Ban regional games please

I have suggested that on the Steam of one of the admins long ago...

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yeah i dont like regional things too, that stuff fail.

I'm not really a fan of those either, but you realise you can just NOT click the "enter" button right?

Of course, it should be clearly said in the description that it is a "russian retail key not redeemable on steam for international users" or something like that.

Yeah, ban it. After all, the site is "steamGIFTS.com", not "steamretailcdkeyswhichcanbeactivatedthroughsteaminrussiaonly.ru" or something like that. Many users don't read a description of giveaways.

I don't see a problem with people putting whatever they have up, if it's region locked, they just need to specifically state it in the description. If you throw away your points on a giveaway that you didn't read the description for, it's your own damned fault for not doing what is generally considering to be the bare minimum effort.

I'd say as long as it's clearly stated in the description what region it's from that there isn't much of a need to outright ban the practice.

The problem with relying on the description is that it can be edited, as was the case in the games that are bringing up this discussion. Given we have a lot of non-native English speakers, or people that are lazy about their descriptions, a menu system that allows you to select what region the item was bought in would probably be a better idea.

i read the description it never mentioned Russian only, so i entered them all. I came back after the contest was over and noticed he added Russian only, was this my fault no?

I think it should be done where the submitter has to inform those who enter what region the game is for. Maybe have the country's name next to the game title that way all can see?

What games are we talking about here?

To be fair you could of easily just clicked on his name then at his profile gone to his steam profile to find out where he's from, it looks like if there was problems both parties are at fault, the entrant for not taking 5 seconds to read and the giver for not making stuff clear.

Come on guys, im just giving what iv got, BUT it was 1st time, something like a test of possible activation of those games. Total War passed. Every DLC passed. Mafia II was exchanged for Empire Total War (passed) and in future i will not make giveaway of this game.

Well, im going to giveaway only games with FULL region support or same DLC.