GoG - 6 million downloads celebration event

[MusicallyInspired]

Wow. There's right now a counter on Good Old Games counting up to 6 million unique downloads. Incredibly awesome things will happen once it reaches that point. More information:

http://www.gog.com/en/news/help_us_achieve_6_million_downloads_milestone/?pp=310b86e0b62b828562fc91c7be5380a992b2786a

2011 has been a fantastic year for GOG.com, let's make it even better and make the last push to achieve the 6 million unique downloaded games milestone.

During our presentation at the CD Projekt Fall 2011 Conference we've shared some numbers that show how successful this year was for GOG.com, all that was possible thanks to you - our great community. One of the big milestones we'd like to celebrate with you is the 6 million unique downloaded games! Help us achieve this number and we'll launch a time-limited special offer for all GOG.com users!

Note that when we say "unique games downloaded," that means redownloading games that you have already downloaded before won't increment the counter.

When the counter on the main page of the website hits 6 million, two exciting things will hapen. First off, the lucky user who downloaded our 6 millionth unique game will receive everything that's currently in the catalog, abslutely free![/i] Secondly, everyone who has an account on GOG.com will be able to download Broken Sword: Shadow of The Templars Director's Cut for free, thanks to Sir Charles Cecil and Revolution Software. The offer will be valid only for 48 hours starting from hitting the milestone, so be sure to check GOG regularly or follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Let's get cracking to unlock this achievement as soon as possible - it's all in your hands now!

Further clarification:

Ok, we managed to clear all confusions. So if you already bought the game, but haven't downloaded it yet, and start downloading it now this counts towards the 6m unique game downloads. So till you start downloading this game it won't count. Hope that clarifies everything. Extras don't count and multiple game files are counted as one unique game download.

Also right now the counter is supposed to be going in realtime but the mass of data overloaded it so it's only doing it incrementally every four seconds right now.

[wilco64256]

"the lucky user who downloaded our 6 millionth unique game will receive everything that's currently in the catalog, absolutely free!"

That is freakin awesome.  I'm going to go buy a few games just to try and get in on that action right there.

[MusicallyInspired]

There's still a ways to go yet before 6M downloads. And it's the actual download that counts not a purchase. I still have a couple games on GoG I own but haven't downloaded yet so I'll wait and use one of them when the time comes. It's going to be insanely stupidly difficult to be that lucky 6 millionth download, though lol.

[wilco64256]

They have several free games in their catalogue as well worth grabbing toward this number.

[FFL2and3rocks]

They have several free games in their catalogue as well worth grabbing toward this number.

Hmm...

-Create lots of GOG accounts
-Wait until 6 million is almost reached
-Download the free games with each account and hope one of them is the 6 millionth download

I wonder if that would work. 

[DawsonJ]

That's awesome! For those hoping to be number 6 million... Just keep in mind that their counter isn't the most accurate, and only updates every few seconds. According to conversations on their site, their way of summing purchases is a little screwy.
The comments at the bottom of this page clarify their pseudo-counting system:
http://www.gog.com/en/news/help_us_achieve_6_million_downloads_milestone

Either way, it's a great idea! Honestly, I've been wanting to check out Broken Sword for years, but am not sure if it's more like King's Quest or Runaway: A Road Adventure (which isn't my style), so I passed up the Broken Sword series. Now I'll have a chance to check it out for free. Cool!

[MusicallyInspired]

6 million downloads have passed. Unfortunately I missed the chance to be the 6 millionth download as I slept through it. But Broken Sword the Director's Cut is now for free for the next couple of days! Grab it now! The original also comes with it along with some HD wallpaper, avatars, the soundtrack, and manuals.

[DawsonJ]

MI, thanks for the update! I got the full set of free downs for Broken Sword. A lot of people have complained about the Director's Cut, but the original is included in the set.