tjtaylorjr
Genuine loyal customers don't need to post because their purchases have secured their elite status already.

I have 2 evga cards purchased within a year of each other. However my items don't qualify, does that make me disloyal?

tjtaylorjr
Genuine loyal customers don't need to post because their purchases have secured their elite status already.

First post after 13 years 
 
 
I'm hoping the next 3989 batch comes out before the price raise. 

Bora1114

xeddex
I generally try and be nice and level headed but I'm going to just throw this out there...
 
I've registered a total of 4 EVGA purchases (all GPUs) which date all the way back to early 2015.  I joined these forums mid-2018.
 
If someone who has never made an EVGA purchase and/or never registered an EVGA purchase can create an account today on these forums, pound out 100 spam posts on the "say any 5 words" thread and then get "elite" and have the exact same opportunity as me to queue for 3080 Ti then that's really really really upsetting.

Understandable. This is why a higher tier elite predating Sept 2020 would be beneficial. 

Why exclude those of us who have bought evga consistently but didn't get the post count or qualifying product?

thorandir
Why exclude those of us who have bought evga consistently but didn't get the post count or qualifying product?

What's the threshold for what is considered a "qualifying product"?  (not meaning to be a jerk, just want to know.  Ex: I wouldn't expect a T-shirt to count but something like a GPU, motherboard or power supply should count)

thorandir
I think you must have made 2 purchases within 12 months. I only have 1, but the other one was 12 months prior.

I just popped over and took a look.  For hardware there are two situations.  Option 1 is a VERY large list of "if you've bought one of these and registered it counts" and there does not appear to be a time limit so if you ever bought something on this list then it looks like it would count.  The Option 2 is having bought 2 things in the last 12 months and looks like more of a catch all for things that might not be on the Option 1 list.
 
No idea what you've bought but Option 1 has GPUs going all the way back to 10x series so I would think a lot of folks would qualify under Option 1.

Back_Yard_Gamer
No problem, Jameson Crested it is then...For medicinal purposes of course  

TheRealMikeVan

Back_Yard_Gamer
Doh...lol And I haven't had a drop of whiskey yet! Of course the 3080ti. I swear to drunk I'm not god 
 

I just couldn't resist mentioning it because I did a double take and thought I had confused myself  But when you DO start in on that whiskey, can I join? 

Ahhh very good choice. A classic and one that is very delicious. Sign me up! :D

thorandir

Bora1114

xeddex
I generally try and be nice and level headed but I'm going to just throw this out there...
 
I've registered a total of 4 EVGA purchases (all GPUs) which date all the way back to early 2015.  I joined these forums mid-2018.
 
If someone who has never made an EVGA purchase and/or never registered an EVGA purchase can create an account today on these forums, pound out 100 spam posts on the "say any 5 words" thread and then get "elite" and have the exact same opportunity as me to queue for 3080 Ti then that's really really really upsetting.

Understandable. This is why a higher tier elite predating Sept 2020 would be beneficial. 

Why exclude those of us who have bought evga consistently but didn't get the post count or qualifying product?

The purpose of a hypothetical "Uber" Elite would be for EVGA to offer early access for loyal customers.
 
Since this is hypothetical the criteria could change but the bare minimum criteria in order to achieve this would be to only allow membership to those who registered a product before sept 2020. 
 
Obviously there would be more ways to filter it given that someone who bought a $20 power supply in 2014 wouldn't really be considered a loyal customer by any standards nor a person who buys T shirts and thermal paste. 
 
At the very least, sticking to the very minimum would give their loyal customers a sense of priority and kick out all the bots plaguing the queue. 

xeddex
I generally try and be nice and level headed but I'm going to just throw this out there...
 
I've registered a total of 4 EVGA purchases (all GPUs) which date all the way back to early 2015.  I joined these forums mid-2018.
 
If someone who has never made an EVGA purchase and/or never registered an EVGA purchase can create an account today on these forums, pound out 100 spam posts on the "say any 5 words" thread and then get "elite" and have the exact same opportunity as me to queue for 3080 Ti then that's really really really upsetting.

if you frequent this thread.. u will see the following folks


 
1. wahh i signed up n waited for months evga doesnt release cards to me.. they release to LInus wah wah
 
2. im pay to win evga fan, i buy alot of stuff. evga should sell new stuff to me only..
 
3. evga is scummmy by putting people that got ahead early in queue and not me
 
4. evga is scummy no matter what they do cuz i dont have a card and im entilted to one..
 
 
 
cant please everyone.. evga made changes to sort of combat bots/scalpers by giving elite early access.. its not 100% gatekeep but if u really tried u could get elite via pay to win or spam forum.. now for scalpers.. they would have to spam alottttttttttttttt..
 
anyways.. CANT PLEASE EVERYONE.. if u dont like how evga is handling their business. i recommend you go to asus/zotac and buy care from them.. they're eager to sell you cards..

vndragonslayer1

xeddex
I generally try and be nice and level headed but I'm going to just throw this out there...
 
I've registered a total of 4 EVGA purchases (all GPUs) which date all the way back to early 2015.  I joined these forums mid-2018.
 
If someone who has never made an EVGA purchase and/or never registered an EVGA purchase can create an account today on these forums, pound out 100 spam posts on the "say any 5 words" thread and then get "elite" and have the exact same opportunity as me to queue for 3080 Ti then that's really really really upsetting.

if you frequent this thread.. u will see the following folks


 
1. wahh i signed up n waited for months evga doesnt release cards to me.. they release to LInus wah wah
 
2. im pay to win evga fan, i buy alot of stuff. evga should sell new stuff to me only..
 
3. evga is scummmy by putting people that got ahead early in queue and not me
 
4. evga is scummy no matter what they do cuz i dont have a card and im entilted to one..
 
 
 
cant please everyone.. evga made changes to sort of combat bots/scalpers by giving elite early access.. its not 100% gatekeep but if u really tried u could get elite via pay to win or spam forum.. now for scalpers.. they would have to spam alottttttttttttttt..
 
anyways.. CANT PLEASE EVERYONE.. if u dont like how evga is handling their business. i recommend you go to asus/zotac and buy care from them.. they're eager to sell you cards..

My point is that by EVGA choosing to include a 100 post count as a valid way to get in they've set the bar so low that there might as well not be a bar at all.
 

dskx_16
I thought my lunch was lovely, how was your lunch or dinner?

Excellent.  Leftovers from last night.  My wife decided to make a chicken pot pie but instead made it using tortillas.  It was amazingly good.  Told her she was going to have to come up with a name for it.

xeddex
I generally try and be nice and level headed but I'm going to just throw this out there...
 
I've registered a total of 4 EVGA purchases (all GPUs) which date all the way back to early 2015.  I joined these forums mid-2018.
 
If someone who has never made an EVGA purchase and/or never registered an EVGA purchase can create an account today on these forums, pound out 100 spam posts on the "say any 5 words" thread and then get "elite" and have the exact same opportunity as me to queue for 3080 Ti then that's really really really upsetting.

I know, it sucks for those who were already elite members, but you have to understand a couple of things about "Elite" membership.....
 
1) There is nothing "Elite" about it.
2) These faux memberships are put in place to benefit the company, not you or me. It has everything to do with marketing and targeted sales. The goal here is to increase elite membership by dangling a carrot which in this case is the 3080TI. As I mentioned yesterday, if EVGA wanted to throw existing elite members a bone they would have made the 3080TI available only to those who were an elite member before a certain date. That's obviously not what this marketing gimmick is aiming for.

coldrain85

xeddex
I generally try and be nice and level headed but I'm going to just throw this out there...
 
I've registered a total of 4 EVGA purchases (all GPUs) which date all the way back to early 2015.  I joined these forums mid-2018.
 
If someone who has never made an EVGA purchase and/or never registered an EVGA purchase can create an account today on these forums, pound out 100 spam posts on the "say any 5 words" thread and then get "elite" and have the exact same opportunity as me to queue for 3080 Ti then that's really really really upsetting.

I know, it sucks for those who were already elite members, but you have to understand a couple of things about "Elite" membership.....
 
1) There is nothing "Elite" about it.
2) These faux memberships are put in place to benefit the company, not you or me. It has everything to do with marketing and targeted sales. The goal here is to increase elite membership by dangling a carrot which in this case is the 3080TI. As I mentioned yesterday, if EVGA wanted to throw existing elite members a bone they would have made the 3080TI available only to those who were an elite member before a certain date. That's obviously not what this marketing gimmick is aiming for.

All very true and completely agree.

xeddex

vndragonslayer1

xeddex
I generally try and be nice and level headed but I'm going to just throw this out there...
 
I've registered a total of 4 EVGA purchases (all GPUs) which date all the way back to early 2015.  I joined these forums mid-2018.
 
If someone who has never made an EVGA purchase and/or never registered an EVGA purchase can create an account today on these forums, pound out 100 spam posts on the "say any 5 words" thread and then get "elite" and have the exact same opportunity as me to queue for 3080 Ti then that's really really really upsetting.

if you frequent this thread.. u will see the following folks


 
1. wahh i signed up n waited for months evga doesnt release cards to me.. they release to LInus wah wah
 
2. im pay to win evga fan, i buy alot of stuff. evga should sell new stuff to me only..
 
3. evga is scummmy by putting people that got ahead early in queue and not me
 
4. evga is scummy no matter what they do cuz i dont have a card and im entilted to one..
 
 
 
cant please everyone.. evga made changes to sort of combat bots/scalpers by giving elite early access.. its not 100% gatekeep but if u really tried u could get elite via pay to win or spam forum.. now for scalpers.. they would have to spam alottttttttttttttt..
 
anyways.. CANT PLEASE EVERYONE.. if u dont like how evga is handling their business. i recommend you go to asus/zotac and buy care from them.. they're eager to sell you cards..

My point is that by EVGA choosing to include a 100 post count as a valid way to get in they've set the bar so low that there might as well not be a bar at all.
 

then go watch their twitch stream

xeddex

vndragonslayer1
 
then go watch their twitch stream

 
why?
 
 

Because you can also achieve "elite" status that way pretty quickly. It takes about 15 minutes.

coldrain85

xeddex

vndragonslayer1
then go watch their twitch stream

why?

Because you can also achieve "elite" status that way pretty quickly. It takes about 15 minutes.

I know, I'm already elite from purchases but my point was that I think vndragonslayer1 has somehow been missing my point.  My point being that genuine good will toward loyal customers would look different than what this currently is and that this looks a lot like naked marketing with "loyal customer" wrapping paper.