Nerd Factor 2011 edition: fan-video contest
project history · status: completed · last event: milestone (2011-10-14)
Nerd Factor was a 2011 fan-video contest modelled on Michael Buckley's Buck Factor: viewers posted their videos as responses, and in September the brothers chose six winners from the entries. One winner, Laurena Segura, then released an EP with her winning song 'Permafrost' through DFTBA Records.
Parts: John asks Nerdfighters to post their recent awesome videos as video responses for Nerd Factor (2011) · John asks viewers to watch, like and subscribe to the Nerd Factor winners (2011)
About: Nerd Factor, Michael Buckley, Buck Factor, Laurena Segura, Permafrost, DFTBA Records
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-08-19 | launched | John launches Nerd Factor, borrowed from Michael Buckley's Buck Factor: viewers post recent awesome videos as video responses; the brothers watch all and feature a few in a future video. | Outtake Insanity and NERD FACTOR 00:02:02 |
| 2011-09-02 | milestone | Hank reports the Nerd Factor contest received about 6,000 entries; judging them is taking a while. | Tattoo Typos, Senses, Posters and Bad Movies 00:02:48 |
| 2011-09-21 | outcome | John announces six Nerd Factor winners chosen from almost 2,000 video entries and presents each. | NERD FACTOR 00:00:00 |
| 2011-10-14 | milestone | Nerd Factor winner Laurena Segura's EP, including her winning song 'Permafrost', is out on iTunes through DFTBA Records by popular demand. | Defying Wadsworth! 00:01:01 |
What is said about it
12 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2011-08-19 · Outtake Insanity and NERD FACTOR — announcement: John says the brothers are such big fans of Michael 'Whatthebuck' Buckley that they are stealing his Buck Factor idea; the title and description name it Nerd Factor. — 00:02:02
- 2011-08-19 · Outtake Insanity and NERD FACTOR — ask: John asks Nerdfighters who recently made an awesome video deserving a wider audience to post it as a video response; the brothers will watch all and feature a few in a future video. — 00:02:02
- 2011-09-02 · Tattoo Typos, Senses, Posters and Bad Movies — announcement: Hank says the Nerd Factor contest received about 6,000 entries, so getting through them is taking a while; many are really amazing. — 00:02:48
- 2011-09-21 · NERD FACTOR — announcement: John's list of Nerd Factor winners also names 'Fictional Characters: Emotional Pain?' by lindseythenerdiest, 'Chicago Adventure and the Dark Night' by MitenSoni, the 'Bizarre Fruits' song by Kaysysconundrum and 'Thomas Jefferson: The Musical' by theonlinemusical. — video description
- 2011-09-21 · NERD FACTOR — John says the idea of Nerd Factor was blatantly stolen from Michael Buckley of What the Buck. — video description
- 2011-09-21 · NERD FACTOR — John thanks Danica and Stan for helping with Nerd Factor, and everyone who took part. — video description
- 2011-09-21 · NERD FACTOR — John says he cannot believe how much talent there is in Nerdfighteria and is sick that only six winners can be picked when there could be hundreds. — 00:00:34
- 2011-09-21 · NERD FACTOR — recommendation: John praises winner one, an unpretentious, well-edited, funny, authentic video blog that has only about 117 views and three likes and deserves a wider audience. — 00:00:34
- 2011-09-21 · NERD FACTOR — recommendation: John praises winner two, a Thoughts from Places video from Bloemfontein, South Africa, that he says improved on the format; its maker has no subscribers, a problem John says 'we can fix'. — 00:01:23
- 2011-09-21 · NERD FACTOR — recommendation: John names winners three to five: a song about bizarre fruits, a rant about romanticizing fictional characters, and what he calls the best musical about Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence. — 00:01:58
- 2011-09-21 · NERD FACTOR — recommendation: John praises winner six, the Permafrost music video: he can't stop listening to it, and her other songs are just as good. — 00:03:26
- 2011-10-14 · Defying Wadsworth! — announcement: John: Laurena Segura, Nerd Factor winner for her song 'Permafrost', has an EP out on iTunes through DFTBA Records by popular demand, with 'Permafrost', a song in French and 'Fireflies of Montreal', which John plays. — 00:01:01