hi,i'd like to know what are the consequences..because i heard that steam can ban you..is it right?because there are a lot of keys in steam gifts..but..what happened if i active a russia key in my account?wich is the risk?

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If you activate a Russian key you'll become Russian and you will be sent to GULAG.

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xD

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+99999999 xD

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I agree with Mariganza since theres no country filtering whats the consequences if i win a country restricted key without know and activate it ? i heard steam block the account

12 years ago
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there is no way to activate it "without knowing" u need a Russian address ;)
so.. u know... so u can get banned..

12 years ago
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In Soviet Russia, Key wins You.

12 years ago
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Games play You.

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You F... EA!

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+1

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You're fine unless you use IP changes to fake you're from Russia. Region restricted keys are not allowed anyway, so don't worry.

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ok,thankyou very much!

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thanks Megagiga

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ha :/

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It'll just say that you can't activate that key because it's region restricted, and then you go back to Steamgifts and mark the gift as "not received" and report the user because region restricted keys are against the rules here.

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oooo great!!that was what i wanted read!! :D thankyou

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unless of course the person in the giveaway stated as such...maybe russian keys are still against the rules even then.

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"Do not submit CD-keys that require VPN activation or methods to bypass regional restrictions." -From the FAQ
Doesn't matter if he states it's russian region locked. It's still not allowed

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thanks Incoq

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some people said it may ban steam account or not. there is no official Valve's answer as I know.
but I can say to you what proof of purchase is very difficult when the key which you activated has been revoked or got similar problem.

fyi, russian key has 3 different type.
first, no restriction.
second, activation is works in everywhere but can play in Russia or CIS only. you need VPN for play it if you don't live in Russia.
third, activation and play in Russia only.

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So let's say a gift was purchased in Russia and it has the RU tag, can I activate and play it even if I'm not from Russia?

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This is about keys, not gifts. Gifts are perfectly fine, afaik.

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sometimes gifts from Russia or CIS has some restriction likes run in Russia only or provide Russian language only.

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Well, those should be extremely rare occasions. I am Russian and most of my Steam games are English only.
But yes, there are region restricted games on Steam. Not only CIS ones.

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I have traded a russian Dead Island key and had to activate it trough VPN,i can play it in german without VPN.

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Trade with some russian smartass, maybe you can get something good from it :D

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Trade it for another Russian key!

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and get banned from SG for not activating a won games :)

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well...small part of Russia is in Europe :| and I DONT CARE about if its russian,sea or amercan key I will just headbutt it and it will become international!

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It's not that small. I believe it's 7 times bigger than France.

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Closed 12 years ago by mariganza.