But if i buy with VPN or PayPal, i will get region lock too?
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the region restricted keys are generated at purchase based on your current location and billing address.
(this is from support, so i think VPN not work and depend more or address)
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are you sure he wasn't referring to that particular bundle?
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I just won a key for Operation Flashpoint Complete and I can not activate it due to it "not being available in my country". So I am not sure if it is for all bundles. Also, I sent in a support ticket to HB. Hopefully I will get good news.
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good thing i refreshed the page before i replied because i was confused until you edited your comment. ._.
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Yeah lol, i missed a word.
Also, I wonder what am I suppose to do with the key if I end up not being able to use it. Drop it in a random thread?
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if you want a suspension for not activating your win, sure. i'm not 100% sure what to do but if i were you, i would contact the giveaway creator and ask them to contact sg support to delete the giveaway, so giveaway creator can create the giveaway again but as a region locked giveaway this time. also consider reading the faq and the guidelines if you want your stay on sg to be more pleasant. welcome to sg.
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Thank you very much for the advice. I sent the creator a message so it should hopefully be fixed soon.
I have read the FAQ and guidelines but I assumed that the rule of always activating keys you win wouldn't apply in this case. My mistake.
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it's not your mistake. it's humble bundle's and codemasters' mistake. they could have at least specify the region lock on the bundle page. anyway let's hope region locked keys won't become a trend for humble bundle.
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Yes, It is shame that they don't include all the information on what keys they are selling .
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That would be acceptable if the locked regions paid less, but until now it's the same price for everyone and it'll be harder to trade games I already own. That's the motherlode of bullshitness.
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I'm not affected myself (so far?!?)....but this is sad. And I bet on the other hand, staff of publishers and stores like humble bundle, still enjoy imported products from south america. Imagine a steak with a tag "region locked, only edible in south america".
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chopped and censored deutsch copies might be right around the corner though. .-.
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Most of this I'm not interested in...and for many of the games it's more a steam-issue, than a german-issue. I can buy many online in german stores .Just not on steam, cause the don't have/want a age-verification.
The two major reasons for really censorship in germany are nazi-symbols and pedophile games. Symbols could be substituted by a apple...and the second should be anyway in the trashcan. The main reason that many german versions are still different is, that the publishers want to sell to younger people and want public advertising.
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Quite retarded since there's no pricing arbitrage in this case. Everyone is paying the same price. Why restrict it? Humble just gave itself the death sentence.
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no offense but i think this thread is really misleading.the reply from the hb support it's a reply for that specific bundle.everybody blame humblebundle about region locked keys when it's a publisher decision...
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I have to agree with this.
An "official" announcement on this matter from HB would be made on their blog.
The support-ticket reply it's related to a specific purchace, the Codemaster-Bundle in this case.
If publishers starts asking HB to region lock, then,
HB will have to give that information on the Bundle page
or when you start the payment process to avoid confussion in the near future.
Don't lost hope yet :V
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Still, they should have put the info about region lock on the bundle page, so that people knew about it before making a purchase. =\
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this happened to me, i won overlord from someone from argentina and i cant redeem the key on steam, locked on my country :( https://youtu.be/bUWXjs2jPQI?t=14s
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Interesting...now if you don't mind me testing things out...
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I always said that if you try to explian how humblebundle was at their beginnings to a newie in gaming they will NOT believe in you.
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No, it is not official. I am from SA and I buy from HB since 2013. This is the first time this happens, and I guess it is because of Codemasters. So, this is an exception. No point region locking without region pricing (censorship aside).
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Didn't know that, in SA keys were WW (WorldWide). Well, shame on HB... will we have to send a msg to support asking if there is a region lock at every bundle?
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It's also happened in Capcom bundle, not just Codemasters
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I can't believe you done this, HB!
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...am I the only one who read
"If you're gifted a key from a non-South American account, you should get the working key. If you gift a key after buying in South America, I'm afraid it will be region locked — any purchases you make will also be region locked."
As "SOUTH AMERICAN bundles are region-locked, and non-SA accounts are fine?"
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so... what does this mean then?
are only specific bundles region locked (like some always were) or EVERYTHING is now region locked?
because if the second one is the case I think I'll stop purchasing stuff from HB. I'm even subscribed to their fairly mediocre Humble monthly (usually made the best of it thanks to trading)
I'd be fine with this if at least the pricing on the oficial store reflected the prices of the zones or the BTA reflected the donations from the zone you are from. Christ, it just doesnt make sense at all. In steam makes sense but here where everyone pays either in dollars or euros?
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^ Depends on publishers, if they force to Humble to give locked keys.
If publisher doesn't give locked keys, Humble will give row keys to everyone.
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I would like to know what's steam problem with south america. They just keep adding region locks for no apparent reason. I mean, seriously, I'm still paying the same that an us costumer. The same bullshit happens in the steam store.
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This is getting out of hand! What is the next thing to come? Who knows...
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Does anyone know if the Worms Clan Wars 4pack from HB is Region Locked to south america?
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BTW I made a region locked giveaway for a South American game from humble bundle but the winner couldn't activate it. Turns out not all the South American countries are included, region lock is diffrerent from the one from Steam. Maybe it was a special case, but you should be careful just in case.
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... you know my reaction this. And you know why I hate this thing.
Also, Humble bundle is now doing this crap? I guess most game companies want people to either travel to a different country to play the game there or stay forever in a country that you're in to play games that are "allowed" there. Remember Games for Windows Live? Yeah, if you live in a country that's not listed in GFWL approved countries list, you're screwed. Thank god it's taken down, but what I'm seeing now is that 2K, Nintendo, Steam and others want to "revive" the GFWL region restriction system just to screw legit costumers. Pirates are going to win of course. But for Steamgifts, this is bad news.
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poor support will get x100 more reroll tickets and complains now.
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That's interesting. I'm in South America and just gave away copies of the latest Gambitious bundle to non-SA users.
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I was talking about this issue earlier on these forums and I saw couple topics discussing it but with no official news about it.
Thinking about it, I sent a ticket to hb to know a little more about it. Surprisingly, hb is now fully region locked:
Now, keys AND gifts are region locked.
I'm about to create a ticket to delete a giveaway which I gave hb link and it didn't work out (first time it didn't work via gift link).
Hope this thread helps someone else because sooner or later we all may face this.
I think the douchebag awards goes to...
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