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Post by bOnO » Wed 17 Dec , 2014 4:39 pm

I don't know if you're aware of that system and if you are using it, but if that's the case there is this important information which just dropped: If you use to trade Team Fortress 2 keys to buy cheaper games, notably with russian sellers, you won't be able to do it anymore as Steam has decided to Region lock all the keys coming from this country. This is due to the high drop of the Ruble value and "to prevent people from taking advantage of the situation". More info here: http://www.steamgifts.com/forum/iuG5O/a ... and-turkey

Steam winter sales should begin in the next few days, get ready!

If you can't wait, there are new deals everyday on the Humble Store.
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Post by iRobot » Wed 17 Dec , 2014 4:52 pm

Damn. It was always a good way of buying games cheaply.

I bought Dragon Age: Inquisition from the Brazilian Origin store for approx £23. The exact same game and content, through the English Origin store would have been £49.99

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Post by iZumo » Wed 17 Dec , 2014 6:26 pm

Excellent, I have a work VPN to Russia, time to get cheap stuff via Origin
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Post by iRobot » Wed 17 Dec , 2014 6:49 pm

Izumo wrote:Excellent, I have a work VPN to Russia, time to get cheap stuff via Origin
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If only I spoke Russian

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Have the english client next to you on a laptop. Works a charm :D

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Post by focus » Wed 17 Dec , 2014 8:24 pm

Exploiting our troubles, i see.
You know, its not fun at all to witness it all here. Far from being fun, at all.
When my own salary shrinks by factor of 2 in dollar equivalent.
Or when euro rate was 41 in january and yesterday it was 100+

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Post by Azarael » Thu 18 Dec , 2014 7:29 pm

Welcome to human nature.

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Post by iRobot » Thu 18 Dec , 2014 8:35 pm

We are exploited too by having to pay 500% the price of something just because you live in England.

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Post by focus » Thu 18 Dec , 2014 9:42 pm

Really? Provide an example please.

Also, looks like most people in country are doomed to suffer, while few are making now
millions if not billions.

http://top.rbc.ru/finances/18/12/2014/5 ... 6801e731f2

Title says: People started to engage in currency speculations.

In article, it says, there are guys who made whole 100% of their capital, playing
at financial markets.

Central bank have lended money to banks which started to use it for speculations against
national currency. LOL.

Also, now we have banks here which are offering 20% interest rate for deposits in roubles
and 10% interest rate for deposits in euro.

source: banki.ru


http://www.vedomosti.ru/finance/news/37 ... a-realnost
Here, we see that banks within russia do not lend money to each other. Interest
rates are 30%.

Our central bank key rate is whole 17%. Madness. It means, that banks from now are
lending money to customers with rate no less then 20%.

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Post by bOnO » Thu 18 Dec , 2014 10:43 pm

And the Steam Sales have begun!

48-hour deals:
Dark Souls 2 -- $14.70 (63%)
State of Decay -- $4.99 (-75%)
Euro Truck Simulator 2 -- $3.74 (-85%)
Space Engineers -- $9.99 (-50%)
Civilization: Beyond Earth -- $29.99 (-40%)
Total War: Rome II Emperor Edition -- $14.98 (-75%)
Sniper Elite III -- $24.99 (-50%)
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes -- $13.39 (-33%)
Rocksmith 2014 -- $20.99 (-65%)

The first six flash sale games (new offers every 12 hours):

Damned -- $4.99 (-75%)
Styx: Master of Shadows -- $14.99 (-50%)
Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition -- $4.99 (-80%)
Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar -- $4.49 (-85%)
Injustice Gods Among Us -- $4.99 (-75%)
SpeedRunners -- $2.49 (-75%)

No Community choice yet but you can vote between 3 games (hack N slash, Neverending Nightmares, The Amazing Spider Man). Each vote rewards you a Winter card to craft the Winter Sale badge (10 different cards needed). New vote every 24 hours.
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All about control, and if you can take it
All about your debt, and if you can payit
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Post by iZumo » Fri 19 Dec , 2014 5:41 pm

focus wrote:Really? Provide an example please.

Also, looks like most people in country are doomed to suffer, while few are making now
millions if not billions.

http://top.rbc.ru/finances/18/12/2014/5 ... 6801e731f2

Title says: People started to engage in currency speculations.

In article, it says, there are guys who made whole 100% of their capital, playing
at financial markets.

Central bank have lended money to banks which started to use it for speculations against
national currency. LOL.

Also, now we have banks here which are offering 20% interest rate for deposits in roubles
and 10% interest rate for deposits in euro.

source: banki.ru


http://www.vedomosti.ru/finance/news/37 ... a-realnost
Here, we see that banks within russia do not lend money to each other. Interest
rates are 30%.

Our central bank key rate is whole 17%. Madness. It means, that banks from now are
lending money to customers with rate no less then 20%.
I asked some friends from China - Chinese are very massively abusing the price. Hundreds of smartphones, luxury goods etc. ... they were very fast on the track.

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