When the game will be available in Belarus?

(Johnny_Wild) #1

I really want to play with my friends from subj counrty but DB aint’ availavle in Steam for them.
PLease, disable region lock for Belarus.

(BloodySin) #2

That isn’t a regional lock (such as making it only available in USA/Canada/Mexico or not available in Asia), so I can only believe there are some legal or contractual reasons keeping them from getting rid of the lock on that specific country.

(Runeforce) #3

The country of Belarus is under EU santions (regarding export from a EU country into Belarus) for grave human right violations and voter fraud by Lukasjenkos regime. This does not pertain to entertainment in general, but I guess SD is approaching this with a ‘better safe, than sorry’ mentallity. Previous ID titles has been barred from export to certain countries, since they contain encryption technology, which is considered to have millitary applications. With encryption being free and out in the wild for decades, this seems particular absurd, but the law is the law.
Their new partner, Wargaming, is from Belarus, but there are no sanctions on investment in (except for a few individuals companies) and importing from the country.
So to make a complicated answer short: DB will come to Belarus when the government stops imprisoning, torturing and killing dissidents, and Lukasjenko releases his power grasp on the country and allows free and fair elections and a free press, and/or the EU gives up their sanctions, or Brexit happens and the UK unilaterally gives up the sanctions, or the SD lawyers finds a loophole were they can be sure to avoid prosecution by their own government, whichever comes first.

(GatoCommodore) #4

@EB7D6B26E341 said:
The country of Belarus is under EU santions (regarding export from a EU country into Belarus) for grave human right violations and voter fraud by Lukasjenkos regime. This does not pertain to entertainment in general, but I guess SD is approaching this with a ‘better safe, than sorry’ mentallity. Previous ID titles has been barred from export to certain countries, since they contain encryption technology, which is considered to have millitary applications. With encryption being free and out in the wild for decades, this seems particular absurd, but the law is the law.
Their new partner, Wargaming, is from Belarus, but there are no sanctions on investment in (except for a few individuals companies) and importing from the country.
So to make a complicated answer short: DB will come to Belarus when the government stops imprisoning, torturing and killing dissidents, and Lukasjenko releases his power grasp on the country and allows free and fair elections and a free press, and/or the EU gives up their sanctions, or Brexit happens and the UK unilaterally gives up the sanctions, or the SD lawyers finds a loophole were they can be sure to avoid prosecution by their own government, whichever comes first.

-Brexit happens

hopefully

but you can still live without Dirty Bomb…
single player games are a thing and were approaching the age where piracy is a norm

(Runeforce) #5

Talk about lazy quoting and derailing a thread , all at the same time.
I should point out I am conjecturing, but it makes an interesting point, unlike all of GatoCommodores posts (and his alts) combined.

(GatoCommodore) #6

@EB7D6B26E341 said:
Talk about lazy quoting and derailing a thread , all at the same time.
I should point out I am conjecturing, but it makes an interesting point, unlike all of GatoCommodores posts (and his alts) combined.

how is it derailing a discussion when it was already answered on the top?

what are those alts youre talking about

(Runeforce) #7

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(GatoCommodore) #8

@EB7D6B26E341 said:
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if you didnt know i have dyslexia and i cant read that

(Runeforce) #9

@GatoCommodore said:

if you didnt know i have dyslexia and i cant read that
Forgive me.

-Brexit happens

hopefully
M’kay. So you quoted my entire post to just say that?

but you can still live without Dirty Bomb…
No shit?
single player games are a thing and were approaching the age where piracy is a norm
What does this, or anything you write, have to do with anything related to the thread…?