.gog.com/en/game/silence (the page for the game Silence)
rather than https://www.gog.com (main page) or https://www.gog.com/giveaway/claim (which is the URL the 'give-away'
button actually links too).

But whatever works, really. ;-)

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Pretty noise here for a thread where we've all been told to hush. ;-)





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