Oh hey! I didn't see you there! Hello, SteamGifts folks, I am deadxobbit! Yeah, pronounced like hobbit, exactly.

Okay, enough with greetings. Everyone knows about Steam's Exploration Sale which is on right now. It got pretty good deals. Got myself Fallout Franchise except Fallout 4 because I want to finish previous installments first. And yes, I am poor. Plus I recently won my first wishlisted game (Transistor from keohookalani) which made me very happy :) This great win and various sales made me want to share some of my favorite games like Ori and the Blind Forest and Shovel Knight with you guys and gals. But wait! What is that sound? I hear my медведь growling from the cabin of my old Катюша. He asks for another bottle of водка to drink away his pain after losing his favorite ушанка and breaking his балалайка in the latest кулачный бой.

Yeah, you guessed it right, I am from Russia. Region which has pretty bad reputation here on SG because of big amount of rule-breakers and generally being assholes towards another SG members (like ruining MellyMelly's event by leaking a link). But not all users from RU+CIS region are like that, I can see Gequila and Ikkebott being active on the forums pretty often :) Plus, our region prices make some great games end up on the Bundled Games list. Looking at you, The Talos Principle. Maybe all these can explain that creating a small bundled game giveaway with no region-lock somehow gives me more joy than giving away a region-locked AAA title. And creating global giveaways gives them a wider audience I guess. Unfortunately I can't giveaway global non-bundled or AAA titles very often because of shitty US Dollar - Russian Ruble exchange rates cuz I am no Richie Rich, but I try to buy some keys during sales if I can afford it.

Aaaaand that brings up a question!

You can buy games from web-stores using USD, but that won't work with Steam Store purchases, because of separate stores and currencies. Using VPN to purchase gifts from different region store can get you banned. So basically you need a friend who is willing to buy a gift copy of the game using his Steam account and send it to you as a gift which you can keep in your account as a global gift copy. I guess that using PayPal for sending money to that friend is the most preferable choice here, right?

Sooooo, thanks for putting up with my little rant and I am very sorry for no Ori and the Blind Forest or Shovel Knight giveaways (yet?), but If everything goes okay I will try to make some good non-bundled giveaways in time for Christmas or New Years Eve. No promises though.

I have 3 bundled trains for you:

• Japan Edition All-Stars! Tier 1 by HumbleBundle 5 GAs
• Every Monday - Anime Edition by IndieGala 7 GAs
• Artifex Mundi Bundle by Bundle Stars 10 GAs
• And a Vanguard Princess key for ninjas: TAKEN
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  Please notify others in the reserved comment if you take the key! Don't be ungrateful!

All giveaways are Level 2+ and end on November 30, 2015, 19:00 PM (GMT).

Good luck and peace out!