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VidCon 2010 edition

project history · status: completed · last event: outcome (2010-07-14) · last mentioned: 2015-07-24

Hank announced the first VidCon in December 2009 for 9–11 July 2010 in Los Angeles; it sold out, was held that July and was called a big success, and later videos recalled how much it grew from that hotel basement.

Parts: Hank asks viewers to propose activities for VidCon 2010's user-generated Sunday as video responses on the VidCon channel (2010) · John asks Nerdfighters to register for VidCon 2010 now, before it sells out (2010) · John asks VidCon 2010 attendees and live-stream viewers for their favourite parts (2010)

Other editions: VidCon 2011 edition · VidCon 2012 edition · VidCon 2013 edition · VidCon 2014 edition · VidCon 2015 edition

Told alongside: VidCon 2015 edition · VidCon 2014 edition

About: VidCon, Los Angeles

date event what video
2009-12-09 (said on 2009-12-10, implied) announced Hank announces VidCon, a real-life online video conference he and John will hold in Los Angeles on July 9-11 next summer, with talks, performances, an insider track and paid registration. ANNOUNCING! VidCon: Online Video IRL 00:00:36
2010-03-03 milestone Hank announces the preliminary VidCon schedule is finished, with the 9th and 10th packed and the 11th left open for attendees' own activities. VidCon Schedule Spectacular! 00:00:00
2010-03-10 rule change John states that any VidCon proceeds go to charity and that tickets are fully refundable until June 15. New Tour! New Book! (Remember Books?) Your Q's A'ed! 00:02:35
2010-04-23 rule change Hank says VidCon 2010's third day, Sunday July 11, will be user-generated conference content decided by the community, and that the event will be streamed live. VidCon: User Generated Conference 00:00:00
2010-04-23 milestone Hank reports that VidCon attendees get hotel parking for $12 a day instead of $35. VidCon: User Generated Conference 00:03:07
2010-06-11 milestone John reports the VidCon hotel has no rooms left (a group rate is arranged at another hotel), prices are about to rise for the last time and VidCon is almost sold out. Mmmm....PARTS 00:00:45
2010-06-11 rule change John adds a VidCon hotel rule: attendees under 18 need someone over 18 in their party to check in. Mmmm....PARTS 00:00:45
2010-07-02 milestone Hank reports VidCon is sold out, with 1,227 paid registrations, and runs through its preparations (wifi, Flip cameras, live streams, ball pit). VidCon by the Numbers 00:00:23
2010-07-14 (happened 2010-07) outcome Just back from VidCon, John counts down his top ten VidCon moments. Top 10 VIDCON MOMENTS 00:00:07
2010-07-16 looked back Hank thanks everyone who supported VidCon and attributes its success to low expectations and the amazing community. (hedged) VidCon, Oil Spill, Punishments, Shane Dawson, and my Balls 00:03:11
2013-08-09 looked back Hank recalls launching VidCon as an active move nobody asked for, panicking on launch day when one ticket had sold after three hours, and thanks the first ticket buyer. What I Learned at VidCon 00:02:37
2014-11-20 looked back Hank: they started VidCon in 2010 because online video was amazing and deserved a real-world time and place for a weekend; heading into its sixth year, it has become quite big. Announcing VidCon 2015! 00:01:38
2015-07-24 (happened 2010) looked back Hank says they started VidCon in 2010 in the basement of a hotel in Century City, Los Angeles, and it is somewhat bigger now. From the Main Stage of VidCon! 00:01:26

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

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

  • 2009-12-09 (said on 2009-12-10, implied) · ANNOUNCING! VidCon: Online Video IRL — announcement: Hank says he and John decided a couple of months ago to create a real-life online video conference bringing the best online video creators and their communities together for an epic weekend. (hedged) — 00:00:00
  • 2009-12-09 (said on 2009-12-10, implied) · ANNOUNCING! VidCon: Online Video IRL — announcement: Hank lists who will attend: Nerdfighteria creators from CharlieIsSoCoolLike to WheezyWaiter and online video stars including Michael Buckley, Dave Days, Shay Carl, Natalie Tran and Shane Dawson. — 00:01:29
  • 2009-12-09 (said on 2009-12-10, implied) · ANNOUNCING! VidCon: Online Video IRL — announcement: Hank says VidCon will have many of the most successful people in online video, with demonstrations, talks, performances, concerts and dance parties, and the community will be asked for ideas. — 00:02:06
  • 2009-12-09 (said on 2009-12-10, implied) · ANNOUNCING! VidCon: Online Video IRL — announcement: Hank announces an insider track for people into YouTube, on the specifics of building community and the business and future of YouTube. — 00:03:22
  • 2009-12-09 (said on 2009-12-10, implied) · ANNOUNCING! VidCon: Online Video IRL — announcement: Hank says registration will cost money because such events cost a lot to put on. — 00:03:22
  • 2010-03-03 · VidCon Schedule Spectacular! — announcement: Hank announces the preliminary VidCon schedule is finished, so people can now see what will be going on. — 00:00:00
  • 2010-03-03 · VidCon Schedule Spectacular! — announcement: Hank says VidCon mixes serious talks, like Ze Frank's, with fun such as Rhett and Link writing a song on stage and Mystery Guitar Man making a stop-motion video with audience sounds. — 00:02:31
  • 2010-03-03 · VidCon Schedule Spectacular! — announcement: Hank says VidCon will have dozens of meetups and classroom sessions, YouTube company staff taking suggestions, dance parties, concerts, karaoke and a sword swallower. — 00:03:09
  • 2010-03-03 · VidCon Schedule Spectacular! — announcement: Hank says the 9th and 10th will be packed, the 11th is left open for attendees to design their own activities, and the schedules are up at VidCon 2010, linked below. — 00:03:39
  • 2010-03-10 · New Tour! New Book! (Remember Books?) Your Q's A'ed! — John: At VidCon John most looks forward to Ze Frank, the ball pit, Charlie McDonnell biting his finger, and the concerts at night. — 00:02:05
  • 2010-03-10 · New Tour! New Book! (Remember Books?) Your Q's A'ed! — announcement: John says VidCon tickets can be fully refunded until June 15 for anyone who can't go. — 00:02:35
  • 2010-04-23 · VidCon: User Generated Conference — announcement: Hank apologizes to those who cannot attend VidCon; the event will be streamed live online so they can be there virtually. — 00:00:00
  • 2010-04-23 · VidCon: User Generated Conference — announcement: Hank: For Sunday VidCon has a convention space, audio-visual supplies, maybe a small budget, and many people dedicated to the online video community. (hedged) — 00:00:40
  • 2010-04-23 · VidCon: User Generated Conference — announcement: Hank: Rather than deciding on the spot at the conference, the organizers decided lead time and preparation would be better, so Hank is asking for ideas now. (hedged) — 00:00:40
  • 2010-04-23 · VidCon: User Generated Conference — ask: Hank asks viewers to leave their ideas as video responses to the version of this video at youtube.com/vidcon, not the vlogbrothers one, and get people to like them; most-liked ideas are most likely to happen. — 00:01:38
  • 2010-04-23 · VidCon: User Generated Conference — announcement: Hank: VidCon will not provide food; cheap food such as sandwiches will be for sale and there is a Starbucks in the lobby. At a hotel conference the hotel serves food at outrageous prices; covering it would have meant charging about $400. — 00:02:38
  • 2010-06-11 · Mmmm....PARTS — announcement: John: VidCon is less than a month away: the conference hotel is full but there is a group rate at another hotel, prices are about to rise for the last time, and it is almost sold out. — 00:00:45
  • 2010-06-11 · Mmmm....PARTS — announcement: John: Besides the YouTubers, many people from YouTube will be at VidCon giving keynotes about YouTube's inner workings, which John expects to find fascinating. — 00:00:45
  • 2010-06-11 · Mmmm....PARTS — announcement: John: Natalie Tran (Community Channel) can't come to VidCon all the way from Australia; John says they are bummed but understand. — 00:01:23
  • 2010-07-02 · VidCon by the Numbers — Hank: Six days before VidCon, Hank says there is no space in his head for anything except VidCon, not even a tale about brain chemistry. (playful) — 00:00:00
  • 2010-07-02 · VidCon by the Numbers — Hank says 1,227 people have paid VidCon registrations. — 00:00:52
  • 2010-07-02 · VidCon by the Numbers — announcement: Hank, Charlie McDonnell and JustDean will be on a local LA news show on Tuesday the 6th; Hank tells LA viewers to tune in to KTLA. — 00:00:52
  • 2010-07-02 · VidCon by the Numbers — Hank: 93 speakers and performers will appear at VidCon, and 24 YouTube employees bought tickets. — 00:01:21
  • 2010-07-02 · VidCon by the Numbers — Hank: The hotel wanted to charge $40,000 for wireless internet, which is why VidCon will have no wifi. — 00:01:50
  • 2010-07-02 · VidCon by the Numbers — announcement: Hank: VidCon will hopefully stream three simultaneous live streams during the entire conference. (hedged) — 00:02:20
  • 2010-07-02 · VidCon by the Numbers — Hank: Organizers bought 15,000 playpen balls for a real ball pit at VidCon. — 00:02:20
  • 2010-07-14 · Top 10 VIDCON MOMENTS — John's number one is seeing Hank sing about particle physics in front of a thousand people who loved every second of it. — 00:02:49
  • 2010-07-14 · Top 10 VIDCON MOMENTS — John thanks Hank for the thousands of hours he spent making VidCon and says it felt like his favourite parts of the internet existed in real life for three days. — 00:03:08
  • 2010-07-16 · VidCon, Oil Spill, Punishments, Shane Dawson, and my Balls — Hank says he feared all of YouTube would hate the brothers after VidCon, from people sick of hearing about it or over some epic failure. (hedged) — 00:00:33
  • 2010-07-16 · VidCon, Oil Spill, Punishments, Shane Dawson, and my Balls — Hank says that after VidCon nobody seems to hate them; in fact many people seem to like them more. (hedged) — 00:01:01
  • 2010-07-16 · VidCon, Oil Spill, Punishments, Shane Dawson, and my Balls — Hank thanks everyone who supported VidCon and says its success came from low expectations and a really amazing community, making it a really important thing. (hedged) — 00:03:11