Thanks for the heads-up! Nonetheless, I guess my sentence is still appropriate to the circumstances, doesn't it? :D

Very nice gesture of you, Raze_Larian!

(I'm sure "the forum member with unpronounceable name" :D will dance with joy when he knows). ;)

Well The reason I'm a "Cheapskate" is I pay about $140+ for my Internet connection Here In Australia and I'm a Disability Support Pensioner So I Only Get paid Fortnightly which is very annoying and I also pay expensive electricity bills!

Do you know what Our internet speed is here in Australia? :
Download Speed = 1119 kbps
Upload Speed = 802 kbps

Real Speed Below
Ping is 521 ms
download speed is 0.66Mbps
upload speed is 0.17Mbps

and all that for $140+ Nasty!

and Back then when I wanted them they were $9.99 Gog.com has Fixed the Pricing Thank God! (I think it was 2009)

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I pay a third of that for roughly the same speeds. I've gotten up to 1MB/s download speeds (briefly) from an Edgecast server (used by GOG and the Larian Vault, among others), but usually I'm lucky to hit half that, and most of the time don't see a quarter.

Very nice gesture, Raze.

1) Why, the RPGWatch thread got my interest piqued. I wandered in from there. :)
2) I shied away due to the negative reviews. That, and my backlog is kind of sizable...
3) Still am, actually. ;) Tried it once back when it was released, but gave up in the initial dungeon. I've only recently re-installed to give it another go, and have been loving every minute of it so far.

So you pay around $46.60 Nice! Believe it or Not I'm still downloading that game because the internet over here Loves disconnecting when you are doing intensive things like Downloading games it cuts off even if there is the SMALLEST amount of noise over our Archaic copper wire network that hasn't been upgraded since 1992.

I never knew you owned an E-Shop Over here we have the ARB gamesman he has LOTS of Obscure titles and a few known ones

www.arbgames.com.au/

Andrew Broeder Not only sells Video games but also Wooden toys and Jigsaw puzzles

I recall almost a couple decades ago upgrading to a 56.6k modem and not getting as much of a speed boost as I should have (from 28.8k). I read that signing up for a trial for call display, etc, would get the phone company to switch the line over to new equipment (where it would stay when the trial expired), which would also improve the connection speed. It was literally a day or two later when the phone company called me with an offer for some new features I didn't want, so I said yes and got my internet speed up to the expected maximum.

Have you tried contacting your ISP? They may not do much if they have a monopoly, but at least some ISPs have been known to install line filters, etc, if there are noise issues, or at least test if the problem is with the local wiring or their own lines.


Developers get a larger cut of the profits with direct sales.

Of Kickstarter & one thing I think game journalists should do - "[In which I discuss that I like Kickstarter, point out some of the dangers implicit in the model, and urge journalists to publish links to developer's online stores ]"

For Larian's online store, I'm not sure if it got a lot of exposure (outside of their Monkey Tales line of educational games, or on their own forum/site) until the Divinity Anthology was released. Retail versions of the anthology ordered from Larian have the inside front cover and first page of the Developer’s Journal signed by everyone.

Hatching the Anthology.

Well, thanks to your explanation, now I don't need to use the Enterprise computer data banks for a personal inquiry... :D

1. I have heard a lot of good things about the Divinity series so I am eager to play them for myself. I also enjoy action RPGs a lot and the paladin/deathknight odd-couple premise sounds like an interesting twist.

2. Mostly it is down to not having much money, and the bad reviews have made me reluctant to risk my money on it.

3. I have played a little bit of Divine Divinity and intend to play through it entirely later this year.

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Not sure if I'm still valid for the offer, but here goes:

Why are you you interested in Beyond Divinity?
I'm interested in it because I'd like to continue the story. I liked Divine Divinity the moment I saw it, voted in the price reduction compo a while back and got it. Sadly, my laptop can't handle it... I remember a few years ago to pirate it, but felt bad and vouched I'd buy it. :)

Why don't you have it already?
Money issues, I recently bought a house, and to save money, I'm doing the building by myself and my girlfriend. We are on a tight budget, but I wouldn't want it any other way. One day, I'll get it, be sure of that!

Have you played Divine Divinity?
Yes, I have a desktop at my mother's house that can run it nicely. It's actually pretty great. Didn't complete it, though...

Anyway, I'll get it, but if having it for free, I'll get Divinity 2: DKS, then. :D

Why are you you interested in Beyond Divinity?
To be honest, I stumbled over this series after seeing the advertising for Divinity 2, then put all 3 games on my wishlist. Really seems like I am on a cruise to buy all RPGs from this site :D

Why don't you have it already?
I have already bought some of the classics I wanted to have for months now (BG, Planescape Torment) and I don't have that big of a budget, so this game will stay on my wishlist for a while now =)

Have you played Divine Divinity?
Nope, haven't played any of the games. Would be cool if I'd get Beyond Divinity though, to give it a try =)

Thanks for doing this!

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I'll start compiling a list on entries in a couple hours, or so, and then post the winner...