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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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22 minutes ago, NELGEL said:

i'm new to this, are we expecting a VAG video to drop today?? 

Technically we're expecting a drop every day, just to be on the safe side. But, I don't know. There *could* be a drop today, or there also *could* not be a drop today. If there is a drop, they *could* be posting the video later in the day to give more people a chance at it, they *could* be posting later in the day to iron out a technical issue with ordering, or they *could* be posting the video late in the day because it just worked out that way. Only time will tell. Sorry there isn't a better answer.

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3 minutes ago, Gavagai said:

Technically we're expecting a drop every day, just to be on the safe side. But, I don't know. There *could* be a drop today, or there also *could* not be a drop today. If there is a drop, they *could* be posting the video later in the day to give more people a chance at it, they *could* be posting later in the day to iron out a technical issue with ordering, or they *could* be posting the video late in the day because it just worked out that way. Only time will tell. Sorry there isn't a better answer.

thats all i wanted to know lol thats what i was looking for thanks!!

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Im pretty sure Linus just got fired for losing $50k on Gamestop, so no more videos folks, its just all over.

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Just now, alnmike said:

Im pretty sure Linus just got fired for losing $50k on Gamestop, so no more videos folks, its just all over.

That happened awhile ago.

Plus he's CEO.

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1 minute ago, FakeKGB said:

That happened awhile ago.

Plus he's CEO.

Exactly, which is why theres no video. Getting fired as a CEO is a big deal.

Everything's being moved over to LinusCatTips

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1 minute ago, alnmike said:

Exactly, which is why theres no video. Getting fired as a CEO is a big deal.

He was the host of yesterday's Techlinked.

Unless they changed something, those are done in one day.

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2 minutes ago, FakeKGB said:

He was the host of yesterday's Techlinked.

Unless they changed something, those are done in one day.

Yes, that was yesterday. Todays video is uh, 8 hours late, give or take. So something bad happened, or Linus got fired. Its not Friday so theres no WAN show later instead.

I choose to believe he got fired, because that is the most humorous outcome. In the meantime I have to sit and hit F5 every 4 seconds so I can try to get a video card that's not my integrated, or a borrowed GTX 770....

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1 minute ago, alnmike said:

I choose to believe he got fired, because that is the most humorous outcome.

He was not fired.

I guarantee it.

1 minute ago, alnmike said:

In the meantime I have to sit and hit F5 every 4 seconds so I can try to get a video card that's not my integrated, or a borrowed GTX 770....

GTX 770 isn't too bad.

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Just now, FakeKGB said:

He was not fired.

I guarantee it.

GTX 770 isn't too bad.

Well yes. Literally he wasnt. But figuratively, it would make a good joke.

 

Its tons better than the iGPU yes. So thank you friend tha tlet me borrow it.
What I get for selling what I had...... 1080ti broke so EVGA gave me a 2080super, which I sold because I wanted something that could actually 4k. Aaaaaaaaaaaand now I'm borrowing a 770 lol.

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I know you are all joking to break the tension of waiting so long, but how on earth does anyone get fired from the company they almost certainly own 100% lol. If anything, the dude seems to need a longer holiday as the one he said he just had seemed so short even allowing for prerecorded videos. Or he could quit and just get his money from his somehow wildly successful Only Fans April Fools joke.

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1 minute ago, Frodo Baggins said:

I know you are all joking to break the tension of waiting so long, but how on earth does anyone get fired from the company they almost certainly own 100% lol. If anything, the dude seems to need a longer holiday as the one he said he just had seemed so short even allowing for prerecorded videos. Or he could quit and just get his money from his somehow wildly successful Only Fans April Fools joke.

No kidding, he made over half what I make in a year for a joke in one day. Insane. I'm sure it's doubled that by now.

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7 minutes ago, alnmike said:

Yes, that was yesterday. Todays video is uh, 8 hours late, give or take. So something bad happened, or Linus got fired. Its not Friday so theres no WAN show later instead.

Today's video is up!
LOL

Also, as someone who came from the iGPU of a Core i3-2365M (2C/4T) with 4GB of LPDDR3 in single channel, having a custom desktop is nice.

It may have a crap GPU (2x GTX 650 Ti BOOSTs) but everything else is nice.

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sigh I got though and "got one" but dont actually need it I just got a 5600x oh well hope someone enjoys my allocation

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CPU drop today, 6800xt GPUs to come in the next drop it sounds like.

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Typical this time I'm quick enough but it's for a CPU ....This was todays drop, nice doing the quiz again. Didn't claim it as as I'm after a GPU.

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Yep, the newest video has 5900xs, with 6800xt.

Though its out of stock already it seems

I could use some help with this!

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please, pm me if you would like to contribute to my gpu bios database (includes overclocking bios, stock bios, and upgrades to gpus via modding)

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prior build:

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Ryzen 9 5900x dropped

 

edit: never mind, I’m late as usual lol

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At least i can call myself a VAG now! even if i didn't purchase anything

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God damn, 300 units already gone. At least I got to experience the quiz, it was fun at least. I don't really need a better processor but figured I could probably sell my current one for the same price.

Didn't realize how fast these things go though, in literally 5 minutes that's all it took, so my chances of getting a graphics card are probably even worse than this. Maybe I should just try emailing a board partner to ask if they can sell me one direct or something yikes.

I suppose I might still get a slot if a reservation falls through, just sitting on "please wait a moment" but I doubt that's going to change.

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Lol i look away for 2 minutes and miss the start of the drop. Didn't matter as it's for CPUs this time around and I don't need a CPU.

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Just now, chkgrniv said:

Didnt understand the coded message

 

If you rewind the video a tiny bit, he gives you all three answers. 

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1 minute ago, chkgrniv said:

Didnt understand the coded message

 

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1 minute ago, croaker said:

At least i can call myself a VAG now! even if i didn't purchase anything

same here. I wasnt planning on buying (looked through the video 10 mins after) and found it.

But I got al teh questions.

At least I know that for when I go to get a 3070 once I have enough for one.

I could use some help with this!

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Need help updating a phone from w8.1 to w10 - Windows - Linus Tech Tips

please, pm me if you would like to contribute to my gpu bios database (includes overclocking bios, stock bios, and upgrades to gpus via modding)

Bios database

My beautiful, but not that powerful, main PC:

prior build:

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2 minutes ago, Junction Runner said:

God damn, 300 units already gone. At least I got to experience the quiz, it was fun at least. I don't really need a better processor but figured I could probably sell my current one for the same price.

Didn't realize how fast these things go though, in literally 5 minutes that's all it took, so my chances of getting a graphics card are probably even worse than this. Maybe I should just try emailing a board partner to ask if they can sell me one direct or something yikes.

They take longer than that, what you wanna do is get though the quiz and even if it says they are gone you are wait cause people like me who got though may not want it, they may of just wanted to do the quiz for fun. or didnt like the final price after taxes or whatever. If they dont check out it will go back into the pool of available units. 

After about 20-30 min though they sell out. but yeah you still wanna be as fast as you can.

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