MDSLKTR
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Valve's image seems to have been tarnished quite a bit on GAF over the last week or so.
Maybe for gaf, for the rest of the world this won't change a thing.
Valve's image seems to have been tarnished quite a bit on GAF over the last week or so.
This is an old story and is false for gifting, just think about it Valve could quite as easily disable cross regional gifting if they didn't want it. The support ticket mentions using a VPN and they warned the user according to the steam agreement subscriber they could have banned him for it.
GAF's in Steam hate mode right now, so yes.
That Gaben / Stan song needs an update.
This is an old story and is false for gifting, just think about it Valve could quite as easily disable cross regional gifting if they didn't want it. The support ticket mentions using a VPN and they warned the user according to the steam agreement subscriber they could have banned him for it.
In order to prevent further deactivation of your account by our system due to suspected fraud, do not use other accounts to deliberately circumvent regional restrictions or prices of games with the intention to send these to your main account via the gifting system.
Please do not buy games in regions in which there is a price difference to your home country and do not use VPN or proxy software to circumvent these limitations.
You're on to something here. Hey GAF, can Rovio be next?Pretty much. Between this, Square-Enix, that Capgod -> Cacpcom shit etc, I'm pretty sure people actually enjoy "downfalls" so much they'll make them up if they don't happen soon enough.
The one thing they love more than a hero is to see a hero fail, fall, die trying.Pretty much. Between this, Square-Enix, that Capgod -> Cacpcom shit etc, I'm pretty sure people actually enjoy "downfalls" so much they'll make them up if they don't happen soon enough.
I don't think most of SteamGAF will surface from choking on Valve's dick long enough to care about this.
Either way, I do find these recent developments quite amusing.
If you're region locking/blocking/restricting in an age where I can send zeroes and ones to the other side of the world in an insignificant amount of time, then you're doing it wrong.
What the fuck Valve? I though you were with the good guys
Link? I'd like to hear that though.
The one thing they love more than a hero is to see a hero fail, fall, die trying.
Maybe, but what does that have to do with deserved backlash against a DD service that has been showing its true colors?
Nothing, I just felt like quoting Spider-Man. This is definitely deserved of a backlash.Maybe, but what does that have to do with deserved backlash against a DD service that has been showing its true colors?
This is an old story and is false for gifting, just think about it Valve could quite as easily disable cross regional gifting if they didn't want it. The support ticket mentions using a VPN and they warned the user according to the steam agreement subscriber they could have banned him for it.
They're only "true colors" if you deliberately put it on a pedestal in the first place.
Okay now this one is actually evil.
You say that like it justifies preventing consumers from accessing the benefits of a global economy.
You say that like it justifies preventing consumers from accessing the benefits of a global economy.
Or you know, you could just wait the 3 months and get it for the same price as those in Russia and other emergent markets with high piracy and lower income. *Shrug*
Yeah, gosh, why didn't I think of that...
Holy shit.
They've reached their max so they're clearing up some space for HL3's release.Wow. Valve starting to chew through some of that good will stash lately.
Prices are set by the publishers and they probably do not want a global store for all regions, the only thing valve can do is allow cross regional gifting. If you want games at UK or US prices there are plenty of gaffers willing to help.You say that like it justifies preventing consumers from accessing the benefits of a global economy.
You Australians get like the short end of the stick when it comes to anything. I feel for you.
Yeah, gosh, why didn't I think of that...
That's the long and short of it.There is something seriously wrong when one person 50 bucks is not worth as much for the same freaking product as another persons 50 bucks.
For a downfall you need to first achieve height.You're on to something here. Hey GAF, can Rovio be next?
Pretty sure that blood is on Publishers and not Valve.
I don't think most of SteamGAF will surface from choking on Valve's dick long enough to care about this.
Either way, I do find these recent developments quite amusing.
Pretty sure that blood is on Publishers and not Valve.
They have the hottest chicks and best accents so it evens out in the end.
Indeed. It is not all Valves fault, but it is a genuine arse fucking.Prices are set by the publishers and they probably do not want a global store for all regions, the only thing valve can do is allow cross regional gifting. If you want games at UK or US prices there are plenty of gaffers willing to help.
This is trueThey have the hottest chicks and best accents so it evens out in the end.
Pretty sure that blood is on Publishers and not Valve.