Right now there are lot's of RoW copies on market, is there is a possibility that they'll become restricted after activation in 2 months?

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When they are RoW they cant be changed later. When a game has a global ID it will never get changed...when you buy a copy with an (RU) tag, then yes...it can be changed and can get restricted...

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thank you!

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BL2 was RoW...

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It wasnt, trust me :) ...it was just not locked...so everyone could play but it has short before release a new ID...so it wasnt RoW anymore(they change that mostly short or right after release at most bigger games, like rayman)...everyone who bought with the new ID got the locked version(and later a second library entry with the EU version from BL2)...

I bought it for myself, so i know what i say :P ...

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i think you kinda messed up...

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No i dont....RoW games keep RoW games when you bought them. Rayman Legends was RoW(in russia) all the time as pre order...on release day, or one day before, it changed the ID and now it is a RU Version and not more RoW(for NEW buyers, who bought it with the RoW ID keeps the RoW game)...the same was at BL2...just that the time was very short and some weeks or so before the release they changed the ID...so it was a RU Version without any locks...then they changed it again and you had only the russian language and you could just play with russians...then some weeks/months after release they added the europe version from BL2 to all RU BL2 owners...

Maybe i get you wrong, but i know im right because i bought the RU Version short after they changed the ID from RoW to RU....

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Ok, i said BL2 was RoW, you says "nope", then you agree BL2 was RoW...

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AFAIK BL 2 was RU, became RU + RoW, then went back to RU.
And of course those who got the RU + RoW kept it.

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I had a BL2 season pass that changed from RoW to RU.

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It was most likely the Season Pass for the EU RU Version...they cant change it from RoW to RU because a real RoW Version has a, badummtsch, RoW ID...means the same ID like in US and so on...

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It was RoW at first, then a week before release (or so) they switch it to RU only. Then 2k as "we are sorry" added RoW (i guess)non-tradeable copy for those preorders.

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The EU copy applied direct to your account, so every RU owner has now 2 BL2 entries in his library...dont know if that changed after some time, i have my 2 copies^^...

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I won a GA and was given the RU + RoW version, and some time later was told that keys from the same site no longer had RoW thus only RU.

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But noone said that bl2 wasnt row and it wasnt row for a longer time(in ru)...anyone asked about bl2?^^...

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Why would anyone buy Pre-Order ghosts when there is modern warfare 2? It's the same game after all

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These comments are getting old.

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well it's true.

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Yes

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no it's not

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it is, I don't say COD isn't good, I enjoy playing them from time to time. but they keep the same things everytime

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MW2 and MW3 are two different games. Black ops and Black ops 2 are two different games. All of them have different things, it's not always the same game. Proof: play Black Ops campaign, then play Black Ops 2 campaign. Is it the same? No. Then it's not the same game.

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I don't mean the story, but that's something you sometimes, but I mostly play mutliplayer. The gameplay is the same, graphics a little bit better everytime but not THAT much. There are some extra droids and stuff, but MW2 and MW3 are the same games, I've completed the campaign a few times (like 5 times the MW2 campaign and 2 times the MW3 campaign), and I can say they are the same games. Now black ops 2 campaign wasn't bad but I just got bored of it. I've completed it though. But that's the same with diablo 2 and 3, they are different game, but just dissapointed, expected more.

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'graphics a little bit better', 'There are some extra droids and stuff'
Both games have differences, then they arent the same game.

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call of duty's engine and game style is getting old, seeing as since MW2 the game has been completely the same

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but is that engine based from the CoD4 that was based in CoD2?

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and cod 2 engine based on quake 3 engine

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Big glory to Quake III

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Same for GoldSource and Source engines, yes, glory to azto... I mean Quake !

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Ghosts has dogs and intelligent fishes. And women. And I heard about destroyable at-least-elements of environment?

It's actually funny how gameplay/content-wise CoD Ghosts made bigger step forward from older games then BF4 compared to BF2 (it just brings stuff from earlier games back to BF3...).

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COD and BF are like politics, doesn't matter if they do a poor game as long as you can say that the other one is worst.

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One should never forget about the fishes. I for one am buy 10 copies just to study up on those devious ghost-fish beheaviours....ultimate military tactics. I feel this will prove useful in the future. I will then make a new account and giveaway all 10 copies like the ghost-fish I will become!

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That's was just stupid and said without any research.

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This

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How is a poorly textured dog a step forward? How is finally having an engine that's capable of showing multiple skins at once (yes, that was actually their excuse why we haven't had women in CoD multiplayer before, finally admitting their engine has been shit since MW2) a step forward when you look at what other engines can do? How is having the ability to make things go boom a little better a step forward? Those are baby steps. From a caterpiller.

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Nobody said they are good step forwards.

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"And women"

The fact that this has to be considered a new feature in a game series that's getting it's tenth installment...

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How did you manage to figure that out? o.O COD is only JUST changing a couple of things, which is mostly scripted movements in the map (and small ones at that), and better sound effects. The majority is still the same. Battlefield has progressed to one of the best graphical engines out there, destructible buildings, Award winning sound (before next gen), Bigger team game play (and the actual need for team game play), massive maps (bigger then they used to be), I could go on but I wont. I currently play both and enjoy them both for what they are. When I want fast paced FPS gameplay I play CoD, when I want to play tactically and have nothing but time, I play BF3. When BF4 and Cod:Ghosts comes out I will buy both.

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Haters gonna hate.

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here we go again with these comments...

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Ghosts are never safe to trade, when they escape you'll be haunted.

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who we gonna call GHOSTBUSTERS!!!!!

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I ain't afraid of no ghost!

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only one person is not afraid of ghosts THE GHOST ITSELF

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Well, CoD Ghosts in RU steam-store has different ID than US or UK version. So yes, current buys MIGHT become restricted. Don't know if those IDs were different from start, through.

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Dat med mi laf :D

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I was surprised to see $45 copies on ST yesterday and was wondering the same thing. Maybe I'll get it closer to release .. too risky right now at any price.

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Hard to say. The X-Com RU preorder got changed from unrestricted to restricted but only for people that hadn't redeemed it yet. Other games tell a different story so really, it's just a question of whether you want to roll the dice because you're never gonna get an official statement from steam on the subject.

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I have my grandpa's ghost up for trade. What you have to offer?

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There are only lowballers there, they only offer insect souls or fish souls at best. :(

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I fear your offer is too steep...you want multiple souls?!? wow, good luck trading for that!

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But if I ask too little people would think I'm a scammer. And no one likes people who scam souls.

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No trading here, reported.

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You serious? Man, learn to sarcasm...

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He might've said it sarcastically himself. You don't know that..

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You serious? Man, learn to sarcasm...

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You serious? Man, learn to sarcasm...

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I didnt know it was possible to trade ghosts, you know, since they are incorporeal and all.

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+1

What type of sorceries are you practicing, OP.

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you're missing the part that ghost maybe are sentient beings, so it also involves some kind of slavery?

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Owning ghost slaves? That's just rude, OP.

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^This

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if a copy is unrestricted and you add it to your account, im 100% positive that it'll stay unrestricted OR valve WILL reverse the trade, since valve implemented a trading function FOR TRADING, its allowed, and if you can physically add a game to your library because steam allows it, and you obtained the copy through a legitimate trade done THROUGH -VALVES- trading SYSTEM, then valve WILL be responsible for either reversing the trade or fixing the problem, i am 100% sure of it.

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Fell free to be less than 100% positive about this, because my unrestricted Steam key of Hitman: Sniper Challenge became region restricted after 3 days and it would not let me play it with my IP.

Luckyly I managed to grab another key that was compatible with my region a short while later, but I had to go through Steam support to have the restricted version removed first.

But if you're only referring to activating tradeable gift copies: I didn't run into that situation with gifts (only with keys), so I can't say anything about it.

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I'd say that if activation currently works then, after you activate it, you're in the clear. When the Borderlands 2 Season Pass was first released, there was a pricing error and it was showing up as around $16 USD, so I picked it up. Months after I activated it, I noticed that it showed up in my account as "Borderlands 2 Season Pass RU CIS" (I'm in Australia, so my BL2 is RoW/WW) and I haven't encountered any issues with it. On the other hand, people that bought the pass at the erroneous price and held it in their inventory couldn't activate it later on (presumably because Steam fixed it up and added the RU/CIS restriction).

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555-2368

Try calling that number. I don't know if they can help you trade them, though.

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nice one

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didn't work, had to call 0118 999 881 999 119 7253

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But that's only for emergencies!

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I got my copy for $42 a few months back from a Russian trader but I think that he got it from another trader from another region...:/

Was able to activate it and everything...and it's still there in my library although when I go to the Steam Store, it doesn't say I own the game and that it's still on my wishlist. :/

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Well ain't that a bad deal? $42? AFAIK game is around 23€ in RU which is same as 29$

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The thing is though, that the RU version is region locked with a RU tag. If you look at my screenies, I don't have a RU tag on the activated game which would make it ROW.

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I know, but game at first wasn't locked in RU. It was that price, and I could have gotten it for like 33-34$. But I guess people are running low on supplies since it's locked now and price is growing.

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Really? Cause I thought that I looked at the SteamDB for the game the day it came out I believe and it was region locked I thought...might be mixing it up with another game :/

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If that was true you wouldn't find Ghosts even for 42$ :P

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Those 20 keys/$40 ghosts row copies are really suspicious to me, as far I know the cheapest row region is brazil at $46 ~ , also I tried to find out the source but none of the traders who sell it seems to know anything about it ¬_¬ always says they got it from another guy :/ , I hope your copy is OK ^^

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The trader I trade with is quite trustworthy I guess...I've spent about $500+ buying games from the trader and haven't had anything removed yet. He tells me his prices were low because he was able to get Steam Wallet codes extremely cheap. Apparently he has this source somewhere in Texas or Arizona who's able to sell him Steam Wallet codes for extremely cheap. :/

Anyways...g2g....getting a $20 steam wallet code to get Prison Architect Name in game edition. lolz

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They are using some black techs i suppose, just like someone can get 4 pack gifts...

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lol that avatar...

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What about that avatar hmmm?

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It's exactly as yours! xD that was my point ^^

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