Quadragocon 2015 edition: the brothers' fourteen-event competition for Hank's birthday
project history · status: completed · last event: outcome (2015-05-08) · last mentioned: 2025-08-05
Quadragocon 2015 was a fourteen-event competition between the brothers for Hank's birthday, proposed in May 2015 as a Vlogbrothers Olympics. It was held in Hank's video of May 8 and ended in a tie.
Part of: Hanko de Mayo 2015 edition: Hank's 35th birthday, with a podcast as John's present
Parts: John asks viewers to judge who has the best Blue Steel, first event of Quadragocon 2015 (2015) · Hank invites viewers to pre-order a Quadragocon 2015 shirt during its one-week sale (2015)
Told alongside: Quadragocon 2021 edition: the brothers' fourteen-event rematch, about two years late
About: Quadragocon, Blue Steel, Olympic Games
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-05-05 | proposed | For his birthday Hank wants his video this week (week of 4 May 2015) to be a Vlogbrothers Olympics where the brothers compete; John names it a quadragocon and Hank sets fourteen events, the first being who wins the Blue Steel. | Reunions! Birthdays! Podcasts! Mountains! Happy 35th Birthday, Hank 00:03:22 |
| 2015-05-08 | launched | John announces it is time for the Quadragocon and the brothers begin competing. | QUADRAGOCON 2015 - WHO WILL WIN! 00:00:02 |
| 2015-05-08 | outcome | Hank says Quadragocon 2015 ended in a tie between him and John. (hedged) | QUADRAGOCON 2015 - WHO WILL WIN! 00:03:35 |
| 2025-08-05 | looked back | Hank explains the Quadragocon: every 'four years' the brothers hold a 14-event competition; a pandemic disrupted it, the last was four years ago, and the first ten years ago. | ONE TAKE JOHNNY 00:05:10 |
What is said about it
4 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2015-05-08 · QUADRAGOCON 2015 - WHO WILL WIN! — announcement: The description says Hank and John compete in fourteen different events in under four minutes. — video description
- 2015-05-08 · QUADRAGOCON 2015 - WHO WILL WIN! — Hank: Scott Westerfeld suggested a spitting contest; Hank says spitting spit is gross, so they spit apple seeds. (playful) — 00:01:36
- 2015-05-08 · QUADRAGOCON 2015 - WHO WILL WIN! — Hank from the future says the first event was the Blue Steel competition, decided after John's video; viewers chose Hank by about two to one, so he takes another point. — 00:02:14
- 2015-05-08 · QUADRAGOCON 2015 - WHO WILL WIN! — Hank says Quadragocon 2015 is over and ended in a tie with John, which he minds a little. (hedged) — 00:03:35