Fun fact: So far we had winners from Turkey, UAE, Israel, Egypt, Syria and Cyprus :-)


Don't you sometimes feel envious when you see those region-restricted giveaways and you're locked out because you live in the "wrong" place? Well, I certainly do and I want to be on the inside for once ;-) ...so, if you live in the Middle East, here's your opportunity to join some region-restricted giveaways (restricted by me, not by Steam). And here's a little consolation prize for those who aren't (and are L3+)

How to join? Just go over the criteria below, and if you meet all requirements write your Steam profile country in a comment. I'll then verify your entry and will send you an invitation to the group over Steam.

Criteria for joining the group:

  • You currently live in the Middle East and your Steam profile country is updated as such. You can find a list of eligible countries here (or in the tables in one of the next comments). Note: Do NOT try to cheat by changing Steam country to meet this criterion. If you live in the middle east and don't have your Steam profile country defined as such, then it's too late for this giveaway (unless we happen to be friends on Steam and I know you're from the region). Same if you are originally from the middle east but don't live there any more. If you can think of other creative ways to prove your location, I'm willing to listen. This is one such option, if you don't mind the bother. Cheating in general will get you blacklisted, and the same is true for these giveaways. So just don't.
  • Clean profile: No unactivated wins, no trade bans, not on my blacklist
  • Level 1+
  • Real CV ratio 0.33 or better (i.e. the value of games you won is no more than 3 times what you gave)
  • Registered more than a month ago

Here's what you need to do to join the group:

  1. Check the above requirements, and if you meet them go to this single-question-form, write there the name of the Middle Eastern country where you currently live and confirm
  2. You'll get a URL to an SGTools filter (this is used to enforce the clean profile, level and ratio requirements). Click Check Requirements and then Get Giveaway link to get a link to the an invite-only GA
  3. Leave a comment in this GA with your Steam user name, then follow the link in the GA description and click the Request to Join button

I check pending requests every few days, so be patient. Requests from users who didn't go through the first two steps will be denied.

Good luck!


Note: I frequently change the title of this thread. An explanation is at the bottom of this post.

9 years ago*

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Hey I'm from Turkey as well ^^

8 years ago
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Invite sent. Welcome! :-)

8 years ago
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thanks for the invite ^_^

8 years ago
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I'm from Iran. pls add me to the group.thanks

8 years ago
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Welcome to the group! Don't forget to resync your account :-)

8 years ago
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thanks!

8 years ago
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bump

8 years ago
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Hey, I am from Israel :).
added you on steam btw.

8 years ago
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The country needs to be defined in your Steam profile prior to the creation of this thread. See criterion #1 in the OP for more detail and for one possible solution.

8 years ago
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Don't you remember me? You said because you know me(we are both from Israel), I can enter your giveaway.

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8 years ago
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Welcome to the group! Don't forget to resync your account :-)

8 years ago
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I'm from Israel.
Too bad I don't meet some of the requirements :(

8 years ago
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If you live in Israel it won't be too difficult to meet the first criterion. I can provide more details if needed.

Also, you don't have a long way to go to get to Level 2. You're just a few bundle-giveaways away. See here.

8 years ago
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i am now officially have all of the criterias.
Turkey
Level 2
more giveaways then i won
clean trades rep.
so.

hi :)

8 years ago
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Welcome to the group! Don't forget to resync your account :-)

8 years ago
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thanks :)

8 years ago
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From Turkey here, tryign my way up to lv2, need to advertise my giveaways for to do so, can i hang arround here till i reach the lv2? ^^

8 years ago
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You are more than welcome to hang around :-)

To get to Level 2 you don't normally need to advertise your giveaways, but if you're short on entries (you need at least 5 to get CV), you might want to add a post here. If the giveaway is locked to a specific region, don't forget to specify it.

FYI, you are only about $11 worth of games from reaching Level 2. See this for more details.

Good luck! :-)

8 years ago
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Wow triple thanks!

8 years ago
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הי, מה נשמע?
אז איך מצטרפים לקבוצה?

8 years ago
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שלחתי לך הזמנה :-)‏

And a small tip to force punctuation marks to appear on the correct side (left side) if you're typing right-to-left (e.g. Hebrew) in a left-to-right page (like this one). Use a hidden RLM (right-to-left mark). To type it - just hold the left Alt and type 0254 in the numerical numpad on the right side of the keyboard. It's easy when you get used to it ;-)

Then again, for short sentences you can start with the punctuation mark. There's no visible difference.

BTW, the tip above can also be useful to those who write Arabic, Farsi or Urdu :-)

8 years ago
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Thanks for the invitation

8 years ago
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Hey can I join too? :3

8 years ago
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Welcome to the group! Don't forget to resync your account :-)

8 years ago
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thank you!

8 years ago
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i think i pass all of them except #6, i now my rate is bad cuz i win alot lol.
im in SA ( Saudi arabia ), negative feedback is explained.
Also free BUMP!

8 years ago
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About criterion #6, it can be either by number of GAs or by Real CV, and you pass the latter:

http://www.sgtools.info/sent/Murtida
http://www.sgtools.info/won/Murtida

About the negative trade feedback, reading both sides I think it's not as clear cut as either of you make it to be. Trades are not giveaways, and from my point of view trading a game which was given free is not a scam. Take for example Euro Truck Simulator 2. It's a $23 game which was given for free for a limited amount of time, and can't be used for giveaways on this site. This is why I and a few other contributors gave away ETS2 keys to people who had the game wishlisted prior to a certain date. Would it be wrong to trade these keys instead? I don't think so. It's considered a great game and there's no way to get it for free now. I just chose to give it for free because I'm retired from trading and wanted someone to enjoy the game.

Similarly, I don't think this user tried to scam you. I believe you two should be able to reconcile. It would be better for you guys to get rid of the negative feedback, both for trading, for joining groups (like this one) and for general good karma. Feel free to send me a friend invite on Steam if you want to discuss this further.

8 years ago
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sent :)

8 years ago
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Hello, can I join? (I'm from Turkey)

8 years ago
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Welcome to the group! Don't forget to resync your account. BTW, you don't currently meet criterion #1, but archive.org shows that you did previously, so that's good enough :-)

8 years ago
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i am from israel, just hit lvl 2 , may i join?

8 years ago
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Welcome to the group! Don't forget to resync your account :-)

8 years ago
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Hmm I'm from Turkey too

8 years ago
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Welcome to the group! Don't forget to resync your account :-)

8 years ago
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hi can i join i'am from turkey

8 years ago
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I'm afraid you don't meet criterion #1. Please go over it and if you have any suggestion let's discuss. You can leave me a message in one of my old public giveaways.

8 years ago
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8 years ago
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Hey Yirg. I'd be interested in joining the group, so I can make some contributions from time to time (I won't join any gibs, ofcourse). :)
Middle East region definitely deserves some more love!

8 years ago
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I appreciate the offer. Invite sent! :-)

8 years ago
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Thanks! Made the first gib. :)

8 years ago
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I never knew this existed! Can I get in?

8 years ago
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Please see the criteria for joining the group in the OP.

Thanks!

8 years ago
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I did! I should be able to qualify.

I do jump from Qatar and Bahrain quiet often but they're both Middle East so I should be good.

8 years ago
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I'm afraid you don't meet criterion #1. Please go over it and if you have any suggestion let's discuss. You can leave me a message in one of my old public giveaways.

8 years ago
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I live in Iran. I don't know if i'm eligible or not. :3

8 years ago
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Seems like that is the case 3. Different iterations which include "Egypt, Cyprus, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait"; "Turkey, Israel, Lebanon, Palestine"; "Turkey, UAE, Iraq, Bahrain, Syria"; "Turkey, Israel, Qatar, Oman, Yemen".

8 years ago
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Yeah, i think i'm eligible for this group but i need administrator permission.

8 years ago
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Welcome to the group! Don't forget to resync your account :-)

8 years ago
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Thanks, Yirg! :)

8 years ago
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Anyone else from the region? New members are welcome!

8 years ago
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i'm from jordan xD

8 years ago
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Hi. Feel free to send me invitation. I'm Turkish.

8 years ago
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I'm from Turkey and I want to be member of this group. :)

8 years ago
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i'm living in Jordan & i was born in Iraq

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