Any game recommendations for those of us who will be using the coupon? I don't know much about any of the others on Stardock's list...

That's very lame if it's as you describe. I got the survey email but didn't open it, so I don't know personally. And now I just opened it. It's just as misleading as you say.

I'd bet it's an oversight. It could be that a couple of people were involved with the promotion/survey and didn't communicate properly. Yes, a coupon that's only good for 2 weeks, after you've filled out a survey, is very cheap. Not that we should expect anything for free, but if we're doing a service for Stardock, I'd expect that we wouldn't be pushed to have to buy in only 2 weeks. After all, the people they're emailing are the people who are the most dedicated to the company.

On the other hand, there are companies who ask you to fill out surveys without giving any compensation at all.

So, I'd say that they should have just asked us to fill out a survey with no promises of compensation, or they should have made their compensation last more than a measly 2 weeks.

Yes, SR2 is a great game that is quite different than most games.

The goodness in my heart slowly grinds to nothing as I get more cheap deals and lies fed to me every day... not just by stardock...

Well, I have not worked for over 2 years, just got the operation I needed to allow me to get back to work, and I can not afford any new games right now.

But I thought, cool, I'll use the coupon as soon as I am able.

Now it turns out that I won't be able to after all.

Talk about dangling a carrot...

I probably would have responded to the survey anyway, since I like Stardock.
But to offer something and then to put such a short term restriction on it, well, just seems a bit underhanded.

Star Rangers 2 it is, then! Thanks, everyone.

the $5 was the final moving decision in me purchasing the new sins game

Congrats Stardock your promotion worked!


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Note also that it was posted on a Saturday, and they don't normally work weekends.

There is a demo you can download and try, which I just did. Unfortunately, when I went to buy the game, it turned out that the coupon does not apply for purchases made via PayPal. Nice. No new game for ghostwes, it seems.

Hey guys,

Unfortunatly, the devs would know absolutly nothing about this promotion, other than the fact that we got the survey emailed to us as well. I do know that the web team has been workign to update the web store, and perhaps this promotion was simply a way to test a new feature.

In the end, a simple disclaimer noting the cupons experation would have worked...I'll certainly inform our marketing side, but I assure you the exclusion wasn't in malace 

Or, perhaps you just retake the survey and give us all 0's...that's what I'd do if I was feeling grumpy   Er...perhaps I shouldn't suggest that

I'm going to shut up now

Wait, couldn't you jsut spend the cuopon on TotalGaming.Net tolkens?

http://totalgaming.stardock.com/store/index.aspx?page=purchasetokens

Which I guess is a bit much if you aren't sure of something you'll want to eventually buy, but I know of at least new 2 games (of ours) that we'll be putting up for sale (or pre-order) by the end of next year. Plus, and don't hold me to this, there MAY be another GC2 expansion pack that you could spend those tolkens on.

So there, since I don't want to viciously attacked by the marketing team on Monday, please don't give us 0's and consider buying tolkens instead with your short lived coupon. 

There is a 35$ option for 5 tolkens, which was really the option I was suggesting. Again, I will bring this up to marketing and the web team, but I don't know what can be done at this point (again, the devs weren't part of this promotion).

Also, there are products on the Object Desktop side that are a meager 10$...perhaps you should look there for something that suits your fancy.