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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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Well I wasn't so lucky, I was not expecting the drop mid WAN Show but I did get in and I'm sure I was one of the first ones. Sadly I did not had my credit card in hand! Made a total mess out of my room while screaming out loud trying to find my wallet:

 

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Screenshot I grabbed before I started panicking

Found the damn thing and came back to my desk with 13 secs left on the timer. I'm gonna apply the Louis Rossman teachings here and laugh instead of cry 🙂

Or at the very least I'm gonna try.

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Sorry

2 minutes ago, LINUSFAN321 said:

I read earlier in this thread that you can only get 1 GPU and 1 CPU. 

Thank you, sorry I'm dumb and I can't read the sticky up top.

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2 minutes ago, Homax said:

Well I wasn't so lucky, I was not expecting the drop mid WAN Show but I did get in and I'm sure I was one of the first ones. Sadly I did not had my credit card in hand! Made a total mess out of my room while screaming out loud trying to find my wallet:

 

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Screenshot I grabbed before I started panicking

Found the damn thing and came back to my desk with 13 secs left on the timer. I'm gonna apply the Louis Rossman teachings here and laugh instead of cry 🙂

Or at the very least I'm gonna try.

Oof.  That's rough.  These days, all you can do is take the missed opportunity on the chin and keep trucking on.

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Awww, missed this one. Congrats those who won. I know it feels good.

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I made in first 30 as well.
The I realised I was $200 short on my credit card.
Woke up my roommate (Europe here, 4 a.m.), he sent me the money and they came 4 seconds later than my reservation timer went out BECAUSE the bank security called him and ask if transaction's legit.

 

Now I'm back in queue.
Interesting, how many people did it through during those 6 minutes? The wheel is stil spinning. Do I have any chance?

Ryzen 9 5900X, 32 Gb of 3200 RAM, Radeon RX 6800XT from VAG

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Trying to understand the questions first was hard enough for me (not native english speaker). and then asking about games i never played with... so i had to google "big blue boy from valheim" or whatever 😄 anyways, i was done within 2-3 min but it was already too late 😞

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10 minutes ago, Ruslanets said:

I made in first 30 as well.
The I realised I was $200 short on my credit card.
Woke up my roommate (Europe here, 4 a.m.), he sent me the money and they came 4 seconds later than my reservation timer went out BECAUSE the bank security called him and ask if transaction's legit.

 

Now I'm back in queue.
Interesting, how many people did it through during those 6 minutes? The wheel is stil spinning. Do I have any chance?

Was waiting in queue for a while.  Just got OOS a few seconds ago.

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Man... I've gotten into, and through every single gauntlet so far, only to find out that the graphics card is in another castle. Looking forward to the final boss gauntlet, whichever that might end up being for me 😛

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Well dang. I had my nephews birthday party I had to drop my nieces at and I missed it. 14 days of crazy hours and I missed it... Just gotta lol.

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Oof, $910 USD (+ tax, shipping) for the 6800 XT. I guess this confirms that no reference cards will be available.

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48 minutes ago, SuperMrBlob said:

Oof, $910 USD (+ tax, shipping) for the 6800 XT. I guess this confirms that no reference cards will be available.

Actually, I think they are reference cards. $910 sounds about right after you factor in tariff, tax, and shipping.
650 * 1.25 = 812.50
812.50 * 1.07 = 869.37
869. 37 + 40/50 = 909.37/919.37
 

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Was the drop really today? That is depressing.

I am from EU, for me it was almost 4AM in the night.

Hopefully they will do more drops, my rog b550-f and ryzen 5 5600 x are just sitting on the shelf since january, waiting for miracle to happen.

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20 minutes ago, Gavagai said:

Actually, I think they are reference cards. $910 sounds about right after you factor in tariff, tax, and shipping.
650 * 1.25 = 812.50
812.50 * 1.07 = 869.37
869. 37 + 40/50 = 909.37/919.37
 

It was not reference card. It was Asus TUF. Just check @Homax

Screenshot couple posts above.

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3 hours ago, Frodo Baggins said:

Well dang. I had my nephews birthday party I had to drop my nieces at and I missed it. 14 days of crazy hours and I missed it... Just gotta lol.

Well you still can get one of the remaining 270 6800 XT's or one of the EVGA cards 🙏🙏🙏

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43 minutes ago, MaskedGandalf said:

Was the drop really today?

it was just 30 GPUs during WAN show.

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14 minutes ago, AlexP11223 said:

it was just 30 GPUs during WAN show.

You could say... Linus really just dropped 'em *rimshot*

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44 minutes ago, AlexP11223 said:

it was just 30 GPUs during WAN show.

So that means there will be more, right? 😀
I was still up, saw that WAN show started, tuned in for a minute or so and i saw linus wink when speaking about gpus, but didnt think much of it and went to sleep afterwards.🥴

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7 hours ago, Homax said:

Well I wasn't so lucky, I was not expecting the drop mid WAN Show but I did get in and I'm sure I was one of the first ones. Sadly I did not had my credit card in hand! Made a total mess out of my room while screaming out loud trying to find my wallet:

 

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Screenshot I grabbed before I started panicking

Found the damn thing and came back to my desk with 13 secs left on the timer. I'm gonna apply the Louis Rossman teachings here and laugh instead of cry 🙂

Or at the very least I'm gonna try.

Could you tell us if you're american or not? I wonder what the price you showed includes, if it's with tariffs and stuff.

 

If the 909.99$ is the msrp for this card then a big oof. If it is then a total cost for me would be around 1200-1300$ (taxes + shipping to EU), that's way too much for me. On AMD page reference 6800xt is listed for 649$. (I know, I know, it's not reference but still)

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37 minutes ago, MaskedGandalf said:

So that means there will be more, right? 😀
I was still up, saw that WAN show started, tuned in for a minute or so and i saw linus wink when speaking about gpus, but didnt think much of it and went to sleep afterwards.🥴

They have 100-300 of those 6800XTs I think. And there's still EVGA with Nvidia cards coming during the on-site event.

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1 hour ago, Amongalen said:

Could you tell us if you're american or not? I wonder what the price you showed includes, if it's with tariffs and stuff.

 

If the 909.99$ is the msrp for this card then a big oof. If it is then a total cost for me would be around 1200-1300$ (taxes + shipping to EU), that's way too much for me. On AMD page reference 6800xt is listed for 649$. (I know, I know, it's not reference but still)

 

This was the msrp. Estimate with US tariffs was $1137.49. Linus said on WAN that msrp for this card has gone up recently due to part shortage, etc, so we should expect a hefty price tag at the end of the gauntlet. I did not see the price until I finished with the questions, but I didn't make the cut anyway.

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The "green post" aka FAQ updated with latest drop and any info I got from WAN Show. With timestamps.

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40 minutes ago, LogicalDrm said:

The "green post" aka FAQ updated with latest drop and any info I got from WAN Show. With timestamps.

The post says

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EXPECTED TO DROP NEXT:

  • AMD GPUs (270x Asus TUF 6800XT at $909CAD)
  • EVGA GPUs (not confirmed)

but I think the screenshot a couple of posts above suggests it's US$. Could you maybe adjust that? Just so no one is getting false hopes up 🙂
Or is it CAD$ and the exchange rate just coincidentally matches the tariff?

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2 minutes ago, Serpents_Smile said:

The post says

but I think the screenshot a couple of posts above suggests it's US$. Could you maybe adjust that? Just so no one is getting false hopes up 🙂
Or is it CAD$ and the exchange rate just coincidentally matches the tariff?

No, thats me forgetting things. I had to edit the post like 4 times because I forget to add/update things.

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2 minutes ago, LogicalDrm said:

No, thats me forgetting things. I had to edit the post like 4 times because I forget to add/update things.

Too bad, that's a lot more than the reference price(iirc)...

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1 minute ago, Serpents_Smile said:

Too bad, that's a lot more than the reference price(iirc)...

Linus did say in the WAN Show that the price of MSRP for the Asus cards went up just recently because the manufacturing-side has issues with production materials and high demand overall.

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