Just as the title says, i won something wich wasnt stated it was a Restricted Gift.

Here is the giveaway: http://www.steamgifts.com/giveaway/1vwKE/despair

What to do?

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Anyone?

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Request a non-restricted gift, otherwise mark as not received.

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I second this. Unless the giveaway created is region restricted giveaway (which it isn't), the creator needs to give you a non-restricted gift.
If the giveaway creator chooses not to provide this, mark the gift as not received after 7 days.

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+1

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What will happen to the person in question?

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They lose a giveaway slot, and they get one "not received" feedback on their profile. Hopefully it incentivizes them to mark their gifts as region-restricted appropriately.

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Or to find a region free copy to give him so the "not received" will disappear

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And return the gift (forgot to mention it).

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Yea, ofcourse i do not keep the gift.

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+1

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This ^^ You may have to just cut your losses and move on

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Contact the giveaway creator and explain you can't activate it. Give them a chance to give you the non restricted gift. If they can't then wait 7 days after the ending of the giveaway to mark the gift not received.

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What they said. Plus, look it up on the forums, there's been multiple threads for the same thing. Take this for example.

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The Creator of the giveaway says he was unawear of the rule.

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If he can't give you a non-region restricted copy, just mark it as not received after 7 days. That's really all you can do.

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Or how about just "over-used topics that have been solved a million times" xD

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How about "over-used topics that have been solved a million times + people complaining about their wins, or lack thereof"

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Even better!

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But then we'll have people complaining about such a long sub-forum name :/

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XD Then title it "TL;DR" It sums it up nicely XD

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I must say, it does sum it up rather nicely :)

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Definitely xD

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But what do we do about the people who will keep posting the same questions over and over in every category except that particular one?

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In all honesty though, wouldn't it be kind of nice if there was a similar topics when you type in part of a title? (i'm kind of thinking of how it works on Stackoverflow if anyone has used that).

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I dunno what that is, but isn't that how Google works as well? :p But it might be helpful, since there can be multiple words for something.

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Yeah it is kind of how google works but google is a search engine, so it finds the common phrases.. I don't know how to explain what I mean cause I think of them a bit differently :)

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Makes sense ^-^

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Ban them for heresy? (Seriously, though. No clue. That would be annoying)

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Ask for a region free copy. If he can't give you one after 7 days, mark as not received

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Inform the giveaway creator, decline the gift, mark as not received. If you want, report the creator for misleading giveaway. That's pretty much it.

Also, please remove identifying data from the screenshot and remove the giveaway link. Calling out other users is against the rules.

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Thanks all.

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Its a russian gift i suppose. Some are just newbies, but snice you won it,request him for an DRM-free one. If ins't, mark it as not gotten.

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I already told him to make a ticket to remove his giveaway, and posted on his giveaway im all fine with that, so he wont get troubles of it ^^

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Don't believe what imelman said. DON'T request a DRM free version of the game.
The rules are very clear. Don't mark a game as received if you didn't get a STEAM copy of it. Otherwise somebody could accuse you of not using your won games. This could get you a suspension. Have a nice day :)

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I know, i already wil ldeny his gift and talked it out with him :)
thanks.

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Wow you are a good person. Most of the people do not do that. They would just punish him.

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I do not see why i have to be unkind to a random person.
or why people have to be unhelpfull and selfish.
I rather help people then to be a dick, even if it requeres me to spend a hour on that person.
However that hardly makes me a good person.

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people like you makes me happy!

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That absolutely makes you a good person, and your modesty is commendable as well. :)

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Thanks i suppose. ^^

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No, thank you. You're certainly on my whitelist from now on. That kind of understanding is truly rare to see, as per previous entitled answers (report him unless he gives you a non-restricted gift naaoooo!) Talking it out is certainly the way to go here as the marks are permanent on the profile and if it is a mistake only resentment towards the site and it's users will be created. I've already met a few otherwise polite, good people with lots of games, doing giveaways in chat, who have had their giveaways marked not received on steamgifts which made them bitter about this site.

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Every community nowadays is selfish and unkind.
Its funny since i come from Emulation communities where things are pretty much illigal, yet everyone there is kind, helpfull and thankfull for all the work you put in them, some even offer money fr your help wich everyone basicly deny's and says they are glad to help people.

Its a real shame seeying that these communities are dead.

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In my book, that's pretty much the definition of a good person right there. :D

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Well, you know, it's called having common sense. It is normal to try to solve the problem by discussing and being kind. But many many people forget about that.

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request him for an DRM-free one

O.o

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Blacklisted for no puzzle.

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puzzled for blacklist.

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Listed for blackpuzzle.

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black for listed puzzles

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His giveaway has already been removed with my consent and he will not get any mark so its all fine now :D
thanks everyone.

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