Ars's server seems to be struggling with the sudden deluge!
BigIFFY
25 Apr 17#5
Has taken 30 mins, just to register. Now i can't log in .!! oO
BigIFFY
25 Apr 17#6
Got a code, Thanks OP.. :smile:
UKPokemonMaster
25 Apr 17#7
Hassann
25 Apr 17#8
Can't register... Website playing up
Renzy_Mastery
25 Apr 17#9
SADLY , it said...... Our apologies, but Ars registration is temporarily close for required maintenance... but im willing to wait patiently, then I strike for this Freebies. :smile:
UN_98
25 Apr 17#10
accidental DDoS
MacPhisto
25 Apr 17#11
Haha, love it when HUKD brings a website to a stand still, especially for a freebie :grin:
jsty3105
25 Apr 17#12
Rather helpfully, I had registered a while back with Ars Technica so managed to grab this freebie - thanks OP
bankbandit
25 Apr 17#13
Cold... for breaking the Internet :sunglasses:
BlobbyBob
25 Apr 17#14
Better than the Kartrashian's massive fake a r s e "breaking the internet".
scroterot
25 Apr 17#15
just checked the site and the current message is:
"All righty, the code giveaway is back on. Right now we're having to limit it to existing Ars accounts only, since many thousands of bots trying to simultaneously register for Ars accounts was killing the site pretty hard. We've got registration temporarily disabled for now, but we'll re-enable it shortly once we have another workaround in place. Who knew that the word "free" could cause so much chaos?"
weta46
25 Apr 17#16
Ars Technica has teamed up with GOG.com to give away free copies of The Witcher Enhanced Edition. These codes are only available for a limited time so grab yours today! (You'll need a free Ars account in order to claim a code.)
Our apologies, but Ars registration is temporarily close for required maintenance.
nyzarax
25 Apr 17#17
Still broken............I wonder if they realised this would happen, how could they not have expected a huge hit on their servers?!?
bankbandit
25 Apr 17#18
They've restored free keys. Now only email is needed. HOWEVER, the key is dud - not redeemable at GOG with message "code already redeemed"
Anyone else seeing this?
jadamso
26 Apr 17#19
Finally working now. Code works fine. Cheers for the post.
WookieeNo1
26 Apr 17#20
How long does it take for the email to come through?
zippyantsuk
26 Apr 17#21
Thanks! Email came straight away :-)
Cloudane
26 Apr 17#22
Superb game, has aged well IMO. Spent many hours on it!
sabresonic
26 Apr 17#23
Great, thanks for posting. Original link and registration working fine.
DrExcess
26 Apr 17#24
Worked first time, cheers
Nikolai84
26 Apr 17#25
Worked fine for me, great find!
SeaBadger
26 Apr 17#26
Many thanks. All worked immediately.
Wars16
26 Apr 17#27
Hot, added to my GOG collection thanks!
dudtwo
26 Apr 17#28
Worked fine thanks!
heathenmagic
26 Apr 17#29
many thanks for this!
Relievo
26 Apr 17#30
WORKING AGAIN!
BlobbyBob
26 Apr 17#31
Yes, same happened to me just now. Worked fine with a different email address.
bankbandit
26 Apr 17#32
I requested a key again today with same email, the new key worked.
Mex5150
27 Apr 17#33
Added heat for those that can get the game to work, but it refuses to run on any of the five systems I have access to here for various different claimed reasons (all of which are nonsense). So glad I didn't actually pay for this failure.
crazymonkey
27 Apr 17#34
i didn't receive a code :disappointed:
Sociopath
27 Apr 17#35
The giveaway is over according to the link
Mex5150
28 Apr 17#36
Got the game working now, works great under Linux, but still won't install/load under windows LOL
StolenDiagram
28 Apr 17#37
I've had problems getting witcher 1 working on windows 10 as well, it installs but then gives me a "had to close" error at start up.
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"All righty, the code giveaway is back on. Right now we're having to limit it to existing Ars accounts only, since many thousands of bots trying to simultaneously register for Ars accounts was killing the site pretty hard. We've got registration temporarily disabled for now, but we'll re-enable it shortly once we have another workaround in place. Who knew that the word "free" could cause so much chaos?"
Our apologies, but Ars registration is temporarily close for required maintenance.
HOWEVER, the key is dud - not redeemable at GOG with message "code already redeemed"
Anyone else seeing this?