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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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Misc:

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Posted
50 minutes ago, Drea said:

would you care to tell me if you find something else out? 

As already said, it sounds normal. I would start worrying and contacting FedEx or LTT Store support only if it's like 2+ weeks without any updates.

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7 hours ago, LogicalDrm said:

That means that the work order has been made to system (= the tracking number assigned), but the shipment hasn't been picked up from warehouse or delivered to drop-off. This is quite common, the stores here do it all the time. They might not send things after every drop, maybe as bigger batches so it might take bit longer to process.

 

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1 hour ago, Drea said:

I'm in the exact same situation, would you care to tell me if you find something else out? 

I contacted ltt support, they said they were planning to hand off the first drop's cards to couriers this week.

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13 hours ago, Nexxus said:

Way to be condescending. 

 

 

Its whenever they feel like, as its been mentioned there is 0 way to make it fair for everyone. They are going to be mixing up times for people in the EU but there it hasnt happened yet. All you can do is watch LTT videos ASAP if you can. if not oh well.

BRUH NO DROP THIS IS A SCAM

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I straight up have no idea how their VAG program works and I've watched the videos where they talk about it. I think the newegg shuffle program makes more sense and is less obscure. Sure, there's a smaller chance of getting something but at least its easy to understand and I'm able to sign up for it in the morning and check if I was picked by lunch time. I haven't won anything though but its better than paying $1200 usd for a 3070. I just hope my roommate's R9 290X can hold up long enough.

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2 minutes ago, LordPoopGreen said:

What

was their a drop today i watched  his vid 7 mins later and i saw nothing

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1 minute ago, progamer21 said:

was their a drop today i watched  his vid 7 mins later and i saw nothing

If you saw the entire video and there was nothing in it then there was no drop. Or possibly the drop sold out.

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3 minutes ago, Troika said:

I straight up have no idea how their VAG program works and I've watched the videos where they talk about it. I think the newegg shuffle program makes more sense and is less obscure. Sure, there's a smaller chance of getting something but at least its easy to understand and I'm able to sign up for it in the morning and check if I was picked by lunch time. I haven't won anything though but its better than paying $1200 usd for a 3070. I just hope my roommate's R9 290X can hold up long enough.

yeah its annoying

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7 minutes ago, progamer21 said:

was their a drop today i watched  his vid 7 mins later and i saw nothing

They did not have a drop today, you have to chill out dude, they had a drop 2 days ago, there's probably not going to be ANY drop for the rest of the week, they barely have cards to begin with, they can't do them daily.
You can't post here everyday saying there was no drop and it's a scam, it isn't a scam, I can prove it to you, I got one.
Yes, you need to watch every LTT video as it comes out to have a chance of getting a card.
No, there won't be a drop on every LTT video.

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2 minutes ago, LordPoopGreen said:

They did not have a drop today, you have to chill out dude, they had a drop 2 days ago, there's probably not going to be ANY drop for the rest of the week, they barely have cards to begin with, they can't do them daily.
You can't post here everyday saying there was no drop and it's a scam, it isn't a scam, I can prove it to you, I got one.
Yes, you need to watch every LTT video as it comes out to have a chance of getting a card.
No, there won't be a drop on every LTT video.

you got a card which one, the reason why im mad because this is the only day i am home in the week from school

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11 minutes ago, Troika said:

I straight up have no idea how their VAG program works and I've watched the videos where they talk about it. I think the newegg shuffle program makes more sense and is less obscure. Sure, there's a smaller chance of getting something but at least its easy to understand and I'm able to sign up for it in the morning and check if I was picked by lunch time. I haven't won anything though but its better than paying $1200 usd for a 3070. I just hope my roommate's R9 290X can hold up long enough.

It's not that hard to understand, there's a post here by @LogicalDrm explaining everything you need to know.
Honestly it's really simple, they upload a video every PST morning (10AM or earlier), you have to watch it as soon as it comes out and there MIGHT be a drop of cards.
The difference between VAG and what Newegg does is that the VAG cards are only going out to verified actual gamers.

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1 minute ago, LordPoopGreen said:

It's not that hard to understand, there's a post here by @LogicalDrm explaining everything you need to know.
Honestly it's really simple, they upload a video every PST morning (10AM or earlier), you have to watch it as soon as it comes out and there MIGHT be a drop of cards.
The difference between VAG and what Newegg does is that the VAG cards are only going out to verified actual gamers.

If they post at 10am pst, that's 12pm cst. I'll never be able to watch them because I'm at work.

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2 minutes ago, progamer21 said:

you got a card which one, the reason why im mad because this is the only day i am home in the week from school

You can't expect LTT to do the drop catering to YOUR specific needs, yeah it sucks you're in school at the time they do the drops but you're just one of 13.2 million subscribers and Linus does his best to give most of them a fair chance.
I got an msi RTX 3080 Sea Hawk X

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1 minute ago, Troika said:

If they post at 10am pst, that's 12pm cst. I'll never be able to watch them because I'm at work.

Well yeah, but he did say he might mix up the times for future drops so people who are working/sleeping/at school can get a chance of getting a card.
If you want to know more about that watch this:

He gets asked the specific question a minute after the time stamp.

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12 minutes ago, Troika said:

If they post at 10am pst, that's 12pm cst. I'll never be able to watch them because I'm at work.

Well sorry, but no matter what way they do it it won’t be a perfect situation for everyone. As mentioned in the post quite clearly at the top of the page, Linus has said that they may experiment with different times. We don’t know when. 

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20 minutes ago, Troika said:

If they post at 10am pst, that's 12pm cst. I'll never be able to watch them because I'm at work.

Is that any different than e-store or brick and mortar online retail drops that go live during that time? The only difference is that these ones will stay unsold for slightly longer due to the checks and balances that are being put in place (knowledge tests.)

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3 minutes ago, Lomac said:

Is that any different than e-store or brick and mortar online retail drops that go live during that time? The only difference is that these ones will stay unsold for slightly longer due to the checks and balances that are being put in place (knowledge tests.)

Having worked retail, I do know what days -most- stores get new stock so I have a general idea of when to check. I currently work for a system integrator, I won't say which for the sake of anonymity, but we do get in somewhat regular stock of cards but the price we have to pay for them is pretty aweful so we have to charge accordingly just to not lose money on them. The higher end ones like 3080s are hard to come by for us. Most of what we can get a hold of are 3070s and 3060s. This whole situation just sucks in general. If y'all could see just how many computers we have on the floor waiting for parts, be it gpus, mobos, or psus. It sucks the most for customers just trying to get by.

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1 hour ago, progamer21 said:

BRUH NO DROP THIS IS A SCAM

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Go do your school work....

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Just now, progamer21 said:

I GOT A 3060 OMG

cool story bro

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17 minutes ago, progamer21 said:

from evga

Where from? 😮
Congratulations!

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4 hours ago, LordPoopGreen said:

Well yeah, but he did say he might mix up the times for future drops so people who are working/sleeping/at school can get a chance of getting a card.
If you want to know more about that watch this:

He gets asked the specific question a minute after the time stamp.

I got a evga 3060 XC OMG FROM EVGA QUEUE

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1 minute ago, progamer21 said:

I got a evga 3060 XC OMG FROM EVGA QUEUE

Congratulations.

 

What system do you plan to put it in, sorry but you last mentioned a 10yr old Mac?

 

Enjoy the GPU regardless, and I'm happy you won out finally.

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1 minute ago, Tieox said:

Congratulations.

 

What system do you plan to put it in, sorry but you last mentioned a 10yr old Mac?

 

Enjoy the GPU regardless, and I'm happy you won out finally.

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