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Should I mark a regio locked gift as received?

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Capstie

So I recently won a giveaway, but it was region locked (as everything has been recently).

Has there been any announcement regarding the new regiolock and how it will work for SteamGifts?

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MSKOTOR
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This. Don't try to activate it via VPN. If gifter won't give you copy which you can activate in your region mark it as not received.

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K3W3L

just curious but did you know in advance (read: when you entered the giveaway) that the gift was region-restricted?

also, yes, don't mark it as received, since you didn't activate it on your account after all

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onk

Maybe he hit one of the many recent GAs I have seen...and not entered those, cause the Creator had restricted copies in his inventory...none of them mentioned this with a short hint "like region restricted"....maybe the don´t care and just do the GAs , an violate the rules cause the can´t trade the copies anymore?

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Paulusi

^ this

If, OP, you knew that it was region locked then it's a completely different situation and you should contact the support asap.

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dooder

You're not allowed to make region locked GA's on this site.

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K3W3L

I understand that and all but it clearly hasn't stopped people from trying :P

Was just curious whether OP was just blindly entering giveaways instead of checking for telltale signs (like a warning in GA description, etc.)

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ExistsInAccount

Only in public GAs, you forgot to add.

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dooder

The FAQ doesn't say anything about whether its ok to do so in non public GA's.

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ExistsInAccount

It's okay as long as you do it in non-leaked private GAs or in closed steam group GAs on your own discretion. If someone from another region will slip into such GA and wouldn't be able to redeem the prize, it won't be rerolled and you'll have to buy RoW version or to live with +1 Non received.

http://www.steamgifts.com/forum/kIk7V/name/page/1#29262336

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darko99

if you recive the game and in your country the game is locked, is not the problem of the gifter, you enter in his giveaway

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SleepyCat

Actually, the site rules state that every giveaway MUST be region-free. So by creating a giveaway, the gifter acknowledges that the winner will be able to activate the game.

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dewa710

Did you even read the FAQ?

  • "Do not submit CD-keys or Steam gifts that have regional restrictions, or those that require VPN activation or methods to bypass regional restrictions."
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chairmankao

I'm of this mindset, provided the winner is in a highly restricted location. If it's a ROW key and the winner is in a handful of countries in which it doesn't work ... too bad for the winner.

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Pandryl

But its really difficult to single out some countries and games and set exceptions to the rules. I'm of the mindset that region locked giveaways should be dealt with harshly and quickly. If not some wiseguy will always show up that says well its your own fault for not living in Russia, mark this Russia locked gift received its in the rules.

I think region locked gifts should not be tolerated until there is a proper way to deal with it which is (as far as i know) planned in SGv2. Of course if a winner turns out to be from a country that can activate the gift its a happy coincidence and really nothing can be done about it

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Khelekdor

I think it's okay if you're lucky to live in a country where it's openable.

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onk

no it´s not okay...at least the creator should do a private giveaway and only invite people that could activate it within the terms of steam.

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Pandryl

Thats true, but its also against the rules to mark it not received and activate the game.

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SleepyCat

So I recently won a giveaway, but it was region locked (as everything has been recently).

As far as I can see, the OP's problem is that s/he cannot activate the game due to a region lock.

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Pandryl

If (s)he can't activate it then yea, it shouldn't be marked as received, but if OP can activate it no reason not to.

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Gainja

If the winner could activate it, how would they know it's region locked? Of course winner couldn't activate it, otherwise this thread wouldn't be here...

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Pandryl

Theres a red text in region locked gifts saying in which countries it can be activated in, i'm not sure if it shows up if you can activate it but i assume it does

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Desidiosus

If you can't activate it, don't mark it as received.

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chairmankao

Provided it's nothing too egregious, like a Russian gift, then let the gifter re-roll. Sometimes it's difficult to track regional restrictions. Don't be a dick and demand he/she buy a ROW copy.

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BrandeX

Why not, thats SG rules.

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chairmankao

I think that rule can be more open to interpretation. Kind of a slap in the face of someone that has spent his/her money to make a giveaway.

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SleepyCat

The problem is, public giveaways usually have thousands of entries. How many rerolls need to happen before someone from the appropriate region happens to be a winner?

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Remis

Mark as not received.

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Rinarin

Contact the creator and return the gift. Tell them it's region locked and you cannot activate it (a lot of users are still not aware of the region changes that happened to gifts lately). Kindly inform them that you will have to mark the gift as Not received after a week has passed unless they can provide you with a non region locked copy of the game.

If they give you one, you can mark it as Received. If they don't, you should mark it as Not Received (after returning it).

I will close this, hoping you will read this as the last reply, since a lot of the suggestions are not correct. If you need further help, please contact support.

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Closed 9 years ago by Capstie.