Add region restriction to CV calculation formula

As much as I dislike those shady key shops, why do you want to punish people from countries with a harsh region lock? Most of the time users do not choose to do these region restriction but are forced to use them by the publishers or Steam's gifting policy.

Edit: I would rather prefer to set certain "shovelware $25 games" to 0 CV. This would be a simple solution.

You make a valid point, but...

1. create regional giveaway group
2. give actually region-locked keys as region-free, because everybody is able to activate them anyway
3. profit

That kind of group circlejerking, though rare, actually exists already, and this would only exacerbate it.
There already are massive uproars every time a "questionable" decision (like 0-CVing Indie Gala Gameplay Giveaway games) is taken, this would cause a literal riot.

I'd rather set as 0 CV all the "game-shaped objects" priced like they're the next big blockbuster but sold as cheap as moldy bread crumbs on shady keystores.

Do we really want a more watered-down CV, while we also punish people who cant do anything about the regionlock of their keys, just because a minority of the users may somehow exploit the system? :/ I am not a fan of collective punishment and a general rule like this would feel as such community-wide.

Well there are already CV restrictions in place when you give more than a certain number of copies.
There are also certainly people who abuse region restrictions but what are you gonna do?

I totally disagree with your suggestion.

Why?

First of all, Its something totally complicated to do and automate taking into account all the countries that exist.

Second, Many people who want to increase their CV to enter high level giveaways, do not have that much money to donate. And if they change the CV they would harm users from countries that do not have as much money to invest.

One thing is blocking bots accounts (I really like that idea), quite another is to block people CV ´´for being poor or not having enough money to donate something really expensive in their country´´.

This is my thought and I hope no one is offended by what I say. (Sorry for my english btw)

Good week everyone n_n

This will be awesome to people on regions with weaker currencies.
I can see they all looking forward to make giveaways that worth nothing.

Edit:
Wait, there is more... And it gets even better.
I missed the part where those who "bought with usd" in "countries with weaker currencies" to get "region locked titles".
I thought the "worth nothing" above was the bottom... But I was wrong.
Apparently, you can go even further, double the bid and make things worth way more than nothing.

sorry but i can't say i like this for many , many reasons

1 - some people have less money to spend on games
2 - more people would not do giveaways at all than pay for games that do 0 to help there account
3 - make whitelist only giveaways as a way to decide who can and can't enter your giveaways or group giveaways
4 - region restrictions are not by choice of the person who buys them or we would all choose games able to be enjoyed everywhere

And just like that i probably would stop, making gas or buying bundles.

Ive already slowed down since things been getting worse, my income got worse, my currency and spending got worse(inflation, was already bad prior to covid), and my main one stop for bundles (humble) have gotten worse- and giving me region locked games bought by the same us dollars as everyone else... yeah, i pay the same in a bundle as anyone who buys it, but half or more of it comes as region locked for me. So nice!

No exploiter here, i just happen to live in Brazil. Wich apparently isnt bad enough already by the looks of it, according to your post. I cant convey in words proper how im feeling about seeing such a suggestion, and now wondering if one day sg will listen to a topic like this. One more small worry to feed my crippling anxiety, awesome

PS: Sorry for the downer tone, im just going through some #$%@ times. I dont usually vent online but this time i think it was fitting

Then we should do the same with group and whitelist giveaways.
I mean hey, you never know when someone will be "exploiting" those cheap keys in groups and whitelist, right?

It's better to be safe than sorry. ;)