Well, with a 7 day free pass and then a single payment of £6.99 you could cover the first 4 episodes on Now TV using your phone or laptop. That's available anywhere that has some sort of broadband available which is most of the UK. Seems good value to me.
I can't speak for the rest of the posse, but I have never seen game of thrones, so am rendered voluntarily mute on the subject. I fully expect to be buying the whole box set once the seasons have finished and we'll binge the lot. I ignore social media channels, so don't have the same concern as yourself.
So;
Who's your favourite character?
Does it contain any goblins?
How many limbs are lost in a typical episode?
Is the theme music any good?
I feel like it's one of those things I ought to want to see, but haven't been bothered. We saw Peter Dinklage in a really funny movie recently, The Station Agent.
A Song of Ice and Fire is a great book series. A fair few people here read it based on the recommendation of Rowan or Almor or Caer.
I was originally excited with Game of Thrones but never got past the first season - the excessive hype/mania have really turned me off it. Don't know if I'll ever go back and watch it all.
It was just another boring "here is a bunch of illegal streaming links" thing, if they're not dressed up in a load of dadaistesque poetry I can't summon the interest any more :C