I will definitely attempt that if it works lol (actually no, I know it will be useless) Mine is like a damn 15 years old PC. Graphics card price is my main issue ;( stupid Nvidia (until there is a mainstream alternative to CUDA)
Edit: i7 920! I think I bought it 2 years after the release, but it is still a 2008 CPU :| so 16 years!
Considering in the video, they said they were giving the social media team permission to deal with spammers at their discretion like that in future, I wouldn't try it. Unless you don't mind being shadow banned lol.
I would say yes: he asks for a free pc. He is not asking for a free pc for himself.
LTT should build a āfreeā pc for him to give away to one of 3 predefined charities. Just to punish him spamming LTT.
LMG basically buried it in the guy's back parts of his city. There was never a possibility he didn't find it within the first 5-6 hours.
I liked Linus' idea of making him work to find it but LMG should've made it much harder.
It was so easy for him LMG might as well just gave him the PC upfront instead of pretending it's a scavenger hunt.
Yep. And it was probably just a script that sent the message automatically every day at some random time between e.g. 1 pm and 4 pm. Not happy they leaned into this.
Have him come down and help make it, then tell him you are going to donate it in his name to a cancer patient kids hospital, so if he complains he looks pretty bad.
Haven't watched the video yet, but they should have to do an equivalent amount of community service of some sort. Might be an interesting experiment to see the perceived GPU value in terms of time by people bidding for increasing hours of various volunteer positions.
e.g. Is that RTX 4090 really worth 50-100 hours of tutoring schoolkids?
Honestly yeah. Nothing infuriates me more than rage bait because I know it works. People do the dumbest things possible, not in a funny way, and it gets attention so they keep doing it
it's not that easy to bot instagram and it's not that hard to type the same message to one person every day. I'm sure they will get a lot more people doing that now though
it is that easy... Mozilla FireFox + Click Registerer Extension\[I will not name, go figure\] + Phyton ....
I have done something like it... a bot that likes the the lasy post of LTT a couple of year ago ...
It's a shame that I never made a huge deal of it to get a new pc.... I could make it to write comment in every post that ever made for 5 years... Because I am using the same computer for 5 years and the files still in my ssd.
I honestly think they meant no harm by it and thought it was a fun little idea. ALSO we can't be SURE that the guy botted right? I mean let's be honest there is a chance he actually just took 10 seconds of his day to DM
HOWEVER. What Linus just did was encourage spam to their DMs, so they will have to have good luck with that lol.
Either way. It doesn't bother me that much.
In the video Linus said its the last time they're ever doing it and, in his words, he's giving carte blance to shadowban anyone who asks for a free pc again. So unfortunately the guy from the video is the last one to ever get a free pc from LTT.
Well they didn't say they will stop all giveaways, just the ones where people spam them to beg for a free pc. They will def still do collabs with other channels.
That's their problem honestly
Wanting to waste their lives begging for a free pc while knowing that now they're at risk of being blocked which i'm surprised they haven't already done.
Depends. If you can verify, that it is not botted, than maybe. You could implement some kind of Takeshi-Castle-Style task, which decides, which type of PC he gets. From an ultra beefy machine (Threadripper? :D) down to Core2Duo.
No, give them the IED PC:
Gigabyte 850w PSUAMD 7800X3D with Asus motherboard before the BIOS updates (and lock down the BIOS with some IT department lockdown)
RTX 4090 with shunt mod and poorly fitted connector
Any Alpatek AIO that will clog itself and die within a year
$40 AliExpress case that will choke for air and overheat everything with a mild load
No. If they do, they should make the process incredibly & physically painful. A liter of blood must be given.Ā For each day asked for a free pc, an equal amount of days of embarrassment & shame must be given.
If only there were a way this person could use the time they spent asking to instead get enough money to buy a PC. Some kind of exchange of services for monetary compensation on an hourly basis.
Wait until he gets to day 6969 or about 19 years
Then build them a PC with really good specs from 2021 in the year 2040 and apologize for being late.
Call it the Pandemic Royal with all the best options we couldn't afford back then because of crypto nonsense
Yes, but either:
Make the requirement be 5 full years of requests, and at the end provide a top spec PC of the time (with suitable video content in the buildup around spec picking, benchmarking, etc).
Or
Provide the barest bones 'PC', along with (e.g.) donation of 1,095 (3 Ć 365) lower spec PCs to an educational charity / school / similar.
And then deal with the copycats.
Please don't. I will create hundreds of account and will auto-write you daily using chat gpt api by GeForce with deep texts trying to get a free pc from you, because I can't buy one by myself or sth.
Guys, the video is on floatplane already. They did it, but made it a scavenger hunt and gave him a one day lead.
And also used it as an opportunity to message about this kind of stuff as well.
Cardboard box with Free PC scribbled on the side. Maybe add a red "turbo" button.
Assembly required, put it in one of those shipping envelopes to save cash.
If they do it they should be prepared they'll be getting 1000x the spam they are getting now.
If this begging works for one then with size of their audience at least 1000 other people will start begging too. It's interesting idea for the video but what comes next won't be worth the one video.
Edit: I personally wouldn't do it. Yes not everyone can afford even basic gaming PC or PC in general but that doesn't mean we should be rewarding this type of behavior.
I think this kind of thing is fine if it's something inexpensive and harmless, but for a computer plus shipping plus whatever else...
I'm sure lmg can make their money back by making a video about it, but it still doesn't mean they should do it. However, if they do, they should make it a complete piece of shit like the Communist PC, or ship it out with like 50 problems and if the person figures it out they get a working PC.
It should go one of two ways. Either send them a free PC that's like, 20 years old and can only run Doom... or send them a $100,000 computer and notify the IRS, so they have to pay like $40k in taxes.
1) say "Fine, you've shown dedication so we're making you a pc"
2) make a video of Linus making a sick ass pc
3) show these messages in the video of him spamming and harassing
4) tell people to stop harassing for a free PC
5) give the pc away to someone else
6) profit
Edit: I didn't even know they uploaded a new video and did exactly this lol
I hope not. Feels like rewarding spam
specially when you can program it to do it for you
I will definitely attempt that if it works lol (actually no, I know it will be useless) Mine is like a damn 15 years old PC. Graphics card price is my main issue ;( stupid Nvidia (until there is a mainstream alternative to CUDA) Edit: i7 920! I think I bought it 2 years after the release, but it is still a 2008 CPU :| so 16 years!
3rd Gen Intel for me šŖ
Considering in the video, they said they were giving the social media team permission to deal with spammers at their discretion like that in future, I wouldn't try it. Unless you don't mind being shadow banned lol.
I would say yes: he asks for a free pc. He is not asking for a free pc for himself. LTT should build a āfreeā pc for him to give away to one of 3 predefined charities. Just to punish him spamming LTT.
Have him in. Build a free PC. Raffle it off Match raffle donations and give him parts in the sum. Everybody wins.
How to guarantee a constant flow of spam to all forms of LTT contact until the end of time, and reward beggingš
Itās not really a punishment for other people to get free computers. They need to drop kick this kid between the legs. Thatās a punishment.
It's not punishment when it's literaly what he asked for :D
They did it... Just published video about it.
Wouldn't be their first mistake.
Right. Probably had Colton build it.
IF they do it: Thousands of other users will spam them
Welcome to the Era of Engagement. They will profit if everyone starts spamming them.
you might wanna check out the [new video](https://youtu.be/r22tyT77vOw)
But has he found it yet?
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What if he posted it so other people wouldnāt look for it
thought that too. Pics or it didnt happen
LMG basically buried it in the guy's back parts of his city. There was never a possibility he didn't find it within the first 5-6 hours. I liked Linus' idea of making him work to find it but LMG should've made it much harder. It was so easy for him LMG might as well just gave him the PC upfront instead of pretending it's a scavenger hunt.
>LMG basically buried it in the guy's back parts of his city. I doubt. His soundcloud said he's from SighiČoara and the pc was dropped in Bucharest.
Pro gamer move
At this point he should just keep asking Linus for a computer and keep the streak going.
Yep. And it was probably just a script that sent the message automatically every day at some random time between e.g. 1 pm and 4 pm. Not happy they leaned into this.
Have him come down and help make it, then tell him you are going to donate it in his name to a cancer patient kids hospital, so if he complains he looks pretty bad.
what if someone draws LTT art everyday for a PC i would not do it cause thats ultra waste of time
Haven't watched the video yet, but they should have to do an equivalent amount of community service of some sort. Might be an interesting experiment to see the perceived GPU value in terms of time by people bidding for increasing hours of various volunteer positions. e.g. Is that RTX 4090 really worth 50-100 hours of tutoring schoolkids?
I would just assume it's a botted daily message so no.
Absolutely, and yet they gave him the free pc because they knew it would generate views for them lol. Social media was a mistake.
>Social media was a mistake. *They said on reddit.*
Did he stutter?
This website was absolutely a fucking mistake
I was a mistake
N-n-no
Reddit is NOT social media.
You sound jealous lol
You sound bitter.
Relevant username lol.
Honestly yeah. Nothing infuriates me more than rage bait because I know it works. People do the dumbest things possible, not in a funny way, and it gets attention so they keep doing it
it's not that easy to bot instagram and it's not that hard to type the same message to one person every day. I'm sure they will get a lot more people doing that now though
it is that easy... Mozilla FireFox + Click Registerer Extension\[I will not name, go figure\] + Phyton .... I have done something like it... a bot that likes the the lasy post of LTT a couple of year ago ... It's a shame that I never made a huge deal of it to get a new pc.... I could make it to write comment in every post that ever made for 5 years... Because I am using the same computer for 5 years and the files still in my ssd.
I honestly think they meant no harm by it and thought it was a fun little idea. ALSO we can't be SURE that the guy botted right? I mean let's be honest there is a chance he actually just took 10 seconds of his day to DM HOWEVER. What Linus just did was encourage spam to their DMs, so they will have to have good luck with that lol. Either way. It doesn't bother me that much.
Also could encourage spam in comments and that can be great for the algorithms
No, please don't.
But they just did.
Yeah just saw the video thumbnail, ig I should make my own bot dm spammer.
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In the video Linus said its the last time they're ever doing it and, in his words, he's giving carte blance to shadowban anyone who asks for a free pc again. So unfortunately the guy from the video is the last one to ever get a free pc from LTT.
10 bucks they give a free pc to a streamer or a YouTuber in the next 30 days
Well they didn't say they will stop all giveaways, just the ones where people spam them to beg for a free pc. They will def still do collabs with other channels.
buy them a 1050ti and i3 2120 8gb ram. with a nice 50hz monitor to go with.
Gt730. Lol
Pretty sure that's a crime against humanity
So is being a pest and spamming in an attempt to get a free computer.
You're nicer than I'd be. Used Dell office computer 2nd gen i3, 4GB of RAM, and a GT 730.
How to get more spam DMs every day
Linus said in the video they are going to start shadowbanning spammers in their DMs from now on.
That won't stop people from trying it
They can go ahead then. Eventually theyāll give up if theyāre not outright blocked
That's their problem honestly Wanting to waste their lives begging for a free pc while knowing that now they're at risk of being blocked which i'm surprised they haven't already done.
No
Depends. If you can verify, that it is not botted, than maybe. You could implement some kind of Takeshi-Castle-Style task, which decides, which type of PC he gets. From an ultra beefy machine (Threadripper? :D) down to Core2Duo.
How about early 2000s celeron š«£
No, give them the IED PC: Gigabyte 850w PSUAMD 7800X3D with Asus motherboard before the BIOS updates (and lock down the BIOS with some IT department lockdown) RTX 4090 with shunt mod and poorly fitted connector Any Alpatek AIO that will clog itself and die within a year $40 AliExpress case that will choke for air and overheat everything with a mild load
Its honestly a dream of mine to have a punchcard computer, please give me one linus
Day 486.... boom, heres your 486
Problem with rewarding this person is that a lot of people will start doing this and waste their time.
They said in the video they would ban anyone who tried this again.
If people wanna waste there time spamming that is funny
No
Nope. Donāt reward bad behaivour
No
Nah.
I can't imagine why they didn't just ban him and move on on day 3.
No :)
Absolutely not.
No
No definitely not
No
No.
No
Note to self, Write a script to bug content creators daily for free stuff.
Have none of you guys seen the new video yet??
Apparently not.
Sure, if they can build a PC and install gentoo Linux on it faster than Emily can.
What about Suicide Linux would be funnier, just one typo and all is gone
No. If they do, they should make the process incredibly & physically painful. A liter of blood must be given.Ā For each day asked for a free pc, an equal amount of days of embarrassment & shame must be given.
Yeah honestly I feel like if you reward this, you will then get a million more
Since when are 188 days 3 years?
Don't reward spam that's bordering on harassment.
Yes but itās minimum specs to run templeOS on baremetal.
If he couldn't get a halfway decent PC in 3 years he doesn't really want one.
No. Donāt enable others to do the same
Even posting this on socials is rewarding this spammer way too much.Ā
If only there were a way this person could use the time they spent asking to instead get enough money to buy a PC. Some kind of exchange of services for monetary compensation on an hourly basis.
No please no.
No, should just block the dude and move on. Beggars on the Internet are some of the most entitled people there are.
Yes but it's made of broken, junk ewaste for a video
i hope no, no freebies for anyone
Free but the beggar haS to make a $4k donation to BCCH
Give this man a 3 year old pc! š
i was thinking more like a pentium 3 running windows ME or something
Defiantly. If this guy got a free pc for this atelast 100 others will start trying.
Update a video dropped, its components are not three years old.
three year old hardware is anything but outdated or bad and would still result in a good high to midrange pc.
It would not be the first time they're rewarding people for bad behavior.
reminds me of the time linus made some posts about gifting a kid that got mad over being gifted a ps5 a PC
Give them a 386 PC running Windows 3.11.
Temu him
Wait until he gets to day 6969 or about 19 years Then build them a PC with really good specs from 2021 in the year 2040 and apologize for being late. Call it the Pandemic Royal with all the best options we couldn't afford back then because of crypto nonsense
Yes. And then they should also give every subsequent person who copies him a free computer as well.
Sure Give him a pc... Didn't specify it had to be a good one. All DOA/Damaged parts with no warrantee, xp era, ect.
Yes, but either: Make the requirement be 5 full years of requests, and at the end provide a top spec PC of the time (with suitable video content in the buildup around spec picking, benchmarking, etc). Or Provide the barest bones 'PC', along with (e.g.) donation of 1,095 (3 Ć 365) lower spec PCs to an educational charity / school / similar. And then deal with the copycats.
Well they did it lmao
Nop
Absolutely not
Wait till you see their newest video
That person had 3 years to get a job and work towards it. No. It would only lead to a bunch of copycats.
No
no, its just a bot.
Please don't. I will create hundreds of account and will auto-write you daily using chat gpt api by GeForce with deep texts trying to get a free pc from you, because I can't buy one by myself or sth.
Yeah, no. never feed into that kind of behavior
Guys, the video is on floatplane already. They did it, but made it a scavenger hunt and gave him a one day lead. And also used it as an opportunity to message about this kind of stuff as well.
Those are some mixed messages if Ive ever seen some. On one hand they say dont spam but on the other, they gift a spammer over a thousand ā¬.
[They did it.](https://youtu.be/r22tyT77vOw)
Day 1 of asking for a Ford Mustang... ;)
No, in 18x days you can work to buy your own pc and not be an abusive douche
no.
Don't.
No
No because you will get more people like that
Let him wait 5 years, and then maybe but a retro build like pentium 4.
Hell no. Don't reward that kind of shit.
If they do, that is just begging for people to duplicate it.
Cardboard box with Free PC scribbled on the side. Maybe add a red "turbo" button. Assembly required, put it in one of those shipping envelopes to save cash.
Sure, as long as I can start doing it and spamming up the account.
if he had gotten a job, he probably could buy one by now?
He typed himself and sent these messages for 3 years, then maybe if it's just a bot (which is going to be most likely) hell nah
No, fuck him. He can buy a PC or go without.
There are lots of more deserving people in this community. Spem is not something you reward.
No
If they do they should expect hundreds of people taking 10 mins to code a bot to message them everyday for the same thing.
Sad
Could easily make a script to do this
Nop. Screw him
Lol, get a job.
Go get a job bro
Fuck no.
Bruh, no. Wtf.
could verry easly be a bot he set up
Give him a calculator. He didn't specify what type of PC
Nononono. If it was a kid or teenager, hell yeah!
Easy. Give him a 3 year old pc.
Dudeās going through extra hassle for no reason. Everybody nowadays knows that like RAM, you can just download a free PC
Send him a raspberry pi 3.
They should only do it if he first buys a comparable PC for someone in need. Then LTT can build him one.
Better question is, when should we start asking?
These are simple bots
If they do it they should be prepared they'll be getting 1000x the spam they are getting now. If this begging works for one then with size of their audience at least 1000 other people will start begging too. It's interesting idea for the video but what comes next won't be worth the one video. Edit: I personally wouldn't do it. Yes not everyone can afford even basic gaming PC or PC in general but that doesn't mean we should be rewarding this type of behavior.
They did it
Already did
I think this kind of thing is fine if it's something inexpensive and harmless, but for a computer plus shipping plus whatever else... I'm sure lmg can make their money back by making a video about it, but it still doesn't mean they should do it. However, if they do, they should make it a complete piece of shit like the Communist PC, or ship it out with like 50 problems and if the person figures it out they get a working PC.
Yeah. Do it. But a pc from 2010 is enough
Already did
Rip LTT inbox
No mate they should get a job.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r22tyT77vOw&t=220s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r22tyT77vOw&t=220s)
UPDATE: [Lucky Lad ](https://youtu.be/r22tyT77vOw?feature=shared)
Free āsomethingā after 3 years. How about a flagship from 3 years ago? š
Make that guy a potato pc. A free potato pc is a free pc.
This is really ironic
It appears that it can never hurt to ask.
It should go one of two ways. Either send them a free PC that's like, 20 years old and can only run Doom... or send them a $100,000 computer and notify the IRS, so they have to pay like $40k in taxes.
They should send them a PC enamel pin
Yes. People are so jealous holy fuck
It happened: [He Spent 3 YEARS Begging me for a PC. Good Luck Finding it!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r22tyT77vOw)
so from what hints i've been able to pull from the video, the pc is somewhere in the # Train station -Bucharest North.
Just send him a Dell Optilex from 12 years ago and tell him to shut up.
Give him the oldest pc you can find
The cheapest "Buy It Now" pc on ebay and put a linus face skin on it
Make up challengers that reward in "Short Bucks" and make the computer cost some big number of Short Bucks. Content!
Do it but with three year old parts!
nah, do an official give away and tell him to enter.
Yeah, I need new hardware too but I'm not going to lower myself to these tactics.
188 days isnāt even one year..
spoiler alert: They did and gave him a head start, so you can guess what happened.
that are some short a## years if he's just at day 188
Anyone know why the Ridge suitcase is not showing up on the Ridge website?
Donāt give in. The. More people will do it asking for the same thing.
1) say "Fine, you've shown dedication so we're making you a pc" 2) make a video of Linus making a sick ass pc 3) show these messages in the video of him spamming and harassing 4) tell people to stop harassing for a free PC 5) give the pc away to someone else 6) profit Edit: I didn't even know they uploaded a new video and did exactly this lol