That free thing you got will not be playable until you return to that region(another visit through a VPN).
Your 'location' is your billing address that you give to Steam when you buy from the Steam Store and if you're not in that region when you buy it could cause 'problems'. I haven't heard about the 3 month lockout though, but if you got hacked you'd certainly one something like that so they couldn't do much while you spend some time trying to recover your account.

Whether game be free or paid, VPN doesn't affect store regions in any way. If you want to play a region locked game, move to a country where that game is available for and make a particular payment method there.

Originally posted by Saltminer99:

Also I heard once you claim a game from another region you can't buy games in your original region for 3 months

Correct. Going back to your home country and making your previous payment method again will result in the game being unplayable for 90 days.

Originally posted by DarkCrystalMethod:

That free thing you got will not be playable until you return to that region(another visit through a VPN).
Your 'location' is your billing address that you give to Steam when you buy from the Steam Store and if you're not in that region when you buy it could cause 'problems'. I haven't heard about the 3 month lockout though, but if you got hacked you'd certainly one something like that so they couldn't do much while you spend some time trying to recover your account.

well the game is in my library and i can download it

idk if i can play it or not yet

also back to my original point do you think this is ban worthy by steam

Originally posted by blunus:

Whether game be free or paid, VPN doesn't affect store regions in any way. If you want to play a region locked game, move to a country where that game is available for and make a particular payment method there.

Originally posted by Saltminer99:

Also I heard once you claim a game from another region you can't buy games in your original region for 3 months

Correct. Going back to your home country and making your previous payment method again will result in the game being unplayable for 90 days.

i did't change regions tho

i found this method where if you put a game in your cart and turn on vpn you can change stores and i just claimed the free game

it didn't ask me to out new region postal info

Violating the Steam Subscriber Agreement using a VPN to get games not available in your region can lead to account locks.

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Violating the Steam Subscriber Agreement using a VPN to get games not available in your region can lead to account locks.

:nkCool:

nooooo lord gabe please have mercy

Originally posted by Saltminer99:

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Violating the Steam Subscriber Agreement using a VPN to get games not available in your region can lead to account locks.

nooooo lord gabe please have mercy

"Can" lead to but not often.

Be more careful.

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Originally posted by Saltminer99:

nooooo lord gabe please have mercy

"Can" lead to but not often.

Be more careful.

:nkCool:

yes secret valve employee

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

Originally posted by Saltminer99:

nooooo lord gabe please have mercy

"Can" lead to but not often.

Be more careful.

:nkCool:

True. I think steam is more concerned with other things. Like how the police are worried more about murderer's than shoplifters in a analogy.

Originally posted by Saltminer99:

Originally posted by cSg|mc-Hotsauce:

"Can" lead to but not often.

Be more careful.

:nkCool:

yes secret valve employee

And people think i am a AI bot too because of my reviews..lol.