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St0rmFury 05/07/24 8:55:43 PM #1:	https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/1cmbrjd/steam_has_been_blocked_in_vietnam/ https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/ed7c9d0f.jpg https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/6/60390f22.jpg --- "Average Joe" is a trolling term since it's completely an opinion. "Overachieving" is also an opinion. - SBAllen (Hellhole: 52458377) <cite>St0rmFury posted [p:980290768] in The Vietna... [t:80764636]...</cite> <quote>https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/1cmbrjd/steam_has_been_blocked_in_vietnam/https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/ed7c9d0f.jpghttps://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/6/60390f22.jpg </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ClayGuida 05/07/24 8:59:09 PM #2:	Falling in line with China and the USA. --- lolAmerica <cite>ClayGuida posted [p:980290814] in The Vietna... [t:80764636]...</cite> <quote>Falling in line with China and the USA. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Charged151 05/07/24 9:00:22 PM #3:	Well that sucks... --- I'm...the...master...of...ellipses... <cite>Charged151 posted [p:980290827] in The Vietna... [t:80764636]...</cite> <quote>Well that sucks... </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
St0rmFury 05/07/24 9:01:55 PM #4:	Charged151 posted... Well that sucks... Yeah, we had a pretty active Vietnamese friend who dives with us regularly in Helldivers, I don't think she knows about this yet... --- "Average Joe" is a trolling term since it's completely an opinion. "Overachieving" is also an opinion. - SBAllen (Hellhole: 52458377) <cite>St0rmFury posted [p:980290850] in The Vietna... [t:80764636]...</cite> <quote>Charged151 posted... </cite><quote>Well that sucks...</quote>Yeah, we had a pretty active Vietnamese friend who dives with us regularly in Helldivers, I don't think she knows about this yet... </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ssjevot 05/07/24 9:19:42 PM #5:	Even if they open locally it will probably be a wasteland with no games so you need to do what Chinese people do and just use a VPN and access the international version of Steam (they do the same thing with the Switch too). Tons of friends in China playing on international Steam using VPN. Easy to do. --- Favorite Games: BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Street Fighter III: Third Strike, Bayonetta, Bloodborne thats a username you habe - chuckyhacksss <cite>ssjevot posted [p:980291087] in The Vietna... [t:80764636]...</cite> <quote>Even if they open locally it will probably be a wasteland with no games so you need to do what Chinese people do and just use a VPN and access the international version of Steam (they do the same thing with the Switch too). Tons of friends in China playing on international Steam using VPN. Easy to do. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SauI_Goodman 05/07/24 9:20:23 PM #6:	Sony and/or microsoft: yessssss! --- Italian, French, German. <cite>SauI_Goodman posted [p:980291097] in The Vietna... [t:80764636]...</cite> <quote>Sony and/or microsoft: yessssss! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Charged151 05/07/24 9:57:13 PM #9:	So I presume a VPN could get around this though? --- I'm...the...master...of...ellipses... <cite>Charged151 posted [p:980291571] in The Vietna... [t:80764636]...</cite> <quote>So I presume a VPN could get around this though? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Glob 05/07/24 10:04:59 PM #10:	Charged151 posted... So I presume a VPN could get around this though? As a Vietnam resident, VPNs seem to get around everything. <cite>Glob posted [p:980291686] in The Vietna... [t:80764636]...</cite> <quote>Charged151 posted... </cite><quote>So I presume a VPN could get around this though?</quote>As a Vietnam resident, VPNs seem to get around everything.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Charged151 05/07/24 10:06:24 PM #11:	Glob posted... As a Vietnam resident, VPNs seem to get around everything. Great to hear. Glad there are options to get around such ludicrous restrictions. --- I'm...the...master...of...ellipses... <cite>Charged151 posted [p:980291706] in The Vietna... [t:80764636]...</cite> <quote>Glob posted... </cite><quote>As a Vietnam resident, VPNs seem to get around everything.</quote>Great to hear. Glad there are options to get around such ludicrous restrictions. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ForsakenHermit 05/07/24 10:07:23 PM #12:	Glob posted... As a Vietnam resident, VPNs seem to get around everything. Are there any legal penalties for using one there? --- Beware the fanatic! Too often his cure is deadlier by far than the evil he denounces!-Stan Lee RIP Make Arcades Great Again! <cite>ForsakenHermit posted [p:980291720] in The Vietna... [t:80764636]...</cite> <quote>Glob posted... </cite><quote>As a Vietnam resident, VPNs seem to get around everything.</quote>Are there any legal penalties for using one there? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Glob 05/07/24 10:10:51 PM #13:	ForsakenHermit posted... Are there any legal penalties for using one there? I doubt it. Everybody uses them to do things like access Disney+ or Iplayer, watch John Wick 4 or Barbie, etc. <cite>Glob posted [p:980291770] in The Vietna... [t:80764636]...</cite> <quote>ForsakenHermit posted... </cite><quote>Are there any legal penalties for using one there?</quote>I doubt it. Everybody uses them to do things like access Disney+ or Iplayer, watch John Wick 4 or Barbie, etc.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tyranthraxus 05/07/24 10:12:01 PM #14:	ForsakenHermit posted... Are there any legal penalties for using one there? Don't think Vietnam cares that much. --- It says right here in Matthew 16:4 "Jesus doth not need a giant Mecha." https://i.imgur.com/dQgC4kv.jpg <cite>Tyranthraxus posted [p:980291786] in The Vietna... [t:80764636]...</cite> <quote>ForsakenHermit posted... </cite><quote>Are there any legal penalties for using one there?</quote>Don't think Vietnam cares that much. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
shironinja 05/07/24 10:12:55 PM #15:	good move on Vietnams part hopefully this cuts down on gaming troublemakers. --- Now or never. <cite>shironinja posted [p:980291806] in The Vietna... [t:80764636]...</cite> <quote>good move on Vietnams part hopefully this cuts down on gaming troublemakers. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ssjevot 05/07/24 10:19:57 PM #16:	ForsakenHermit posted... Are there any legal penalties for using one there? It's illegal in China and yet the only times you ever hear of anyone getting in trouble for it is when the government was upset by their behavior. I think as long as they aren't criticizing Vietnam online the government won't care. --- Favorite Games: BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Street Fighter III: Third Strike, Bayonetta, Bloodborne thats a username you habe - chuckyhacksss <cite>ssjevot posted [p:980291904] in The Vietna... [t:80764636]...</cite> <quote>ForsakenHermit posted... </cite><quote>Are there any legal penalties for using one there?</quote>It's illegal in China and yet the only times you ever hear of anyone getting in trouble for it is when the government was upset by their behavior. I think as long as they aren't criticizing Vietnam online the government won't care. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GiftedACIII 05/07/24 10:22:34 PM #17:	shironinja posted... good move on Vietnams part hopefully this cuts down on gaming troublemakers. Telling on yourself. --- </topic> <cite>GiftedACIII posted [p:980291933] in The Vietna... [t:80764636]...</cite> <quote>shironinja posted... </cite><quote>good move on Vietnams part hopefully this cuts down on gaming troublemakers.</quote>Telling on yourself. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Guide 05/07/24 10:29:38 PM #18:	Somebody get that man a VPN. --- evening main 2.4356848e+91 https://youtu.be/Acn5IptKWQU <cite>Guide posted [p:980292038] in The Vietna... [t:80764636]...</cite> <quote>Somebody get that man a VPN. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tyranthraxus 05/07/24 10:35:12 PM #19:	Guide posted... Somebody get that man a VPN. It's fucking stupid that you have to pay extra to play the games you already own because of nanny government. --- It says right here in Matthew 16:4 "Jesus doth not need a giant Mecha." https://i.imgur.com/dQgC4kv.jpg <cite>Tyranthraxus posted [p:980292110] in The Vietna... [t:80764636]...</cite> <quote>Guide posted... </cite><quote>Somebody get that man a VPN.</quote>It's fucking stupid that you have to pay extra to play the games you already own because of nanny government. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BDSMKane 05/07/24 10:42:08 PM #20:	Tyranthraxus posted... It's fucking stupid that you have to pay extra to play the games you already own because of nanny government. Its Vietnam. What do you expect? Do you know what Vietnam, China, Laos, and Cuba have in common? --- No matter our origin, we are all one family, we all share one planet, and we all need to feel loved and accepted. We are more alike than different. <cite>BDSMKane posted [p:980292206] in The Vietna... [t:80764636]...</cite> <quote>Tyranthraxus posted... </cite><quote>It's fucking stupid that you have to pay extra to play the games you already own because of nanny government.</quote>Its Vietnam. What do you expect? Do you know what Vietnam, China, Laos, and Cuba have in common? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Charged151 05/07/24 10:55:25 PM #21:	BDSMKane posted... Its Vietnam. What do you expect? Do you know what Vietnam, China, Laos, and Cuba have in common? Communism I presume? --- I'm...the...master...of...ellipses... <cite>Charged151 posted [p:980292401] in The Vietna... [t:80764636]...</cite> <quote>BDSMKane posted... </cite><quote>Its Vietnam. What do you expect? Do you know what Vietnam, China, Laos, and Cuba have in common?</quote>Communism I presume? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ssjevot 05/07/24 10:58:09 PM #22:	Tyranthraxus posted... It's fucking stupid that you have to pay extra to play the games you already own because of nanny government. Nanny government? You think they're doing this out of some kind of misguided paternalism? Everything is done for the benefit of the government. It has nothing to do with protecting people from dangerous games or anything. The only danger they care about is danger to the government. --- Favorite Games: BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Street Fighter III: Third Strike, Bayonetta, Bloodborne thats a username you habe - chuckyhacksss <cite>ssjevot posted [p:980292450] in The Vietna... [t:80764636]...</cite> <quote>Tyranthraxus posted... </cite><quote>It's fucking stupid that you have to pay extra to play the games you already own because of nanny government.</quote>Nanny government? You think they're doing this out of some kind of misguided paternalism? Everything is done for the benefit of the government. It has nothing to do with protecting people from dangerous games or anything. The only danger they care about is danger to the government. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
nocturnal_traveler 05/07/24 10:58:38 PM #23:	BDSMKane posted... Its Vietnam. What do you expect? Do you know what Vietnam, China, Laos, and Cuba have in common? They're not first world countries? --- --I understand your opinion. I just don't care about it. ~Jedah-- <cite>nocturnal_traveler posted [p:980292458] in The Vietna... [t:80764636]...</cite> <quote>BDSMKane posted... </cite><quote>Its Vietnam. What do you expect? Do you know what Vietnam, China, Laos, and Cuba have in common?</quote>They're not first world countries? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ForsakenHermit 05/07/24 11:29:41 PM #24:	Charged151 posted... Communism I presume? In before No True Communist fallacy. --- Beware the fanatic! Too often his cure is deadlier by far than the evil he denounces!-Stan Lee RIP Make Arcades Great Again! <cite>ForsakenHermit posted [p:980292866] in The Vietna... [t:80764636]...</cite> <quote>Charged151 posted... </cite><quote>Communism I presume?</quote>In before No True Communist fallacy. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
YellowSUV 05/08/24 11:30:06 PM #25:	It ain't me starts playing --- We all live in a Yellow SUV! a Yellow SUV! <cite>YellowSUV posted [p:980309727] in The Vietna... [t:80764636]...</cite> <quote>It ain't me starts playing </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Glob 05/08/24 11:34:55 PM #26:	YellowSUV posted... It ain't me starts playing Do you mean Fortunate Son? <cite>Glob posted [p:980309776] in The Vietna... [t:80764636]...</cite> <quote>YellowSUV posted... </cite><quote>It ain't me starts playing</quote>Do you mean Fortunate Son?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ForsakenHermit 05/08/24 11:45:29 PM #27:	Glob posted... Do you mean Fortunate Son? Back in the days of the Vietnam War or American War as it's known in your neck of the woods American soldiers were only allowed to play songs from these artists The Rolling Stones Jefferson Airplane The Doors CCR Jimi Hendrix The Temptations It was the law --- Beware the fanatic! Too often his cure is deadlier by far than the evil he denounces!-Stan Lee RIP Make Arcades Great Again! <cite>ForsakenHermit posted [p:980309866] in The Vietna... [t:80764636]...</cite> <quote>Glob posted... </cite><quote>Do you mean Fortunate Son?</quote>Back in the days of the Vietnam War or American War as it's known in your neck of the woods American soldiers were only allowed to play songs from these artistsThe Rolling StonesJefferson AirplaneThe DoorsCCRJimi HendrixThe TemptationsIt was the law </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CADE_FOSTER 05/08/24 11:55:22 PM #28:	is this chinas response to tiktok since china already bans all our websites? <cite>CADE_FOSTER posted [p:980309990] in The Vietna... [t:80764636]...</cite> <quote>is this chinas response to tiktok since china already bans all our websites?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GiftedACIII 05/09/24 6:56:06 AM #29:	CADE_FOSTER posted... is this chinas response to tiktok since china already bans all our websites? You think Vietnam and China are the same thing? --- </topic> <cite>GiftedACIII posted [p:980312464] in The Vietna... [t:80764636]...</cite> <quote>CADE_FOSTER posted... </cite><quote>is this chinas response to tiktok since china already bans all our websites?</quote>You think Vietnam and China are the same thing? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Glob 05/09/24 6:57:14 AM #30:	GiftedACIII posted... You think Vietnam and China are the same thing? If they do, thats hilarious. Vietnam is staunchly anti-China. <cite>Glob posted [p:980312470] in The Vietna... [t:80764636]...</cite> <quote>GiftedACIII posted... </cite><quote>You think Vietnam and China are the same thing?</quote>If they do, thats hilarious. Vietnam is staunchly anti-China.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
YugiNoob 05/09/24 7:35:47 AM #31:	shironinja posted... good move on Vietnams part hopefully this cuts down on gaming troublemakers. https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/f70671f3.jpg --- ( ^_^)/\(^_^ ) Maya High-Five! <cite>YugiNoob posted [p:980312705] in The Vietna... [t:80764636]...</cite> <quote>shironinja posted... </cite><quote>good move on Vietnams part hopefully this cuts down on gaming troublemakers.</quote>https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/f70671f3.jpg </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Gwynevere 05/09/24 7:40:14 AM #32:	CADE_FOSTER posted... is this chinas response to tiktok since china already bans all our websites? Lmao --- A hunter is a hunter...even in a dream [She/they] <cite>Gwynevere posted [p:980312745] in The Vietna... [t:80764636]...</cite> <quote>CADE_FOSTER posted... </cite><quote>is this chinas response to tiktok since china already bans all our websites?</quote>Lmao </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
mustachedmystic 05/09/24 7:48:18 AM #33:	Glob posted... Do you mean Fortunate Son? Theres lots of things you expect in war, carnage, the sleepless nights. But what they dont prepare you for is the incessant use of Fortunite Son. --- I'm the eyehole man. I'm the only one that's allowed to have eyeholes! Get up on outta here with my eyeholes! <cite>mustachedmystic posted [p:980312796] in The Vietna... [t:80764636]...</cite> <quote>Glob posted... </cite><quote>Do you mean Fortunate Son?</quote>Theres lots of things you expect in war, carnage, the sleepless nights. But what they dont prepare you for is the incessant use of Fortunite Son. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
HentaiMan 05/09/24 7:55:49 AM #34:	Forrest Gump should tell vietnam to unblock steam --- https://youtu.be/XtyCvA8eN18 https://imgur.com/M7LnYlr The Mass Effect <cite>HentaiMan posted [p:980312841] in The Vietna... [t:80764636]...</cite> <quote>Forrest Gump should tell vietnam to unblock steam </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Were_Wyrm 05/09/24 8:00:19 AM #35:	Corporations shouldn't be evading taxes --- I was a God, Valeria. I found it...beneath me. - Dr. Doom https://i.imgur.com/0EJvC4l.jpg <cite>Were_Wyrm posted [p:980312880] in The Vietna... [t:80764636]...</cite> <quote>Corporations shouldn't be evading taxes </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BloodyBenten 05/09/24 8:08:42 AM #36:	Remember in the early 00s when Greece banned all videogames for a little while due to some new gambling law? <cite>BloodyBenten posted [p:980312941] in The Vietna... [t:80764636]...</cite> <quote>Remember in the early 00s when Greece banned all videogames for a little while due to some new gambling law?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BDSMKane 05/09/24 8:33:14 AM #37:	BloodyBenten posted... Remember in the early 00s when Greece banned all videogames for a little while due to some new gambling law? I honestly dont, I only remember when Belgium made their loot box law due to Battlefront 2. https://www.gamesindustry.biz/loot-box-state-of-play-2023-a-global-update-on-regulation --- No matter our origin, we are all one family, we all share one planet, and we all need to feel loved and accepted. We are more alike than different. <cite>BDSMKane posted [p:980313141] in The Vietna... [t:80764636]...</cite> <quote>BloodyBenten posted... </cite><quote>Remember in the early 00s when Greece banned all videogames for a little while due to some new gambling law?</quote>I honestly dont, I only remember when Belgium made their loot box law due to Battlefront 2.https://www.gamesindustry.biz/loot-box-state-of-play-2023-a-global-update-on-regulation </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GiftedACIII 05/11/24 8:23:22 PM #38:	Glob posted... If they do, thats hilarious. Vietnam is staunchly anti-China. Exactly. I was waiting for him to elaborate on that but he must've realized how dumb the post was and deleted it. Or it was modded which would be a pleasant surprise because I see far worse that aren't. He usually seems better than this so it's just a showing of how common casually prejudiced ignorance is. --- </topic> <cite>GiftedACIII posted [p:980352489] in The Vietna... [t:80764636]...</cite> <quote>Glob posted... </cite><quote>If they do, thats hilarious. Vietnam is staunchly anti-China.</quote>Exactly. I was waiting for him to elaborate on that but he must've realized how dumb the post was and deleted it. Or it was modded which would be a pleasant surprise because I see far worse that aren't. He usually seems better than this so it's just a showing of how common casually prejudiced ignorance is. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Fenriswolf 05/12/24 1:08:05 AM #39:	BDSMKane posted... Its Vietnam. What do you expect? Do you know what Vietnam, China, Laos, and Cuba have in common? Um, the USA likes two of them but hates the other two? If they do, thats hilarious. Vietnam is staunchly anti-China. And guess which country Ho Chi Minh fled to when Vietnam was under French and Japanese occupation? --- Hello <cite>Fenriswolf posted [p:980355824] in The Vietna... [t:80764636]...</cite> <quote>BDSMKane posted... </cite><quote>Its Vietnam. What do you expect? Do you know what Vietnam, China, Laos, and Cuba have in common?</quote>Um, the USA likes two of them but hates the other two?<quote>If they do, thats hilarious. Vietnam is staunchly anti-China.</quote>And guess which country Ho Chi Minh fled to when Vietnam was under French and Japanese occupation? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
masterbarf 05/12/24 1:43:32 AM #40:	Was it a threat to national security like tiktok? How American and free of them. --- https://i.imgur.com/SJyzEFW.png by SmidgeIsntBack <cite>masterbarf posted [p:980356095] in The Vietna... [t:80764636]...</cite> <quote>Was it a threat to national security like tiktok? How American and free of them. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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