Signing Psychosis, BlizzCon, TFiOS, Awesome Adventures, and URLatron
2011-10-21 · Hank · watch on YouTube · Nerdfighteria · announcement promotion
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2011 videos did not pass the QA gate (17 %); their analysis is shown but less reliable.
Dressing badly in solidarity with John's 'signing psychosis' outside BlizzCon in Anaheim, Hank praises Nerdfighters' self-started projects - an iOS game starring the brothers and the fan covers that changed how Penguin treats covers - defends the TFiOS cover as a classic's cover, and launches URLatron.
What is said
00:00:00 — John has 'signing psychosis', which makes him dress poorly; Hank dresses poorly in commiseration and asks Nerdfighteria to do the same and post tagged photos
- ★★ Hank diagnoses John with 'signing psychosis', a disease that makes him dress poorly, and dresses poorly himself in commiseration (a 'Weekend at Bernie's' look). (playful) — 00:00:00 · John Green
- ★★ Hank asks all of Nerdfighteria to dress poorly in commiseration with John and post photos tagged 'signing psychosis', preferably on Tumblr or Twitter, so they can laugh at them. (playful) — 00:00:00 · Nerdfighteria, John Green, Tumblr, Twitter
00:00:29 — Hank is in Anaheim, VidCon's venue, during BlizzCon to steal ideas; Nerdfighters' iOS game John and Hank's Awesome Adventure: the brothers' voices, proceeds to a secret fund, thanks to the makers
- ★★ Hank is in Anaheim, where VidCon will be held, during BlizzCon, because he wanted to steal BlizzCon's ideas for making conferences epic. (playful) — 00:00:29 · VidCon
- ★★★ Hank especially loves it when groups of Nerdfighters get together and do cool things without the brothers even knowing. — 00:00:29 · Nerdfighteria
- ★★★ A group of people worked for nine months on an iOS game, John and Hank's Awesome Adventure, starring the brothers; asked what they needed, the makers wanted the brothers' voices. — 00:00:29
- ★★ The makers gave the brothers a cut of the game's proceeds, which they are putting into a fund Hank cannot talk about yet. — 00:00:58
- ★★ Hank thanks the game's makers, led by the person who put the project together, and says the game is fun and costs $1.99. — 00:01:27
00:01:27 — Zerg-rushed by WoW players; the hundreds of fan-designed TFiOS covers led to a fan-designed cover in bookstores and Penguin taking the TFiOS cover seriously; Nerdfighters who dislike the cover should read Karen Kavett's and the Yeti's blog posts
- ★★ Hank cites the hundreds of people who designed covers for The Fault in Our Stars as another example of Nerdfighters doing something awesome together. — 00:01:27 · Nerdfighteria, The Fault in Our Stars
- ★★★ Hank says the fan-cover project convinced a publishing company, for the first time in history, to put a book in bookstores with a cover designed by its fans. — 00:01:27 · An Abundance of Katherines
- ★★ The project also convinced Penguin to take the cover of The Fault in Our Stars very seriously, which it did. — 00:01:56 · Penguin Books, The Fault in Our Stars
- ★★ Hank finds it interesting that so many Nerdfighters dislike the TFiOS cover, when it is only so good because of them. — 00:01:56 · Nerdfighteria, The Fault in Our Stars
- ★★ Hank recommends two blog posts on the cover: one by Karen Kavett, Nerdfighteria's unofficial chief creative officer for years, and one by the Yeti, John's wife and a modern-art museum curator. — 00:01:56 · Karen Kavett, Sarah Urist Green, Nerdfighteria
00:02:26 — Hank: the TFiOS cover is a classic's cover; BlizzCon limo gag; URLatron launches: Tumblr to .com in five minutes for $30, simpler and cheaper than his old how-to video
- ★★★ Hank's view: it's the kind of bold, iconic, timeless cover publishers give books they want to become classics, and having read the book he knows it fits. — 00:02:26 · The Fault in Our Stars
- ★★★ A year ago Hank's video on setting up a .com domain described a process costing about $80; a friend's brain crack simplified it and, after months of work, URLatron is ready to launch. — 00:02:26
- ★★★ URLatron turns a Tumblog into a .com domain in about five minutes of work for $30, with custom email addresses; Hank invites interested viewers to check out urlatron.com. — 00:02:26 · Tumblr
00:03:11 — Plug for urlatron.com; congratulations to John on the cover; sign-off; start of the URLatron tutorial with an 'in your pants' jingle
- ★★ Hank congratulates John on an amazing classic book cover for what he thinks will be an amazing classic book. (hedged) — 00:03:11 · The Fault in Our Stars, John Green
Humor (significant)
- In commiseration with John's signing psychosis, Hank dresses poorly and shows his outfit. — 00:00:00 > «Sort of Weekend at Bernie's look going on.»
- In the Nerdfighters' iOS game, killing a poop-shooting Nintendo with a wind turbine triggers Hank's recorded voice. — 00:00:58 > «that is actually my voice screaming, holy giraffe sex!»
- Filming outside BlizzCon, Hank is surrounded by World of Warcraft players mid-thanks. — 00:01:27 > «I'm being Zerg-rushed.»
- The URLatron tutorial starts with a rushed jingle telling the viewer to leave now. — 00:03:11 > «Hurry, go get in your pants.»
Threads in this video
- variant · John's 'signing madness' from signing every copy of The Fault in Our Stars (2011) — Hank renames John's signing madness 'signing psychosis', a disease that makes him dress poorly, and dresses poorly himself in commiseration. (00:00:00)
- open · Hank asks Nerdfighters to dress poorly and post photos tagged 'signing psychosis' (2011) — Hank asks Nerdfighteria to dress poorly in commiseration with John and post photos tagged 'signing psychosis' on Tumblr or Twitter. (00:00:00)
- callback · John's giraffe-love bit ('people love giraffes who love giraffes') — In the Nerdfighters' game, Hank's recorded voice screams 'holy giraffe sex!'. (00:00:58)
- launch · John and Hank's Awesome Adventure: Nerdfighters' iOS game starring the brothers (2011) — Hank presents John and Hank's Awesome Adventure, an iOS game made by Nerdfighters over nine months with the brothers' voices, on sale for $1.99; the brothers' cut of proceeds goes to a fund he cannot talk about yet. (00:00:29)
- launch · URLatron: Hank's Tumblr-to-.com domain service (2011) — Hank launches URLatron, which turns a Tumblog into a .com domain in about five minutes for $30, replacing the $80 process from his how-to video of a year ago. (00:02:26)
- open · Hank invites viewers to check out URLatron (2011) — Hank invites interested viewers to check out URLatron at its website. (00:03:11)
- make · Hank: The Fault in Our Stars will be a classic book (2011) — Hank predicts The Fault in Our Stars is going to be an amazing classic book. (00:03:11)
- callback · 'In your pants' suffix game (2007) — The URLatron tutorial jingle tells the viewer to 'go get in your pants', then 'Now in pants.' (00:03:11)
Replies to
- VidCon 2012!!! — «like a year ago I made a video explaining how to make a .com domain name website thing»
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