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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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Would be possible to have a in browser quake server for next VAG? Highest 100 frags in 15 mins wins? ANticheat would be interesting tho 

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No drop today it seems unless I missed something in todays video?

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Just now, Frodo Baggins said:

No drop today it seems unless I missed something in todays video?

Nah, this thread would have blown up lol. I would have thought today's video topic would have been PERFECT for a VAG drop.

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1 hour ago, Frodo Baggins said:

No drop today it seems unless I missed something in todays video?

The interesting note. Floatplane is only day ahead in some videos. Like the two latest ones. They are also coming in bit later than week ago. Doesn't actually mean anything, other than this whole thing messing up with their release schedule.

 

Floatplane is normally 3-7 fays ahead.

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Good luck to those still hunting. 

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i still need a card..will play linus in some Rocket league

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5 hours ago, LogicalDrm said:

The interesting note. Floatplane is only day ahead in some videos. Like the two latest ones. They are also coming in bit later than week ago. Doesn't actually mean anything, other than this whole thing messing up with their release schedule.

Even so, I noticed there were about 30k views within a minute or so of last nights video going online and I was there the instant the video popped up which makes me think even if im there when a VAG video drops I'm not going to have a chance in hell of getting a card. Maybe they should make it that you can't fast forward the videos or speed them up?

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2 hours ago, Frodo Baggins said:

Even so, I noticed there were about 30k views within a minute or so of last nights video going online and I was there the instant the video popped up which makes me think even if im there when a VAG video drops I'm not going to have a chance in hell of getting a card. Maybe they should make it that you can't fast forward the videos or speed them up?

That would require using 3rd platform and another, different video player.

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1 minute ago, LogicalDrm said:

That would require using 3rd platform and another, different video player.

You'd think YouTube would allow channel owners to be able to control that easily. Poor from Google imo to now allow that level of control.

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3 minutes ago, Frodo Baggins said:

You'd think YouTube would allow channel owners to be able to control that easily. Poor from Google imo to now allow that level of control.

I think it's rather opposite. It's already hated with ads. And I hate that with any site with longer videos.

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6 hours ago, LordPoopGreen said:

Hey guys, last weeks drop has been shipped!
My card should arrive less than a week 🙂

Woop woop! Did you get a 3080?

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Does the link for the drop go live as soon as the video with the drop details goes live OR does it only go live at the time in the video after the drop time (i.e. if the VAG part of the video is at 15 minutes 5 seconds then does the store link only go live 15 minutes and 5 seconds after the video has been posted to YouTube)? I tend to watch YouTube vids at 1.25x by default so if I should just watch it at normal speed I'd like to know so I don't waste time trying links when it wont work yet.

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32 minutes ago, Frodo Baggins said:

Does the link for the drop go live as soon as the video with the drop details goes live

In the 2 drops we had so far, probably this. I guess most of the winners simply skipped to the VAG part of the video.

 

In one of the WANs Linus said that they have some ideas how to prevent this.

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Not me, but lets see what happens today. Wait, no video dropped today (at least so far), arg! Back to sleep I go then.

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ITT 😄

 

Good luck again to all.  

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So not a VAG drop today? I was asleep when todays video went live.

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Finished watching the latest video 10 minutes after uploaded. nothing today as far as I can tell but I'm not sure what to look for since I've never seen what it looks like.

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Getting up 3 nights in a row at 3am so far hasn't worked. I wonder if there was a delay in getting more cards or something?

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I think they are trying to make it more unpredictable. 

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1 hour ago, tengambg said:

I think they are trying to make it more unpredictable. 

This is what I think also. Considering how off-pace current uploads are.

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2 hours ago, Frodo Baggins said:

Getting up 3 nights in a row at 3am so far hasn't worked. I wonder if there was a delay in getting more cards or something?

OMG! 😲 It's crazy what some people put up with, just for the very small chance of being able to buy a video card, if they're very fast and lucky. 

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