Hi guys.
In FAQ, we have the following sentence about Region Restriction:

  • Region restricted gifts and keys are allowed for a select number of regions. If you have a gift or key for another region, it should not be posted at this time.

This last part may be understood in two ways:

  1. If I have another region THAN MINE, I should not give it away.
    (like, I'm from south america and I only can giveaway south america or row games)
  2. If I have another region WITH OTHER REGION RESTRICTION NOT LISTED ON GIVEAWAY CREATOR PAGE, it should not be given away.
    (like, I should not create giveaways with any region restriction listed not on giveaway creation page which already has Poland, RU+CIS, SEA, SA and Turkey)

I'm asking this because I won a bet and now I have two keys with RU+CIS Restriction and I really don't know if I can give it away OR should I trade it.
Poll related.

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Can I giveaway Region Restriction games from other region that is not mine?

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Yes, you can since the option is on giveaway creator page. What is not there, should not be posted.
No, you can't giveaway games with Region Restriction different than yours.

It is like option 2 that you said above "If I have a game WITH OTHER REGION RESTRICTION NOT LISTED ON GIVEAWAY CREATOR PAGE, it should not be given away."

So if I buy a key that cannot be used in Germany, or Australia, then really I should not create a giveaway for that game, because it is not a choice in the giveaway creation page for region restriction, and even if I put the restriction in the description box, I can't actually stop someone from those countries entering.

I could take the risk, of course, but then if someone from those countries DID win, I would have to buy another key/gift for them (or get 'not received' on my account.

Oh, and lastly..

If you WON two giveaways, you can't regift them anyway on this site, whatever region they are :) If you cannot use them because of restriction or lock, then you should ask the creator to give you a key or gift that CAN be used by you. But if the giveaway was properly created with Russia region lock (Russia only) then, if the site was working properly, you should have seen about it before entering, and the creator is not to blame.

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You cannot enter in region-restricted giveaways that do not apply to you.
PS: Also, +1 to your post.

9 years ago
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You can if the giveaway isn't made properly and the creator just adds a note in the description or doesn't even leave any note of it at all.

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I did not say that you cannot win a region-restricted game, but that you cannot enter a region-restricted giveaway if it does not apply to you. Description rules are irrelevant, so, you unless you mark it as region-restricted, it is a ROW giveaway.

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Yeah, you cannot but its not like "if you see a region restricted giveaway for another region, check the region and if its not yours do not enter", you literally cannot because wont show to you.

If you won is because the giveaway was not created properly.

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It is a simple logic problem. If it is marked as a region-restricted giveaway, the website won't allow people from other regions to enter, otherwise it is a ROW giveaway and you have to recieve a ROW gift.

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Exactly, its the creator's fault, he should fix it by buying the same game as non-restricted and giving to the winner.

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Your mistaking region restrictions and region locks. Games that are region locked can only be activated/played in one country/region. Games that are region restricted are the opposite and can't be played/activated in one country/region - most notably Germany and Australia.

Regardless of the sites terminology games that are restricted can be given away - in those cases it's the entrants responsibility to know what's not available in their region not the creator's.

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It does not matter where are you from, it matters if the region restriction can be selected on SG when you create the giveaway or not. Also, you are not allowed to regift or trade a won game.

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You can't trade or make GA with won games...

You should write to GA creator to make reroll instead.

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you may want to read what I wrote first. I'll be very thankful for that.

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You're not able to win here games that have different region than your own + ROW games.

But I'm in ROW region and still can make GAs for region-restricted games.

And 2nd part of this FAQ sentence means that if I have key for Poland + Belarus region ( non-existing region, but it's an example) I can't give it under CIS / Poland region. Instead I should wait until CG adds this specific region to the list .

I wrote my 1st post because of sentence:
"'I'm asking this because I won two giveaways with Russia Restriction and I really don't know if I can give it away OR should I trade it."

It's agains the rules to regift games won on SG. But if you won it on GameMiner or other site (and it don't violate theirs TOS) you can give it away here.

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I think what he means is - I live in Poland, but I traded with someone for South America restricted gift. I can't add it to my library so I want to give it away, can I give it away here?

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Yes you can.

I będzie to całkowicie normalne postępowanie, od tego są regiony ustawione.

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Ok, nie przeczytałem ostatniej linijki z jego postu :P

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as far as I know, the gifter can create a link to the giveaway... so it don't have to be sent to you.
some traders do that, they just give the link to redeem directly from it.

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Should read:

Region restricted gifts and keys are allowed for a select number of regions. If you have a gift or key from a region other than the ones listed, it should not be posted at this time.

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Pretty sure FAQ just wasn't updated and didn't noticed you can make some region-resticted giveaways, so wording is a bit outdated.

Your 2nd point is a correct one - you can make region restricted giveaways as long as gift restriction isn't smaller than what SG offers (so if you have "Brasil only" gift/key, you can't make giveaway for South America region, but if you have Both-Americas key, you still can make it South America only giveaway).

So, if your keys are Russia ONLY, you can't give it away - you'd get into problems if someone from Ukraine or Armenia wins it.

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your point of view is new to me... never thought that way.
anyway, the russian key is russia+cis as far as I know... so it's listed there on giveaway.

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Just remember, it if happens to be Russia-only key, then I'm not sure if support will reroll, which means you might get not-received if said giveaway is won by someone from Ukraine or Armenia or one of the other CIS countries.

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I've been thru this once... They do reroll.
Painkiller is a game that can't be activated on Germany (something about violence restriction I think) and one German guy won it... Well... he should know about his country limitations better than me so I ask for reroll and explained reasons for him. They did reroll and everything went fine because the German guy knows that Painkiller can't be activated in his country...

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That's different story - It's not your fault RoW key is not fully ROW.

But if you have region locked key and you make giveaway that can be won by someone outside of that region - then it all depends on mood of supporter who reads report.

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"I won two giveaways with Russia Restriction and I really don't know if I can give it away OR should I trade it."
WTF!
I'm in RAGE now!
CHOO- CHOO!

9 years ago
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hahahaha sorry, by "giveaways" I mean "keys"...
I was thinking about this giveaway subject and wrote it wrong. just fixed it.
you can chill out your locomotive...

9 years ago
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no re-gifting ? =\
Okay, I forgave you this time, but I'll keep my eyes wide open!
Where did u win those keys? Random keys shop? xP
BTW I've given away a bunch or RU+CIS keys, I guess your games have the same restrictions...

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sorry, no regifting this time :/
it was game betting... won some cs keys but I just don't know how to use them yet
I experienced random keys shop once... well... lesson learned (just crappy titles)
fool me once, shame on me. fool me twice, shame on you. :(

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try this theme : http://www.steamgifts.com/trades
maybe there are some RU guys who want your CS keys and can trade you ROW games in return...
Could've trade it too if it's CS:GO xD

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yeah! I saw this section... BUT I can end up giving it without any real benefits from me.
low experience can cost much when it comes trading subject...
then I will create one more among thousands topics complaining about scam and shit

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you should change "I'm asking this because I won two keys..." to "I'm asking this because I have two keys...". people will think you won them here instead.

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you're right... fixed it (again)

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you can trade them for something you can use (but RU region gifts are always super cheap so you won't get much from them) or you could create a region GA and get CV.

i also have some region-locked games (some from a friend that gifted them to me for my bday... sad thing is i can't activate them so i ended up buying a row copy, didn't feel right to send them back... :( ) and others that i got trading (my fault, didn't check the gift description -_- ).
i might create a GA when i feel less lazy. xD

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well... hope it's a SA gift then xD

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no, i'm in SA. these are RU. :(

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damn lucky russian people... all steam benefits are tested there :(

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Closed 9 years ago by vinirockman.