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VPN activation for a SEA Gift not working?

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BunkerKillar

Hoi,
i am trying to activate Sony Vegas Pro 14 SEA Region Gift
But its not working, tryied vpn via Singapur, Thailand and Vietnam
via Client and Browser, deleted cookies and restarted PC
dont know what happened, before i never had problems
can someone help me or tell me if steam changed something?

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talgaby

Did you set your store region in your account settings to those countries after you logged in?

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BunkerKillar

can i change it so easy?
didnt knew that
so close steam-> enable vpn-> set ip to singapur -> open steam client-> change store region in the settings-> activate gift?
you mean so?

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talgaby

Yes, I mean if you can try that.

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BunkerKillar

sounds dangerous, but i will give it a try

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Sundance85

If you already tried VPN you don't have to worry about changing Store region.

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Luckz

What happened after changing the store region? :P

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BunkerKillar

tried it, not working
hmmm what now

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talgaby

Well, i don't know then. Go on a holiday to Singapore, maybe? =)

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FandF
(Game Developer)

But can you play the Game in your region afterwards? I never really understood how vpn stuff works

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BunkerKillar

after 3 months of activation the restriction removes automaticly
under 3 months you need vpn to use it

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talgaby

Yes and no. You need to log in from that region initially, but eventually, after many months, all applications will get their region-lock removed. It has been tested and proven many times, but we don't really know how (or why) it works.

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FandF
(Game Developer)

Does this apply to all Games and Regions? I think i read something different o.O

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talgaby

People have tested it with SEA and CIS mostly, and there it worked. For some reason the region locks fade from a game if it stays in the library long enough.
Why don't masses exploit it to hell? I have no idea. Maybe Valve does crack down those who suddenly start buying or getting a ton of games from other regions, especially the cheap ones.

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FandF
(Game Developer)

Hmm ok thanks for letting me know :) Have you tried it yourself? Would you recommend doing it on GTA V or similar expensive Games that never go on Sale?

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talgaby

No. I have an account set up for Russia and actually verified to work as such, but I don't even remember the login name or the email address I used to do it any more (it has been nearly two years now since I logged in there). I rarely buy games for Steam outside bundles anyway and I just don't want the hassle of using a VPN on a browser and wait months to play the game after it gets flagged as ROW in my library.

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BunkerKillar

how many people from europe have activate Vegas pro 14?
how have you did this?

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Luckz

Our daily how2: violating the SSA thread.

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