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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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4 minutes ago, mrwingdings said:

This may be true, I've seen both of the "How does LTT make money?" videos. However, with the GPU-Dangling-Carrot coupled with Floatplane's instant access to videos faster than Youtube, it's essentially incentivizing Floatplane. I'm 100% sure this was not the LTT intention, but... it does exist. I've thought about it myself as well. And "some maybe from monetized Youtube" is probably more than you think with the current GPU climate the way it is. Again, not sayin that this is evil; it's happenstance. Just pointing out the reality here. 

LMG is not advertising FP in a sense that it would have any effect here. Its been noted by members/viewers that FP notifications are more stable than ones coming from YT. The upload times are almost same for those videos with drop info.

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45 minutes ago, LogicalDrm said:

LMG is not advertising FP in a sense that it would have any effect here. Its been noted by members/viewers that FP notifications are more stable than ones coming from YT. The upload times are almost same for those videos with drop info.

Understood, thanks for the info!

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1 minute ago, mrwingdings said:

Understood, thanks for the info!

I'll just add that the reason why they don't or even can't advertise FP here is that it could indicate that FP gives you advantage. And as noted in FAQ post, that would conflict with lottery laws (paid entry for better chances).

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3 hours ago, LogicalDrm said:

I'll just add that the reason why they don't or even can't advertise FP here is that it could indicate that FP gives you advantage. And as noted in FAQ post, that would conflict with lottery laws (paid entry for better chances).

even calling it a contest would likely cause call kind of legal fun up there in the great white north.. theres a reason a LOT of contests say void in Qubec.

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Not quite sure if they would release another drop since I it doesn't seem like they have shipped out the Asus 6800Xt from the last drop.

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9 minutes ago, AlexP11223 said:

No VAG (FP video uploaded to YT).

 

There will be just wait

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1 minute ago, aru2.0 said:

There will be just wait

Yeah, i'm interested too because he said that today's video should be vag event in person, although it's not.

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5 minutes ago, mostm said:

Yeah, i'm interested too because he said that today's video should be vag event in person, although it's not.

Could be a channel super fun video Possibly. But could be a later upload cause He did say in past he would put a different time slot for people at work and school

so Id expect after 3pm pst.
I believe It will be may 4th today At 6pm pst. linus posted some videos on those times. that was his diamond play button pc video. so its possible to be at 6pm pst

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10 minutes ago, aru2.0 said:

Could be a channel super fun video Possibly. But could be a later upload cause He did say in past he would put a different time slot for people at work and school

so Id expect after 3pm pst.
I believe It will be may 4th today At 6pm pst. linus posted some videos on those times. that was his diamond play button pc video. so its possible to be at 6pm pst

Previously if there was a video planned for a later time slot, there wouldn't be one at the regular time slot. I don't think LTT ever does more than 1 video per day.

They already released a video today so I highly doubt there will be another one.

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They never upload twice on the same day I think, so drop will prob be tomorrow.

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15 hours ago, KingslayerNana said:

Not quite sure if they would release another drop since I it doesn't seem like they have shipped out the Asus 6800Xt from the last drop.

Has anyone heard on that drop? I haven't gotten anything since the order confirmation on April 26th!

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1 hour ago, GrovesNL said:

Has anyone heard on that drop? I haven't gotten anything since the order confirmation on April 26th!

There's some people in this thread that had to wait 2 weeks (10 business days) before getting an update, so I'd wait at least that before contacting them to see what's going on.

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1 hour ago, Votk said:

There's some people in this thread that had to wait 2 weeks (10 business days) before getting an update, so I'd wait at least that before contacting them to see what's going on.

be patient they dont only ship out gpus they send out merch. On the other hand if your local i wonder if they would allow curb side pickup or something in lines of that. 

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Are they still doing drops in the middle of the day mostly? I can't get on Youtube while I'm at work and I don't have cell phone access due to where I work.

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3 hours ago, 71RYE said:

Are they still doing drops in the middle of the day mostly? I can't get on Youtube while I'm at work and I don't have cell phone access due to where I work.

Most of the main LTT channel videos seem to be uploaded around 10 A.M. Arizona time (I think 9 - 11 A.M. pacific?). There doesn't seem to be a strict upload time and it does fluctuate a bit, though. 

 

If you can't pretend to take a bathroom break at work when a video drops they did do one drop during the WAN Show a week and a half ago. Might be worth keeping an eye on that in case they do one there again.

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8 hours ago, 71RYE said:

Are they still doing drops in the middle of the day mostly? I can't get on Youtube while I'm at work and I don't have cell phone access due to where I work.

Check the post pinned at the top as a solution. In there you can find exact date and time of previous drops. So far 3 were in the late afternoon and 2 in the middle of a night.

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5 hours ago, Amongalen said:

Check the post pinned at the top as a solution. In there you can find exact date and time of previous drops. So far 3 were in the late afternoon and 2 in the middle of a night.

Do note that those times are UTC. So middle of the night in UTC is evening in EST for example. I extract times with specific website that gives UTC (which is not even my own timezone).

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Just now, Ravendarat said:

I didnt see or hear anything in todays LTT or MA video

Today's LTT video wasn't uploaded yet xD

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as far as i can tell they hav't shipped the 6800XT from wan show or nest home drop.   so something may be holding up system.

 

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1 minute ago, mostm said:

Today's LTT video wasn't uploaded yet xD

Ya it has been, went live on FP like 4 minutes ago, but I guess it wasnt dropped on youtube so that gives it away too

 

 

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I swear they are watching this thread because it JUST went up on YT

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