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Sin317
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PostPosted: Wed, 8th Jul 2020 15:08    Post subject:
The originals and the new Tomb Raider have like nothing in common. They're not just different games, but totally different genres.
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Amadeus




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PostPosted: Wed, 8th Jul 2020 20:02    Post subject:
Sin317 wrote:
The originals and the new Tomb Raider have like nothing in common. They're not just different games, but totally different genres.


Which ones are the good ones
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PumpAction
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PostPosted: Wed, 8th Jul 2020 20:16    Post subject:
Amadeus wrote:
First rule of VPN club is don't talk about VPN club

Also, yes, thems the steps. Might wanna pump (heh) up your wallet before, else you gotta gift yourself some from another account or buy a gift card.

Ah, so I can only purchase with what I have on my account? Interesting!


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ixigia
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PostPosted: Wed, 8th Jul 2020 20:37    Post subject:
Amadeus wrote:
Sin317 wrote:
The originals and the new Tomb Raider have like nothing in common. They're not just different games, but totally different genres.


Which ones are the good ones

If you value satisfying exploration, no handholding and challenging platforming/level design: TR1, 2, 3, and 4 are timeless (5 is rather uninspired, 6 is quite the mess);

If you value satisfying exploration, no handholding and more accessible platforming/level design: Legend, Anniversary, Underworld;
If you value being comfortably handheld though pretty sceneries and shooting galleries whilst solving some puzzle every now and then as a very vague reminder of what used to be: nuTRamboot trilogy Cool Face
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briangw




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PostPosted: Wed, 8th Jul 2020 21:13    Post subject:
How do you know if games purchased in Argentina are region free or compatible with say the US? Was trying to find this info via Enhanced Steam or Is there Any Deal.
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Morphineus
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PostPosted: Wed, 8th Jul 2020 21:42    Post subject:
As far as I know they don't have region locking.


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Sin317
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PostPosted: Wed, 8th Jul 2020 21:46    Post subject:
a) I bought a ton of games, never had an issue with any.

b) the only game, that had a language "lock", that I've seen, is Black Desert, available only in SPANISH and Portuguese Smile

Edit: spanish, not english, lol.


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briangw




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PostPosted: Wed, 8th Jul 2020 22:06    Post subject:
sweet. thanks!
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briangw




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PostPosted: Thu, 9th Jul 2020 00:50    Post subject:
huh, tried the steps on the previous page and it won't let me update the store country even when VPN'd in. Wonder if they patched that
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blackeyedboy




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PostPosted: Thu, 9th Jul 2020 01:11    Post subject:
Guess what.

Now with this 'publicity stunt' MORE people will now use VPN to buy cheaper games.


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Morphineus
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PostPosted: Thu, 9th Jul 2020 01:33    Post subject:
briangw wrote:
huh, tried the steps on the previous page and it won't let me update the store country even when VPN'd in. Wonder if they patched that


Make sure you are logged out everywhere else (phone, browser, client, other pc's...).


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briangw




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PostPosted: Thu, 9th Jul 2020 01:49    Post subject:
Morphineus wrote:
briangw wrote:
huh, tried the steps on the previous page and it won't let me update the store country even when VPN'd in. Wonder if they patched that


Make sure you are logged out everywhere else (phone, browser, client, other pc's...).


Yeah I am. I removed Steam Guard, logged out of chat and Steam on mobile. Laptop is powered off, and hasn't been on since Sunday. Logged out of the browser too on my main PC.,I am using PrivateVPN and have funds in my wallet.

Been reading around that it's not working for others in the past few days. So a few people did contact support and they are telling people they need to make a purchase with a credit/bank card from the country they are in. I am wondering if that means they want them to add a payment from the country? I doin't know.

Been reading the comments in here but noticing it in other places (i.e. Reddit, Steam lol)

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Morphineus
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PostPosted: Thu, 9th Jul 2020 02:08    Post subject:
briangw wrote:
Laptop is powered off, and hasn't been on since Sunday


But you are logged out of of steam on that laptop, right? Because powering down doesn't matter.
Just making sure...


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briangw




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PostPosted: Thu, 9th Jul 2020 02:21    Post subject:
ok, logged out of my laptop and got the same error on my Desktop: There was a problem changing your country. Please try again later. Damn.

I made sure every browser was logged out as well.
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briangw




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PostPosted: Thu, 9th Jul 2020 02:25    Post subject:
Also someone mentioned that you have to wait 48 hours after your last purchase. Not sure if true but I bought a couple of games last night.

Yeah the more I read the more I see that Valve plugged this changing the store thing due to people preordering Horizon Zero Dawn from the Argentina store prior to a day or two ago. Lots of discussion in here

https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/hmh0dn/rant_please_stop_using_vpn/

To those who can do it still, you're lucky. I've tried everything I can think of based on comments here and elsewhere and I can't get it to work. I'll check back in the am to see if anyone has some other words of advice. Thanks for the help so far!
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Civ01




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PostPosted: Thu, 9th Jul 2020 08:32    Post subject:
briangw wrote:
How do you know if games purchased in Argentina are region free or compatible with say the US? Was trying to find this info via Enhanced Steam or Is there Any Deal.


Use SteamDB. For example, Injustice 1 for Ru/CIS store:
https://steamdb.info/sub/34496/
has activation lock.

Play locks are rare and mostly big ancient publisher have them. I dont even remember last game that has it.
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Sin317
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PostPosted: Thu, 9th Jul 2020 09:34    Post subject:
Like I said, only Black Desert has a "language" restriction (spa+por btw, not eng+por, lol)

Other than that, never came across any kind of restriction. Including buying main game and dlc's from different regions etc.
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PumpAction
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PostPosted: Tue, 14th Jul 2020 02:04    Post subject:
I can't change the store either. Put 25€ into my account, then waited for 3 days and enabled nordvpn, then started steam and tried to change to argentina. Says I should contact steam support. Fuck >:O


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PostPosted: Tue, 14th Jul 2020 02:30    Post subject:
Laughing
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0wen




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PostPosted: Tue, 14th Jul 2020 02:37    Post subject:
Those that are already in the region are probably fine but I wonder if Valve is actually going to start flagging accounts trying to join a new cheap region as it would be simple enough for them if they are indeed trying to cutdown on the region hoppers.
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PostPosted: Tue, 14th Jul 2020 02:37    Post subject:
hola support uncle diego here, plz fix por favor Laughing
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PostPosted: Tue, 14th Jul 2020 09:54    Post subject:
PumpAction wrote:
I can't change the store either. Put 25€ into my account, then waited for 3 days and enabled nordvpn, then started steam and tried to change to argentina. Says I should contact steam support. Fuck >:O

It still works, but VPNs are checked for and Tor isn't working either. You need a real IP address of the country, or find a proxy (some set up by users still work). You can "verify" if your IP works by trying to create a new account with your IP, it'll mention that you're using a VPN/proxy.


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Morphineus
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PostPosted: Wed, 15th Jul 2020 00:43    Post subject:
Just tried it (protonVPN's Argentina servers are finally up again).

My second account (haven't bought shit on it) which has store location: Sweden. Can't change to Argentina without contacting support. Last client login was Argentina and hadn't touched it during their server maintenance aka 4 days of being logged out.

Created a new account: Store location Argentina. No problem.


Wanted to try and send a gift card to that second account and see if I could force it to Argentina with a purchase... but as far as I know: you shouldn't buy something with a VPN enabled if you want to keep the account.


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revdirty




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PostPosted: Wed, 15th Jul 2020 02:20    Post subject:
I had funds in my wallet , moved store to Arg ( For Horizon) then to get my account back to my country, I just purchased a very cheap game (portal 2) with my bank card. i was able to switch back to my country during the buying process.

Just had to make sure i didnt buy ARG game with local bank card. and bank card was used to "get back" to my country.

Hope that helps anyone else stuck in foreign store .


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Morphineus
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PostPosted: Wed, 15th Jul 2020 03:07    Post subject:
Got it to work on second account:

Send gift card (through Steam) from any account (Must be friends) to the one you want in Argentina.
*log out Steam everywhere else*

*start up vpn* (set to Argentina)
open the account you want in Argentina -> accept gift -> It now in Argentina.
*disconnect vpn*
And it stays in Argentina

Edit: Made a few things clearer.




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sunny4u




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PostPosted: Wed, 15th Jul 2020 16:43    Post subject:
It looks like they have removed the region hopping restriction, I just used a generic vpn and no more contact support message.
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briangw




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PostPosted: Thu, 16th Jul 2020 19:21    Post subject:
So if I changed my store, I would have to wait two weeks to change it back.

What about creating an account in Arg? Can I buy cards here, sent it to that, buy the games and then send them to my main account? After creating the account, does it work right away to accept cards/buy games/send to my main account?

Would you use your name when changing the address to the Argentina store?

Also, is there tax on Steam purchases there?
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Morphineus
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PostPosted: Thu, 16th Jul 2020 19:58    Post subject:
You can buy Steam gift cards and it just converts to Ar$ on that account.

No, you can't send games from a cheaper region/country to your main account. You can family share with an account from Argentina though.

The buying games work right away and Steam gift cards work instantly as well.

I wouldn't use my name no, not that it does matter atm.

Probably a sales tax, that's just an assumption of me.


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Sin317
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PostPosted: Thu, 16th Jul 2020 20:09    Post subject:
Everywhere, except in the US, are the taxes already included in the price.
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briangw




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PostPosted: Thu, 16th Jul 2020 20:30    Post subject:
awesome. thanks!
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