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John asks viewers to vote for the Harry Potter Alliance to win a $250,000 contest, 'with Esther' (2010)

ask · status: reported back · last event: result reported (2010-08-27) · owner: John

In July 2010 John asked viewers to vote, 'with Esther', for the Harry Potter Alliance in a $250,000 contest. The Alliance won, and John thanked Nerdfighters, calling it his proudest day as a Nerdfighter.

Told alongside: Esther Day: the brothers' annual videos on Esther Earl's birthday about what she chooses (2010)

About: The Harry Potter Alliance, Esther Earl

date event what video
2010-07-05 result reported A description update reports that the HPA won the contest. With Esther video description
2010-07-05 asked John asks viewers to vote for the Harry Potter Alliance in a $250,000 contest (link in the description) and to get their friends to vote, 'with Esther'. With Esther 00:02:22
2010-07-20 (said on 2010-07-19, implied) (happened 2010-07) result reported John reports that last week (July 2010) Nerdfighters, with Esther, helped the Harry Potter Alliance win $250,000, his proudest day as a Nerdfighter. I Like Balls 00:01:43
2010-07-20 (said on 2010-07-19, implied) thanks John thanks Nerdfighters again for voting with Esther to win the Harry Potter Alliance $250,000. I Like Balls 00:02:12
2010-08-27 result reported John says that with Esther the Nerdfighter community came together and helped the Harry Potter Alliance win $250,000. Rest In Awesome, Esther 00:01:02

Dates are upload dates, which set the order. Where the speaker gives a different recording date in the video, it is added as "said on YYYY-MM-DD, implied" (derived from the date said in the video).

What is said about it

4 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).

  • 2010-07-05 · With Esther — announcement: John: The HPA is in a big contest to potentially win $250,000 to decrease world suck, and is currently in third place. — 00:02:13
  • 2010-07-05 · With Esther — ask: John asks viewers to vote for the Harry Potter Alliance via the link in the description and to get their friends to vote. — 00:02:22
  • 2010-07-05 · With Esther — John: Winning would be a small way to thank Esther; John won't say 'for Esther', since she would hate that, but says they should win 'with Esther'. (hedged) — 00:02:41
  • 2010-07-20 (said on 2010-07-19, implied) · I Like Balls — John says his proudest day as a Nerdfighter came last week (week of 12 July 2010), not when the Vlogbrothers hit 300,000 subscribers, but when Nerdfighters came together with Esther and helped the Harry Potter Alliance win $250,000. — 00:01:43