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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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1 minute ago, andreabis said:

I do not have high hope either. there were 270 cards (let's say 200 are 3070) there are still a lot of people in front of me

I imagine there are a lot of people like me who just can't wait either and will back out. I have to go cook supper soon or I am going to have a bunch of little people attacking me.

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11 minutes ago, andreabis said:

nice for you man 😄

 

Can I ask you how much was in the end at the checkout?

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Shipping to Canada, QC (Hence the 15% sales taxes)

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1 minute ago, Votk said:

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Shipping to Canada, QC (Hence the 15% sales taxes)

What queue position were you? or did you go straight to buying

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3 minutes ago, TechyAlex said:

#140 for the 3070 out of 8500. I doubt I'll get one at this point but still hopeful!

let us know! if you can't then i cant pulling for you

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How do we know that all the cards are sold  out? im @ 2263 >.<

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I am a moron - i just figured out the link 3 mins ago - i kept putting the S/N for the products- You are #8585 of 9150 in the queue- siigh 

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Just now, Plankanarium said:

How do we know that all the cards are sold  out? im @ 2263 >.<

it will tell you when they are all sold. 

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1 minute ago, TechyAlex said:

What queue position were you? or did you go straight to buying

I got in straight away.

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Can confirm the 3070 is a beast of a card 😄 

PC - NZXT H510 Elite, Ryzen 5600, 16GB DDR3200 2x8GB, EVGA 3070 FTW3 Ultra, Asus VG278HQ 165hz,

 

Mac - 1.4ghz i5, 4GB DDR3 1600mhz, Intel HD 5000.  x2

 

Endlessly wishing for a BBQ in space.

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nick just wrote on twitter that the 3060 is sold out. I'm #250 for the 3070 😞 probably I'm not going to make the cut but anyway it was fun 😄

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Updated the Solution with latest info. Also got new info about the queue system and AFK meter. By being part of it (Was #1020 at best, but I was updating the solution and forgot to refresh).

 

The queue will shorten by the people who get to buy cards. It will also shorten by people who close the page or (next sentence). It will grow as new people join the queue. If you let the AFK meter to run out and stop, you will lose your place in the queue. Refreshing the meter will put you back in the queue, but at the tail end of it.

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1 minute ago, andreabis said:

nick just wrote on twitter that the 3060 is sold out. I'm #250 for the 3070 😞 probably I'm not going to make the cut but anyway it was fun 😄

They just posted both are sold out now.

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Now LTT gets 32.6 seconds to ship every card.

PC - NZXT H510 Elite, Ryzen 5600, 16GB DDR3200 2x8GB, EVGA 3070 FTW3 Ultra, Asus VG278HQ 165hz,

 

Mac - 1.4ghz i5, 4GB DDR3 1600mhz, Intel HD 5000.  x2

 

Endlessly wishing for a BBQ in space.

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it took me soo long to find the drop segment in the 30 mins video 😞 but love the platformer as verification. Well done LTT

AMD Ryzen5 5600X   -   Asus TUF x570-Pro (Wi-Fi)   -   G.Skill Trident Z RGB 32 GB DDR4-3200 CL14   -   EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 12 GB FTW3 ULTRA GAMING 

be quite! Dark Rock Pro 4  -  be quiet! Pure Base 500DX   -   Samsung 980 Pro 250 GB, Samsung 970 Evo 1 TB   -   SeaSonic Focus PX 850W 80+ Platinum

Logitech G413 Carbon   -   Logitech G502   -   Logitech G533

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just outta curiosity, what was the question and the URL?

  • CPU
    9900KS @ 5.0 avx offset 0/ cache 4.7/ @1.33v
  • Motherboard
    asus strix ROG z390-i
  • RAM
    8gb x2 G.skill ddr 4 3600 (OCed to 4000 17-19-19-39 @1.4v)
  • GPU
    Asus Strix OC RTX 3080 10GB  
  • Case
    Corsair 280x Crystal
  • Storage
    1tb Samsung SSD + 2x (512gb Samsung) SSD
  • PSU
    Seasonic GM 650 650Watt Gold (semi-modular)
  • Display(s)
    LG34gk950g
  • Cooling
    H115i platinum/ 2x NF-A14 (GPU intake)/ 2xNFA14 (H115i radiator exhaust fan) 2x Corsair ML PRO 140(front intake) / 1x NF-A8 (exhaust)/ 2 x Corsair LL 120 (GPU deshroud fans)
  • Keyboard
    Corsair K70 LUX MX RED/ Microsoft Designer Keyboard Bluetooth
  • Mouse
    Corsair Harpoon RGB
  • Sound
    Audioengine A2+/ Audioengine d1 dac/ B&O h6
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Just now, OCNewbee said:

just outta curiosity, what was the question and the URL?

n° of the card you wanted (3060/3070) + Z20 (keyboard code) + X17 (mouse code)

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and i kept trying ... 30702017.... fml

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this just sucks. I live in the other part of world and the drop was at 5:00am...

  • CPU
    9900KS @ 5.0 avx offset 0/ cache 4.7/ @1.33v
  • Motherboard
    asus strix ROG z390-i
  • RAM
    8gb x2 G.skill ddr 4 3600 (OCed to 4000 17-19-19-39 @1.4v)
  • GPU
    Asus Strix OC RTX 3080 10GB  
  • Case
    Corsair 280x Crystal
  • Storage
    1tb Samsung SSD + 2x (512gb Samsung) SSD
  • PSU
    Seasonic GM 650 650Watt Gold (semi-modular)
  • Display(s)
    LG34gk950g
  • Cooling
    H115i platinum/ 2x NF-A14 (GPU intake)/ 2xNFA14 (H115i radiator exhaust fan) 2x Corsair ML PRO 140(front intake) / 1x NF-A8 (exhaust)/ 2 x Corsair LL 120 (GPU deshroud fans)
  • Keyboard
    Corsair K70 LUX MX RED/ Microsoft Designer Keyboard Bluetooth
  • Mouse
    Corsair Harpoon RGB
  • Sound
    Audioengine A2+/ Audioengine d1 dac/ B&O h6
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So WTF was the URL link then. Some of us couldn't figure it out in time.

 

This was not helpful...

 

n° of the card you wanted (3060/3070) + Z20 (keyboard code) + X17 (mouse code)

 

Where the hell was the code?

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Yeah I kept getting page not found, as usual. Don't know if I always screw up the code or it just does that when it is sold out but I have given up at this point. 

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Man, that was tough on my iPhone (lttstore is blocked at work and it’s all I brought today). I finally got through and entered the 3070 queue at 9065 out of 9083. 🤷‍♂️
 

Based on comments a bit further up, it looks like they’re all sold out…why hasn’t it kicked me out of the queue? I’m at 4738 of 6110 right now and it’s still going down

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Phew! Managed to snag one 3070. Went straight to the buying, no queue. Paid $749 total (but probably will get additional taxes once it's in-country - shipping to Poland)

Bless you LTT, my ol' 1070 just isn't enough for my day job any more, so this is a real godsend for me. Fingers crossed it gets here quickly and i don't have to pay its weight in gold in customs when it arrives 😅

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40 minutes ago, JanusPlayzNL said:

Im 600th, i chocked the game, no way they have that much right?

agreed. im only 214 now... although based on posts they are out.

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