Browse
Category
DiscussionsGeneral

Someone from Russia won one of my giveaways but...

Closed
Draconiano

...it clearly says "This key might not work in Germany and RU/CIS regions, refrain from entering please."
Should I ask for re-roll or I give the key to him?, anyway I'm not sure if it can't be activated in RU.
Lost Planet 3 is from this bundle
Level 2
Edit: My re-roll petition was approved.

View attached image.
8 years ago*

Comment has been collapsed.

What I do?

View Results
Re-roll.
Go to Russia, and burn his house.
Pray for God's help.
Give the key to him.
Give a potato instead the key.
Give the key to him, it can be activated in RU.
13 Comments
dingbat

why am I blacklisted?

8 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.
Draconiano

I just don't like you.
You were rude to me on my first week.

8 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.
kevgm

lol, I liked your no bs answer, straight to the point

8 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.
dingbat

fair enough. Whitelisted

8 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.
cbones

hopefully with your description in there you will be granted a re-roll, keep us updated as I have similar giveaways going on now and am hoping to avoid this headache!

8 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.
SleepyCat

Description alone won't grant you a reroll. If you give away a region-restricted game, the giveaway must have proper regional tags applied during giveaway creation. This is done to reduce the amount of rerolls needed in order to reach an eligible winner.

Create a Request New Winner ticket and we'll take it from there.

8 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.
coldcocoa

What if there is no proper flag? Like anywhere except Germany.

8 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.
SleepyCat

Then it's decided on a case by case basis. Anywhere except Germany means that only a handful of entries will be ineligible (5% if we are to believe the stats). In this case we usually allow the reroll, if the winner agrees to it.

8 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.
Mully

you can't reroll if you made an unrestricted giveaway.

ask him to let you reroll, delete the giveaway, or just deal with the not-received giveaway.

damn i just got modified^ ;_;

8 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.
JustArchi

Damn modifiers.

8 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.
MikuIT

We're clearly free of script-users, as it was an invite-only giveaway.
This means you stumbled upon a person who can't be bothered to read...
Ask for a re-roll, then blacklist him/her, as well as any other entrants who broke that rule, for both this and your other giveaways with similar restrictions.
At least, that's what I'd do...

8 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.
Draconiano

Ok, thanks for the answers!

8 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.
whitywind

There's some tools to avoid region locks on steam keys.
It's against steam's rule, but I saw many users did activate them and got along with the risk. He might have wanted to use the key, properly or not.

8 years ago
Permalink

Comment has been collapsed.

Closed 8 years ago by Draconiano.