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Made a mistake for my two recent giveaways. What do I do?

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Almostn33t

One of them had a region restriction that didn't appear on GMG and so I set it as unrestricted. But the GA winner from Russia is unable to activate it.
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/HmLcf/space-cows
Is deleting it and remaking the giveaway with excluding the RU+CIS region fine if I get the winner's permission?

The other had a region restriction only for China and should work globally otherwise. But in creating the giveaway I seem to have made it the opposite. This one is definitely my fault, but this was an honest mistake due to being a bit unfamiliar with the UI. Any suggestions?
https://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/lTRyp/red-wings-american-aces

9 months ago*

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GeoSol

Currently you should always assume that a game key is region locked from Russia, unless it specifically states otherwise.

All you can do is make a support ticket and request the deletion of the giveaway where you made the region China only.

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Almostn33t

Is it usually the entire RU+CIS region or is the region lock usually only specific to Russia?

9 months ago
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GeoSol

RU+CIS seem to be getting region locked out of everything due to the war.

Normally this mainly happens to regions with largely different currency exchange rates, to keep people from gaming the system.

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orono

Next time you should check SteamDB if you have doubts about region restrictions:

Space Cows
https://steamdb.info/sub/302405/info/

Red Wings: American Aces
https://steamdb.info/sub/588063/info/

The other had a region restriction only for China

Russian Federation and Belarus too (check the link above).

Welcome to Steamgifts!

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Almostn33t

yeah looks like it. shouldn't have just gone with gmg.

should i put in a request to delete both the gas then?

9 months ago
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orono

Yes, open a ticket but the winner of Space Cows have seen the key and he could give it to another person so you are not sure anymore if that key will work for another giveaway.

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Almostn33t

maybe. nothing i can do about it though.

9 months ago
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orono

You can join this group and create the new giveaway restricted to it:
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/dgikinw

If the key has already been used you can delete it (ask the winner for permission anyway but he has to always agree).

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Almostn33t

nice. sent a request to the group. do they have a thread here to alert them of my request?

9 months ago
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orono

Yes, there's a thread here but the admin should receive a notification on Steam after your request.

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Almostn33t

Thanks

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Ratz0

You lose 1 giveaway slot everytime you fail, so now you have only 1-2 slots left. Be careful -_-

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Almostn33t

it's fine. will do these after thoroughly checking them from now on.

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adam1224

Don't worry, you can submit a ticket to support and ask for more GA slots. They add some, no questions asked. It's everyone's benefit not to close out users because of honest mistakes.

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Almostn33t

oh that's great.

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Closed 8 months ago by Almostn33t.