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Gamivo MMORPG.com Special Deals - SPONSORED - MMORPG.com

Gamivo is one of the top sellers of reduced-price Steam keys on the web. Today, we’re offering an exclusive deal to MMORPG.com readers to take an additional 50% off for MMORPG.com users (500 uses) and 10% for 1000 more users. Take a look inside!

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Albatroes

This isn't going to be like that banana promo thing is it...?

Octagon7711

I've never heard of them, are they any good?

wesjr

Battle for Azeroth is about $10 off the official price, wonder how that is even possible.

Hashbrick

So this is 100% a reskin of G2A even down to the horrible practice of paying extra to "assure" you get a good key and if you don't you contact them. If you don't add the protection, they say tough shit. That said I just ordered Summerset for $12~ish. If the code actually works well then I saved a handful of cash. It still is a scummy third party market place with no doubt Russian re-sellers of stolen or shadily aquired keys. I don't know how I feel about mmorpg.com sponsored by them but someone has to pay the bills and I'd be a hypocrite if I said otherwise when buying from their system.

Albatroes

wesjr said:

Battle for Azeroth is about $10 off the official price, wonder how that is even possible.

From what I can tell, you're not buying directly from Gamivo but people they have selling certain products since there's "offers." I think I'll pass on this one.

wesjr

Same, I would be worried about losing my key down the road lol

Vrika

wesjr said:

Battle for Azeroth is about $10 off the official price, wonder how that is even possible.

There are many possible ways they can do it:

1) Some other regions where wages are lower get get their games cheaper. They may resell those keys

2) Use stolen credit cards to buy keys, then sell those keys

3) Take customer's money, don't send them a product

4) Retailers get their physical packages a bit cheaper. It's possible to buy those packages in bulk, open them, and resell the keys if your employment costs are low enough

5) Ignore all taxes. Many of those websites don't pay VAT. Also gamivo.com isn't really selling those keys, they're just matching offers between seller and buyer a bit like ebay. Many of the sellers ignore income taxes and other official fees.


To be honest I'm surprised that mmorpg.com would agree to make a sponsored article on gamivo. It's possibility to save money, but it's shady and unreliable.

Hashbrick

Further proof it is G2A

Net route (gamivo.com)
1 0 0 0 67.219.148.9 dfw-c1-vl0990.cpgventures.com
2 0 0 0 184.105.25.73 v509.core1.dal1.he.net
3 23 24 24 184.105.81.169 100ge8-1.core1.atl1.he.net
4 91 35 47 184.105.213.70 100ge8-1.core1.ash1.he.net
5 40 40 41 184.105.223.166 100ge1-1.core1.nyc4.he.net
6 117 114 110 72.52.92.165 100ge16-2.core1.lon2.he.net
7 116 155 117 72.52.92.214 100ge6-2.core1.ams1.he.net
8 128 128 128 184.105.65.18 100ge12-1.core1.ber1.he.net
9 145 141 161 184.105.65.25 100ge5-2.core1.waw1.he.net
10 Timed out Timed out Timed out -
11 Timed out Timed out Timed out -
12 145 145 145 185.66.120.51 120-51-protection.greywizard.net

Net route (g2a.com)
1 0 0 0 67.219.148.9 dfw-c1-vl0990.cpgventures.com
2 1 1 1 184.105.25.73 v509.core1.dal1.he.net
3 0 0 0 206.53.202.2 de-cix.dfw.cloudflare.com
4 0 0 0 104.27.189.140 -

More than likely trying to get another marketplace running because the G2A brand is so terribly run into the mud by publishers and devs.

Vrika

Hashbrick said:

Further proof it is G2A

Net route (gamivo.com)
1 0 0 0 67.219.148.9 dfw-c1-vl0990.cpgventures.com
2 0 0 0 184.105.25.73 v509.core1.dal1.he.net
3 23 24 24 184.105.81.169 100ge8-1.core1.atl1.he.net
4 91 35 47 184.105.213.70 100ge8-1.core1.ash1.he.net
5 40 40 41 184.105.223.166 100ge1-1.core1.nyc4.he.net
6 117 114 110 72.52.92.165 100ge16-2.core1.lon2.he.net
7 116 155 117 72.52.92.214 100ge6-2.core1.ams1.he.net
8 128 128 128 184.105.65.18 100ge12-1.core1.ber1.he.net
9 145 141 161 184.105.65.25 100ge5-2.core1.waw1.he.net
10 Timed out Timed out Timed out -
11 Timed out Timed out Timed out -
12 145 145 145 185.66.120.51 120-51-protection.greywizard.net

Net route (g2a.com)
1 0 0 0 67.219.148.9 dfw-c1-vl0990.cpgventures.com
2 1 1 1 184.105.25.73 v509.core1.dal1.he.net
3 0 0 0 206.53.202.2 de-cix.dfw.cloudflare.com
4 0 0 0 104.27.189.140 -

More than likely trying to get another marketplace running because the G2A brand is so terribly run into the mud by publishers and devs.

What part of that is supposed to prove that they're same?

Hashbrick

Vrika said:

What part of that is supposed to prove that they're same?

The net trace originates from the same beginning IPs which means they are on the same server/server cluster.

1 0 0 0 67.219.148.9 dfw-c1-vl0990.cpgventures.com
2 1 1 1 184.105.25.73 v509.core1.dal1.he.net

Slapshot1188

I always thought the trace started with you... but it's been awhile...

Vrika

Hashbrick said:

Vrika said:

What part of that is supposed to prove that they're same?

The net trace originates from the same beginning IPs which means they are on the same server/server cluster.

1 0 0 0 67.219.148.9 dfw-c1-vl0990.cpgventures.com 
2 1 1 1 184.105.25.73 v509.core1.dal1.he.net 

Are you perhaps connecting from somewhere near Dallas? I think that's your end of the route.

Hashbrick

Vrika said:

Hashbrick said:

Vrika said:

What part of that is supposed to prove that they're same?

The net trace originates from the same beginning IPs which means they are on the same server/server cluster.

1 0 0 0 67.219.148.9 dfw-c1-vl0990.cpgventures.com 
2 1 1 1 184.105.25.73 v509.core1.dal1.he.net 

Are you perhaps connecting from somewhere near Dallas? I think that's your end of the route.

Nope, their data center is in Dallas, it is a dedicated server, check here http://www.cpgventures.com/

Traces start with the originating host IP and then goes through the routes until it reaches you.

I'm connecting from WI FYI

marganculos

guys, maybe you wont believe me but i was buying games from sites like this,g2a,kinguin,cdkeys,g2play...etc
last few years i spend few thousands Euros on online games, mostly collector editions and some stuffs like this and never had any of account banned/deleted/disabled because invalid product key.

Wizardry

I read an article on the idea about a year ago.
MOST of the time,ANY notable gaming business or streamer etc etc can get games or keys for free.This is part of marketing and by giving out keys to possibly notable people like popular streamers it helps market and sell their products.

Now how Gamivo gets them is simple,they buy from those very people i mentioned who actually got those keys for FREE.
Now the dirty part,in the interview/article i read the developers know this goes on and does not condone it but usually can't be bothered to check up on all the free keys they hand out or trace the actual codes.

So long story short,this is actually big business,anything that can be had for free is quite often taken and resold in this case Gamivo is the reseller who got hose very keys for likely half their value.
I happen to have been there watching listening to a Greenman gaming rep a couple years ago who was questioned about selling keys that don't work.It was a simple response,they can't check all their sellers legitimacy but simply offer full refunds if keys don't work.

IMO this is maybe not identical but is very similar to buying a stolen TV off of a thief,in this case nothing is really stolen but the INTENT of the keys was NOT to be sold but instead to be used,sort of similar but not entirely.

celtwulf

Yeah that site looks like a gray market. Some people have never had problems *so they say* with them but there are just as many horror stories as good stories. I could be wrong but looks like a copy-paste of G2A.

Octagon7711

I've bought maybe five discount keys over the years and have had no problems with them.  Also it's one thing to actually have something like that happen to you or someone you actually know  then to pass along something you've heard that's been passed along the internet.

Asheram

So Vampyr which releases in 5 days and is normally priced on steam @ $49.99 (pre-order sale @ 10% off putting it at $44.99) can be bought on this site for $34.88 and with the MMORPG50COM code its $20.92? I dont know if I trust this. I bought alot of stuff off of GMG and never seen this big of a discount esp. on games that haven't even released yet.

Scorchien

Ia anyone stupid enough ............ bahh nevermind , recent activity on this site confirms, yes .. Bless my soul what is happening to this world ..

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Sun-fire

Slapshot1188 said:

I always thought the trace started with you... but it's been awhile...

Almost certain that tracert still uses this behavior....

greymulkin

I bought a State of Decay 2 key without buying the extra insurance. Key was already claimed when I entered it into the Windows Store. Opened a support ticket and after providing the Date of Activation from Microsoft support, they sent me a working key. I found the customer support to be quick in replying and after proof is shown they did the right thing and provided a new key.

Slapshot1188

Hashbrick said:

Vrika said:

Hashbrick said:

Vrika said:

What part of that is supposed to prove that they're same?

The net trace originates from the same beginning IPs which means they are on the same server/server cluster.

1 0 0 0 67.219.148.9 dfw-c1-vl0990.cpgventures.com 
2 1 1 1 184.105.25.73 v509.core1.dal1.he.net 

Are you perhaps connecting from somewhere near Dallas? I think that's your end of the route.

Nope, their data center is in Dallas, it is a dedicated server, check here http://www.cpgventures.com/

Traces start with the originating host IP and then goes through the routes until it reaches you.

I'm connecting from WI FYI

I still think that's wrong and backwards...

I just did a tracert 67.219.148.9

That was the LAST hop.. #12

It starts with YOU and ends with THEM.

Robsolf

Kinda surprised MMORPG ok'd this post. I wouldn't trust it, especially when they're offering NEW games/expansions at discounts. It would be one thing if it was for games that have been out for a while and they were scooping up old copies from store shelves for cheap. But I wouldn't trust this.