While most of these keys have required approval from the support in the past, this new batch is region-restricted, hence disallowed entirely. Giveaways will be deleted on sight. Multiple copies or re-submission will result in a suspension. Thank you.

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No, thank you.

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I was about to ask which keys these referred to and then remembered CD Action is an actual entity. Thanks for posting Wbarton :)

1 decade ago
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Thanks. I was highly confused.

1 decade ago
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I had to read over Rysix's comment like 5 times before I understood what he was saying. LoL

1 decade ago
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What are they gifting this time?

1 decade ago
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Blades of Time

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Thx

1 decade ago
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Well, that explains it. I saw a bunch popping up this morning, and couldn't find any deals/bundles that it was included in.

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Link please.

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they're region restricted, probably to poland only

1 decade ago
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Yes, when you active it you see title "Blades of Time PL".

1 decade ago
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If you mean the page where you get the keys, no such thing. They're printed on DVDs, so you can't get it without buying the physical copy of the magazine.
And as others said, region locked, so it wouldn't be much of a use to you.

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Oh?

1 decade ago
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I won one of these non-regionlocked day before yesterday.

1 decade ago
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My Blades of Time giveaways were all from Nuuvem, so you're fine :p

1 decade ago
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Thanks again Ottah :D

1 decade ago
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Oh, so that's it. Thx for info, I'd no idea it's region restricted :c

1 decade ago
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Yes, master.

1 decade ago
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Good. Very good.

1 decade ago
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I took your reminder and threw it on the ground!

1 decade ago
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NO!

1 decade ago
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Yus!

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D:

1 decade ago
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suspension incoming :/ wait until the Holy Wbarton has surfaced again -_-

1 decade ago
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wat

1 decade ago
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Oh, neat. I see we have 'Mod' tags now instead of 'Support.' I approve.

Also, I'm not a part of your system! Maaaaaaan.

Edit: Err, well you do.

. . .

Awkward.

1 decade ago
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You are special.

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Er... is there a difference between MOD/support now? lol

Or did someone mess up? ;p

1 decade ago
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It's probably forum moderators vs. giveaway support staff.

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Mods are better.

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Mods are Gods.

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Support > Mod. How can you be a God without supporters? It's like a King without the Royal Guard

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@Edit, You really aren't a part of her system :P

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lol'd

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Careful, you could get suspended for threatening a mod

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You can? Oo

1 decade ago
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Isn't that like threatening a police officer or something?

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well he threatened the reminder not the mod

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Probably Blades of Time isn't restricted, but im not sure.

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RESTRICTED

After activating u can see PL on right of game name. But that's funny, because that game have never been released in Poland :3

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It has now. :P

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Has Poland.

1 decade ago
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Yes, game has Poland.

1 decade ago
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Sucks for Hitler.

1 decade ago
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Why do you think he invaded Poland in the first place? He just wanted to play Blades of Time. xD

1 decade ago
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Sounds totally legit.

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can't really argue with that the game looks really good Ó.o

1 decade ago
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Are you sure? Just because it's added to the current CD-Action magazine doesn't mean it's really region restricted.

1 decade ago
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See a thread where I gave a key: clicky. (and yes, I managed to get back to this dimension)

1 decade ago
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Thanks for clearing that up.

1 decade ago
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Also this: Blades of Time PL

1 decade ago
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What if i intend to move to Poland and marry someone just so i could redeem the key?

1 decade ago
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+1 to you my good sir just for the laugh

1 decade ago
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Finding 10 bucks is easier, you know

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1 decade ago
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Good idea :P

1 decade ago
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You should put this message up when people create giveaways.

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It's your responsibility to know what you give away... heck i saw people adding giveaways 2 days before CD Action hit shelves, i checked bronasium and it looked like PL version is region restricted, so i added few of em to friendlist and warned them that it will be 90% region locked so they should consider deleting giveaway and making it again if by some chance it will be non restricted version... they all kept their giveaways, people that are morons deserve punishment.

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The problem is that the gifter can open a private giveaway and give it to friends and tell them to use bypass to activate, so how would SG staff know that it was region restricted?

1 decade ago
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Nothing to do really. But they could do this with any game.

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Damn it! I bought like three region free copies for me and my friends and people are abusing this now D:

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Abusing? You cannot abuse it, you need to buy magazine for 16PLN to get game

1 decade ago
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Ahh, I misunderstood it thx :p

1 decade ago
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I'm confused - what is CD action?

1 decade ago
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Polish magazine

1 decade ago
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Polish game magazine that give full versions of games on dvd, from time to time they give games that require steam and people give em away here.

1 decade ago
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ohhh, thx :)

1 decade ago
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Thanks

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Instead of not allowing region restricted games, why not make those giveaways available only to people of that specific region? Maybe make us choose an unchangeable region or detect it through our IPs. More giveaways, more chances of winning, more happy people.

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Because of derps

1 decade ago
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I guess if you did a private giveaway and invited people you know from the region it would work. Correct me if I'm wrong.

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If we're made aware of a giveaway for a region-restricted gift, it will be deleted and the submitter will likely be suspended. We do not make exceptions. A rule is not fair and equitable if it is only applied to certain people in certain situations.

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Alright, thanks for the clarification. I guess if you have a region restricted key just use it yourself or pop it up on the forum.

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Even if users could be relied upon to know site policy (they can't) and to submit giveaways using a much more complex system that would have to be developed (they couldn't), which would involve creating new giveaway creation dialogues that would involve researching every possible region restriction on every game ever put out for Steam (already ridiculous) and coding this into the site, as well as something to track users' IP locations and limit their ability to enter these ridiculously overcomplicated giveaways involving an array of menus beyond the ability of many users to navigate without a lengthy, detailed guide; a difficult-to-code wizard which might well require some level of installation into users' local content; or some other similar nonsense (which won't even be terribly useful since many users will fail to make the correct choices during giveaway creation anyway), well, I'll just stop there. The whole proposition is patently absurd.

Tl;DR: Even coding several times what has already been put into the site can't make people create giveaways properly. Ignorance and deception can't be stopped with the technology available to us.

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So, it's hard to make and people are stupid. Fair enough, thanks for taking the time to answer.

1 decade ago
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Sure thing. I always try to answer a fair question, even if I start to kind of ramble.

1 decade ago
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k ty for the info ;]

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Just wanted to let you know that not all Blades of Time giveaways you see right now must be region restricted and from a magazine because it's pretty cheap at Nuuvem right now. It's probably the majority though.

My copies were bought on Nuuvem too before you want to report me. :p

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What about people who bought keys from Nuuvem? How will you choose what to delete with the current sale going on?

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I'm wondering the same thing. I thought about getting an extra key from Nuuvem but I might rethink that if I can't give it away here.

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I think it would be the same as with similar cases in the past - if you can provide a proof that it's from Nuuvem and not CDA, you should be fine.

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Pretty much this. If you have a Nuuvem key, you can contact us in support and get approval beforehand to make sure it doesn't get deleted.

1 decade ago
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If I gave away RHCP key(Dishonored) in one of Russian steam groups,why you deleted this?

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Becoz it is region restricted.

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Hidden giveaways are deceitful to circumvent the no region restriction rule. Wbarton addresses your exact issue above saying that if support hears about it, it gets deleted and the user likely suspended.

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Mmmk :D

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Cheers big ears!

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God damn it. I deleted a giveaway about 10 mins ago - thanks to nerka99 for infos.

So... No Blades of Time for you SteamGifts community :(

The last one "Front mission..." was successfuly delivered. How to check if key is region restricted? (for further giveaways from CD-Action keys)

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no problem ;)
google bronasium "gamename" PL

if at the bottom of the page you will find:
Extended Info onlyallowrunincountries = PL
PurchaseRestrictedCountries = PL
AllowPurchaseFromRestrictedCountries = 1

it's usually no go since CD Action will most likelly give PL version of game if it exist;)

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Thanks again :)

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You could in theory join certain group that was made just to give PL region restricted keys. I tried arguing with them that it's against rules but they were a bit rude and said they had blessing of admin which nick starts with "C" to do that... so it looks like every admin/mod/support member might have diffrent opinion about region restricted giveaways :P. I once asked wbarton and he said i should not make even private giveaway for polish people only to give away my restricted key.

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Yeah it seems a bit fluid but basically region keys can only be dropped for ninjas in chat or the forum, no formed giveaways.

1 decade ago
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so i can't give it away even in polish only group?

1 decade ago
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If they find out, no. Trade it in the polish group if you want I guess.

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Robisz to w polskiej grupie to ich to nic nie obchodzi. Żaden Polak nie będzie miał do ciebie o to pretensji.

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Actually it matters, no region restricted keys are allowed

If we're made aware of a giveaway for a region-restricted gift, it will be deleted and the submitter will likely be suspended. We do not make exceptions. A rule is not fair and equitable if it is only applied to certain people in certain situations.

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I just won a giveaway, and the key of BoT sent to me was region restricted. What should I do next? :(

1 decade ago
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Mark as not received and report the user to support.

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Closed 1 decade ago by wbarton.