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Latest drop was made 2021-09-28 17:11 UTC

The drop is over, we have no info about when, what or where the next will be. Follow LinusTechTips on Youtube for any new drops.

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EXPECTED TO DROP NEXT:

  • Intel Arc GPUs (hinted at Dec 24th WAN Show)

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About shipping and handling

  • Handling times seem to be 1 week from drop to shipping label created.
  • Shipping times depend on carrier. For outside of NA, the carrier is FedEx and shipping times seem to be regular 5-14 days. For US and Canada, the shipping times might be same, or even longer.
  • Any additional charges, like customs fees and local VAT are paid on entry to country. There has been variation between countries to whom payments are made (FedEx on delivery, FedEx to their office, custom directly), so contact your local FedEx or customs offices for more details on those.

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Known drops:

1. Asus 3070, 3080 and 3090, 2021-03-20 17:40 UTC

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2. MSI 3080 SeaHawk, 2021-03-30 16:59 UTC

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3. AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 2021-04-09 00:59 UTC

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4. Asus TUF 6800XT, 2021-04-24 01:57 UTC / During WAN Show

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5. Asus TUF 6800XT, 2021-04-26 17:05 UTC

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6. EVGA RTX 3060 XC Gaming / RTX 3070 FTW3 Ultra, 2021-05-06 20:29 UTC

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7. MSI RTX 3080 Ti VENTUS 3X OC, 2021-09-28 17:11 UTC

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PARTICIPATION ENDED! If you are local to LMG (Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada), you can participate to this https://gleam.io/nntHg/verified-actual-gamer-program-can-you-beat-linus

Announced in WAN Show https://youtu.be/-qj6hkLkdYg?t=2450

The even video (also 6th drop video)

 

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FAQ

 

How do I enter? Can I enter? Where to signup?

You don't. All information about the drops are posted to Youtube and are hidden in videos. So far all drops have been on LinusTechTips main channel.

 

UPDATE: One of the drops was made live, during the WAN Show on Fridays. Until now there has been no drops on Friday or weekends.

 

UPDATE: For limited time, you can participate with local event https://gleam.io/nntHg/verified-actual-gamer-program-can-you-beat-linus

 

I watched the video, but there were no information. Where do I find this?

The information about the drop is removed from video after the drop is over.

 

When are videos posted?

At the moment LMG is using their regular timeslot which is 10-11AM PST (17-18 UTC).

UPDATE: LMG has posted in different timeslot to allow those in school or working chance.

 

How does this work?

So far the known information is following:

  • Video is posted on Youtube and Floatplane at the same time.
  • There's segment in video where Linus gives a hint about what link you need to use in order to enter. The hints are words and Linus uses his fingers to state what parts of the link they are. The links start with http://www.lttstore.com/. Link is temporary and will only show note about drop ending afterwards.
    • UPDATE: Previously there was actual cut-scene, latest drop had just voice-over during b-roll.
  • There will be challenge on store page.
    • The first two drops had 15 question quiz about video games. You have 3 lives and 3-4 options to choose from. Fastest to finish will get their chance to buy items.
      • Besides 3 lives, you can skip 2 questions.
      • The latest drop had questions in video format with some answers shown as "A/B/C/D" and some as written normally.
    • UPDATE: Latest drop had small flash game in style of Jump King / Icy Tower.
  • Item of the drop is shown on store page before taking the quiz. You will see the price and other details too.
  • UPDATE: After completing challenge, you are put onto queue with AFK meter to prevent idling. Forgetting to re-charge bar will drop you at the tail end of the line
  • Prices are before VAT, tariffs etc. and shown in USD. Price after tariffs (US only) are shown on page.
  • You are allowed to buy one CPU and one GPU from this event. (Source)

 

Can you tell me when the next drop is?

No, because we don't know.

 

I'm at school/sleeping/working/have other reasons and can't watch at current time slot.

Linus has said that they will at some point use different time slot. What it is, we don't know. UPDATE: The time slot for later time was 12PM-1AM UTC.

 

Why can't they have link or more information somewhere?

Because the whole point is make this as hard as possible for anyone but the absolute most dedicated fans.

 

Why they don't collect list of people? Why aren't forum members, Floatplane subscribers etc. prioritized?

List wouldn't do anything. There would still need to be draw of sort needed, and the list would consist more of non-gamers the longer it was left open. Prioritizing forum members would discriminate towards other parts of audience.

 

Having payment as requirement to join or as something making "winning" more likely is classified as lottery under laws. This would require permit, it would exclude several regions which require local permits or don't allow any lottery, and it would put age limit of 19 years in place.

 

Can I try quiz afterwards?

At the moment, no. But there might be site at some point after event ends.

 

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Posts made by Luke and Linus.

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WAN Show segments

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WAN Show Jun 4, 2021

26:25 - 27:10 "We currently have no stock, but the program is still on"

1:23:00 - 1:23:30 One board partner with some 3080Ti's coming

 

WAN Show April 23, 2021

17:43 - 34:43 VAG Drop live on stream

43:15 - 44:50 VAG drop is over, hinted about 270 more cards

1:16:40 - 1:17:44 Some last minute info

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WAN Show April 16, 2021

1:36:30 Super-chats

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WAN Show April 9, 2021

13:20 - 13:40 The latest drop info
40:50 - 43:55 The local event info
1:15:35 - 1:17:34 Super-chats #1
1:24:25 - 1:24:47 Super-chats #2
1:25:47 - 1:26:07 Super-chats #3

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WAN Show August 27, 2021

1:05:40 - Super-chats

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WAN Show October 8, 2021

2:06:20 - Super-chats

Here Linus says that Verified Actual Gamer program would be suspended until further notice. Reason given was that retail prices are about same as so-called "scalper prices". Making the program pointless.

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 WAN Show December 24, 2021

1:09:10 onward

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To be updated

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Posted
7 hours ago, Shogouki said:

Is there any chance of making the VAG available via a means other than racing to complete a pop quiz?  I only ask because my only GPU died several weeks ago and I'm not sure how I can compete using my phone, especially against the number of people trying for this, and I'm desperate to get my PC up and running again.  Thanks for any help and thanks again for running this program. 

Got any suggestions of "better" way? The drops are really small compared to what stores would be getting in a good day. Like the upcoming AMD drop is known to be just 270 pieces. The previous drops have been 100-500 pieces each. Considering the amount of interested people, thats still drop in a bucket. So if you have good ideas on how to make things "better" for all, not just for you, I'm sure Linus is all ears.

 

But the point here is to offer better chances to most devoted LTT fans. If you have something to whine about that, you just aren't devoted enough.

 

26 minutes ago, Worstcaster said:

Quick question - When doing the VAG domain name during WAN show on Friday.  What was the answer to "What format (4 letter word) are you watching this?"  I know it was way too late to get in.  I just want to know the answer for curiosity's sake.

IIRC the code was "AMDWANlive4". It was still working when I was watching WAN 5h later.

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9 hours ago, Shogouki said:

I'm not sure how I can compete using my phone

It should not matter, you just need to find the VAG part and finish the quiz. Maybe a bit easier on PC because you can hover the timeline or press L or right arrow, not sure if there are alternatives on mobile, but still should be ok even if you simply click random places of the timeline.

 

Though don't you need your PC for anything besides gaming? I would buy GT730 or something (if you don't have integrated GPU).

9 hours ago, Shogouki said:

other than racing

It's either racing or a shuffle with very small chances to win, there are no other ways with such supply/demand.

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10 hours ago, CoolCatDaddy said:

Ohhh I missed the bit where you mentioned you were playing with the third person mod. I'm guessing that has some kind of performance impact, though I've never tried it. ~50fps with RTX maxed in first person actually seems about right. I don't max mine out, but play on balanced and I get a little more than that.

 

I've never messed with PNY stuff other than a thumb drive and an SSD I got for cheap, so I can't vouch for their quality, but I wouldn't be surprised if it performed worse than some other more established GPUs. I'm an ASUS and EVGA stan from way back, but I really just rely on thorough reviews.

Im not actually using the third person mod, i meant using third person as intended using the third person from the car's perspective.

 

Balanced on DLSS makes it look blurry and out of line, cant have that x)

 

Stan? Must mean fan. PNY somehow did better than my last Palit card, but they must be something of the same quality.

 

Just gonna head for GIGABYTE or FTW3's 3090 in the future.

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9 hours ago, Shogouki said:

This is true, I was just hoping for a way that would allow gamers who can't be ready and waiting for each new video to drop or who can't react fast enough (my predicament) for whatever reason.  I feel like there's got to be some way to even the chances while still keeping out the bots, though admittedly I don't know what that would be...

That would be a world where we currently had the stock to meet the massive demand.

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8 hours ago, fritzmg said:

I did not participate and cannot confirm, but it was probably "live"? 

yeah it was live

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38 minutes ago, Frodo Baggins said:

No VAG drop today.

It's unlikely that they will drop anything on weekends, they would need people to be at work to do that.

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42 minutes ago, Hudo said:

Can someone give me example of links for previous drops? How I should type in address: http://www.lttstore.com/...

That and whats in my previous post. Hint: Its still working, just showing "Sorry, you are too late" post.

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15 hours ago, fritzmg said:

I did not participate and cannot confirm, but it was probably "live"? 

Thanks, I appreciate it.  I was thinking it was some kind of video format youtube used.  Guess I was overthinking it.

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18 hours ago, LogicalDrm said:

Got any suggestions of "better" way? The drops are really small compared to what stores would be getting in a good day. Like the upcoming AMD drop is known to be just 270 pieces. The previous drops have been 100-500 pieces each. Considering the amount of interested people, thats still drop in a bucket. So if you have good ideas on how to make things "better" for all, not just for you, I'm sure Linus is all ears.

 

But the point here is to offer better chances to most devoted LTT fans. If you have something to whine about that, you just aren't devoted enough.

 

IIRC the code was "AMDWANlive4". It was still working when I was watching WAN 5h later.

Sorry...I wasn't meaning to whine about anything, just asking a question. 

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2 hours ago, Shogouki said:

Sorry...I wasn't meaning to whine about anything, just asking a question. 

I'm not saying you were. But you also didn't really say what would be better format than current? A list? I've said this couple times, and its also in FAQ, but drawback of the list is that there still would need to be a shuffle of some kind, and entry to a list would need to have some sort of verification. So while that may take a notch out of how hard it is to enter now, it really doesn't improve your particular chance's of getting anything. All those who have suggested alternative methods have done so in a way that their particular chances would increase. Which, in a way, is complaining about the current format.

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Any change so that people could get some sleep without worrying about missing out on a chance (a CHANCE) to buy a card would be better than nothing.

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No, this is as fair as possible (there wasnt better system proposed yet) and gives the cards to the most dedicated members of the community. I do understand that it doesnt give option to everyone (I am for example usually with my son when LTT videos are uploaded) but it is not supposed to give option to everyone, LTT doesnt have enough cards to give to everyone who needs one. So it is only fair that it is given to the most dedicated and that are doing the most to get it. I know it sucks that it is not the best system for you, I feel you (have two new systems sitting here without graphics card), but it is best they came with.

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Update on my end for those that are on similar boat on the 5900x delays.

 

5900X was delivered today! Shipping speed must have been upgraded to 2day international. Thank you!!

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Just now, Cheemonstonzo said:

No VAG today.

appreciate these posts

 

I find lately I'm watching all the LTT videos at double speed just to blast through to find out if there's a link or not and it's ruining the actual videos for me now. 

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Just now, smatts said:

videos at double speed just to blast through to find out if there's a link

It's probably faster to scroll through the video via right arrow or L.

Unless they make the VAG part more subtle.

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6 minutes ago, smatts said:

appreciate these posts

 

I find lately I'm watching all the LTT videos at double speed just to blast through to find out if there's a link or not and it's ruining the actual videos for me now. 

There was a VAG drop today for the 6800XT
Had to restart the quiz 5 times because I fucked up the questions a lot but still managed to get to checkout. (not interested in that GPU though, so good luck to everybody!)

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7 minutes ago, Cheemonstonzo said:

No VAG today.

Actually there was, Linus did a voiceover on B-roll of the Nest Hub.  Very clever.

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