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General discussionSteamgifts.com - GOG Gift Club v3 - Giveaways(9817 posts) (9817 posts) 
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Posted January 07, 2015
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gbaz69: Worse case is both you and the gifter getting suspended from steamgifts and steamtrades.
It depends on how you two handle this, and/or how sg staff reacts to what information one or both of you give sg support.

There are several solutions:
a) giver can possible try buying a region free version to give you, and then give that key to someone else.
b) giver and you can agreed to ask for a reroll, and you getting something else via chatting/messaging.
c) etc.
If I'm not mistaken, didn't Steam recently make all purchases from specific regions (I suppose where games are much cheaper to buy) region restricted? That might be the problem. In which case, (a) wouldn't work at all.
Posted January 07, 2015
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gbaz69: Worse case is both you and the gifter getting suspended from steamgifts and steamtrades.
It depends on how you two handle this, and/or how sg staff reacts to what information one or both of you give sg support.

There are several solutions:
a) giver can possible try buying a region free version to give you, and then give that key to someone else.
b) giver and you can agreed to ask for a reroll, and you getting something else via chatting/messaging.
c) etc.
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babark: If I'm not mistaken, didn't Steam recently make all purchases from specific regions (I suppose where games are much cheaper to buy) region restricted? That might be the problem. In which case, (a) wouldn't work at all.
Yes certain regions are locked into their own region stores now but the giveaway creator seems to be from poland not sure if they have the same restrictions as BranjoHello has.
@BranjoHello add the giveaway creator on steam , find out where he purchased the key from then we can know what sort of restriction it has. And contact steamgifts regarding the matter.

Since the quake 4 giveaway went well i am guessing this is one of those retail keys that works in most regions except those that have local currency steam stores.

Steam gifts allows region restriction giveaways to be made but a proper warning should be provided to mention what region members cannot enter , in this case i am guessing the gifter did not know that it was region restricted.

I request all members from now , if you are doing a giveaway that involves a cd key rather than steam gift please mention the region restrictions in the giveaway like marci here has done.
http://www.gog.com/forum/general/steamgiftscom_gog_gift_club_v3_giveaways/post7867
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/Ugg9l/dark-souls-prepare-to-die-edition

If you do not know if the key is restricted or not just mention in the giveaway where you got it from aka gmg,bundle etc so people entering might have a idea.
Steam gifts rules were broken but i am sure they will sort this out peacefully.
Post edited January 07, 2015 by liquidsnakehpks
Posted January 07, 2015
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babark: If I'm not mistaken, didn't Steam recently make all purchases from specific regions (I suppose where games are much cheaper to buy) region restricted? That might be the problem. In which case, (a) wouldn't work at all.
It was stated as a key, not steamgift.
Yes, steamgifts from "non-rich" countries are regionlocked (another thing to me that seems criminal).
Posted January 07, 2015
Doesn't Steam now warn you every time when you buy a region-locked gift?
Just to be sure.
Posted January 07, 2015
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capile2: Doesn't Steam now warn you every time when you buy a region-locked gift?
Just to be sure.
Steam does but cd keys are a different story
Posted January 08, 2015
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Next giveaway

Shadow Warrior

A great friend gifted me a copy of this for Christmas so I bought one to giveaway too.

If win just accept my friend request on Steam and I'll send you the game.

Good luck all!!
Posted January 08, 2015
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Dead State giveaway, lasts for about a week.

Key is received from the developers so it should be fine?

Interesting, according to this, looks like I'm region-locked if I purchase from Steam.
Posted January 08, 2015
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duragon: Dead State giveaway, lasts for about a week.

Key is received from the developers so it should be fine?

Interesting, according to this, looks like I'm region-locked if I purchase from Steam.
ya new steam region restrictions , your cd key should be ok if they were given out by the developers
Posted January 08, 2015
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http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/0bKA7/claustrophobia-the-downward-struggle
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/mmWTJ/pixeljunk-monsters-ultimate
http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/bETKG/meltdown
Posted January 09, 2015
Winner of State of Decay is Ki11s0n3.

Congrats, buddy. Check your mail for your gift!
Posted January 09, 2015
Some +1 :)
Posted January 09, 2015
I managed to get a spare copy of Commando Jack, but is an indiegala link, It has my email associated with it, but the game is not activated, can that link be gifted and activated by other user? If so, I will give it away (will be my first giveaway on SG and don't want to end up with an invalid thing).
Post edited January 09, 2015 by enigmaxg2
Posted January 09, 2015
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enigmaxg2: I managed to get a spare copy of Commando Jack, but is an indiegala link, It has my email associated with it, but the game is not activated, can that link be gifted and activated by other user? If so, I will give it away (will be my first giveaway on SG and don't want to end up with an invalid thing).
If you see it in your Indie Gala account, you should be able to convert that game as a Indie Gala Gift Link with a click over "Gift" or a gift symbol (I can't remember exactly). And is that Gift Link the one you can gift. You only need to copy the link and send it to your friend or person you want to gift it. If it was already used, the name of the Steam User Account who activated the game appears instead (and that's also the way you can confirm who has activated that game).
Post edited January 09, 2015 by Azrael360
Posted January 09, 2015
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I'm just came home from my holiday vacation, and I have a small present to one of you.
It's a giveaway of POSTAL 2
I know it's not much, but with this new steam regional restrictions policy I am limited in choices.
Posted January 09, 2015
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enigmaxg2: I managed to get a spare copy of Commando Jack, but is an indiegala link, It has my email associated with it, but the game is not activated, can that link be gifted and activated by other user? If so, I will give it away (will be my first giveaway on SG and don't want to end up with an invalid thing).
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Azrael360: If you see it in your Indie Gala account, you should be able to convert that game as a Indie Gala Gift Link with a click over "Gift" or a gift symbol (I can't remember exactly). And is that Gift Link the one you can gift. You only need to copy the link and send it to your friend or person you want to gift it. If it was already used, the name of the Steam User Account who activated the game appears instead (and that's also the way you can confirm who has activated that game).
Here is how it appears: http://i.imgur.com/slMuzZW.png
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