Do NOT buy from G2Play!

arknor · 20 Nov 2009 at 12:59

unauthorised seller is BS anyway.

if i bought a bunch of marsbars in afghanistan , brought them to england and sold them for cheap marsbar wouldnt be able to confiscate them they would have to suck it up.

should ne no different to any other industry.

DampCat · 20 Nov 2009 at 13:11

If it's not for resale, of course they could confiscate them from you :/
You can't re-sell DVD's (in a store), or rent out DVD's bought from highstreet stores, can you? It's the same.

ETNiES · 20 Nov 2009 at 13:12

AbsenceJam said:
Some people are rather dense, KEYGENS CANNOT GENERATE REAL KEYS. They generate keys that are in an acceptable format for an installer to accept but this isn't the same as a real key that you can use online, they maintain a database of real keys and the possibility of generating one of these is about zero.

THEY ARE NOT FROM A KEYGEN. If they were they wouldn't work at all, like what was written throughout the thread already these are bought from places like Russia where there price is extremely low and then sold on.

Gimpymoo · 20 Nov 2009 at 13:18

Kenai said:
The easier solution would be that they are just banning all foreign keys under the assumption they've come from key sites but then that goes back to my earlier point of why the message saying 'unauthorised seller' rather than 'wrong region' as I believe they have done in the past.

They know that 99% of people in the UK who have used such codes have obtained them from an "Unauthorised Seller", it is simple scare tactics to make you think they know what your doing but they are simply working on probability.

The point of this is that the games industry needs to modernise, QUICKLY.

I thought digital distribution was the way forward. With all this BS politics coming to the fore, I have my doubts.

Then again, it is Activision pulling the strings who think they are better than god so why are we surprised.

Sleepery · 20 Nov 2009 at 13:28

ETNiES said:
THEY ARE NOT FROM A KEYGEN. If they were they wouldn't work at all, like what was written throughout the thread already these are bought from places like Russia where there price is extremely low and then sold on.

/bangs head repeatedly against monitor.

Sweet jesus it's like trying to herd cats!

The whole keygen thing came up purely in relation to Fallen Earth, which had two digital sources of keys, no retail box and no other way of getting hold of them at the time G2Play were selling them.

Nobody mentioned anything about keygens for steam games. Sorry I ever mentioned it now

AbsenceJam · 20 Nov 2009 at 13:45

ETNiES said:
THEY ARE NOT FROM A KEYGEN. If they were they wouldn't work at all, like what was written throughout the thread already these are bought from places like Russia where there price is extremely low and then sold on.

Obviously.... If you read through the topic there are a huge number of posts unrelated to MW2 and a lot of people that seem to think generated keys are sold.

Phinor · 20 Nov 2009 at 14:03

Kenai said:
Countrywise maybe, I wouldn't have expected them to know exactly which keys which went to a specific retailer and for them to then identify G2Play are buying all their keys from that one retailer, which I why I said unless they are just banning all foreign keys, they probably have another way of identifying exactly which keys are ending up at G2Play. If G2Play are actually just going around buying random loads of games from local retailers/wholesalers wherever local is, then Valve couldn't possibly identify them back to G2Play specifically, all they'd know is people are using foreign keys.

The easier solution would be that they are just banning all foreign keys under the assumption they've come from key sites but then that goes back to my earlier point of why the message saying 'unauthorised seller' rather than 'wrong region' as I believe they have done in the past.

Lots of correct info in this one. Steam/Activision have not banned every foreign key, far from it. I would estimate that they haven't even banned one third of the keys sold in online key shops, but that's just an estimate based on forum discussions. G2Play and other shops do use more than 1 source to buy their games from and so far Activision has only banned keys from specific sources, while other keys still work just fine. Same happened with Blood Bowl keys few months ago, they only banned keys from a specific source. G2Play (+others) knew this and they were able to just deliver new keys to their customers from a different source. Those keys still work fine.

jmc007 · 20 Nov 2009 at 14:53

Sleepery said:
/bangs head repeatedly against monitor.

Sweet jesus it's like trying to herd cats!

The whole keygen thing came up purely in relation to Fallen Earth, which had two digital sources of keys, no retail box and no other way of getting hold of them at the time G2Play were selling them.

Nobody mentioned anything about keygens for steam games. Sorry I ever mentioned it now

Wrong; you mentioned keygens, before any mention what so ever of "Fallen Earth"

In response to Redgies comment about Steam keys on page one, tenth post:-

Sleepery said:
You have no idea where those keys are coming from though. They might be using a keygen for all you know. Just because bob on the forums says they're Russian doesn't make it so.

Kenai · 20 Nov 2009 at 15:03

jmc007 said:
No, you mentioned keygens, before any mention what so ever of "Fallen Earth"
In response to Redgies comment about Steam keys on page one.

Which was purely to illustrate you don't actually know where they get the keys from, not a suggestion that they do use keygens, just that (assuming they worked) they could easily do so and you wouldn't know any different.

morkfromork · 20 Nov 2009 at 15:11

Not read all the post in this thread. I had my game from g2play and had the same issue. I requested a refund and it has been done. So if they are out to rip people off then there doing a bad job off it.

Sleepery · 20 Nov 2009 at 15:14

Like I said, I'm sorry I ever mentioned it, it's been taken so completely out of context at this stage it's unreal.

jmc007 · 20 Nov 2009 at 15:17

No, my post above clearly displays on page one of this thread, you mentioned keygens regarding Steam.
End of.
Sheesh.

Kenai · 20 Nov 2009 at 15:20

Sleepery said:
Like I said, I'm sorry I ever mentioned it, it's been taken so completely out of context at this stage it's unreal.

You happened to include certain words within the confines of one post. For some people that's clearly enough to fabricate the entire context surrounding them to make their own point.

DampCat · 20 Nov 2009 at 15:22

jmc007 said:
No, my post above clearly displays on page one of this thread, you mentioned keygens regarding Steam.
End of.
Sheesh.

He really, really didn't. It was a metaphor to insinuate that the keys could have originated anywhere and nobody would have known otherwise.

Give it a rest now. It's offtopic, wrong, and boring.

jmc007 · 20 Nov 2009 at 15:23

Read the thread and the post I quoted in its context, FGS.
I know it is boring, though I can't stand people deniying what they said.
Why did he not say they may of pulled them out of their own jacksies????
Give it a rest and if this carries on someone please back me up.

DampCat · 20 Nov 2009 at 15:26

jmc007 said:
Read the thread and the post I quoted in its context, FGS.
I know it is boring, though I can't stand people deniying what they said.,

You mean this one?

Sleepery said:
You have no idea where those keys are coming from though. They might be using a keygen for all you know. Just because bob on the forums says they're Russian doesn't make it so.

This post?

This post that CLEARLY insinuates that they MIGHT have used a keygen for all you know, emphasising that the origins of the keys are unkown to anyone but G2Play and, apparently, Valve. Please find for me the sentence in which he said g2Play use keygens to sell their products. Please find that, because until you can quote it for me, we're going to continue to assume you're talkign absolute rubbish.

It's a metaphor. I suggest you go and find out what one of those is. FGS.

jmc007 · 20 Nov 2009 at 15:28

Sleepery's post was a direct response to this....

Redgie said:
It seems pretty stupid that Steam tie the game to their services and then decide what keys they will and won't allow, seems like they're just completely dominating the market by force, which is completely ridiculous. Fair enough they might of contracted the thing, but if this keeps up and they do it for all the major titles, they're going to ruin the games market for anyone who just wants to play the game without Steam.

So clearly insinuating is a metaphor. lol. Ignoramace.

DampCat · 20 Nov 2009 at 15:30

DampCat said:
Please find for me the sentence in which he said g2Play use keygens to sell their products. Please find that, because until you can quote it for me, we're going to continue to assume you're talkign absolute rubbish.

Kenai · 20 Nov 2009 at 15:32

jmc007 said:
Ignoramace.

LOL

jmc007 · 20 Nov 2009 at 15:32

Not G2Play, Steam darling.