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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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$1589.99

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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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Posted
13 minutes ago, LogicalDrm said:

YouTube's subtitles.

could you elaborate on that? Like is there a way to find just the subtitles so you can skim through them? Im a little confused because the video posted today doesn't even have subtitles available, at least for me.

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2 hours ago, Sniffy540 said:

could you elaborate on that? Like is there a way to find just the subtitles so you can skim through them? Im a little confused because the video posted today doesn't even have subtitles available, at least for me.

That alone is telling. But by opening the subtitles in some way (there's posts about it couple pages back) and using Ctrl+F for keywords.

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9 hours ago, Sniffy540 said:

How did you manage to check the entire video he posted today in under a minute? XD

It went up on floatplane about 5 minutes before yt, and they drop at the same time for VAG, so that's how lel

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9 hours ago, LogicalDrm said:

YouTube's subtitles.

no, It went up on floatplane about 5 minutes before YT, which means there's no VAG, i didn't know you could use subtitles lol

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1 hour ago, SavageSheepYT said:

no, It went up on floatplane about 5 minutes before YT, which means there's no VAG, i didn't know you could use subtitles lol

Ok, I haven't even checked FP since there's no confirmation they even have hardware to sell.

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On 5/25/2021 at 4:04 PM, nathanholtz said:

Which NZXT case is that? It looks like it might be the newer version of what I have the S430 Elite. I didn't think I would have to worry about mounting depth should I ever find a GPU at retail 😞

It's h510, sorry for late answer, got a lot on my head right now:P main reason why it's so close it's because of radiator of AIO, without it it wouldn't be so close

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12 hours ago, Sniffy540 said:

could you elaborate on that? Like is there a way to find just the subtitles so you can skim through them? Im a little confused because the video posted today doesn't even have subtitles available, at least for me.

 

For the videos they post in quick schedule, like this leaked Win11 build and other NDA videos, you might not get the official CCs, but YTs own ones only.

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2 hours ago, Sniffy540 said:

is there no WAN show today?

I think it usually starts around 9pm ET.

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3 hours ago, SavageSheepYT said:

No VAG 

Please stop. I've let it go for now, but at this point you are spamming. Until they tease that they have something to drop, this is pointless.

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Looks like prices are dropping, Zotac 3080 Ti is in stock for 1860 EUR (EVGA MSRP after VAT is 1500) on alternate for several days.

 

Could be that the 3080 Ti drop becomes pointless by the time it drops. Unless somehow it's one of the Nvidia MSRP models like EVGA XC which were produced in small amounts because Nvidia apparently requires such MSRP model, and then disappeared.

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21 hours ago, LogicalDrm said:

Please stop. I've let it go for now, but at this point you are spamming. Until they tease that they have something to drop, this is pointless.

They did tease it a week ago.

On 6/19/2021 at 7:30 PM, SavageSheepYT said:

No VAG 

Please continue. helps every day.

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35 minutes ago, mrMad-Cat said:

They did tease it a week ago.

Please continue. helps every day.

Link? All I know is what was discussed in WAN Show. That they are "in talks". I have not seen or heard anything that would say they have something to drop.

 

As side note, I am actual moderator here. Besides discussing in this topic, I do keep it clean and make sure it adheres to our rules. Spamming is against the rules, which is why I made the previous post. With these megathreads of high popularity, we give some more room than in general. But at some point, enough is enough. So until I see actual teaser, preferably posted in this thread, posting daily updates when we know for a fact that there's nothing to drop, is spamming.

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"1 partner has managed to allocate some 3080 TIes for VAG" is completly different level from "in talks". I don't expect any more teasing than this. 

They have never announced before the exact date of vag, nor they repeated their teasing many times. As i understand they try to keep it as a discrete surprise as possible, so that mostly standard viewers are the ones who get it.

So if you don't understand, I'll explain it to you that since that last wan show thousands of us returned to waiting with daily alarms checking every video for the clues. And this topic is one of the primary sources to check when you are short in time and mobility. So this is definitely not spamming, but the main purpose of this topic.

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14 minutes ago, mrMad-Cat said:

I don't expect any more teasing than this. 

They always had photos in twitter on delivery.

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4 minutes ago, AlexP11223 said:

They always had photos in twitter on delivery.

Even if they did, it doesn't mean they will do it every time. There are no rules. First there were video insertions, than just voice over. If you expect it to be as before you risk missing out.

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19 minutes ago, SavageSheepYT said:

I'll respect the mod, but I did create a sub thread for drop updates, let me know if it breaks any rules and I'll remove it.

Never mind, it got taken down, so I guess no updates until we get more of a tease

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18 minutes ago, SavageSheepYT said:

I'll respect the mod, but I did create a sub thread for drop updates, let me know if it breaks any rules and I'll remove it.

You completely misunderstood what @LogicalDrm said ; don't spam, it's as simple as that. There's not need to post with every video LTT release, and BTW, you can't remove your own thread or replies.

If you need help with your forum account, please use the Forum Support form !

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2 minutes ago, wkdpaul said:

You completely misunderstood what @LogicalDrm said ; don't spam, it's as simple as that. There's not need to post with every video LTT release, and BTW, you can't remove your own thread or replies.

I know, that's why I stopped, but some people want to know if there are drops daily, because they might not even tease it, we have no idea what they will do until they do it, but I'll stop.

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28 minutes ago, breadywastaken said:

I know, that's why I stopped, but some people want to know if there are drops daily, because they might not even tease it, we have no idea what they will do until they do it, but I'll stop.

I thought I would PM you about reasons behind the request, but for sake of clarity I will do it publicly. If you would be productive member, as in posting some 10+ posts per day, I probably wouldn't care one of them being in this thread. However, 90% of you posts have been in this thread, and majority of those have been "No VAG". Thats far from being productive and much closer to spamming and post farming, even if thats not your intention.

 

You can continue posting that messsage, but please use your Status Updates until we get the concrete proof that there's drop incoming. Those who are interested can follow you or bookmark the page.

 

10 hours ago, mrMad-Cat said:

"1 partner has managed to allocate some 3080 TIes for VAG" is completly different level from "in talks". I don't expect any more teasing than this.

Link? And if its WAN, timestamp. I read that as same level, not different. There has been social media post with picture of the boxes before every drop. Would they do stealth one? Possibly. But I doubt it. One of the core things with this whole thing has been the hype and viewership they have got. It would be missed opportunity not to tease more and get hypetrain going again.

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You can continue posting that messsage, but please use your Status Updates until we get the concrete proof that there's drop incoming. Those who are interested can follow you or bookmark the page.

Will do

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