Why was there no Scrapyard Wars this year?

[JohanKjeldahl7]

Why was there no scrapyard (9) wars this year? Does Scrapyard Wars only come out every 2 years? Was it because of Corona and the lockdown? Or did it have other reasons?

[WhitetailAni]

Probably COVID.

[jaslion]

This tiny little thing called a global pandemic said no

[Master Disaster]

Yeah, pretty Linus & Luke were smart enough to not try and buy used computer parts from random people in the middle of a pandemic.

[seon123]

Obligatory joke about 2021 starting 7 days ago

[jaslion]

1 minute ago, seon123 said:

Obligatory joke about 2021 starting 7 days ago

This is 2020 extended edition. You didn't get the email?

[JohanKjeldahl7]

42 minutes ago, seon123 said:

Obligatory joke about 2021 starting 7 days ago

Oh my god I am so stupid haha

 

Of course I meant 2020 haha you are right

 

[JohanKjeldahl7]

So until now everybody including me thinks it is because of the pandemic. Thank you for answering!

[whm1974]

How many Vendors have fairly Old Stock taking up Room on Shelves that be used for storing newer stuff?

[LogicalDrm]

21 hours ago, JohanKjeldahl7 said:

So until now everybody including me thinks it is because of the pandemic. Thank you for answering!

Thats one reason. The other is that last few series have had issues with the team getting recognized or there just not being enough stuff in reasonable prices.

 

Also if you look at dates when the past series have been posted, there's up to 13-15 month break between them. If you calculate 15 months from the last episode of S8, the S9 would be timed at March this year. However, its unlikely there will be series before summer due to prices and other restrictions.

[Middcore]

COVID and the current completely bonkers prices for even low-end used parts aside, I imagine at this point it's getting difficult to think of new variations on the concept to keep it interesting.

 

I enjoyed the "full setups for a team of three" challenge last time, but not so much determining the winners the way they did because it reinforces people's view that having a better PC makes you better at games.

 

I've thought for a while it would be good to do a "back to basics" season of Scrapyard Wars but with guest competitors who have a lot of experience hustling for deals on used parts, like Bryan from Tech Yes City and Danny from Nerd on a Budget. 

 

I recognize that at this point Luke and Linus being recognized is a problem that's going to keep getting worse. I almost wonder if it needs to shift to a thing where Luke and Linus are just judges/commentators on what other competitors are doing. 

 

[JohanKjeldahl7]

4 hours ago, LogicalDrm said:

Thats one reason. The other is that last few series have had issues with the team getting recognized or there just not being enough stuff in reasonable prices.

 

Also if you look at dates when the past series have been posted, there's up to 13-15 month break between them. If you calculate 15 months from the last episode of S8, the S9 would be timed at March this year. However, its unlikely there will be series before summer due to prices and other restrictions.

Thank you for the infos!

I hope the prices will somewhat normalise until summer and we will get another season (and GPU upgrades :)).

 

Edit: And maybe find a way to solve the recognice problem. That would make things a lot easier I guess.

Edited January 9, 2021 by JohanKjeldahl7

[happilyinsane]

They should do a eBay auction only scrapyard wars

[Ravendarat]

On 1/9/2021 at 10:06 AM, Middcore said:

I've thought for a while it would be good to do a "back to basics" season of Scrapyard Wars but with guest competitors who have a lot of experience hustling for deals on used parts, like Bryan from Tech Yes City and Danny from Nerd on a Budget. 

 

I like this idea, use some creators with way less following, Danny is far less likely to be noticed compared to Linus or Luke. Maybe do teams with one of the smaller creators and an LMG'er. So when it comes time for the meet up you have the lesser known person handle the in person stuff but the building and planning and searching and what not can still be a team effort

[LogicalDrm]

22 hours ago, happilyinsane said:

They should do a eBay auction only scrapyard wars

Linus talked about this in one of the previous WAN Shows (I think). In their mind that would be very boring video content to make. Considering even now the majority of first episode is them going through web listings and gathering info on laptops. It only gets interesting once they start calling to people or go to pick up stuff.