enewt
What did I miss?  (Don't answer that.)
 
I have a love of geek culture and content.  Have since my youth when the family tv was kept in a closet in the home office and never plugged in.  I mean never.  The TV (along with a VCR) was a tool for my mom's work. TV and, to a lesser extent, movies were scarce.  So it is perhaps no surprise that I have been struggling to hold off trying to indoctrinate my daughter into a love of content (movies, tv, video games...not in that order).  Fast forward to last weekend when, without showing her the full movie, I had occasion to introduce her to one scene from Monty Python's The Holy Grail.  I found the moment on YouTube: Knights; shrubbery. You know the scene.  She loved it.
 
This morning, after not mentioning it for days, she had a moment of inspiration as she was just outside the front door getting her shoes on before the drive to school. In an attempt to be humorous, she became a Knight at the door and demanded a shrubbery before her mom could pass on the way to the car for the commute to school.  At the first utterance of "NEE!"...the indoor-only cat bolted.  Through my daughter's legs (without paying the shrubbery toll) to the front yard and proceeded to dart from bush to deck chair and back again for the next seven minutes as I, fresh from the warm bed, in my underwear and flip flops (and without my glasses) chased that little bugger to and fro.  All the while my wife and daughter debated at full and disharmonious volume whether Knights should say "Nee!" at all; it was getting so loud, I expected our neighbors to don masks and walk over to offer their opinions. 
 
The cat was eventually secured and paid a treat for its trouble.  But my wife/her mom was not entertained and I understand the drive to school was done in silence.  Upon her return, I anticipate being instructed that Monty Python must go back into the vault for another few years...that there is a maturity that is required before such worldly knowledge can be bestowed on our progeny.  Alas...I am foiled once again by the unintended consequence of disseminating knowledge...my indoctrination must wait.
 
As I sit here, I am reminded once again, that no good deed goes unpunished. 
 
We gather here because EVGA built us a queue.  They didn't have to do it; their competitors have uniformly chosen the easier path.  But EVGA did build it, and we did come.  And while the queue system remains the worst gpu purchasing system in the world...except for all the others...it is all we've got (other than F5 etailer battles, Microcenter surgical strikes, Newegg raffles, etc etc.).       
 
We often get salty and let our frustrations boil over into the threads or on Reddit.  Understandable and, I would argue, often unavoidable.  But let's please remember that we are in this debacle together and that EVGA is not the villain.  We can debate.  We can offer opinion.  We can use all caps.  But let's be respectful of each other.  We are not going to change the world by demanding that our perspective win the day through posts in threads bemoaning the lack of gpus, no matter how many emojiis we use.  If you made it this far, thanks for reading. 

Myelin
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nomoss
Nice Z15 price for the next couple of hours.  Used enewt's code to buy one.  Every bit helps

LatNay90
I'm getting a little excited and anxious now. I signed up for the 3080 FTW3 Ultra on 9/21 at 9:31 EST. I'm really hoping I get my email before the price goes up in April. The queue for that card seems to be moving nicely compared to last month, so my fingers are crossed. On a side note, I just looked at eBay listings and the prices are crazy. 3070s are selling for what 3080s were going for the last time I checked. I feel bad for the people who sold their 2080 TIs after the 3080 announcement. I had a chance to buy one on eBay for $550 but passed that day. This demand for GPUs is crazy right now.

sabk11

LatNay90
I'm getting a little excited and anxious now. I signed up for the 3080 FTW3 Ultra on 9/21 at 9:31 EST. I'm really hoping I get my email before the price goes up in April. The queue for that card seems to be moving nicely compared to last month, so my fingers are crossed. On a side note, I just looked at eBay listings and the prices are crazy. 3070s are selling for what 3080s were going for the last time I checked. I feel bad for the people who sold their 2080 TIs after the 3080 announcement. I had a chance to buy one on eBay for $550 but passed that day. This demand for GPUs is crazy right now.

how many do you think they're doing each weekday now?

EnigmicAzn

nomoss
Nice Z15 price for the next couple of hours.  Used enewt's code to buy one.  Every bit helps

It really is an attractive price. With shipping, came to about 70$. Very tempting but I already have a keyboard that does what I need it too. I wish they had more stuff that Elite discounts applied too.

pezui
I watered the wife, kissed the cat, and don't have kids so I gave a long winded introduction to the house plant that resides on the mantle. Close enough right Enewt?

Bora1114

kissTheApex
My thinking is also along the lines of I may have a much better chance to get a prodigal 3080 Ti if I’m quick to jump on the wait list than the FTW3.

Also, pray tell, what is this “step up” thingy I keep reading? Apologies for the seemingly trivial question, I’m new at these parts.

Step up lets you buy a card and upgrade it to a higher model within 90 days of purchase. The issue tho is it currently has the lowest priority.
 
Ex. 3070 -> 3090 Pay price difference and shipping.