Ever traveled abroad?
Vodka and AK of course. What a question... And dont forget to try steal Lenin's body.
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And dont forget to try steal Lenin's body.
I think I know how you got your username.
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A lot of vodka. Or you can go to Chernobyl and visit this amazing gost city
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Ahem... Chernobyl is actually in Ukraine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl
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And... they could still visit. It's onlya fifteen hour drive
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"Only"...
I wouldn't visit, though... unless I wanted to grow an extra pair of arms or legs.
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Good suggestion!
I actually own one (Clear Sky), but I'd prefer to get at least the first one before, and play them in order.
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Clear Sky is actually a prequel so it depends what definition of order you want to use.
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Gameplay and controls... I think playing a newer game before might spoil me.
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Clear Sky uses the same map as Shadows and all three games were released in under two years. I think how you want to handle the story is more important in this case.
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order: shadow > clear > pripyat
btw, clear sky is the worst from the series.
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Yes, if Moscow and St. Petersburg goes wrong, he can go to Ukraine (suggestion thinking of ex- Soviet Union)
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i like when people trying to be smart and they failing
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buy no alcohol, it is all falsified here, contact me (Moscow connection) and I ll show you right places. I strongly recommend to avoid alcohol purchase, dangerous for your life. If needed, add me on steam, souvenirs? they are all "made in China", man...
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может в Москве и касательно водки - да. Пиво само по себе гавно, зачем его подделывать? Это абсурд. Крепкие напитки же подделываются в зависимости от популярности и местности, далеко не повсеместно. Инфа со спиртзавода.
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U can't activate cheaper games in from Russia+CIS in other countries anyway
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What about activating them while you are in place where you bought them?
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You can't play it after. Ofc you can activate it in Russia
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Activation and run locks are independent of each other. This is why it's possible to buy/activate with a VPN.
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How do you know which ones will work and which won't? And do you need anything special to activate?
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SteamDB shows activation and run locks for any given appid. Metro: Last Light (NA+ROW) for example can't be purchased in my region but has no play lock whilst the (RU+CIS) package also has a run lock.
Activation only requires a working VPN but is still a breach of the SSA even if you didn't use a VPN to make the purchase from Steam. You can't just buy from a trader and use a VPN to activate as gifts are typically trade/gift locked as well.
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But what if I am really in that country at the moment? Can i abuse it by getting a gift from trade and activating it?
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I thought Steam accounts were locked to one region now rather than dependent on where you are logging in from - to stop people from mucking about with VPNs. When I've been abroad recently and logged into Steam I've been seeing my own storefront with prices from home rather than the local store. Gift locks remained the same as in my home region. I'm sure somebody will step in and educate me if I'm confused.
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Ah, that would make sense. From what people was saying here I thought it was possible. I know that your purchase region stays the same, but wasn't sure about the activation one.
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Activation and purchase are effectively the same thing. I can neither purchase Last Light Complete or activate a key for it. But if I'd bought from Amazon when it was available I would have still been able to play it after VPN activation.
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1 and 2 are the countries the game can be bought/activated in. This covers both buying the item from the store and buying a key from a third party. If you aren't in one of these regions you can't add the game to your library without using a VPN. If your country isn't listed on 3 then you will also need to use a VPN every time you run the game.
There's also another variable not shown in the image "AllowCrossRegionTradingAndGifting", if that is "No" then you won't be able to gift/trade the game outside of your region either.
Your account is tied to a specific region and it has been reported that VPN activation will no longer work but I doubt this is an absolute case of nothing working.
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Chocolate, caviar, vodka, anything made of real fur, jewelry, cigarettes, military grade weaponry, petrol, and sex slaves are probably cheaper there than in most of Europe.
Some of those may have a little hard time going through normal customs though.
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Some of those may have a little hard time going through normal customs though.
I'd place my bet on chocolate. Especially if it's milk chocolate (AKA false chocolate). /s
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Whatever you do, don't try to smuggle stuff past Customs - it will be very expensive.
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Steam games are obviously cheaper in the Russian Steam store... although you might need a Russian payment method (or Steam wallet).
If you buy for your own account, there're games without any form of IP checks or run / activation locks... don't expect AAA games though.
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Try https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blini with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condensed_milk (not joking)
also buy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ushanka wear it, then buy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garmon and make a photo with bear on red square - now you can call yourself russian (thats a joke) but if you really do this i bet all of your friends will be jealous :D
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also you can find some help here - https://www.toursbylocals.com/St-Petersburg-Tour-Guides
cause theres a lot of beatiful and historical places in petersburg
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The only things that are definitely cheaper over here than in Greece are Internet and games but you probably won't be able to bring those back with you ;(
Also, everything is much cheaper in St. Petersburg (Moscow is pretty much a different country by Russian standards when it comes to prices), so better wait before spending all your money in Moscow. As for souvenirs in general... a bit of a problem here is that most of the Russian specialty souvenirs are on the expensive side. I live here and I can't even think of something relatively cheap (but granted, as Russian, I only have vague ideas about which of the things we have here could be of interest to a foreigner). Krupskaya factory chocolate perhaps, but that's about it. Basically I'd say spend more on sightseeing and take pictures. :) That's always better than buying random stuff that will end up gathering dust on a shelf.
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nothing to see here, really.. i would know! )
except maybe these... dirt cheap.... very tasty soy.... omnomnomnom...... https://www.google.ru/search?q=%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%87%D0%B8%D0%BA+%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82+%D1%84%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82&newwindow=1&rlz=1C1KMZB_enRU529RU529&espv=2&biw=1463&bih=766&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi9vL6WrdXOAhXEKJoKHaN7C40Q7AkIKQ
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Buy one of those mail order brides and save on shipping costs!
On a more serious note, you might want to try "ptichye moloko" - it's a Russian candy/dessert. The name literally means "bird's milk", which is an idiom for something that's as rare as it is delicious.
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Obvious souvenirs - matryoshkas. It's like buying miniature Eiffel Tower in Paris, but matryoshkas actually look nice (and 'exotic') and you can find some that are not a mass production as well.
Otherwise: sweets. They have some nice stuff like different types of halva (халва) or milk fudges. And don't forget bird's milk (птичье молоко; ptichye moloko), it's delicious! :O Their gingerbreads (пряники; pryaniki) are of excellent quality too.
Learn some Russian words as well, it may open many doors (and lower prices!)
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Wait, are bird's milk and pryaniki only available in Russia and the countries around it? I live in Estonia and I could get all of that stuff from any store. If I ever left my country, how would I live on without pryaniki?! :O
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I have no idea, but tbh I've never seen anything like bird's milk in any store outside western border of Poland. Which is kinda sad, so many people can't taste it :(
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Damn. It has such a nice airy texture and sweet taste :/
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Google "puszedli", from Hungary, "pierniki" from Poland, "Lebkuchen" from Germany.
Bird milk in Hungary - also in Romania - looks like this (whipped egg whites cooked in milk, then milk cooked with vanilla and egg yolk plus sugar and some fluor):
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Oki doki. I have my sights set on Japan though. I'm going to start learning Japanese in a week and I'll do it for 3 years, 5 days a week, 45 minutes a day. Hopefully I'll find something like that there :)
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Russian pelmeni with smetana and scallion :3
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A boyfriend! Some russian guys are so hot! i'm in love with Sergey Lazarev since he sang in the Eurovision song contest. ^...^
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So I'll be going away on a leisure trip to Moscow and St. Petersburg. Since it's not in the EU and has a different currency, I was wondering if there is something there I could get for a lot cheaper there than in Greece for example. I'd also like suggestions on souvenirs I can bring back home.
That's all, no giveaway here... I hope you forgive me :P
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