What now: Do not submit CD-keys or Steam gifts that have regional restrictions

I think that adding a Region checkbox (and a way for users to set their own region, so they only see games in that region) is a good approach. Blanket-banning all regional games made sense back when region-locked titles were few and far between, but now that every single game purchased in eg. the Russian Steam store is region-locked, the rule makes it hard for anyone outside of the top-priced regions to use SG at all.

It might create more work for support, though, in that people would often make mistakes picking what regions a gift is available for.

once again, regarding region box: click here

Nuuvem keys are generally region free unless the site warns otherwise.

Well time to buy region free games.

Any games bought in US/EU Steam store can still be gifted to anyone. They just can't get gifts from the locations that get games dirt cheap like Russia.

The region box would be a good idea. I'd love to hear cg's thoughts on this whole region lock thing and if changes are going to happen to sg or what it's future holds now.

Two problems with the region box: It's complicated. How do people know if it's RU only, or US only, etc. etc. There will be SO many tickets asking that. And the topic of CV. Do region locked games count towards CV? What would stop someone from giving away 3 copies of something like Dark Souls, which they got for what was it, 1 cent? It would leave quite a bit of room open to exploitation, which CG is trying to avoid as much as possible, I think.