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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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2 minutes ago, Quathel said:

people ordering on LTT store that are from EU are paying US tariffs

who?

afaik they don't.

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5 minutes ago, Quathel said:

that is exactly what I am trying to figure out, because people ordering on LTT store that are from EU are paying US tariffs which doesnt make sense to me, it would make sense that they would pay EU tariffs or Canadian tariffs

Where did you see that?  
I'm not aware of EU customers getting charged for tariffs.  
There's some customs fees they need to pay as usual, and they might get charged VAT by the shipping company (which is hit-or-miss from what some people have said in this thread), but those things have nothing to do with tariffs.

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17 minutes ago, Votk said:

Where did you see that?  
I'm not aware of EU customers getting charged for tariffs.  
There's some customs fees they need to pay as usual, and they might get charged VAT by the shipping company (which is hit-or-miss from what some people have said in this thread), but those things have nothing to do with tariffs.

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2 hours ago, Khali said:

 do i understand correctly that it's fedex that does that? Or is it customs office?

 

Buying from company and having courier like fedex/dhl to ship it?

 

23% does make a difference for me, even though I should be able to sell my 1070ti for about what I bought it:P funny times we live in

The store must declare whats in the stuff they send over border. If they don't, they are liable for paying extra charges for it. FedEx and other couriers offer service where they will calculate the end cost and bill it from you, then pay the part to customs. This is how my LTTstore.com stuff came.

 

2 hours ago, Quathel said:

I thought LTT is Canadian, why is it paying US tariffs? Or is the $1,187 in Canadian dollars and those are Canadian tariffs?

2 hours ago, Quathel said:

that is exactly what I am trying to figure out, because people ordering on LTT store that are from EU are paying US tariffs which doesnt make sense to me, it would make sense that they would pay EU tariffs or Canadian tariffs

As this was explained already. In short, LMG is Canadian. Prices in LTTStore.com are in USD. Any additional costs will be added to price DEPENDING where the customer is from. So its tariffs for US customers, provincial taxes for Canadians if eligible, and VAT+importing fees to other countries if eligible. For example in here its only VAT, probably because Canada. If it was US, it would be both.

 

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Is there any word on the Vancouver-local event or did anyone get contacted for that yet?

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Has anyone's cards from the drop on the 23rd shipped yet?

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3 hours ago, wtoh said:

Is there any word on the Vancouver-local event or did anyone get contacted for that yet?

Complete assumption on my part but there was a picture posted on the LTT twitter on the 21st with Linus under what look like some sort of event tent, wearing a mask and gloves, so that might have been it?  
They only took applications for 2 days, so it sounded like they wanted to do it decently fast.

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1 hour ago, mgw said:

Has anyone's cards from the drop on the 23rd shipped yet?

Its more than likely they will be shipped together with the latest drop. In past, it has taken 5-10 days before shipping for these items.

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4 hours ago, wtoh said:

Is there any word on the Vancouver-local event or did anyone get contacted for that yet?

I guess it's finished

 

 

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ME realising I've watched every one of these videos but somehow didn't realise they were the Verified Gamer Videos, did something come up on stream??? i often watching without "watching" otherwise i'd never get anything done

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33 minutes ago, XolfRiggler said:

ME realising I've watched every one of these videos but somehow didn't realise they were the Verified Gamer Videos, did something come up on stream??? i often watching without "watching" otherwise i'd never get anything done

If you are watching them 20+ mins after the upload, then you don't notice anything. The segment is removed afterwards. And you would notice it even without visual parts. Its Linus himself talking. For example, in the previous drop the host was Riley. So the contrast in the middle of the video is quite clear.

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2 minutes ago, LogicalDrm said:

If you are watching them 20+ mins after the upload, then you don't notice anything. The segment is removed afterwards. And you would notice it even without visual parts. Its Linus himself talking. For example, in the previous drop the host was Riley. So the contrast in the middle of the video is quite clear.

 The segment in the last video was in for like an hour.

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Moved to the megathread to accommodate. 

How we can help the Verified Actual Gamer program by getting more AIB's on board and getting more cards.

 

 

These are the AIB's that have partnered with the Verified Actual Gamer program. Asus, MSI and EVGA. AMD isn't a AIB but also are partnered.

 

These are AIB's that aren't.

 

Gigabyte

https://www.gigabyte.com/Contact

 

Asrock

https://www.asrock.com/general/about.us.asp?cat=Contact

 

Power Color

https://www.powercolor.com/contact

 

Sapphire

https://www.sapphiretech.com/en/contact-us

 

XFX

https://www.xfxforce.com/support/contact-us

 

ZOTAC

https://www.zotac.com/ca/support#contact

 

PNY

https://www.pny.com/company-footer/contact-us-company

 

Palit

https://www.palit.com/palit/contact.php?lang=en

 

INNO3D

https://www.inno3d.com/static.php?langid=1&refid=2

 

Colorful

faq.en@colorful.cn

 

 

If even a few of us asked them to join on, they may actually consider it. All it takes is a few requests making it up the line to pique interest. 

 

If even a handful of these see the potential for some good PR and join on it could significantly boost the Verified Actual Gamer program and the amount of cards available. 

 

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3 hours ago, WillOfTheLand said:

Asus, MSI and EVGA. AMD isn't a AIB but also are partnered.

Why not ask them too to get more 🙂

e.g. MSI contributed only once, 80 liquid cooled 3080.

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Just now, Pimi said:

No VAG drop today

Was just going to say I watched the video in 2x speed with cc's just in case I missed it but rip 😞 

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To anyone who may know, how long do VAG orders typically take to ship? (not impatient at all, just between homes right now and I’d like to have a decent estimate of when I could see it)

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On 4/16/2021 at 5:08 PM, hackky said:

I got MSI 3080 Sea Hawk from 29. Mar drop and they send me "we shipped it" e-mail 1. Apr. 

Fedex tracking saw it first 8. Apr and now it's stuck in customs. I'm in Europe, so that could delay things, but if I were you, I would not hold my breath. I'm not ungrateful, this is just how world works right now and we have to obey by it.

So how are things today?

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im building a new pc and forced to use my old rx480 8gb red devil. lol or i have an old wind force R9 4gb i could use. getting despite. you cant even back order any were i dont care if it takes 5 months you know what i mean

 

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Raffle would be Newegg Shuffle. https://www.newegg.com/product-shuffle

If you're talking about VAG, basically in some videos there are hints that tell you the LTT Store link to go to. Then you beat the quiz. Then you buy GPU.

 

I'm not actually trying to be as grumpy as it seems.

I will find your mentions of Ikea or Gnome and I will /s post. 

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8 hours ago, bitcomputer64 said:

To anyone who may know, how long do VAG orders typically take to ship? (not impatient at all, just between homes right now and I’d like to have a decent estimate of when I could see it)

Based on people posting here, it takes 3-10 business days. So if you got one from WAN Show or the Monday drop, you would be seeing details this week. From what I've seen, they must be sending stuff out in batches depending on where it will go. Batch to Canadians, batch to US people, batch to internationals.

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On 4/27/2021 at 8:38 PM, mgw said:

Has anyone's cards from the drop on the 23rd shipped yet?

I hav't came here looking to see if any one else had.

 

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Alex was wearing a Zotac jacket on todays video, I've never seen it before maybe that's a hint that Zotac has joined VAG? 

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