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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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17 minutes ago, Flammadeus said:

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? 

I took a dump this morning that had the shape of the Sapphire logo. Does this mean I will get a 6800 soon? Or should I consult a proctologist?

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I got my MSI RTX 3080 Sea Hawk yesterday. So it took one day shy of a month to get the GPU after I ordered it from LTT VAG -program. Long wait, but I'm happy it's here and it's working. Just a fyi if someone is still waiting their own...

 

And if someone from LTT is here: Please, please, please, I beg you, don't ship anything with Fedex anymore. At least not to Finland. It was 2 weeks stuck in their warehouse. I send many emails and they replied that it just takes some time. For some reason, after I called them and asked where I could pay the bribe money, it was released the next morning...

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On 4/21/2021 at 4:13 AM, Ruslanets said:

How much the shipping price was?

Sorry, I did not get notification for this.

I can tell you what the GPU actually costed me, but it will be in euros and with Finnish taxes:

GPU from LTT: 869,37 €

Fedex: 60,86 €

VAT + Fedex extra fees: 188,65 €

 

So altogether it was 1118,88 €

 

Not cheap, but I'm happy I have it. In normal situations I might have bought 3060 or 3070, but I could not get those things anywhere.. So here we are.

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2 hours ago, Flammadeus said:

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? 

Nah he's worn that jacket in previous episodes.

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1 hour ago, hackky said:

And if someone from LTT is here: Please, please, please, I beg you, don't ship anything with Fedex anymore. At least not to Finland. It was 2 weeks stuck in their warehouse. I send many emails and they replied that it just takes some time. For some reason, after I called them and asked where I could pay the bribe money, it was released the next morning...

I don't know if UPS would be any better. DHL is the best foreign courier here.

 

E: Though the actual problem is bit harder. AFAIK LMG uses smaller local handler which has contracts with FedEx to handle their international deliveries. For us in Finland, using postal system is among the better alternatives, while its not same in US, Canada or other countries.

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59 minutes ago, hackky said:

I might have bought 3060

iirc 3060 is like 1080, which can be found for 500-600 EUR used.

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my next prediction for drop will be on wan show. next drop will be sure evga 3060 xc and rtx 3070 ftw3. cause linus uploaded a tweet on april 22nd. and it think it will be a small batch.

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1 hour ago, aru2.0 said:

my next prediction for drop will be on wan show. next drop will be sure evga 3060 xc and rtx 3070 ftw3. cause linus uploaded a tweet on april 22nd. and it think it will be a small batch.

Those were the cards that were sold in the verified actual gamer in person local drop. Not sure how many more of them they have versus how many they sold at the in person event.

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8 hours ago, AlexP11223 said:

iirc 3060 is like 1080, which can be found for 500-600 EUR used.

Yeah, I know.

I did not mean that purchasing 3080 was my only choice (Or wise choice for me). It was more like "OMG, I actually got through this questionnaire and I'm able to buy this 3080 close to a mspr or leave it and try to find something else (and I have 5 minutes to decide)". So I was not "ready" to buy this high end card, but it was more of a impulse because of the situation. 

Again, I'm definitely not complaining, I'm just trying to say (with my bad English) that without this program I would have bought 3060 or 3070 (you know, if GPU prices and availability would be "normal").

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Probably no VAG today, but Linus trolled us at the end of new FP gaming phones video 🙂

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10 hours ago, AlexP11223 said:

Probably no VAG today, but Linus trolled us at the end of new FP gaming phones video 🙂

May 4th. It will be the gamers vs linus video where they did a live event guys. What time i releases unknown. Im hoping after 3pm pst. Im always at work at 10 oclock releases. Linus said there would be simultaneously be a video about stream on wan show.

 

Also ive noticed most drops were done via 10 11 am slot. Linus did promise he would do 12 pm utc time slot. So im thinking may 4th 7pm pst. 

 

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5 hours ago, aru2.0 said:

May 4th. It will be the gamers vs linus video where they did a live event guys. What time i releases unknown. Im hoping after 3pm pst.

I don't think it will have any VAG drops, he even said first that it will be on FP first (but then corrected that it probably will be simultaneous).

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3 hours ago, AlexP11223 said:

I don't think it will have any VAG drops, he even said first that it will be on FP first (but then corrected that it probably will be simultaneous).

You got it backwards. He talked about VAG Video coming out at same time. Then he talked about videos for today and tomorrow videos that would come out. And those were videos he wasnt sure was correct. Its coming may 4th!!!

 

Besides that may 4th is special day for lots of people lol. May the forth be with you.

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17 minutes ago, aru2.0 said:

Then he talked about videos for today and tomorrow videos that would come out. And those were videos he wasnt sure was correct.

It is not unlikely that there will be a drop next week, but I don't see any hints in this VAG part. He said that FP will get gaming phones and some Ryzen review videos this weekend, the phones one was indeed released yesterday. About the onsite event video he said that it will be simultaneous on May 4th, but since he was not sure whether it will be simultaneous I don't think it has the next drop.

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2 minutes ago, AlexP11223 said:

It is not unlikely that there will be a drop next week, but I don't see any hints in this VAG part. He said that FP will get gaming phones and some Ryzen review videos this weekend, the phones one was indeed released yesterday. About the onsite event video he said that it will be simultaneous on May 4th, but since he was not sure whether it will be simultaneous I don't think it has the next drop.

I guess yours not gonna get the drop. Lol 

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okay.... i just heard about this program or method going on for gamers from Jayztwocent channel as i'm struggling to get a GPU for my dead PC here since couple of month 

question.... i'm in Egypt... and i'm willing to pay the VAT/Shipping or whatever costs if card is at MSRP and i do only need a GPU got everything else set
can i participate in that ?? or where do i get started 

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2 minutes ago, Coda Raafat said:

question.... i'm in Egypt... and i'm willing to pay the VAT/Shipping or whatever costs if card is at MSRP and i do only need a GPU got everything else set
can i participate in that ??

Yes you can participate, but for Egypt the costs probably won't be cheap.

2 minutes ago, Coda Raafat said:

or where do i get started 

 

A summary of how it works has been put together to explain this - please read https://linustechtips.com/topic/1312490-verified-actual-gamer-program-information/?do=findComment&comment=14603549 (and then you can post again and ask any specific questions you have)

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2 minutes ago, Coda Raafat said:

okay.... i just heard about this program or method going on for gamers from Jayztwocent channel as i'm struggling to get a GPU for my dead PC here since couple of month 

question.... i'm in Egypt... and i'm willing to pay the VAT/Shipping or whatever costs if card is at MSRP and i do only need a GPU got everything else set
can i participate in that ?? or where do i get started 

Watch LinusTechTips releases very closely. If you make it in time, there will be a tip in video about how to get one. (not every video is a VAG drop, there has been 4 GPU and 1 CPU drops so far, about a week apart each.)

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2 minutes ago, mostm said:

Watch LinusTechTips releases very closely. If you make it in time, there will be a tip in video about how to get one. (not every video is a VAG drop, there has been 4 GPU and 1 CPU drops so far, about a week apart each.)

yea i got the instructions in previous comment and will read them now

my question... are there any AMDs ? because i need the 6800XT... but seen linus talking about 3000 RTX series only 

3 minutes ago, pythonmegapixel said:

Yes you can participate, but for Egypt the costs probably won't be cheap.

 

A summary of how it works has been put together to explain this - please read https://linustechtips.com/topic/1312490-verified-actual-gamer-program-information/?do=findComment&comment=14603549 (and then you can post again and ask any specific questions you have)

thanks for the info and yea i understand but still would be cheaper than scalpers price ! even over here seems even worse than US or Europe 😕 

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6 minutes ago, Coda Raafat said:

my question... are there any AMDs ? because i need the 6800XT... but seen linus talking about 3000 RTX series only 

12 minutes ago, pythonmegapixel said:

there has been one 6800xt drop iirc

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19 minutes ago, Pimi said:

No VAG drop today

Thanks PIMI !

I've never witnessed one IRT so I wasn't sure what to look for today.

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You can buy from anywhere, see pinned post for info.

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anyone who got a 6800xt get shipping info yet?   Customer service is apparently ignoring me  i send an email in over 2 weeks ago on a hoddie issue before i bought the 6800 xt and i still hav't gotten a reply from that  

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32 minutes ago, True said:

anyone who got a 6800xt get shipping info yet?   Customer service is apparently ignoring me  i send an email in over 2 weeks ago on a hoddie issue before i bought the 6800 xt and i still hav't gotten a reply from that  

Nope, I got one at the WAN Show drop and no shipping notification yet.

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