Hi there. One of the winners of my giveaway didn't claim the game, which I sent him. I checked his steam account and it says that he is from UK, while the giveaway was for RU-CIS gift. So...

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What should I do?

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Just request new winner
Contact with that guy first

you mean he Couldn't claim it..talk to the winner..give him a copy that works in UK & take region restricted copy back...
if he doesn't respond in 7 days then contact support

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I gave away region locked game, and GA said it clearly, but he entered anyway.
Why should I give him anything? Nevertheless I couldn't buy row gift living in Russia anyway

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you have to check the RU-CIS box when you create the GA, so only users from there can enter your GAs. I doesn't matter what you write in the description of the GA.

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I did it, I don't know how he entered it. So maybe he is not from UK and it's just a lie?

He it is:
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/Y6Wu9/polarity

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Just ask him what he is doing. If he isn't in the region he shouldn't have been able to enter.

Several people on my friends list have 'Japan' on their Steam profiles just because they like anime, so that doesn't necessarily mean anything.

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added him, so we will know soon

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he will just mark it as not received..
How could he enter region locked giveaway? i can't even see region locked giveaways..

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Steam account country settings aren't linked to an IP adress, you can set it to whatever.

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thats might be true, I guess I should talk with him anyway

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How or Why did he enter a region restricted GA? :/

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Claim the gift back if he didn't accept it and ask for a reroll.

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if i get this right you made a giveaway for RU+CIS which is avaliable for the users with the ip from those regions. it doesn't matter what it says on winner's profile. either the winner is from one of those countries or it is a bug. contact the winner. if they're indeed from the uk, take your gift back, tell them to submit a support ticket to fix their region and reroll. if they're not from the uk, have a little chit-chat about why did they write they're from the uk on their profile, which bands are trending currently, which tv shows the uk people likes, why there is a stereotype about english people's teeth etc.

wait... the end of this didn't make sense. i guess i should have written it when i had a clear mind. .-.

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thanks for your response, I will use your advice

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If the rules are crearly written that the gift is only for RU/CIS and he still entered take a new winner like.
He doesnt deserve it then and someone from Ru/CIS who entered cant even get it.

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Has it been a week already? A winner doesn't have to claim the game right away.

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So, now I cannot add him, steam and even browser says "Error adding friend. Please try again."

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He is a russian. That is a common practice for russians to fake their info. Just reroll.

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he finally took it, but added to his inventory. So I guess I should just add him to blacklist and forget about it.

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The winner of a giveaway is required to redeem it to the account which won the gift. I'll handle this.

In the future, you want to check your winners before you give them your gift.

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oh, thanks a lot, I will

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