Duplicate steam code.

Civ5

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Hey, I bought a physical copy civ5 many years ago (five or more) as a early teen on a windows 2000 from gamestop.  Our internet was slow and unreliable back then and I eventually forgot about it when I couldn't complete the process fully. I have recently joined steam competently since I joined the galciv3 founders program, and have a new laptop. while installing games from my previous laptop to my new one, I found civ5 again and tried installing it thinking I never registered it.
When it got to the part for the code it said it was a duplicate, from my old account. I don't remember a thing about my old email or password either.

I have everything still in mint condition. I sent a picture to steam of the game and followed the prove of purchase instructions, but I'm wondering will that work? Will steam reset the code so I can play?

If anyone has experience with this, its appreciated.

 

DARCA ;)

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Reply #2 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

I did that. Also will it even work. I registed it, but didn't DL the game, and I need the code to rest. If they can do that, then I will start to like steam a bit more. (not saying I don't.)

 

DARCA ;)

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Reply #3 from Elemental Forums Top

good luck.  Hope Steam help helps.

Reply #4 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Turns out they rest my account and sent the info to my email...that I can't access and has been gone so long it no longer exists. Bad luck for me. Half lol. Guess I'll just buy the game again... or SoaSE rebellion if that's like a ultimate edition.

I remember how happy little DARCA was when he saved up his money and bought it from gamestop for 50%. I couldn't wait to go home and install it, smiling the whole ride home. Little did I know CDs required something called "steam" that I needed to play my game, and that those funny little words meant in the minimum requirements section. Lol. I couldn't even trade it in because of something called a "registration code" good old days.

 

DARCA. ;)